John Benoni McClure, b: 1879

^{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 McClure}^{b. MO d.}

	^{John Benoni McClure}^{b.1879 MO d.}		^{John Lincoln Kirkman}^{b.1828 High Point, NC d.1907 Three Rivers, CA}

		^{Mary Ellen Kirkman}^{b.1858 Hagerstown, IN d.1916 Exeter, Tulare, CA}	^{Elizabeth Thornburg}^{b.1832 Wayne Co, IN d.1881 Call, MO [Darst Bottom]}

^{Benoni Howard McClure}^{b.1904 Exeter, Tulare, California d.}



	^{Della Ethel Inman}^{b. MO d.}