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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