| 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 |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Benjamin F. Davis b.1812 Monongalia Co., VA d.1862 Camp MIstake, VA | |||||
![]() | ![]() | Benjamin Franklin Davis b.1842 d.1920 Flemming, OH | Nancy Scott b.1814 d.1883 Ritchie Co., WV | |||||
![]() | Leo Harrison Davis b.1892 d.1967 | ![]() | Enoch Meyers b. d. | |||||
![]() | ![]() | Mabelle Meyers b.1847 d.1925 | Dorcas b. d. | |||||
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![]() | ![]() | Samuel F. Richards b.1863 d.1939 Ritchie Co., WV | ||||||
![]() | Myrtle Gay Richards b.1891 d.1970 | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | Sarah Harriett Dotson b.1858 d.1905 Ritchie Co., WV | ||||||
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