Martha Jane Mason, b: 1864 -

^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}

^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}

^{1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased}
^{1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific}
^{1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain}
^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}


^{Rufus Wirt Beard}^{b.1885 Greene, MS d.1947}

^Jesse Beard^{b.1888 Greene, MS d.1964 Greene, MS}		^James Beard^{b.1832 Greene, MS d.1917 Greene, MS}

^{James Melton Beard}^{b.1889 Leakesville, Greene, MS d.1926}	^{William Preston Beard}^{b.1854 Greene, MS d.1927 Greene, MS}		^{William Chapman Denmark}^{b.1803 Bulloch, GA d.1881 Greene, MS}

^Flora Beard^{b.1893 Greene, MS d.1991 Lucedale, George, MS}		^{Middy Caroline Denmark}^{b.1835 AL d.1927 Greene, MS}	^{Julia Ann Evans}^{b.1812 Bulloch, GA d.1891 Anniston, AL}

^{Wilson William Beard}^{b.1895 Greene, MS d.1960 Greene, MS}

^Otto Beard^{b.1897 Greene, MS d.1918 Greene, MS}		^Jesse Mason^{b.1825 d.1886}

^{Talton Beard}^{b.1900 Greene, MS d.1974 Greene, MS}	^{Martha Jane Mason}^{b.1864 d.1930 Greene, MS}		^{Stephen Denmark}^{b.1798 Bulloch, GA d.1859 Greene, MS}

^{Elizabeth Mae Beard}^{b.1906 Greene, MS d.1991}		^{Mary Elizabeth Denmark}^{b.1828 Greene, MS d.1886 Greene, MS}	^{Mary Culpepper}^{b.1789 Bulloch, GA d.1860 Greene, MS}