Betty A. Yeakel, b: -

^{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}

^{1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain}
^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}


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

	^{Jonathan Grant Kirkman}^{b.1868 Hagerstown, IN d.1951 Exeter, Tulare, California}	^{Elizabeth Thornburg}^{b.1832 Wayne Co, IN d.1881 Call, MO [Darst Bottom]}

^{Granville Thornburg Kirkman}^{b.1905 Exeter, Tulare, CA d.1980 Hemet, CA}		^{James W. Link}^{b.1815 d.1893 Tulare Co., California}

	^{Ollie Virginia Link}^{b.1869 St. Louis, MO d.1908 Exeter, Tulare, California}	^{America Summerville Ashby}^{b.1832 d.1915 Tulare Co., California}





^{Betty A. Yeakel}^{b. d.}