Merle Delilah Kirkman, b: 1902 - North of Exeter, California

^{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}




^{Lester LaReviere}^{b. d.}



		^{George Walter Kirkman}^{b.1853 Wayne Co, IN d.1919 Visalia, Tulare Co, CA}

	^{John Montreville Kirkman}^{b.1883 d.1944}	^{Mary Delilah Yarnell}^{b.1863 Missouri d.1943}

^{Merle Delilah Kirkman}^{b.1902 North of Exeter, California d.}

	^{Margaret Irene Tipton}^{b. CA d. CA}