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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
 Stanley Rider
 b.1898
 d.1901
 Clinton Emanuel Rider
 b.1879 Pa.
 d.1942
 Grace E. Rider
 b.1900 Pa.
 d.1981
 Bertha May Rider
 b.         
 d.         
 Florence Rider
 b.         
 d.         
 John Russell Swisher
 b.1833 Pa.
 d.1914
 Christie Jane Swisher
 b.1876 Pa.
 d.1961
 Abraham Reese
 b.1814 Columbia Co., PA
 d.1860
 Mary Elizabeth Reese
 b.1833 Pa.
 d.1907
 Sarah Elizabeth Rider
 b.1811 Pa.
 d.1885