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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
 " " SMITH
 b.         
 d.         
 THOMAS LEE HELTON
 b.1896 SPRINKLE, TEXAS
 d.1964 AUSTIN, TEXAS
 RUBY HELTON
 b. Private
 d.         
 JOHN WESLEY PAYTON
 b.1866 BASTROP, TEXAS
 d.1929 TRAVIS COUNT, TEXAS
 BEULAH MAY PAYTON
 b.1893 AUSTIN, TEXAS
 d.1981 AUSTIN, TEXAS
 LURA SELMA LENTZ
 b.1870 BASTROP, TEXAS
 d.1958 AUSTIN, TEXAS