John Albert Kirkman, b: 1856

^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}

^{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}


			^{George Kirkman}^{b.1795 Guilford C, North Carolina d.1847 Centerville, Indiana}

		^{John Lincoln Kirkman}^{b.1828 High Point, NC d.1907 Three Rivers, CA}	^{Patience Chappel}^{b.1807 NC d.1887 IN}

^{Alberta Kirkman}^{b.1903 Exeter, California d.1963 Pine Ridge, California}	^{John Albert Kirkman}^{b.1856 Hagerstown, IN d.1928 Fresno Co, CA}		^{Walter Thornburg}^{b.1807 VA d.1874 IN}

^{John Lafayette Kirkman}^{b.1890 Tulare Co., California d.1966 Fresno, California}		^{Elizabeth Thornburg}^{b.1832 Wayne Co, IN d.1881 Call, MO [Darst Bottom]}	^{Rebecca Comer}^{b.1807 Cane Creek, SC d.1855 Wayne Co, IN}

^{Ethal May Kirkman}^{b.1887 Tulare Co., California d.1959 Fresno, California}			^{Robert Morrow}^{b. d.}

^{Bessie Elizabeth Kirkman}^{b.1892 Exeter, Tulare, California d.1964 Fresno, California}		^{Lafayette Jackson Morrow}^{b.1825 Warren Co., Tennessee d.1925}

	^{Jessie May Morrow}^{b.1868 California d.1953 Fresno Co., California}

		^{Harriet Boliva Tipton}^{b. Kentucky d.}