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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
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
 Leo S. Barnett
 b.         
 d.          Dallas, Texas
 Lawrence Matthew Girdley
 b.1817 Nelson Co., Kentucky
 d.1894 Marion Co., Tennessee
 James Alexander Girdley
 b.1850 Marion Co., Tennessee
 d.1932 Dallas, Texas
 Harriet Jane Lewis
 b.1823 TENNESSEE
 d.1909 Marion Co., Tennessee
 Lenis Alma Girdley
 b.1890 Dallas, Texas
 d.1979 Dallas, Texas
 Lucy Ann J. Spillman
 b.1860 Missouri
 d.1937 Dallas, Texas