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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
 Asa B. Ryers
 b.1894, Indiana
 d.         
 Asa B. Ryers
 b.         
 d.         
 Elizabeth Ryers
 b.         
 d.         
 John James Scruggs
 b.1840 Lynchburg, VA
 d.         
 Mary Elizabeth Scruggs
 b.1893 Lynchburg, VA
 d.         
 Charles James Meriwether
 b.1831 Boonsboro, VA
 d.1887 Lynchburg, VA
 Elizabeth Dandridge Meriwether
 b.1860 Bedford Co, Virginia
 d.         
 
 
 




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
 Francis Thornton Meriwether
 b.1838 Bedford Co, Virginia
 d.1919 Louisiana, Missouri
 Charles Louis Meriwether
 b.1877 Louisiana, Missouri
 d.1928 Louisiana, Missouri
 Elizabeth James Dawson
 b.1852 Louisiana, Missouri
 d.1951 Louisiana, Missouri
 Charles Louis Meriwether
 b.1905 Louisiana, Missouri
 d.1987 Louisiana, Missouri
 Marie Naxera
 b.1880 Louisiana, Missouri
 d.1965 Louisiana, Missouri
 Ione Marie Pine
 b.1907 Vandalia, Missouri
 d.         




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
 John Michel Carter
 b.1789
 d.1840
 Elizabeth Clerk Carter
 b.1867 Richmond, Virginia
 d.1945
 Marco Bozarris Carter
 b.1826 King William Co, Virginia
 d.1874 Petersburg, Virginia
 Arthur Landon Davies
 b.1773 Bedford Co, Virginia
 d.1840 Gloucester Co, Virginia
 Blanche Withers Carter
 b.1861 Campbell Co, Virginia
 d.1946 Lynchburg, VA
 Ann Bowyer Clayton Davies
 b.1797 Gloucester Co, Virginia
 d.1833 Richmond, Virginia
 Elizabeth Whiting Pryor
 b.1772 Gloucester Co, Virginia
 d.1813
 William Hanman Carter
 b.1863 Campbell Co, Virginia
 d.         
 John Galt Carter
 b.         
 d.         
 Susan Ellwood Carter
 b.         
 d.         
 Martha Harriet Payne
 b.1832 Campbell Co, Virginia
 d.1875
 Walter Kimbrough Carter
 b.         
 d.         




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
 Ann Elizabeth Cobbs
 b.1850 Bedford Co, Virginia
 d.1912 Boonsboro, VA
 John Cabell Cobbs
 b.1815, Virginia
 d.1885 Bedford Co, Virginia
 Editha Lee Cobbs
 b.1852 Bedford Co, Virginia
 d.1947 Lynchburg, Virginia
 Nicholas Hamner Cobbs
 b.1854 Bedford Co, Virginia
 d.1922 Richmond, Virginia
 Lucy Landonia Cobbs
 b.1858 Bedford Co, Virginia
 d.1938 Lynchburg, VA
 John Michel Carter
 b.1789
 d.1840
 Martha Cabell Cobbs
 b.1861 Bedford Co, Virginia
 d.1886
 Martha Brodnax Carter
 b.1828 Richmond, Virginia
 d.1893
 Arthur Landon Davies
 b.1773 Bedford Co, Virginia
 d.1840 Gloucester Co, Virginia
 Richard Wilmer Cobbs
 b.1863 Bedford Co, Virginia
 d.1912 Amherst Co, Virginia
 Ann Bowyer Clayton Davies
 b.1797 Gloucester Co, Virginia
 d.1833 Richmond, Virginia
 Elizabeth Whiting Pryor
 b.1772 Gloucester Co, Virginia
 d.1813
 Susan Landonia Cobbs
 b.1856 Bedford Co, Virginia
 d.1857




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
 Junius H. Elcan
 b.1831
 d.1869 Memphis, Tennessee
 John Michel Carter
 b.1789
 d.1840
 Henry Ann Nelson Cabell Carter
 b.1832 Richmond, Virginia
 d.1895
 Arthur Landon Davies
 b.1773 Bedford Co, Virginia
 d.1840 Gloucester Co, Virginia
 Ann Bowyer Clayton Davies
 b.1797 Gloucester Co, Virginia
 d.1833 Richmond, Virginia
 Elizabeth Whiting Pryor
 b.1772 Gloucester Co, Virginia
 d.1813