Rosa Cooley Tillman, b: 1893 -

^{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}

^{1789 George Washington first president}
^{1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased}
^{1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific}
^{1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain}
^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}




^{James William Wilkes}^{b. d.}



		^{David Tillman}^{b.1784 Montgom, North Carolina d.1859 Anson, North Carolina}

	^{David Chiles Tillman}^{b.1835 Anson, North Carolina d.1904 Deep Cree, North Carolina}	^{Martha Ledbetter}^{b.1794 Anson, North Carolina d.1882 Carrollton, Mississippi}

^{Rosa Cooley Tillman}^{b.1893 d.1977}		^{Seth Shailer Arnold}^{b.1819 Connecticut d.1872 Sunny Side, Kansas}

	^{Martha Elizabeth Arnold}^{b.1845 d.1911}	^{Elizabeth Stebbins Cooley}^{b.1827 Connecticut d.1893 Meriden, Kansas}