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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
 Roderick Royster Wiggins
 b.1810 Kentucky
 d.1860
 Washington Harbard Wiggins
 b.1842 Louisiana
 d.1892
 Nancy Lout
 b.1811
 d.1849
 Lee Hill Wiggins
 b.1866
 d.1953 Shelbyville, Texas
 Vessie R. Wiggins
 b.1888
 d.         
 Mary Frances Eddins
 b.1846 Tennessee
 d.1914
 Nonie Elizabeth Wiggins
 b.1891 East Hamilton, Texas
 d.1994 Center, Texas
 Hattie Elizabeth Palmer
 b.1861 Louisiana
 d.1947 Shelbyville, Texas