Rachel Mary Elam, b: 1887 - Orosi, California.

^{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}




^{Richard Lindsay Duran}^{b.1887 d.1957 Visalia, California}





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

^{Rachel Mary Elam}^{b.1887 Orosi, Tulare, California. d.1973 Visalia, 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.}	^{Mary Ann Jordan}^{b.1833 Champaign, Illinois d.1915 Tulare, California}