Dorothy Mae Rippley, b: 1892

^{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}



	^{William Henry Allen Thomas}^{b.1856 Jersey Co., Illinois d.1924 Grafton, Jersey, Illinois}

^{Henry Newton Thomas}^{b.1889 Grafton, Illinois d.1987 Grafton, Illinois}

	^{Eliza Jane McAuley}^{b.1858 Grafton, Illinois d.1928 Grafton, Illinois}

		^{George Ripley}^{b.1827 d.1886 Boonville, Missouri}

	^{George Rippley}^{b.1866 Boonville, Missouri d.1937 Grafton, Illinois}	^Helena Sume^{b.1834 Baden-Württ, Germany d.1872 Boonville, Missouri}

^{Dorothy Mae Rippley}^{b.1892 Illinois d.1973 St Louis, Missouri}

	^{Mary Ann Kelleher}^{b.1865 St Louis, Missouri d.1943 Alton, Illinois}

^{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}



		^{William Henry Allen Thomas}^{b.1856 Jersey Co., Illinois d.1924 Grafton, Jersey, Illinois}

	^{Henry Newton Thomas}^{b.1889 Grafton, Illinois d.1987 Grafton, Illinois}

^{Living Thomas}^{b. d.}		^{Eliza Jane McAuley}^{b.1858 Grafton, Illinois d.1928 Grafton, Illinois}

^{Living Thomas}^{b. d.}			^{George Ripley}^{b.1827 d.1886 Boonville, Missouri}

		^{George Rippley}^{b.1866 Boonville, Missouri d.1937 Grafton, Illinois}	^Helena Sume^{b.1834 Baden-Württ, Germany d.1872 Boonville, Missouri}

	^{Alice Helena Rippley}^{b.1889 Grafton, Illinois d.1983 Grafton, Illinois}

		^{Mary Ann Kelleher}^{b.1865 St Louis, Missouri d.1943 Alton, Illinois}