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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
 John Edmond Umholtz
 b.1886 Lykens Township, 
 d.1929
 Roy Henry (Mickey) Umholtz
 b.1907 , 
 d.1970 , 
 Charles Henry Kessler
 b.1866 Lykens Township, 
 d.1940 , 
 Ellen Annora (Ella) Kessler
 b.1888 Lykens Township, 
 d.1975
 Sinary Erdman
 b.1844 his grandparent' home, 
 d.1908
 Mary Elizabeth Erdman
 b.1867 Klingerstown Gap, 
 d.1938
 Isabella Wiest
 b.1847 , 
 d.1919