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1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
 James Bray
 b.1763 Orange C, North Carolina
 d.1857 Chatham , North Carolina
 Isaac Bray
 b.1792 Chatham, North Carolina
 d.1872 Grafton, Jersey, Illinois
 Anne Welch
 b.1767 Chatham , North Carolina
 d.1842 Henderson Co, Tennessee
 William Adison Bray
 b.1861 Jersey Co., Illinois
 d.1931
 Elijah A Bray
 b.1827 Charlotte, North Carolina
 d.1880 Jersey Co., Illinois
 Stephen White
 b.1755 Pennsylvania
 d.1829 Chatham, North Carolina
 Melvina Elvira Bray
 b.1848
 d.1873 Missouri
 Rosina White
 b.1804 Chatham, North Carolina
 d.1875 Grafton, Jersey, Illinois
 Mary Rushton
 b.1770 Ridley, Pennsylvania
 d.1838 North Carolina
 Emily B Bray
 b.1858 Jersey Co., Illinois
 d.1920
 Rosa Rosina Bray
 b.1854
 d.1926
 James H Bray
 b.1848 Illinois
 d.1895 Jersey Co., Illinois
 Almira Henson
 b.1833 Illinois
 d.1860 Jersey Co., Illinois
 Samantha I Bray
 b.1856 Jersey Co., Illinois
 d.         




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
 Byrd Crull
 b.         
 d.         
 George Washington Slaten
 b.1816 St Clair, Illinois
 d.1889 Jersey, Illinois
 George Wesley Slaten
 b.1847 Quarry Township, Illinois
 d.1932 Grafton, Jersey, Illinois
 Lementine Lewis
 b.1818 Chatham , North Carolina
 d.1895
 Clara Belle Slaten
 b.1880 Jersey Co., Illinois
 d.         
 Emma M Johnston
 b.1853 Illinois
 d.         




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
 Roland Heflington
 b.         
 d.         
 George Pierce Heflington
 b.         
 d.         
 Emma Heflington
 b.         
 d.1919
 George Washington Slaten
 b.1816 St Clair, Illinois
 d.1889 Jersey, Illinois
 Alice Heflington
 b.         
 d.1919
 George Wesley Slaten
 b.1847 Quarry Township, Illinois
 d.1932 Grafton, Jersey, Illinois
 Lementine Lewis
 b.1818 Chatham , North Carolina
 d.1895
 Clara Belle Slaten
 b.1880 Jersey Co., Illinois
 d.         
 Emma M Johnston
 b.1853 Illinois
 d.         




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
 Unknown Brock
 b.         
 d.         
 J Russel Brock
 b.1889 Illinois
 d.         
 Lee G Brock
 b.1892 Missouri
 d.         
 Cornelius Sprague Whitcomb
 b.1813 Stanstead Plain, Canada
 d.1893 Walnut Creek, California
 Sylvester Julius Whitcomb
 b.1844 Salem, Carroll, Illinois
 d.1900 California
 Elizabeth Patten
 b.1820 Tennessee
 d.1850 Jersey Co., Illinois
 Mary Delight Whitcomb
 b.1871 Illinois
 d.          Illinois
 James Russell Slaten
 b.1822 Greene Co., Illinois
 d.1912 Jerseyville, Illinois
 Mary J Whitcomb
 b.1846 Mississippi Town, Illinois
 d.1924 East Saint Louis, Illinois
 Elizabeth West
 b.1822 Madison Co., Kentucky
 d.1879




1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
 Nelson Marion Lurton
 b.1830 Illinois
 d.1908 Mississippi Town, Illinois
 John Campbell Lurton
 b.1831 Illinois
 d.1893 Mississippi Town, Illinois
 Jacob Lurton
 b.         
 d.         
 Julie Ann Lurton
 b.1832 Illinois
 d.         
 Jacob Lurton
 b.1805 Louisville, Kentucky
 d.1896 Jersey Co., Illinois
 Mary Jane Lurton
 b.1834 Illinois
 d.1876
 Salley Tuley
 b.         
 d.         
 Sarah Margaret Lurton
 b.1836 Illinois
 d.         
 Jacob Perry Lurton
 b.1838 Illinois
 d.1868
 John McDow
 b.1770 South Carolina
 d.1834
 Caroline Lurton
 b.1842 Illinois
 d.         
 Margaret McDow
 b.1810 Venice, Illinois
 d.1889 Mississippi Town, Illinois
 William Campbell Gillham
 b.1750 Virginia
 d.1825 Jersey Co., Illinois
 Olivia Minerva Lurton
 b.1849 Illinois
 d.         
 Margaret Gillham
 b.          South Carolina
 d.         
 Jane McDow
 b.1750
 d.1810