| 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 |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Philip Harszy b.1815 Koenigshofen, d.1898 St Clair, IL | |||||
![]() | ![]() | Adam Harszy b.1862, IL d.1908 Belleville, St Clair Co. IL | Margaretha Best b.1820 Wiesbaden, Germany d.1904 Belleville, St Clair, IL | |||||
![]() | Edgar A Harszy b.1886 Illinois d.1910 Belleville, St Clair Co. IL | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | Sarah E b.1855 Illinois d.1922 Belleville, St Clair Co. IL | ||||||
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