William Oscar Wiest, b: 1882 -

^{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}


			^{Jacob Klinger Wiest}^{b.1826 Jordan Township, d.1878 ,}

		^{Monroe Trautman Wiest}^{b.1863 Jordan Township, d.1903 ,}	^{Elizabeth Trautman}^{b.1825 Jordan Township, d.1881 ,}

^May Wiest^{b.1903 d.1989}	^{William Oscar Wiest}^{b.1882 d.1951}

^{Raymond W. Wiest}^{b.1906 d.1976}		^{Elizabeth Lahr}^{b.1856 d.1901}

^{Milton Monroe Wiest}^{b.1911 d.2001}

^{Eugene A. Wiest}^{b.1918 d.2000}

	^{Olive Agnes Snyder}^{b.1882 d.1951}