Fern Elizabeth Lyon, b: 1926 -

^{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}




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	^{Alfred Earl Lyon}^{b.1893 d.1944 Curlew, IA}

^{Fern Elizabeth Lyon}^{b.1926 d.2010}		^{John Wesley Petersen}^{b.1865 Germany d.1943 Britt, Hancock County, IA}

	^{Annalena Petersen}^{b.1896 d.1960}	^{Rachel J. Weiland}^{b.1869 d.1956 Hamilton Co., IA}