Violet Ellen Schmeltz, b: 1920 -

^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on the moon}

^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}

^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}


			^{Charles Henry Kessler}^{b.1866 Lykens Township, d.1940 ,}

		^{Oscar I. Kessler}^{b.1889 , d.1970}	^{Mary Elizabeth Erdman}^{b.1867 Klingerstown Gap, d.1938}

	^{Homer Henry Kessler}^{b.1916 , d.1985}

^{Connie Kessler}^b.1940 d.		^{Mabel Troutman}^{b.1890 d.1957}

^{Bryant Kessler}^b.1942 d.



	^{Violet Ellen Schmeltz}^b.1920 d.