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 |
Fulton Ray Gordon b.1869 Baileys Crossroads, VA d.1952 | ||||||||
James Howell Gordon b.1893 d.1973 | James Wise b.1814 d.1868 | |||||||
Geneva Elizabeth Gordon b. d. | Lydia Geneva Wise b.1867 d.1912 | Mary Howell Ayres b.1829 d.1910 | ||||||
James Howell Gordon b. d. | ||||||||
Winifred Juliet Gordon b. d. | ||||||||
Winifred Elizabeth Curtiss b.1900 Washington, DC d.1988 | ||||||||