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Mary Smith
1831 - 1931

Mary Smith was born about 1831 somewhere in Iowa and died in an unknown year in an unknown place. Dates for birth and death are estimated.

Census	6/2/1880	Hilton IA (Iowa County)	49 yrs old
The family of David Fleming (age 61) is recorded beginning on line 21: He lives with his wife Annie (age 58) and Jacob Knudson (age 33) who is his servant and works on the farm. David is a farmer. He and his wife were born in Scotland. Jacob and his parents were born in Norway. William McLeod and his wife, Mary, live next door. William was born in Scotland, his wife in England, and their children in Iowa. Their children: Elizabeth (daughter, age 22), Ellen (daughter, age 20), William (son, age 18), George (son, age 16), Arthur (son, age 14), Hannah (daughter, age 12), May (daughter, age 10). William is a farmer and his daughter Ellen is teaching school.
Census	1/1/1925	Harlan Ward 4 IA (Shelby County)	94 yrs old
Recorded as house #2126 beginning on line 1: Florrine Schwab (age 30), Jacob Knudson (father, age 81), Elizabeth Knudson (mother, 69), Roma Schwab (daughter, 11), and Russle Schwab (son, 8). Florrine is a widow and the family lives in a rented house that costs them $20 a month. She was born in Iowa, completed high school and can read and write. Jacob Knudson has been in the United States 51 years. He was born in Norway. He completed grade school (7th grade) and can read and write. His father was Neigh Knudson and he does not know the name of his mother, however, he says both parents were born in Norway. Elizabeth Knudson was born in Iowa, completed 8th grade and can read and write. Her father was William McLeod born in Scotland. Her mother was Mary ? born in England. The children have been attending school.

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Age	Date	Event
8	1839	Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products.
13	1844	The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code
22	1853	The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S.
25	1856	The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany
28	1859	Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory.
34	1865	Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public.
38	1869	Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France
46	1877	Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed.
48	1879	Edison invents the electric light bulb.
58	1889	The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards
64	1895	Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance.
66	1897	First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph
69	1900	The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control.
69	1900	Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams"
70	1901	First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent.
71	1902	The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered.
72	1903	Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk
73	1904	The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming
75	1906	Electrons are discovered by Thomson
75	1906	Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes
75	1906	The triode vacuum tube is invented
81	1912	The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people.
82	1913	Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant
83	1914	The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed
92	1923	Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes
92	1923	Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id"
93	1924	Insecticides are used for the first time on crops
95	1926	Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket
96	1927	The first television transmission was announced in England
97	1928	Big bang theory was introduced

Age	Date	Event
3	1834	July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah
30	1861	NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA.
31	1862	NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
51	1882	NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity.
54	1885	NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen.
77	1908	NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile
81	1912	White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out.
82	1913	NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures
86	1917	NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism.
88	1919	NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty.

Age	Date	Event
4	1835	Second Seminole Indian War begins.
6	1837	The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned.
9	1840	Oregon Trail is established
11	1842	Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi.
24	1855	Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
29	1860	Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
31	1862	May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
32	1863	Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves.
34	1865	American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South"
37	1868	An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees.
44	1875	Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
45	1876	The National League of Baseball is founded
78	1909	The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
79	1910	Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area.
96	1927	Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs.
98	1929	Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October
99	1930	Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states.

Age	Date	Event
2	1833	Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico
78	1909	The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe
83	1914	World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days.
86	1917	Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes.
88	1919	The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I.
89	1920	Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made.

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William McLeod
Born about 1829 and died about 1929

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Elizabeth McLeod
Born somewhere in Iowa on May 10, 1860 and died somewhere in Iowa on June 10, 1945. She was about 85 years old.

Her father was born in Scotland and her mother was born in England. Burial beside her husband at Oak Hill Cemetery, Irwin, Shelby County, Iowa. ...

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