John Howard Pickering, b: -

^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on the moon}

^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}

^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}



	^{Johnny Grafton Pickering}^{b.1897 Newell Cem, Lincoln, Ms. d.1973 Newell Cem, Lincoln, Ms.}

^{John Howard Pickering}^{b. d.}		^Isom Britt^{b.1862 Wesson, Copiah, Miss. d.1913 Brookhaven, Lincoln, Ms.}

	^{Mary Carleen Britt}^{b.1907 Brookhaven, Lincoln, Ms. d.1986 Brookhaven, Lincoln, Ms.}	^{Annie Bell Newell}^{b.1865 Wesson, Copiah, Miss. d.1936 Brookhaven, Lincoln, Ms.}





^{Elizabeth Garrett}^{b. d.}