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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
 William Jackson Sherrell
 b.1837 Jamestown, Tennessee
 d.1888 Fannin Co., Texas
 William Thomas Sherrell
 b.1869 Cooksville, Tennessee
 d.1957 Taylor Co., TX
 Serena Jane Watson
 b.1843 Dry Valley, Tennessee
 d.1928 Trenton, Texas
 Charlie Leon Sherrell
 b.1899 Whitewright, Texas
 d.1973 Merkel, Texas
 W. C. Dean
 b.         
 d.         
 Austman La Moine Sherrell
 b.1923 Merkel, Texas
 d.2003 SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
 Ammerretter Luellen Dean
 b.1872 Grayson Co., Texas
 d.1940 Taylor Co., TX
 Rachel Thompson
 b.         
 d.         
 Laurel Sherrell
 b. Private
 d.         
 Leota Touchstone
 b.1903 Truby Community, Texas
 d.2006 Merkel, Texas