Russell Martin Wharton, b: 1897

^{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 Henry Whorton}^{b.1851 d.1923 Moundsville, WV}

		^{William Oliver Whorton}^{b.1877 d.1944 Myers Clinic Phillipi Barb}	^{Sarah Ellen Smith}^{b.1854 d.1935 Moundsville, WV}

	^{Russell Martin Wharton}^{b.1897 Hanes Run, WV d.1971}		^{Joseph Young}^{b. d.}

		^{Almira (Elmirah) Young}^{b.1880 Wetzel Co., WV d.1962 Clarksburg, WV}	^{Mary Ann Haney}^{b. d.}

^{Mary Jo Wharton}^{b.1925 d.2011 Fairmont Marion Co., WV}			^{William E. Radford}^{b.1854 Troy, Alabama d.1926 Fairmont Marion Co., WV}

		^{Charles Arthur (Raffee) Radford}^{b.1877 d.1964 Marion Co., WV}	^{Alice Virginia Vance}^{b.1856 Marion Co., WV d.1942 Fairmont Marion Co., WV}

	^{Arah Bernice Radford}^{b.1904 d.1980}		^{William E. Seese}^{b. d.}

		^Arah Seese^{b.1876 d.1937 Mudlink Road, WV}	^{Mary (Polly) Koon}^{b. d.}