Velma Edith Cousins, b: 1918 -

^{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}


			^{Leonard A. Waldrop}^{b.1839 Chattooga Co., Georgia d.1886 Cleveland Co., Arkansas}

		^{Charlie R. Waldrop}^{b.1881 Arkansas d.1952 Abilene, Texas}	^{Sallie A. Word}^{b.1845 South Carolina d.}

	^{Carl Anderson Waldrop}^{b.1907 d.1997 Taylor Co.}

^{Sylvia Waldrop}^{b. d.}		^{Roxie Elga Derryberg}^{b.1889 d.1938 Abilene, Texas}

^{Aaron Waldrop}^{b. d.}

^{Velma Jean Waldrop}^{b. Private d.}

	^{Velma Edith Cousins}^{b.1918 d.1994 Taylor Co.}