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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
 William Henry Allen Thomas
 b.1856 Jersey Co., Illinois
 d.1924 Grafton, Jersey, Illinois
 Henry Newton Thomas
 b.1889 Grafton, Illinois
 d.1987 Grafton, Illinois
 Eliza Jane McAuley
 b.1858 Grafton, Illinois
 d.1928 Grafton, Illinois
 George Ripley
 b.1827
 d.1886 Boonville, Missouri
 George Rippley
 b.1866 Boonville, Missouri
 d.1937 Grafton, Illinois
 Helena Sume
 b.1834 Baden-Württ, Germany
 d.1872 Boonville, Missouri
 Dorothy Mae Rippley
 b.1892 Illinois
 d.1973 St Louis, Missouri
 Mary Ann Kelleher
 b.1865 St Louis, Missouri
 d.1943 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
 William Henry Allen Thomas
 b.1856 Jersey Co., Illinois
 d.1924 Grafton, Jersey, Illinois
 Henry Newton Thomas
 b.1889 Grafton, Illinois
 d.1987 Grafton, Illinois
 Living Thomas
 b.         
 d.         
 Eliza Jane McAuley
 b.1858 Grafton, Illinois
 d.1928 Grafton, Illinois
 Living Thomas
 b.         
 d.         
 George Ripley
 b.1827
 d.1886 Boonville, Missouri
 George Rippley
 b.1866 Boonville, Missouri
 d.1937 Grafton, Illinois
 Helena Sume
 b.1834 Baden-Württ, Germany
 d.1872 Boonville, Missouri
 Alice Helena Rippley
 b.1889 Grafton, Illinois
 d.1983 Grafton, Illinois
 Mary Ann Kelleher
 b.1865 St Louis, Missouri
 d.1943 Alton, Illinois