Elmer Lee Schmitz, b: Private -

^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on moon}
^{1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl}

^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}

^{1854 Crimean War with Russia}
^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}
^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}
^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}



		^{Joe E. Schmitz}^{b.1898 d.1951 Willowdale, KS}

	^{Elmer Lee Schmitz}^{b. Private d.}		^{Albert B. Henning}^{b.1855 Putzig, East Prussia d.1939 Willowdale, Ks.}

		^{Josephine Henning}^{b. Private d.}	^{Catherine S. Simeon}^{b.1863 Luxenburg d.1946 Willowdale, Ks.}

^{Dana Schmitz}^{b. Private d.}



	^{Iva Jean Sterling}^{b. d.}