GedHTree HomepageIndex
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1908 Ford produces Model T
1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
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
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
 James Alexander Gowin
 b.1763 Virginia
 d.         
 Paris M Gowin
 b.1843 Grafton, Jersey, Illinois
 d.1911 Jersey Co., Illinois
 Nathan F Gowin
 b.1794 Rockingham Co., Virginia
 d.1879 Otterville, Jersey, Illinois
 Miner Steel Gowin
 b.1823 Lebanon, Tennessee
 d.1918 Morrisonville, Illinois
 Rebecca Adams
 b.1765
 d.         
 Nathan F Gowin
 b.1840 Otter Creek Town, Illinois
 d.1889 Illinois
 Hester Salina Gowin
 b.1825 Wilson, De Witt, Illinois
 d.1897 East Moline, Illinois
 George Midgett
 b.1766 Currituck , North Carolina
 d.1846 Flat Rock, Illinois
 Sabra Midgett
 b.1796 Hatteras, North Carolina
 d.1860 Grafton, Jersey, Illinois
 Sarah Burress
 b.          Dare Co., North Carolina
 d.1799 Hyde Co., North Carolina




1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1908 Ford produces Model T
1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
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
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
 George Midgett
 b.1766 Currituck , North Carolina
 d.1846 Flat Rock, Illinois
 Sabra Midgett
 b.1796 Hatteras, North Carolina
 d.1860 Grafton, Jersey, Illinois
 Sarah Burress
 b.          Dare Co., North Carolina
 d.1799 Hyde Co., North Carolina




1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1908 Ford produces Model T
1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
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
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
 James Alexander Gowin
 b.1763 Virginia
 d.         
 Francis Gowin
 b.1870 Illinois
 d.         
 Nathan F Gowin
 b.1794 Rockingham Co., Virginia
 d.1879 Otterville, Jersey, Illinois
 John F Gowin
 b.1862 Illinois
 d.         
 Rebecca Adams
 b.1765
 d.         
 Louisa Gowin
 b.1864 Illinois
 d.         
 Marsilla Gowin
 b.1872 Illinois
 d.         
 Sylva Wilcox
 b.1794
 d.1872




1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1908 Ford produces Model T
1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
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
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
 James Alexander Gowin
 b.1763 Virginia
 d.         
 Nathan F Gowin
 b.1794 Rockingham Co., Virginia
 d.1879 Otterville, Jersey, Illinois
 Rebecca Adams
 b.1765
 d.         




1908 Ford produces Model T
1913 Edison invents movies w/sound
1914 - 1918 World War I
1929 The Great Depression begins
1939 - 1945 World War II
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
 Allen Hunt
 b.1804 Halifax Co., Virginia
 d.1869 Mount Vernon, Illinois
 Willam Huston Hunt
 b.1831 Lebanon, Tennessee
 d.1905 Grafton, Jersey, Illinois
 Rebeccah Sanders
 b.1813 Tennessee
 d.1876 Mount Vernon, Illinois