VERNA LANCE, b: 1888 - UNION COUNTY, GEORGIA

^{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}



		^{JACKSON B. RAPER}^{b. d.}

	^{WILLIAM B. RAPER}^{b.1888 NORTH CAROLINA d.1934 CHER, NORTH CROLINA}

^PAUL RAPER^{b.1915 CH, NORTH CAROLINA d.1924 UNION COUN, GEORGIA}		^{SARAH "SALLIE" PIERCE}^{b. d.}

^{JEFFERSON DAVIS RAPER}^{b.1921 CH, NORTH CAROLINA d.1971 KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE}			^{THOMAS M. LANCE}^{b.1832 BU, NORTH CAROLINA d.1897 UNION COUN, GEORGIA}

^{THOMAS DEWEY RAPER}^{b. Private d.}		^{JEFFERSON DAVIS LANCE}^{b.1862 UNION COUN, GEORGIA d.1940 UNION COUN, GEORGIA}	^{MARY ELIZABETH POTEETE}^{b.1835 NORTH CAROLINA d.1911 UNION COUN, GEORGIA}

	^VERNA LANCE^{b.1888 UNION COUN, GEORGIA d.1963 CH, NORTH CAROLINA}

		^ADDIE LEWIS^{b.1865 d.1929 UINION COUN, GEORGIA}