Elkanah Shaw Atwood, b: 1824 - Middleboro, Massachusetts

^{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}

^{1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War}
^{1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion}
^{1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War}
^{1776 Declaration of Independence}
^{1789 George Washington first president}


			^{Samuel Atwood}^{b.1751 Plympton, Massachusetts d.1834 Carver, Massachusetts}

		^Levi Atwood^{b.1789 Plympton, Massachusetts d.1868 Middleboro, Massachusetts}	^{Patience Cobb}^{b.1758 Kingston, Massachusetts d.1841 Carver, Massachusetts}

	^{Elkanah Shaw Atwood}^{b.1824 Middleboro, Massachusetts d.1898 Boston, Massachusetts}		^{Gideon Shurtleff}^{b.1762 Plympton, Massachusetts d.1845 Carver, Massachusetts}

		^{Bethia Shurtleff}^{b.1793 Carver, Massachusetts d.1852 Middleboro, Massachusetts}	^Lucy Shaw^{b.1768 Middleboro, Massachusetts d.1833 Carver, Massachusetts}

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

	^{Nancy Freeman Shaw}^{b.1826 Carver, Massachusetts d.1911 Boston, Massachusetts}