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1914 - 1919 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
 Aaron Griffe Cook
 b.1812
 d.1847 Cambridge, Maryland
 Aaron Milton Cook
 b.1846 Cambridge, Maryland
 d.1927
 Eliza Corentz Small
 b.1815 Harper's Ferry, Virginia
 d.          Illinois
 George Aaron Cook
 b.1873 McLean, Illinois
 d.1962 Mentone, California
 John D Caton
 b.1811 Zanesville, Ohio
 d.          McLean, Illinois
 Mary Jane Caton
 b.1848 McLean, Illinois
 d.1937
 Nancy Murphy
 b.         
 d.1859 McLean, Illinois
 
 George Charles Cook
 b.         
 d.         
 Cora Kinney
 b.         
 d.