Aldulah Melisa "Alice" Cortner, b: 1866

^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}

^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}

^{1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased}
^{1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific}
^{1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain}
^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}




	^{William Hartwell Elam}^{b.1864 California d.}

^{Rachel Mary Elam}^{b.1887 Orosi, Tulare, California. d.1973 Visalia, California}

^{William Coleman Elam}^{b.1888 Stokes Valley, California d.1946 Los Angeles, California}

		^{William Coleman Cortner}^{b.1828 Shelby, Tennessee d.1894 Stokes Valley, California.}

	^{Aldulah Melisa "Alice" Cortner}^{b.1866 Auckland, Californea. d.1888 Stokes Valley, California.}		^John Jordan^{b.1807 Bond Co., Illinois d.1862 Kern River, California}

		^{Mary Ann Jordan}^{b.1833 Champaign, Illinois d.1915 Tulare, California}	^{Eliza Jane Sadorus}^{b.1814 Titusville, Pennsylvania d.1909 North of Exeter, California}