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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
 WILLIAM HENRY WHITNEY
 b.1840
 d.         
 JOHN LOUIS "LEW" WHITNEY
 b.1870 MOUNT PLEASA, IOWA
 d.1946 GADSDEN, ALABAMA
 NANCY ANN #2 LAMBERT
 b.         
 d.         
 RICHARD T. #2 WHITNEY
 b.1897 MOUNT PLEASA, IOWA
 d.1966 GADSDEN, ALABAMA
 ANNA LOUISE THOMPSON
 b.         
 d.         
 JOHN D. BURKHALTER
 b.1883 ALABAMA
 d.1932 ATALLA, ALABAMA
 NINA BURKHALTER
 b.1906 GAYLESVIL, ALABAMA
 d.1977 ATTALLA, ALABAMA
 HARRISON JAMES CLARK
 b.1829 GRE, SOUTH CAROLINA
 d.1904 GAYLESVIL, ALABAMA
 LENORA LEVINIA CLARK
 b.1877 CHEROKEE , ALABAMA
 d.1947 ATTALLA, ALABAMA
 NANCY LUCINDA McGEE
 b.1834 AB, SOUTH CAROLINA
 d.1890 CHEROKEE , ALABAMA