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1908 Ford produces Model T
1913 Edison invents movies w/sound
1914 - 1918 World War I
1929 The Great Depression begins
1939 - 1945 World War II
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
 Lawrence E Lamb
 b.         
 d.         
 Jacob Lurton
 b.1805 Louisville, Kentucky
 d.1896 Jersey Co., Illinois
 Nelson Marion Lurton
 b.1830 Illinois
 d.1908 Mississippi Town, Illinois
 Margaret McDow
 b.1810 Venice, Illinois
 d.1889 Mississippi Town, Illinois
 Eva Minerva Lurton
 b.1866 Illinois
 d.         
 James Sloman
 b.         
 d.         
 Emma Sloman
 b.1833 England
 d.1912 Mississippi Town, Illinois
 Ama (___) Sloman
 b.         
 d.         




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
 Charles McDow
 b.1798 South Carolina
 d.         
 John McDow
 b.1770 South Carolina
 d.1834
 John McDow
 b.         
 d.          California
 Robert McDow
 b.         
 d.         
 Thomas Gillham
 b.          Ireland
 d.          York Co., South Carolina
 Thomas McDow
 b.1795 South Carolina
 d.         
 William Campbell Gillham
 b.1750 Virginia
 d.1825 Jersey Co., Illinois
 Spouse Unknown
 b.         
 d.         
 William McDow
 b.         
 d.1830 Otterville, Jersey, Illinois
 Margaret Gillham
 b.          South Carolina
 d.         
 Margaret McDow
 b.1810 Venice, Illinois
 d.1889 Mississippi Town, Illinois
 Jane McDow
 b.1750
 d.1810




1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1908 Ford produces Model T
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
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
 Cora A Lurton
 b.1855 Illinois
 d.         
 Jacob Lurton
 b.         
 d.         
 Octavia M Lurton
 b.1857 Illinois
 d.         
 Jacob Lurton
 b.1805 Louisville, Kentucky
 d.1896 Jersey Co., Illinois
 Salley Tuley
 b.         
 d.         
 Louisa M Lurton
 b.1859 Illinois
 d.         
 John Campbell Lurton
 b.1831 Illinois
 d.1893 Mississippi Town, Illinois
 John McDow
 b.1770 South Carolina
 d.1834
 Margaret Lurton
 b.1861 Illinois
 d.         
 Margaret McDow
 b.1810 Venice, Illinois
 d.1889 Mississippi Town, Illinois
 Margaret Gillham
 b.          South Carolina
 d.         
 Adaline Lurton
 b.1864 Illinois
 d.         
 Unknown Brown
 b.         
 d.         
 John C Lurton
 b.1866 Illinois
 d.         
 Chauncey Brown
 b.1799 Massachusetts
 d.1876 Calhoun Co., Illinois
 Spouse Unknown
 b.         
 d.         
 Estell Dolly Lurton
 b.1871 Illinois
 d.         
 Delia P Brown
 b.1834 Illinois
 d.1929 Jerseyville, Illinois
 Stephen Gorham
 b.         
 d.1855
 Blanche Lurton
 b.1876 Illinois
 d.         
 Adeline Gorham
 b.1820 Morgan Co., Illinois
 d.         
 Spouse Unknown
 b.         
 d.         




1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1908 Ford produces Model T
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
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
 John A Allen
 b.         
 d.         
 Jacob Lurton
 b.         
 d.         
 Jacob Lurton
 b.1805 Louisville, Kentucky
 d.1896 Jersey Co., Illinois
 Salley Tuley
 b.         
 d.         
 Julie Ann Lurton
 b.1832 Illinois
 d.         
 John McDow
 b.1770 South Carolina
 d.1834
 Margaret McDow
 b.1810 Venice, Illinois
 d.1889 Mississippi Town, Illinois
 Margaret Gillham
 b.          South Carolina
 d.         




1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1908 Ford produces Model T
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
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
 Martin V Hamilton
 b.         
 d.         
 Jacob Lurton
 b.         
 d.         
 Jacob Lurton
 b.1805 Louisville, Kentucky
 d.1896 Jersey Co., Illinois
 Salley Tuley
 b.         
 d.         
 Mary Jane Lurton
 b.1834 Illinois
 d.1876
 John McDow
 b.1770 South Carolina
 d.1834
 Margaret McDow
 b.1810 Venice, Illinois
 d.1889 Mississippi Town, Illinois
 Margaret Gillham
 b.          South Carolina
 d.