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1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1908 Ford produces Model T
1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
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
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
 Peter McPherson
 b.1778 Forfarshire, Scotland
 d.1816
 James Peter McPherson
 b.1816 Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland
 d.1900 Verona, Dane, WI
 Elizabeth Spink
 b.          Arbroath, Scotland
 d.         
 William Burns McPherson
 b.1842 Brooklyn, New York, NY
 d.1926 St Cloud, Osceola, FL
 William Gibson Burns
 b.1801 Oldham, Lancashire, England
 d.1879
 Mary Burns
 b.1822 Bolton, Lancashire, England
 d.1910 Lisbon, Ransom, ND
 Elizabeth Herricks
 b.1786 England
 d.1861
 William Miles McPherson
 b.1868 Springdale, Dane, WI
 d.1916
 Samuel Miles
 b.1773 Monson, Hampshire, MA
 d.1845 Fairview, Erie, PA
 Thomas Brunker Miles
 b.1805 Greenfield, Erie, PA
 d.1878 Springdale, Dane, WI
 Anna Townley
 b.1787 Ireland
 d.1862 Verona, Dane, WI
 Emeline Rosetta Miles
 b.1841 Erie, Pennsylvania
 d.1890 Spencer, Marathon, WI
 Benjamin Burch
 b.1786 NY
 d.1828 Washington, NY
 Clarissa Burch
 b.1814 Fort Ann, Washington, NY
 d.1896 Fairchild, Eau Claire, WI
 Sarah Phebe Newman
 b.1783 Stamford, Fairfield, CT
 d.1861 Harbor Creek, Erie, PA