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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
 Harry Clark Potter
 b.1846 Albion, Orleans, NY
 d.1904 Kalamazoo, MI
 Rossiter Raymond Potter
 b.1886 Kalamazoo, MI
 d.1974
 Edgar Alonzo Barber
 b.1817
 d.1891
 Janice B. Potter
 b.1912 Kalamazoo, MI
 d.1993
 Nelly Helen Barber
 b.1849 Albany, NY
 d.1916 Chicago, IL
 Agnes Beach Strong
 b.1819
 d.1898
 Louise Harriet Potter
 b.1915 Allegan, MI
 d.2002 Eau Claire, WI
 Edith H. Potter
 b.1920 Kalamazoo, MI
 d.2004 Houston, TX
 Harriet Emma Goodrich
 b.1885 Greenwood, Oscoda, MI
 d.1974