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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
 Cornelius Sprague Whitcomb
 b.1813 Stanstead Plain, Canada
 d.1893 Walnut Creek, California
 Sylvester Julius Whitcomb
 b.1844 Salem, Carroll, Illinois
 d.1900 California
 Mary Jane Whitcomb
 b.1841 Jerseyville, Jersey, Illinois
 d.1923 Tacoma, Washington
 Nathan Timothy Whitcomb
 b.1838 Illinois
 d.1900 San Francisco, California
 Elizabeth Patten
 b.1820 Tennessee
 d.1850 Jersey Co., Illinois




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
 Alfred Alvin Brinton
 b.1837 Birmingham, Pennsylvania
 d.1905 Jerseyville, Illinois
 Herbert Carroll Brinton
 b.1881 Jerseyville, Illinois
 d.1944 Hillsboro, Illinois
 Stella Mary Brinton
 b.1884 Jerseyville, Illinois
 d.1967 Hillsboro, Illinois
 Alvin Levis Brinton
 b.1876 Quarry, Illinois
 d.1955 Illinois
 Otillia Maria Oehmstedt
 b.1855 Germany
 d.1939 Hillsboro, Illinois




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
 
 
 
 Gregory L Brock
 b.1892 Missouri
 d.         
 J Russel Brock
 b.1889 Illinois
 d.         
 Reverend George B Slaten
 b.1780 North Carolina
 d.1844 Mississippi Town, Illinois
 James Russell Slaten
 b.1822 Greene Co., Illinois
 d.1912 Jerseyville, Illinois
 Lucinda Brogdon
 b.1786 South Carolina
 d.1866 Jersey Co., Illinois
 Mary J Whitcomb
 b.1846 Mississippi Town, Illinois
 d.1924 East Saint Louis, Illinois
 Elizabeth West
 b.1822 Madison Co., Kentucky
 d.1879




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
 
 
 
 James Bray
 b.1763 Orange C, North Carolina
 d.1857 Chatham , North Carolina
 Isaac Bray
 b.1792 Chatham, North Carolina
 d.1872 Grafton, Jersey, Illinois
 Anne Welch
 b.1767 Chatham , North Carolina
 d.1842 Henderson Co, Tennessee
 Julia Ann Bray
 b.1829 Chatham , North Carolina
 d.1897 Grafton, Jersey, Illinois
 Stephen White
 b.1755 Pennsylvania
 d.1829 Chatham, North Carolina
 Rosina White
 b.1804 Chatham, North Carolina
 d.1875 Grafton, Jersey, Illinois
 Mary Rushton
 b.1770 Ridley, Pennsylvania
 d.1838 North Carolina




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
 Benjamin Wedding
 b.1826 Scioto Co., Ohio
 d.1907 Jerseyville, Illinois
 Barclay Wedding
 b.1841 Rosedale Townshi, Illinois
 d.1927 Jerseyville, Illinois
 Elvira Ruth Wedding
 b.1893 Jerseyville, Illinois
 d.1960 Hillsboro, Illinois
 Tabitha Johnson
 b.1831 Scioto Co., Ohio
 d.1910 Jersey Co., Illinois
 Gertrude Wedding
 b.1896 Jerseyville, Illinois
 d.1929 Jerseyville, Illinois
 John Wedding
 b.1894 Jerseyville, Illinois
 d.1901 Jerseyville, Illinois
 Mary G Wedding
 b.1862 Illinois
 d.1931 Jersey Co., Illinois