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1969 Armstrong first person on the moon
1973 US launches Skylab space station
1981 Columbia is first space shuttle
1991 Persian Gulf War
1992 Trade Pact, US, Canada, Mexico
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
 Grover Cleveland Wilson
 b.1922
 d.1987 Milan, Missouri
 Grover Cleveland Wilson
 b.         
 d.         
 Henry Harrison Higginbotham
 b.1889 Amherst Co, Virginia
 d.1966 Salem, Virginia
 Sloan Christina Wilson
 b.         
 d.         
 Mary Starke Higginbotham
 b.         
 d.         
 Elizabeth Adair
 b.1880
 d.1956
 Grant Thomas Wilson
 b.         
 d.         
 Carol Christine Sloan
 b.         
 d.         




1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1950 Korean War begins
1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1969 Armstrong first person on the moon
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
 George Eric Harkness
 b.         
 d.         
 Suzanne Lee Harkness
 b.         
 d.         
 William Lee Meredith
 b.1896
 d.1949
 Ann Myers Meredith
 b.         
 d.         
 Samuel Beverly Higginbotham
 b.1856 Amherst Co, Virginia
 d.1907
 Mary Elizabeth Higginbotham
 b.1898 Amherst Co, Virginia
 d.1990 Lynchburg, VA
 Olivia Valentine Cunningham
 b.1861 Amherst Co, Virginia
 d.1940 Spring Hill, WV




1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1950 Korean War begins
1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1969 Armstrong first person on the moon
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
 William Lee Meredith
 b.1896
 d.1949
 Morris Jackson Meredith
 b.1922
 d.1989 Nicholasville, KY
 Samuel Beverly Higginbotham
 b.1856 Amherst Co, Virginia
 d.1907
 Mary Elizabeth Higginbotham
 b.1898 Amherst Co, Virginia
 d.1990 Lynchburg, VA
 Olivia Valentine Cunningham
 b.1861 Amherst Co, Virginia
 d.1940 Spring Hill, WV
 Marianne J. Charles
 b.1931
 d.1956




1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1950 Korean War begins
1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1969 Armstrong first person on the moon
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
 William Lee Meredith
 b.1896
 d.1949
 Morris Jackson Meredith
 b.1922
 d.1989 Nicholasville, KY
 Samuel Beverly Higginbotham
 b.1856 Amherst Co, Virginia
 d.1907
 Lynn Beverly Meredith
 b.         
 d.         
 Mary Elizabeth Higginbotham
 b.1898 Amherst Co, Virginia
 d.1990 Lynchburg, VA
 Olivia Valentine Cunningham
 b.1861 Amherst Co, Virginia
 d.1940 Spring Hill, WV
 Stacy Alison Meredith
 b.         
 d.         
 Barbara Young
 b.         
 d.         




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
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
 William Daniel
 b.         
 d.         
 John Jordan Cabell
 b.1772 Buckingham Co, Virginia
 d.1834 Charleston, WV
 Paulina J. H. Cabell
 b.1808 Lynchburg, VA
 d.1835
 Henry Landon Davies
 b.1745 Goochland Co, Virginia
 d.1808 Bedford Co, Virginia
 Henriann Davies
 b.1780 Bedford Co, Virginia
 d.1843 Lynchburg, VA
 Anne Whiting Clayton
 b.1746 Gloucester Co, Virginia
 d.1784 Amherst Co, Virginia