Ethel Ruth Bates, b: 1900

^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}



		^{Clinton Ward Cox}^{b.1870 Warren, Iowa d.1949 Indianola, Warren, Iowa}

	^{Lester Ward Cox}^{b.1895 Indianola, Warren, Iowa d.1977 Craig, Moffat, Colorado}		^{Benjamin Beeson Starbuck}^{b.1827 Guilford, North Carolina d.1876 Warren, Iowa}

		^{Laura Starbuck}^{b.1868 Otter, Warren, Iowa d.1932 Jefferson, Warren, Iowa}	^{Cynthia Ann Shaw}^{b.1828 Guilford, North Carolina d.1920 Indianola, Warren, Iowa}

^{Wilma Lou Cox}^{b. Private d.}



	^{Ethel Ruth Bates}^{b.1900 Boone, Iowa d.1989 Craig, Moffat, Colorado}