Benjamin Franklin Heckert, b: 1872 - Upper Paxton Township,

^{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}


			^{Peter Heckert}^{b.1825 d.1903}

		^{Charles Heckert}^{b.1852 Lower Mahanoy Townshi d.1929}	^{Elizabeth Shaffer}^{b.1829 Lower Mahanoy Townshi d.1899}

^{Erma A. Heckert}^{b.1896 d.1971}	^{Benjamin Franklin Heckert}^{b.1872 Upper Paxton Township, d.1950}

^{John F. Heckert}^{b.1898 d.1936 Lower Mahanoy Townshi}

^{Charles R. Heckert}^b.1900 d.

^{T. Bibbons Heckert}^{b.1904 d.1905}

^{W. Thomas Heckert}^{b.1905 d.1978}	^{Clara E. Yeager}^{b.1875 d.1937}

^{Leah R. Heckert}^{b.1914 d.1920}

^{Lawrence Heckert}^b.1916 d.