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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
 Edward J Girton
 b.1876
 d.1948
 Loyd Monroe Girton
 b.1907
 d.1985
 Emery J Girton
 b.1909 Bloomsburg, Pa.
 d.1992 Milville, Pa
 Joseph F. Rooker
 b.1830
 d.1859
 James Henry Girton
 b.1915 Bloomsburgh, Pa
 d.         
 William Henry Rooker
 b.1857 Muncy, PA
 d.1932 Montour Twp., PA
 Lydia Reese
 b.1859
 d.1884
 Elizabeth Milissa Rooker
 b.1883 North Moutain Pa
 d.1919
 Lafayette Strausser
 b.1830
 d.1917
 Lydia Jane Strausser
 b.1859
 d.1931 Light Street Pa
 Mary A. 
 b.1827
 d.1919