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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
 Jesse Hamilton G. Lang
 b.1831
 d.         
 Lee Jackson Lang
 b.1868
 d.1941 Bridgeport, WV
 Emily Carrico
 b.1841
 d.1910
 James Hamilton Lang
 b.1914
 d.         
 Samuel French Given
 b.1811
 d.1872
 James Corley Given
 b.1851
 d.1930
 Cynthia Duffield
 b.1817
 d.1862
 Nancy Link Given
 b.1889
 d.         
 George Washington Brown
 b.1814
 d.1854
 Martha Harriett Brown
 b.1853 Birch River (VA) WV
 d.          1932
 Nancy Boggs
 b.         
 d.