MARIA MATILDA LAIRD, b: 1871 - TAZEWELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA

^{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}




	^{MARY RACHEL RATCLIFF}^{b.1901 VIRGINIA d.}		^{ARTHUR G. RATCLIFF}^b.1872 d.

	^{SAMUEL RICHARD RATCLIFF}^{b.1903 BLUEFIELD, VIRGINIA d.1979 AMARILLO, TEXAS}

	^{SHADRACH RATCLIFF}^{b.1905 VIRGINIA d.}

	^{ARTHUR GLEN RATCLIFF}^{b.1908 TEXAS d.}

			^{MARIA MATILDA LAIRD}^{b.1871 TAZEWELL C, VIRGINIA d.}