Dessie Maude Kirkman, b: 1886 - Tulare County, California

^{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}




	^{Buford Elmore Amyx}^{b.1884 KY d.1966 Alameda Co., CA}

^{Leon Kirkman Amyx}^{b.1909 Near Visalia, California d.}

^{Darrel A. (Dick) Amyx}^b.1911 d.			^{John Lincoln Kirkman}^{b.1828 High Point, NC d.1907 Three Rivers, CA}

^{Buford (Bob) Verle Amyx}^b.1912 d.		^{George Walter Kirkman}^{b.1853 Wayne Co, IN d.1919 Visalia, Tulare Co, CA}	^{Elizabeth Thornburg}^{b.1832 Wayne Co, IN d.1881 Call, MO [Darst Bottom]}

	^{Dessie Maude Kirkman}^{b.1886 Tulare Co., California d.1953 Alameda, California}

		^{Mary Delilah Yarnell}^{b.1863 Missouri d.1943}