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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
 Reason West Slack
 b.1840 Johnson Co., Indiana
 d.1895
 Margaret Slack
 b.1805 VA
 d.1862
 Jasper J. Slack
 b.1863 Indiana
 d.1936
 Nancy E. Watson
 b.1843 Indiana
 d.1883
 Ada Stanfield Slack
 b.1883 Trafalgar, Indiana
 d.1955 Litchfield, Illinois
 John Benoni Nixon
 b.1789 South Carolina
 d.1847 Michigan
 Aaron Peck Nixon
 b.1817 Connorsville, Fayette, Indiana
 d.1908 Franklin, Marion, Indiana
 Nancy Peck
 b.1792 New Jersey
 d.1872 Berrien Springs, Michigan
 Mary Nixon
 b.1860 Indiana
 d.1931
 James Griggs
 b.1772
 d.         
 Nancy Jane Griggs
 b.1815 Virginia
 d.1902
 Margaret McVey
 b.1777
 d.