| 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 |
![]() | ![]() | Samuel Abrams b.1819 Hempstead, New York d.1884 Bloomington, Illinois | ||||||
![]() | Charles Henry Abrams b.1850 Bloomington, Illinois d.1922 Bloomington, Illinois | ![]() | Garret Spragg b.1810 Queens, New York d.1848 Bloomington, Illinois | |||||
| Minnie May Abrams b.1876 d.1961 Volusia, Florida | ![]() | Sarah Ann Spragg b.1827 Hempstead, New York d.1900 Bloomington, Illinois | Hannah Doughty b.1811 South Hempste, New York d.1886 Bloomington, Illinois | |||||
| Ida Belle Abrams b.1876 Bloomington, Illinois d.1955 Orange, Florida | ![]() | |||||||
| Clarence Lee Abrams b.1881 Bloomington, Illinois d.1948 Oakland, California | ||||||||
![]() | Emma Louise Peters b.1859 d.1939 Bloomington, Illinois | |||||||
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