| 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 |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | James Clinton Wise b.1815 Leonardtown, MD d.1860 Leonardtown, MD | |||||
![]() | ![]() | James Clinton Wise b.1850 Saint Marys Co., MD d.1927 Saint Marys Co., MD | Mary Savilla Beaven b.1826 Saint Marys Co., MD d. Saint Marys Co., MD | |||||
| Margaret Elizabeth Wise b. d. | William Paul Wise b.1889 d.1944 | |||||||
| Stephen Emanuel Wise b. d.1912 | ![]() | Margaret Elizabeth Medley b.1862 d.1918 | ||||||
| Walter Wise b. d.1933 | ![]() | |||||||
| William Paul Wise b.1918 d.1971 | ||||||||
| James Franklin Wise b.1922 d.1979 | Susan Ann Mattingly b.1888 d.1959 | |||||||
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