Samuel Shurtleff Atwood, b: 1853 - Roxbury, Massachusetts

^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}

^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}

^{1789 George Washington first president}
^{1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased}
^{1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific}
^{1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain}
^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}


			^Levi Atwood^{b.1789 Plympton, Massachusetts d.1868 Middlebo, Massachusetts}

		^{Elkanah Shaw Atwood}^{b.1824 Middlebo, Massachusetts d.1898 Boston, Massachusetts}	^{Bethia Shurtleff}^{b.1793 Carver, Massachusetts d.1852 Middlebo, Massachusetts}

	^{Samuel Shurtleff Atwood}^{b.1853 Roxbury, Massachusetts d.1941 Baltimore, Maryland}		^{Elkanah Shaw}^{b. d.}

^{Harry Nelson Atwood}^{b.1883 Roxbury, Massachusetts d.1967 North Carolina}		^{Nancy Freeman Shaw}^{b.1826 Carver, Massachusetts d.1911 Boston, Massachusetts}	^{Nancy B. Freeman}^{b. d.}

^{Avis Dora Atwood}^{b.1886 Roxbury, Massachusetts d.1974 Taunton, Massachusetts}			^{Thomas Nelson}^{b. England d.}

		^{Thomas Nelson}^{b.1819 Boston, Massachusetts d.1883 Boston, Massachusetts}	^Alice MNU^{b. England d.}

	^{Florence Nelson}^{b.1859 Nantucke, Massachusetts d.1930 Boston, Massachusetts}		^{James Robinson Hazard}^{b.1789 South King, Rhode Island d. South King, Rhode Island}

		^{Avis Macy Hazard}^{b.1822 Nantucke, Massachusetts d.1877 Malden, Massachusetts}	^{Sarah B. Barney}^{b.1789 Nantucke, Massachusetts d.}