The family tree is presented in the form of a time line to give a sense of
history during the lifetimes of the family members. You will find the family
members at the right. Clicking on a
Blue highlighted name
will cause a pop-up window to display the known information on that person.
Details about most living persons are omitted for their privacy. Major
inventions are also listed, not necessarily when invented but when they
became developed for first practical use.
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Carl August Lossner |
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1801 |
Barbary War |
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James Madison |
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1810 |
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1813 |
Creek
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1815 |
Barbary War |
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1820 |
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1825 |
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Telegraph |
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William Henry Harrison
John Tyler |
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Heinrich A Lossner |
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1843 |
Steamboat Invented |
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Lucy Husmann |
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James K Polk |
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Zachery Taylor |
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Millard Fillmore |
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1861 |
Civil War |
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Abraham Lincolon |
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Ulysses S Grant |
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Telephone |
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Rutherford B Hayes |
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1879 |
Electric
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1880 |
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Richard Frederick Lossner |
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1881 |
First electric street lights |
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James Garfield
Chester A Arthur |
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1882 |
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Clara Florence
Packard |
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1893 |
Automobile |
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1898 |
Spanish-American War |
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1901 |
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Theodore Roosevelt |
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1902 |
Industrial
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1903 |
Airplane |
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Model T Ford |
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Radio |
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Rural Electrification |
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Korean War |
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Viet Nam War |
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There is an
interesting story about a son of
Carl August Lossner,
as well as a little family history. See
Rev. Frederich August Herman Lossner . You will read of
my my great grand uncle, his adventures as a circuit rider and encounter with
the notorious Jessie James ... and more.