Benson Leroy Steddum, b: 1935

^{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}


		^{Napoleon Bonapart Steddum}^{b.1847 Sabine Pass, Texas d.1933 Rising Star, Texas}

	^{Ephriham Wilson Steddum}^{b.1881 Hill, Texas d.1970 Houston, Harris, Texas}

^{Benson Leroy Steddum}^{b.1935 Texas d.}

	^{Edith Roos Matson}^{b.1902 Texas d.}





^{Dorothy L. Garrett}^b.1944 d.