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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
 William Thomas Taylor
 b.1898 Gray Twp, Illinois
 d.         
 Frederick Charles Bodishbaugh
 b.1842 Schwedenb, Unterfranken
 d.1888 Grayville, Illinois
 John William "Will" Bodishbaugh
 b.1872 Grayville, Illinois
 d.1949 Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois
 Almira "Allie" Conner
 b.1849 Mt. Carmel, Illinois
 d.1874 Grayville, Illinois
 Agatha Sunbeam Bodishbaugh
 b.1900 Gray Twp, Illinois
 d.1958 Evansville, Indiana
 Ada Frances Louise Bosecker
 b.1875 Grayville, Illinois
 d.1934 Grayville, Illinois