Genealogy for
Elizabeth Rebecca Ward
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Elizabeth Rebecca Ward
1836 - 1920
(Shown at age 59)
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Elizabeth Rebecca Ward was born about 1836 in Dale County, Alabama and died about 1920 in an unknown place. Dates for birth and death are estimated. She lived to be about 84 years old.
Believed to have been the second wife of Rufus Jackson Purvis (11/15/1824-1913) born in GA and died in AL. Marriage was in Dale, AL. He was the son of Chelsey Purvis (1800, Dooly GA - 1866, Geneva, AL) and Lydia Wright (1800 SC - 1885 Geneva, AL). | 
 | Census | 10/24/1850 | AL (Dale County) | 14 yrs old | | family#145: James B. Ward (age 54, farmer, born in SC), Elizabeth (age 52, born in GA), William J. (20, farmer, born in AL), Benjamin F. (16, farmer, AL), Elizabeth (14, AL), Mary (12, AL), Monroe (5, AL), Ann Elliott (12, race is recorded as "b" [choices were white, black or Indian], born in AL). |
| Other | 6/1/1955 | AL | 35 yrs after death | Copy of notarized document from Alabama State Archives verifying the photos of Mary Ward Davis, Elizabeth Rebecca Ward, and Susan Elizabeth Ward.  |
| Other | 11/12/1955 | FL (Bay County) | 35 yrs after death | Sarah Emma Ward Hendrix says that she is 87 years of age and personally knew Elizabeth English Ward, wife of James B. Ward. Elizabeth English Ward was a Creek Indian. She says on oath that she is personally acquainted with Jesse Joe Ward of Bruce in Walton County, Florida, and she personally knows that Jesse Joe Ward is the grandson of Elizabeth English Ward.
She further says she is acquainted with Elizabeth Rebecca Ward of Freeport, Florida, in Walton County and Lyda Apseybeth Ward Hayes of Pensacola, Florida, in Escambia County. Elizabeth Rebecca Ward and Lyda Apseybeth Ward Hayes are the sisters of Jesse Joe Ward, and all of the above named are the grandchildren of Elizabeth English Ward. |
| Other | 11/17/1955 | FL | 35 yrs after death | C.A. Faulk says he is 85 years old and personally knows Elizabeth English Ward, wife of James B. Ward. Elizabeth English Ward was a Creek Indian. He was personally acquainted with Jesse Joe Ward of Bruce in Walton County, Fl. He also knows Jesse Joe Ward is the grandson of Elizabeth English Ward.
He further says he is acquainted with Elizabeth Rebecca Ward of Freeport, FL, in Walton County and Lyda Apseybeth Ward Hayes of Pensacola, FL, Escambia County. Elizabeth Rebecca Ward and Lyda Apseybeth Ward Hayes are the sisters of Jesse Joe Ward. All of them are grandchildren of Elizabeth English Ward. |
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Elizabeth, her family, and friends. For example, Elizabeth is 1 years old when The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned.
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1837 |
The Second Creek war begins in 1836. In 1837 The Battle of Hobdy's Bridge becomes the last indian battle in AL. |
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1840 |
Alabama reports a total population of 590,756 on the 1940 Federal Census. This includes 335,185 whites, 255,571 blacks, 253,532 slaves, zero Native Americans, and others. |
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1850 |
State population=771,623.
The 1850 Federal Census reveals the
White population=426,514;
African-American population=345,109;
Slave population=342,844;
Free black population=2,265;
Urban population=35,179;
Rural population=736,444;
Cotton production in bales=564,429;
Corn production in bushels=28,754,048;
Number of manufacturing establishments=1,026. |
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| 3 |
1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
| 8 |
1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
| 17 |
1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
| 20 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
| 23 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
| 29 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
| 33 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 41 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 43 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 53 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 59 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 61 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 64 |
1900 |
The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control. |
| 64 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 65 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 66 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 67 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 68 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 70 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 70 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 70 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 76 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 77 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 78 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
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| 25 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
| 26 |
1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 46 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 49 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 72 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 76 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 77 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 81 |
1917 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism. |
| 83 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
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1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
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1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
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1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
| 19 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 24 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
| 26 |
1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 27 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
| 29 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
| 32 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
| 39 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 40 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 73 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 74 |
1910 |
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area. |
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| 73 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 78 |
1914 |
World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days. |
| 81 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 83 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 84 |
1920 |
Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made. |
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