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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
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
 John G Lofton
 b.         
 d.1837 Jersey Co., Illinois
 Thomas C Lofton
 b.         
 d.         
 Samuel A Lofton
 b.         
 d.         
 Thomas Gillham
 b.          Ireland
 d.          York Co., South Carolina
 John W Lofton
 b.         
 d.         
 William Campbell Gillham
 b.1750 Virginia
 d.1825 Jersey Co., Illinois
 Spouse Unknown
 b.         
 d.         
 Ages Gillham
 b.         
 d.         
 Jane McDow
 b.1750
 d.1810




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
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
 William Campbell Gillham
 b.1750 Virginia
 d.1825 Jersey Co., Illinois
 John Davidson Gillham
 b.1782
 d.         
 Jane McDow
 b.1750
 d.1810
 William Gillham
 b.1835 Illinois
 d.         
 Marcus Gillham
 b.1810 Madison Co., Illinois
 d.1876
 Laura P Gillham
 b.1837 Illinois
 d.         
 Mary (___) Gillham
 b.1795
 d.         
 Mary C Gillham
 b.1847 Illinois
 d.         
 Richard C Gillham
 b.1853 Jersey Co., Illinois
 d.         
 Patzey (___) Slaten
 b.1812 Tennessee
 d.         




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
1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
 John Davidson Gillham
 b.1782
 d.         
 Marcus Gillham
 b.1810 Madison Co., Illinois
 d.1876
 Mary (___) Gillham
 b.1795
 d.         
 Richard C Gillham
 b.1853 Jersey Co., Illinois
 d.         
 Charles C Gillham
 b.1879 Jersey Co., Illinois
 d.         
 Patzey (___) Slaten
 b.1812 Tennessee
 d.         
 Cora M Gillham
 b.         
 d.         
 Luther Marcus Gillham
 b.1885 Jersey Co., Illinois
 d.1967 Jersey Co., Illinois
 Ida Chappell
 b.1858 Carlinville, Illinois
 d.         




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
 Marcus Gillham
 b.1810 Madison Co., Illinois
 d.1876
 Richard C Gillham
 b.1853 Jersey Co., Illinois
 d.         
 Patzey (___) Slaten
 b.1812 Tennessee
 d.         
 Charles C Gillham
 b.1879 Jersey Co., Illinois
 d.         
 Ruth V Gillham
 b.         
 d.         
 Ida Chappell
 b.1858 Carlinville, Illinois
 d.         
 Theda Irene Gillham
 b.         
 d.         
 Martha V Dempsey
 b.         
 d.         




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
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
 William Campbell Gillham
 b.1750 Virginia
 d.1825 Jersey Co., Illinois
 John Davidson Gillham
 b.1782
 d.         
 Jane McDow
 b.1750
 d.1810
 Andrew J Gillham
 b.1822
 d.         
 John F Gillham
 b.1842
 d.         
 Mary (___) Gillham
 b.1795
 d.         
 William W Gillham
 b.1844
 d.         
 Maria Gillham
 b.1849
 d.         
 Margaret Darlington
 b.1822
 d.