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1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased
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
1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War
1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence
1789 George Washington first president
 John Filson
 b.          Northern Ireland (Scotch
 d.1751 West Chest, Pennsylvania
 Samuel Filson
 b.         
 d.1766
 
 
 
 Samuel Filson
 b.1757 Chester Co., Pennsylvania
 d.1831 Fleming Co., Kentucky
 Elizabeth
 b.         
 d.         
 Louis David Randolph Filson
 b.1822
 d.1888
 Herron
 b.         
 d.