Bessie Emma Atkinson, b: 1898

^{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}


			^{Harrison Johnson Clark}^{b.1829 Greenville , South Carolina d.1904 Gaylesville, Alabama}

		^{Harrison Lee Clark}^{b.1864 Cherokee Co., Alabama d.1926 Pittsburg, Texas}	^{Nancy Lucinda McGee}^{b.1834 Abbeville, South Carolina d.1890 Cherokee Co., Alabama}

	^{Charles Madison Clark}^{b.1892 Broomtown, Alabama d.1983 Mansfield, Texas}		^{Henry Madison Story}^{b.1836 South Carolina d.1912 Cherokee Co., Alabama}

		^{Laura Ann Story}^{b.1865 Broomtown, Alabama d.1904 Arlington, Texas}	^{Mary Elizabeth McCullough}^{b.1839 Cherokee Co., Alabama d.1897 Cherokee Co., Alabama}

^{Mary Ann Clark}^{b. Private d.}

		^{William Davis Atkinson}^{b.1873 Alabama d.1951 Alto, Texas}

	^{Bessie Emma Atkinson}^{b.1898 Alto, Texas d.1947 Austin, Texas}

		^{Mary Lou Smith}^{b.1875 Texas d.1965 Nacogdoches, Texas}