Jay Ralph Lesher, b: 1904 -

^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}


			^{Cornelius Lesher}^{b.1838 d.1930}

		^{Wilson J. Lesher}^{b.1879 d.1954}	^{Caroline Trautman}^{b.1850 d.1923}

	^{Jay Ralph Lesher}^{b.1904 d.1978}

^{Vera M. Lesher}^{b.1921 d.1993}		^{Nora A. Kissinger}^{b.1881 Lykens Township, d.1957 Jackson Township,}

^{Robert H. Lesher}^b.1923 d.



	^{Beatruce I. Koppenhaver}^{b.1901 d.1972}