VIRGIL E. STAATS, b: 1870 -

^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on the moon}
^{1973 US launches Skylab space station}
^{1981 Columbia is first space shuttle}
^{1991 Persian Gulf War}

^{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}




^{MARION PETER STAATS}^{b.1904 SUNSET, TEXAS d.1979 MONTAGUE CO, TEXAS}	^{VIRGIL E. STAATS}^{b.1870 d.1932}

^{CURTIS R. STAATS}^{b. d.1941}

^{ARTHUR F. STAATS}^{b.1907 d.1947}

^{HERBERT E. STAATS}^{b.1901 d.1973}		^F. M. TATE^{b. d.}

	^{HESTER C. TATE}^{b.1874 d.1948}

		^{REDIS HARDISS}^{b. d.}