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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
 John Flori
 b.1829 Bavaria, Germany
 d.1901 Macoupin Co., Illinois
 William Flori
 b.1861 Belleville, Illinois
 d.1941 Alton, Illinois
 Helen Mees
 b.1820 Bavaria, Germany
 d.1904 Alton, 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
 Ralph Dixon
 b.1837 Newcastle Upon , England
 d.1907 Alton, Illinois
 Ralph Dixon
 b.1861 Alton, Illinois
 d.1943 Alton, Illinois
 Lydia Barnes Clifford
 b.1837 Mackworth, England
 d.1918 Alton, Illinois




1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1969 Armstrong first person on the moon
1973 US launches Skylab space station
1981 Columbia is first space shuttle
1991 Persian Gulf War
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
 George Burns
 b.1878 Alton, Illinois
 d.1963 Alton, Illinois
 Robert E Burns
 b.1899 Alton, Illinois
 d.1972 Alton, Illinois
 Mary Emily Kellenberger
 b.1883 Alton, Illinois
 d.1951 Alton, 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
 John E Hanlon (Hanlin)
 b.1835 Kilkenny, Ireland
 d.1889 Alton, Madison, Illinois
 James Patrick Hanlon
 b.1868 Alton, Illinois
 d.1935 Alton, Illinois
 Mary Ryan
 b.1830 Kerry, Ireland
 d.1920 Alton, Illinois
 James J Hanlon
 b.1904 Alton, Illinois
 d.2004 Alton, Illinois
 John A Long
 b.          Kilkenny, Ireland
 d.         
 Julia Annastasia Long
 b.1870
 d.1929 Alton, Illinois
 Anastasia Malone
 b.          Kilkenny, Ireland
 d.         
 Margaret C Hanlon
 b.1901 Missouri
 d.1987 Glendale, California




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
 Johann Peter Reuss
 b.1766 Dreieichenhain, Germany
 d.1846 Bochenheim, Germany
 Rev (Rev.) Reuss
 b.1803 Germany
 d.1864 Lively Grove Tow, Illinois
 Auguste Margaretha Kniess
 b.1770 Büdingen, Germany
 d.1830
 Mary Frances Reuss
 b.1875 Tennessee
 d.1904
 Philip August Reuss
 b.1832 Germany
 d.1893 Washington Co., Illinois
 Johann Georg Metzler
 b.         
 d.         
 Augusta Anna Elizabetha Reuss
 b.1878 Washington Co., Illinois
 d.1929 St Clair, Illinois
 Anna Margaretha Metzger
 b.1809 Germany
 d.1835 Germany
 Dorothea Haller
 b.1784 Alsace, France
 d.1871 Bergdorf, South Dakota
 Lillie M Reuss
 b.1879 Washington Co., Illinois
 d.1950 Fulton Co., Illinois
 John Beasley
 b.1788 Darlingto, South Carolina
 d.1860 Darlingto, South Carolina
 Phillip August Reuss
 b.1884 Belleville, Illinois
 d.1941 St James, Missouri
 William M Beasley
 b.1820 Darlingto, South Carolina
 d.1866 Darlingto, South Carolina
 Mary Anna Pipkin
 b.1797 Wayne, North Carolina
 d.1881 Lockhart, Caldwell, Texas
 Julia Ella Reuss
 b.1887 Washington Co., Illinois
 d.1977 Kansas City, Missouri
 Sarah Frances Beasley
 b.1850 Darlingto, South Carolina
 d.1897 Fulton Co., Illinois
 Nancy Elizabeth Mixon
 b.1829 South Carolina
 d.1856 South Carolina