Alda C. Heckert, b: 1878 - Upper Paxton Township,

^{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}




	^{Francis Spotts}^{b.1874 d.1960}

^{Floyd E. Spotts}^b.1899 d.

^{John S. Spotts}^{b.1901 , d.}			^{Peter Heckert}^{b.1825 d.1903}

^{Charles Francis Spotts}^{b.1906 d.1997 ,}		^{Charles Heckert}^{b.1852 Lower Mahanoy Townshi d.1929}	^{Elizabeth Shaffer}^{b.1829 Lower Mahanoy Townshi d.1899}

	^{Alda C. Heckert}^{b.1878 Upper Paxton Township, d.1952}

		^{Mary J. Feeser}^{b.1851 , d.1937}