RONALD LEIGHTON BEARDEN, b: 1940

^{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}


			^{CICERO C. BEARDEN}^{b.1866 CAMDEN, ARKANSAS d.1943 SNYDER, TEXAS}

		^{LEONARD FRANKLIN BEARDEN}^{b.1896 CAMDEN, ARKANSAS d.1936 SNYDER, TEXAS}	^{ROCIA BLANCHE SMITH}^{b.1874 CHIDESTE, ARKANSAS d.1966 GREENVILLE, TEXAS}

	^{RONALD LEIGHTON BEARDEN}^{b.1940 SNYDER, TEXAS d.1989 SNYDER, TEXAS}		^{SILAS WADE (CY) LIGHT}^{b.1868 CHEROKEE, ALABAMA d.1934 SNYDER, TEXAS}

^{RANDY LEIGHTON BEARDEN}^{b.1958 SNYDER, TEXAS d.1976 SNYDER, TEXAS}		^{ONA RUBY LIGHT}^{b.1901 d.1979 SNYDER, TEXAS}	^{JANIE ELIZABETH CLARK}^{b.1881 BROOMTO, ALABAMA d.1957 SNYDER, TEXAS}

^{LEONARD GAYLAND BEARDEN}^{b.1962 d.1981}

^{RICHARD WAYLAND BEARDEN}^{b.1962 d.1983 SNYDER, TEXAS}

	^{MARY JANELL McCRIGHT}^{b. Private d.}