Timeline

# 18th century

## 1753

* (Unknown mother) gives birth to Emilia Forbes.

## Early 1770s

* Emilia Forbes married her unnamed husband.

## 1779

* Emilia Forbes gives birth to Fergus Hartford.

## 1781

* (Unknown mother) gives birth to Marideth McFougal

# 19th century

## 1810

* Fergus Hartford married Marideth McFougal.

## 1816

* Marideth McFougal gives birth to Andrew Hartford.

## 1820

* (Unknown mother) gives birth to Sarah O' Cooper.

## 1823

* Sadly, Emilia Forbes passed away at the age of 70.

## 1829

* Andrew Hartford and his parents were moved to Manchester and watched the Rainhill trials of 1829.

## 1831

* Andrew Hartford left home and his parents retired.

## 1841

* Sadly, Fergus Hartford passed away at the age of 62.

## 1845

* Andrew Hartford married Sarah O' Cooper.

## 1846

* Sarah O' Cooper gives birth to Jackson Hartford.
* (Unknown mother) gives birth to Jenifer Winifred.

## 1848

* Sarah O' Cooper gives birth to Mabel Hartford.

## 1850

* (Unknown mother) gives birth to Markus Van Der Maude.

## 1852

* (Unknown mother) gives birth to Haven Smit.

## 1853

* The Hartford family celebrates Emilia Forbes' 100th birthday.
* Sadly, Marideth McFougal passed away at the age of 72.

## 1855

* The first train rolls into Knoxville, Tennessee, thanks to the East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad Company.

## 1857

* The Knoxville & Eastern Railroad Company is chartered and begins construction.

## 1858

* The K&E is completed, running from Knoxville to Pigeon Forge.

## 1860

* Jackson Hartford married Jenifer Winifred.
* The American Civil War begins on 12th of April.

## 1862

* Jenifer Winifred gives birth to Sheldon T.C. Hartford.

## 1863

* The Battle of Fort Sanders happens, with the Union winning, the K&E goes under the control of the United States Military Railroad.

## 1865

* The American Civil War ends on 9th of May.

## 1875

* Jeremiah is built by the Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works.

## 1876

* Markus Van Der Maude married Haven Smit.

## 1877

* Haven Smit gives birth to Lily Van Der Maude.

## 1898

* Sheldon T.C. Hartford married Lily Van Der Maude.
* (Unknown mother) gives birth to Dimitri Winski.

## 1899

* Lily Van Der Maude gives birth to Cornelius Hartford and Wendy Hartford.

## 1900

* (Unknown mother) gives birth to Sophia Beamount.
* (Unknown mother) gives birth to Josef Ivanov.

# 20th century

## 1901

* (Unknown mother) gives birth to Tanya Winski.
* The Little River Railroad & Lumber Company opens for business.

## 1905

* Sheldon T.C. Hartford buys the failing Knox County & Smoky Mountain Central Railroad Company and renames it the Knoxville & Asheville Railroad Company with plans to extend the line to Asheville, North Carolina.
* The Graham County Railroad Company is chartered to connect Robbinsville, North Carolina to the Southern Railway's Murphy Branch in Topton, North Carolina.
* The town of Sheldon is founded and named after it’s founder, Sheldon T.C. Hartford.
* Smokey is built by Baldwin Locomotive Works on 3rd of April and arrived on the line on the 7th.
* The Knoxville & Asheville Railroad is finally complete.

## 1906

* The Erwin & Southern Railroad reaches the town of Sheldon and is renamed the Erwin & Sheldon Railroad Company. The Sheldon & Watchout Mountain Railroad and the Mount Watchout Railroad is also established. By the Summer of 1906, Sheldon becomes a small railroad hub.
* Sadly, Andrew Hartford passed away at the age of 90.

## 1907

* The Knoxville, Sevierville & Eastern Railroad is incorporated.
* 1200 is borrowed from the Southern Railroad to help with the passenger duties.
* The 3-foot narrow gauge Sheldon, Pisgah Forest & Lake Junaluska Railroad is established.

## 1908

* Sadly, Sarah O' Cooper passed away at the age of 88.
* The Knoxville, Harriman & Southern Railroad, a neighboring shortline, falls into hard times. The K&A, Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis, and the Tennessee Central Railroads wanted ownership of the line so the bank made an agreement. The line would be owned by the bank while it was shared by the K&A, NC&StL, and the TC with the K&A providing the motive power. The Knoxville, Sevierville & Eastern Railroad also begins construction.

## 1909

* 1200 is sent packing in disgrace after his pompous behavior to the other locomotives. Louis is then purchased new from the American Locomotive Company.
* The Knoxville, Sevierville & Eastern Railroad runs its first train.

## 1912

* The Possum Hollow Railroad Company opens for business outside of Sheldon to extract the lumber out of the forest. The track gauge is 36 inches.

## 1914

* The Waynesville & Southeastern Railroad Company is established.
* World War I begins on 28th of July.

## 1917

* (Unknown mother) gives birth to Wilson Pike.
* Cornelius Hartford moves to France and married Sophia Beamount.
* The U.S. enters World War I on 6th of July.
* The United State Railroad Administration is created.

## 1918

* Sophia Beamount gives birth to Polly Hartford.
* World War II ends on 11th of November.

## 1919

* Cornelius Hartford comes back to America, and Sophia Beamount and Polly Hartford join in.
* The Sheldon Sheriff's Department buys their first squad cars, the 1919 Ford model T's.

## 1921

* Sadly, Jenifer Winifred passed away at the age of 75.
* Sadly, Mabel Hartford passed away at the age of 73.
* The Asheville Terminal Railroad is opened for business and later becomes a subsidiary of the K&A. Mount Watchout Railroad #1 *Baxter*, falls down Watchout Mountain and is left at the bottom of the mountain to rust.
* The Knoxville, Sevierville & Eastern Railroad is closed on foreclosure and is sold off to a business-man named L.C. Gunter. Gunter renames the railroad the Knoxville & Carolina Railroad Company.

## 1922

* (Unknown mother) gives birth to Lizzie MacFarlane.
* The Hartford Inn burns to the ground. The Mount Watchout Railroad goes bankrupt and closes down as a result of the fire.

## 1923

* Smokey is sent to the Southern Railroad’s Spencer shops for a rebuild.

## 1925

* Sophia Beamount gives birth to Enos Hartford.
* Josef Ivanov married Tanya Winski.

## 1926

* Tanya Winski gives birth to Angelina Ivanov.
* Sadly, Markus Van Der Maude passed away at the age of 76.

## 1927

* Sophia Beamount gives birth to Gareth Hartford.
* Tanya Winski gives birth to Ivan Ivanov.
* (Unknown mother) gives birth to Diana Ivanov.

## 1929

* The Great Depression begins on 29th of October.

## 1930

* Sadly, Tanya Winski and Josef Ivanov passed away at the ages of 29 and 30.

## 1933

* Sadly, Haven Smit passed away at the age of 81.

## 1938

* Sadly, Dimitri Winski is sent to the Gulag at the age of 40.

## 1939

* World War II begins on 1st of September.

## 1945

* World War II ends on 2nd of September.
* Enos Hartford comes back to his resident from the U.S. Army.

## 1946

* Jackson Hartford' 100th birthday is celebrated.
* Enos Hartford married Angelina Ivanov.
* Angelina Ivanov gives birth to Anatashia and Sarah Hartford.

## 1947

* Angelina Ivanov gives birth to Herman Hartford.

## 1949

* Sadly, Jackson Hartford passed away at the age of 103.

## 1950

* Angelina Ivanov gives birth to Lucas Hartford.

## 1952

* Sadly, Sheldon T.C. Hartford passed away at the age of 90.

## 1953

* Angelina Ivanov gives birth to Dimitri Hartford.

## 1956

* Lizzie MacFarlane gives birth to Virginia Pike.

## 1959

* (Unknown mother) gives birth to Vito.
* Ivan Ivanov married Diana Ivanov.

## 1960

* Diana Ivanov gives birth to Nadya Ivanov.

## 1977

* Lucas Hartford married Virginia Pike.
* Sadly, Lily Van Der Maude passed away at the age of 100.

## 1978

* Virginia Pike gives birth to Lucy Hartford.

## 1979

* (Unknown mother) gives birth to Luke Walkerson.

## 1980

* Virginia Pike gives birth to Katy Hartford and Keith Hartford.

## 1982

* Nadya Ivanov gives birth to Nuri Ivanov.

## 1983

* Nadya Ivanov gives birth to Tomar Ivanov.

## 1984

* Sadly, Keith Hartford passed away at the age of 4.

## 1986

* Sadly, Wendy Hartford passed away at the age of 87.

## 1987

* Virginia Pike gives birth to Brittney Hartford and Joseph Hartford.

## 1988

* (Unknown mother) gives birth to Su Wang.

## 1992

* Sadly, Sophia Beamount passed away at the age of 92.

## 1995

* Virginia Pike gives birth to Stanley Hartford.
* Lucas Hartford and Virginia Pike adopted Su Wang from China.

## 1996

* Virginia Pike gives birth to Thurigood Hartford.
* (Unknown mother) gives birth to Vincent B. Berkan on 4th of January.

## 1999

* Cornelius Hartford' 100th birthday is celebrated.
* Katy Hartford gives birth to Wendy Walkerson.

# 21st century

## 2001

* Sadly, Virginia Pike passed away at the age of 45.

## 2005

* The Knoxville and Asheville Railroad celebrates its 100th anniversary.

## 2006

* Sadly, Cornelius Hartford passed away at the age of 107.
* Sadly, Polly Hartford passed away at the age of 88.

## 2007

* Katy Hartford gives birth to Andrew Walkerson.

## 2011

* Katy Hartford gives birth to Matthew Walkerson.