Genealogy for
Phoebie Rebecca Davis
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Phoebie Rebecca Davis
1/6/1885 - 3/31/1933
(Shown at age 29)
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Phoebie Rebecca Davis was born on January 6, 1885 in Calhoun County, Florida and died on March 31, 1933 in Calhoun County, Florida. She lived to be 48 years old.
She married Thomas Benjamin McDaniel. After his death in 1925 she married Charlie Bozeman. After her death, her youngest daughter, Evenlyn, is found in the 1945 census living with her uncle Otto Davis. | 
 | Census | 6/2/1885 | FL (Calhoun County) | about 4 months old | # 25 - Frank Davis (age33),
Josephine Davis (24),
William Davis (8),
Mathew M. Davis (6),
F. A. Davis (5),
Robert E. Davis (3) &
Febia Davis (1). Frank is a farmer. All were born in FL.
| Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1885: The principle towns in Calhoun County were Blountstown, Marysville, Chipola, Selman, Ocheesee, and Abe Springs. In 1884 railroads in Florida were bought out by one company and placed under central management. River Junction, located at the junction of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers, is the closest railroad and the primary hub of land transports. The photo on the right shows the iron bridge than spans the Chattahoochee River about a mile from the Depot at River Junction where wharves, storage, steamboats and hotels bussel with activity. Click the photo for a larger view. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | 
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| Census | 6/1/1900 | Hansfords Mill FL (Calhoun County) | 15 yrs old | Recorded as family #523: Frank A. Davis (age 47 - Mar.1853), Jessie L. ( age 36 - May 1864), William G. ( age 22 - Oct.1877), Mathew M. ( age 20 -July 1879), Frank A. Jr. ( age 19 -Feb.1881), Robert E. ( age 17 – Nov. 1882), Febbie R. ( age 15 - January 1885), Joseph I. ( age 14 -June 1886), Liza A. ( age 12 – May 1888), John E. (age 8 – Aug. 1891), Mary L. ( age 7 – Jan. 1893) and Daniel D. ( age 5 – Apr. 1895). All were born in Florida as were their parents. Jessie states that she is the mother of 11 children and 10 are currently living. They have been married 23 years. Frank Sr. states his occupation as Mill Wright and his son, William, is a laborer. William and Febbie have attended school through the 12th grade. They and their parents indicate they can read and write while the others say they cannot.
| Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1900: The first automobile, nick-named Chicken Killer, arrives in Blountstown in 1905. The photo on the right shows The Chicken Killer. Click the photo for a larger view. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | 
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| Marriage | 1/25/1905 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 20 yrs old | | marriage of Phoebie Davis to Ben McDaniel on Jan. 25th 1905, book 1, page |
| Census | 5/9/1910 | Hansford Mill FL (Calhoun County) | 25 yrs old | | Recorded as family #129: T. B. McDaniel (age 25), Phoebe (wife, age 23), Pansy (daughter, age 4), Liza (daughter, age 2), Ais (daughter, age 2 months), Annie Rogers (niece, age 7), Moudy (niece, age 6), Howard (nephew, age 4). T. B. 's father was born in GA while he and his mother were born in FL. Phoebe and both parents were born in FL. All of the children were born in FL. The father of the nieces was born in AL. |
| Census | 1/20/1920 | FL (Calhoun County) | 35 yrs old | | Recorded as family #190: Ben McDaniel (age 40), Phoebe (wife, age 35), Pansey (daughter, age 13), Louise (daughter, age 12), Mittie (daughter, age 10), Verince (daughter, age 8), Lois (daughter, age 5). All but the youngest two children can read and write. The older children have also attended school within the past year. All were born in FL. Ben is a laborer working on a bic farm. |
| Census | 4/5/1930 | Andalusia AL (Covington County) | 45 yrs old | | Recorded as dwelling #87: Phoebe Bozeman (age 44) and her daughters, Evelyn (age 2 years and 3 months) Pansy Lemieux (age 23), Mittie McDaniel (age 19), (Vernice, age 17, and Lois, age 16)are living in a boarding house. The head of household is Mollie Brown (age 53). Her family of 11 is living there as well as Giles Bryan (age 50)with family of 3; Mertie M. Duncan (age 25) with family of 3; Lora S. Hall (age 30), Mary Sirmons (age 23), and Nettie Turner (age 28). Phoebe, as well as most of the other female boarders, are working as a seamstress in the textile factory. Members of the Duncan, Bozeman, Lemieux, and McDaniel families were born in Florida. |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 1/1/1940 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 7 yrs after death | | Phoebe Davis BOZEMAN ? ? (no dates) lot 2 plot 205. next to her - an Unmarked grave lot 2 plot 206. Nettle Ridge Cemetery. |
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1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
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1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
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1928 |
The Tamiami Trail opens. It opens the southernmost 275 miles of U.S. Highway 41 from State Road 60 in Tampa to U.S. Route 1 (SR 5) in Miami, Florida to tourist. It also destroys many of the Seminole Indian waterways and hinders their economy. |
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1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
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1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
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1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
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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. |
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1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
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1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
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1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
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1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
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1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
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1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
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1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
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1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
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1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
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1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
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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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1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
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1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
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1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
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1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
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1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
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1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
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1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
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1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
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1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
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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. |
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1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
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1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
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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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1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
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1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
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1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
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1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
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1933 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president under his "New Deal" campaign. Frances Perkins becomes the first woman to hold a cabinet post when FDR appoints her secretary of labor. On December 5, the 21st Amendment is added to the Constitution, repealing Prohibition. Drinks for everyone! |
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1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
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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. |
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1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
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1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
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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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 Phoebie
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Marriages
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 | Thomas McDaniel
Born about 1880 and died about 1925.
They were married 1/25/1905.
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Born on October 11, 1886 and died on June 18, 1967.
They were married 1/1/1926.
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The Children of Phoebie Rebecca Davis
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8 years old
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Pansy Lee McDaniel
Born in Calhoun Co., Florida about 1906 and died in Calhoun Co., Florida about 1989. She was about 83 years old.
She married Grady Sherrod (3/17/1906-10/2/1986 Thomas Co. GA). In 1929 she married James Alford Lemieux and in 1931 Matthew Wood (10/6/1894-1/14/1976- burial at Wood Cem., Calhoun Co., FL)
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32 years old
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Louise M. McDaniel
Born in Calhoun County, Florida on January 22, 1908 and died in Polk County, Florida on February 24, 1976. She was 68 years old.
She married Perry O. Bozeman. They had eight children:
Taylor Odis
Margaret Eloise
Vivian Martel
Carl L.
James O.
Bobby Daniel
Tommy
Jack ...
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4 years old
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Mitty McDaniel
Born in Blountstown, Florida on March 10, 1910 and died in Thomas Co., Georgia on October 1, 2001. She was 91 years old.
Married Grady W. Sherrod (3/17/1906 - 10/2/1986 Thomas Co. GA). They had two children...
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2 years old
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Verince McDaniel
Born somewhere in Florida on July 29, 1912 and died in Calhoun Co,, Florida about 1936. She was about 23 years old.
She married Holt Lott.
She died in child birth (we are not sure of the date). ...
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25 years old
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Lois McDaniel
Born in Calhoun Co., Florida on November 15, 1914 and died in Aurburndale, Florida on September 3, 1988. She was 73 years old.
She married J.C. Hale. They had three children: Yvonne, Charles and Otis.
Lois divorced J.C. Hale and later married David Hinson....
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Josie Evelyn Bozeman
Born in Calhoun County, Florida on December 19, 1927 and died in Hot Springs, Arkansas on September 1, 2002. She was 74 years old.
Children:
Raymond Raden
Nancy Raden
Victoria Lynn Raden (11/11/1961 Goldsboro,NC-7/2/1964 Washoe,NV)
Rebecca Raden...
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