Richard Thomas Knowles, b: 1940 - Mt. Carmel, Illinois

^{1969 Armstrong first person on the moon}
^{1973 US launches Skylab space station}
^{1981 Columbia is first space shuttle}
^{1991 Persian Gulf War}
^{1992 Trade Pact, US, Canada, Mexico}

^{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}



		^{Virgil Austin Knowles}^{b. d.}

	^{Richard Thomas Knowles}^{b.1940 Mt. Carmel, Illinois d.1997 Sturgis, MI}		^{Sr. Lowe Ira}^{b.1893 Cynthiana, Posey, IN d.1929 Wayne, MI}

^{Richard Donald Knowles}^{b. Private d.}		^{Glennadine Lowe}^b.1918 d.	^{Virgia Charlotte Dooms}^{b.1893 Kuttawa, Lyon, KY d.1959 Wayne, MI}

^{Dawn Marie Knowles}^{b. Private d.}



	^{Shirleen Wehrle}^{b. d.}