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1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1950 Korean War begins
1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1969 Armstrong first person on the moon
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1908 Ford produces Model T
1913 Edison invents movies w/sound
1914 - 1918 World War I
1929 The Great Depression begins
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
 John Carl Gruben
 b.1920 Fisher Co., Texas
 d.2000 Rotan, Texas
 Patricia Lou Gruben
 b. Private
 d.         
 Donald Carl Gruben
 b. Private
 d.         
 Joseph Thomas Smith
 b.1867 Bell Co., Texas
 d.1948 Odessa, Texas
 Joseph Thomas (J. T.) Smith
 b.1896 COMANCHE CO, TEXAS
 d.1989 McCaulley, Texas
 Lena Davis
 b.1872 Alabama
 d.1966 Ector Co., Texas
 Aladean Smith
 b. Private
 d.         
 John Cornelius Smith
 b.1865 ERATH COUNT, TEXAS
 d.1934 Fisher Co., Texas
 Viola (Ola) Smith
 b.1896 Eastland Co., Texas
 d.1981 McCaulley, Texas
 Ada Liza Harling
 b.1875 TENNESSEE
 d.1952 Plasterco, Texas