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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
 Adam Shaffer
 b.1796 York Co., Pennsylvania
 d.1871 York Co., Pennsylvania
 Jesse Ruhl Shaffer
 b.1839 Codorus, Pennsylvania
 d.1912 York Co., Pennsylvania
 Heinrich B Ruhl
 b.1777 Codorus T, Pennsylvania
 d.1858 Centre, Pennsylvania
 Susanna Ruhl
 b.1803 York Co., Pennsylvania
 d.1869 Codorus, Pennsylvania
 Margaretha Barbara Behly
 b.1779 Montgomer, Pennsylvania
 d.1875 Rebersburg, Pennsylvania
 Albadenna (___) Shaffer
 b.1838
 d.1921




1740 Colony population = 1.5 million
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1664 English capture/rename New York
1681 La Salle explores Louisiana
1700 American colonies prosper
1720 Texas becomes Spanish possession
1735 Freedom of press established
1565 First colony St. Augustine
1584 - 1588 Roanoke Island Colony
1607 Jamestown 1st permanent settlement
1620 Pilgrims to America on Mayflower
1638 Printing press reaches America
 Edward Ludden
 b.1585 Norfolk, England
 d.          England
 Mary Swalden Ludden
 b.1636 Weymout, Massachusetts
 d.1700 Braintree, Massachusetts
 James Ludden
 b.1611 Weymouth, England
 d.1693 Weymout, Massachusetts
 Richard Hadley
 b.1573 Worcestershire, England
 d.1600 Durham, England
 Sarah Ludden
 b.1639 Weymout, Massachusetts
 d.1640 Weymout, Massachusetts
 Anne Ane Hedley or Sedley
 b.1592 Little Plumstead, England
 d.1650 Little Plumstead, England
 Margaret Hadley
 b.1565 England
 d.         
 Sarah Ludden
 b.1642 Weymout, Massachusetts
 d.1679 Weymout, Massachusetts
 James Ludden
 b.1644 Weymout, Massachusetts
 d.1716 Weymout, Massachusetts
 Davy Johnson
 b.1580 Norfolk, England
 d.         
 John Ludden
 b.1656 Weymout, Massachusetts
 d.1656 Weymout, Massachusetts
 Alice Kinham
 b.1614
 d.1688 Weymout, Massachusetts
 Benjamin Ludden
 b.1650 Weymout, Massachusetts
 d.1690
 Elizabeth Cole
 b.1585 Weymout, Massachusetts
 d.1630 Plymouth, Massachusetts
 Joseph Ludden
 b.1646 Weymout, Massachusetts
 d.1688




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
 Peter Treesh
 b.1815 Franklin To, Pennsylvania
 d.1889 De Kalb, Indiana
 Jacob Phillip "Peter" Treesh
 b.1838 Ohio
 d.1917 Garrett, De Kalb, Indiana
 Rachel Hubler
 b.1820 Stark Co., Ohio
 d.1901 De Kalb, Indiana
 Lewis Ely Treesh
 b.1868 Corunna, De Kalb, Indiana
 d.1956 Garrett, De Kalb, Indiana
 Charles Fair
 b.1816
 d.1869 Allen Co., Indiana
 Minerva Fair
 b.1842 De Kalb, Indiana
 d.1927 Garrett, De Kalb, Indiana
 Sarah Virginia Simon
 b.1819
 d.1894 Noble, Indiana
 Living Vorhees
 b.         
 d.         
 William Deveny
 b.1845 Indiana
 d.         
 Alice Deveny
 b.1872 Indiana
 d.1954 Garrett, De Kalb, Indiana
 Catherine Long
 b.1852 Wurtemburg
 d.         




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
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1735 Freedom of press established
1740 Colony population = 1.5 million
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
 Peter Turner
 b.1732 New Castle, Delaware
 d.1777
 Daniel Turner
 b.1759
 d.1815 Christana, Delaware
 Elizabeth Gravenraet
 b.1739 Virginia
 d.1779
 John D Turner
 b.1803
 d.1859 Christana, Delaware
 Eleanor Lackey
 b.1761
 d.1816 Christana, Delaware
 Charles Henry Turner
 b.1834
 d.1835 Christana, Delaware
 Amelia Margaret (___) Turner
 b.1809
 d.1842 Christana, Delaware