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1914 - 1918 World War I
1929 The Great Depression begins
1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1950 Korean War begins
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1908 Ford produces Model T
1913 Edison invents movies w/sound
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
 Benjamin Franklin Heyser
 b.1817 Virginia
 d.1870 Bunnievilla, Kentucky
 William Henry Heyser
 b.1853 Jefferson Co., Kentucky
 d.1933 Brownwood, Texas
 Judith Theadocia "Docia" Board
 b.1825 Virginia
 d.1900 Callahan Co., Texas
 William Henry Heyser
 b.1888 Abilene, Texas
 d.1969 Abilene, Texas
 Helen F. Heyser
 b. Private
 d.         
 Mary Elizabeth Gray
 b.1855 Grayson Co., Texas
 d.         
 Peggy Lucille Heyser
 b. Private
 d.         
 Emma Ruth Tipton
 b.1883
 d.1973 Abilene, Texas