John Carl Gruben, b: 1920 - Fisher County, Texas

^{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}




	^{John Carl Gruben}^{b.1920 Fisher Co., Texas d.2000 Rotan, Texas}

^{Patricia Lou Gruben}^{b. Private d.}

^{Donald Carl Gruben}^{b. Private d.}			^{Joseph Thomas Smith}^{b.1867 Bell Co., Texas d.1948 Odessa, Texas}

		^{Joseph Thomas (J. T.) Smith}^{b.1896 COMANCHE CO, TEXAS d.1989 McCaulley, Texas}	^Lena Davis^{b.1872 Alabama d.1966 Ector Co., Texas}

	^{Aladean Smith}^{b. Private d.}		^{John Cornelius Smith}^{b.1865 ERATH COUNT, TEXAS d.1934 Fisher Co., Texas}

		^{Viola (Ola) Smith}^{b.1896 Eastland Co., Texas d.1981 McCaulley, Texas}	^{Ada Liza Harling}^{b.1875 TENNESSEE d.1952 Plasterco, Texas}