Elvin Thomas Kirkman, b: 1894 -

^{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}


		^{William McReynolds Kirkman}^{b.1843 Todd Co, KY d.1921 Todd Co, KY}

	^{John H. Kirkman}^{b.1865 d.1959 Gray Cemetery, KY}	^{Nancy Wilkins}^b.1840 d.

^{Elvin Thomas Kirkman}^{b.1894 d.1974}		^{Thomas Jefferson Powell}^{b.1843 d.1927}

	^{Anna Elizabeth Powell}^{b.1872 d.1923}	^{Mary Elizabeth Edwards}^{b.1850 d.1874}





^{Verdie M. Lancaster}^{b.1896 d.1958}