Edward John Smith, b: 1876 - Ashley, Pennsylvania

^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}

^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}

^{1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain}
^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}


		^{Friederich Christ. Gustav Adolf Schmitt}^{b.1854 Darmstadt, Germany d.1937 St.Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota}

	^{Edward John Smith}^{b.1876 Ashley, Pennsylvania d.1960 Jarrell, Williamson, Texas}		^{John Henwood}^{b.1818 Liskeard, Cornwall /, England d.1863 Honesdale, Wayne Co. PA}

		^{Ella R. Henwood}^{b.1857 Honesdale, Wayne Co. PA d.1945 Forest Lawn Me, St. Paul MN.}	^{Ann Chappell}^{b.1820 Plymouth, Devon /, England d.1861 Honesdale, Wayne Co. PA}

^{Maryella Smith}^{b.1917 Bedford, Lawrence Co, IN d.}

	^{Idah Helen Wilson}^{b.1883 St.Paul, Ramsey Co, MN d.1970 Cancer Home, MN}