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1929 The Great Depression begins
1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1950 Korean War begins
1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1908 Ford produces Model T
1913 Edison invents movies w/sound
1914 - 1918 World War I
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
 Walter S. Rush
 b.1885 Oklahoma
 d.1972 Tarrant Co., Texas
 Roxie J. Rush
 b.1909
 d.         
 Edith Viola Rush
 b.1914 Texas
 d.1958 Fort Worth, Texas
 Jesse E. Ketchum
 b.1857 MISSISSIPPI
 d.1906 Texas
 Nevadie Ketchum
 b.1886 Texas
 d.1978 Tarrant Co., Texas
 Benjamin Franklin Smith
 b.1838 Alabama
 d.1921 Callahan Co., Texas
 Amanda C. (Mandy) Smith
 b.1859 Texas
 d.1929 Texas
 Caroline Unknown
 b.1839 Arkansas
 d.1870