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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
 George Ripley
 b.1827
 d.1886 Boonville, Missouri
 Frank Rippley
 b.1857 Boonville, Missouri
 d.1920 Grafton, Illinois
 Helena Sume
 b.1834 Baden-Württ, Germany
 d.1872 Boonville, Missouri
 Carlyle Joseph Rippley
 b.1898 Grafton, Illinois
 d.1971 Madison Co., Illinois
 Dan Birmingham
 b.1822 Ireland
 d.         
 Nora Birmingham
 b.1863 Grafton, Illinois
 d.1932 Grafton, Illinois
 Mary Birmingham
 b.1822 Ireland
 d.         
 Bertha Rippley
 b.1904 Illinois
 d.         




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
 Frank John Gainer
 b.1883 Wellington, Kansas
 d.1956
 John J. Gainer
 b.1914 Wellington, Kansas
 d.2012 Alton, Illinois
 Steve Bustine
 b.1854 Austria
 d.         
 Anna Josephine Bustine
 b.1882 Illinois
 d.         
 Teresa Bustine
 b.1857 Austria
 d.         
 Frank Rippley
 b.1857 Boonville, Missouri
 d.1920 Grafton, Illinois
 Leo Francis Rippley
 b.1886 Grafton, Illinois
 d.1972 Alton, Illinois
 Nora Birmingham
 b.1863 Grafton, Illinois
 d.1932 Grafton, Illinois
 Frances A Rippley
 b.1916 Grafton, Illinois
 d.1999 Godfrey, Illinois
 Lewis Edward Amburg
 b.1856 Illinois
 d.1907
 Frieda Margarette Amburg
 b.1892 Grafton, Illinois
 d.1991 Godfrey, Illinois
 Louisa Ruebel
 b.1862 St Louis, Missouri
 d.1935 Alton, Illinois




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
 William A Cook
 b.1873 Pennsylvania
 d.         
 Living Cook
 b.         
 d.         
 Living Cook
 b.         
 d.         
 William Henry Allen Thomas
 b.1856 Jersey Co., Illinois
 d.1924 Grafton, Jersey, Illinois
 Edith May Thomas
 b.1879 Jersey Co., Illinois
 d.1942 Cook Co., Illinois
 Eliza Jane McAuley
 b.1858 Grafton, Illinois
 d.1928 Grafton, Illinois




1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1969 Armstrong first person on the moon
1973 US launches Skylab space station
1981 Columbia is first space shuttle
1991 Persian Gulf War
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
 Living Rowles
 b.         
 d.         
 James R Rowles
 b.1878 Missouri
 d.         
 James H. Rowles
 b.1907 Missouri
 d.2001 Boonville, Missouri
 Living Rowles
 b.         
 d.         
 Living Rowles
 b.         
 d.         
 Living Rowles
 b.         
 d.         
 Pauline Rowles
 b.1878 Missouri
 d.         
 Living Rowles
 b.         
 d.