Genealogy for
Harriet Elizabeth Howard
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Harriet Elizabeth Howard
2/24/1841 - 8/22/1916
(Shown at age 49)
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Harriet Elizabeth Howard was born on February 24, 1841 somewhere in Georgia and died on August 22, 1916 in Calhoun Co., Florida. She lived to be 75 years old.
Harriet and Ishmael had 10 children:
- Martha Jane (1870-1941),
- William Henry (1872-1963),
- Ella Ann (1876-1959),
- Queen Ann (1879-1938),
- Mary (1880-1957),
- Zachariah (1881-1961),
- Jeremiah (1883-1962), and
- John David (1886-1943).
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 | Marriage | 11/25/1868 | FL (Calhoun County) | 27 yrs old | | Ishmael A. Ayers married Harriett Howard, Nov. 25, 1868 - Book 1, page 36 |
| Census | 6/1/1880 | Pippins Mill FL (Calhoun County) | 39 yrs old | Recorded as family #57: Ishmael Ayers (age 30), Harriet (age 38), Martha (age 10), William (7), Ellie (5), Queen (2) and Mary (6 months old). Ishmael is a farmer. He was born in FL, his father in SC and mother in GA. Harriet was born in FL, her father in SC and mother in SC. All of the children were born in FL. Ishmael, Harriet and Martha can read and write. Two other Ayers families live next door. They are: (1) William and Elizabeth Ayers (ages 38, 34) and (2) Benj. and Nancy (ages 38, 27).
| Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1880: Blountstown was declared the seat of Calhoun County in 1880. Prior to that, Abe Springs had been the county seat. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Graveyard/Tombstone | 8/22/1916 | Mt. Olive Cem. FL (Calhoun County) | 75 yrs old | In Family plot:Harriet Elizabeth Ayers 2/24/1841 to 8/22/1916 "Mother"
"She Was Too Good, Too Gentle and Fair
to Dwell in this Cold World of Care";
Ishmal A. Ayers 2/16/1850 to 8/5/1926; Queen Ann Ayers"Sister" 3/10/1879 to 7/8/1938
"Her Memory is Blessed";
Zachariah Ayers "Brother" 6/6/1881 to 7/3/1961 "May He Rest in Peace"
(Queen Ann and Zachariah share same Headstone)
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Harriet Howard's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of
Harriet, her family, and friends. For example, Harriet is 1 years old when Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi.
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1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and some of the Seminole Indians living in FL are moved to the Indian Territory |
| 1 |
1842 |
Congress passes the Armed Occupation Act of 1842. It entitles persons willing and able to bear arms against the Indians and establish themselves in villages along the borders of Indian territory ownership of their land after 5 years. |
| 4 |
1845 |
Florida becomes the 27th state to join the United States. William Moseley becomes the first governor and David Yulee the first senator. |
| 9 |
1850 |
Florida's total population has grown to 87,445. This includes about 39,000 slaves and 1,000 free blacks. Indians were not counted. |
| 14 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins and war breaks out with most of the battles occurring in Central Florida. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 20 |
1861 |
No Floridian's voted for Lincoln during the 1860 election. On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the U.S. and joined the Confederate States of America a few weeks later. |
| 23 |
1864 |
Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back |
| 24 |
1865 |
May 10th -- Union troops occupy Tallahassee. While Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi River that had not been captured, Union troops occupy the capitol following the surrender of the major Confederate armies in the east. |
| 24 |
1865 |
Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory. |
| 29 |
1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
| 41 |
1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
| 42 |
1883 |
Three railroad companies are merged to form the Florida Transit and Penisular Railroad Company. Thee are: Florida Transit Railroad Co., Peninsular Railroad Co, and the Tropical Florida Railroad Co. |
| 43 |
1884 |
Most railroads in Florida are passed into the hands of a single company owned and operated by a single management, under the name of The Florida Railway and Navigation Company. It has more that 500 miles of main track in operation and about 300 miles of track under construction. The longest route was the "Western Division" which ran from Tallahassee to Jacksonville - 209 miles. |
| 65 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
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| 6 |
1847 |
Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville |
| 9 |
1850 |
Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed. |
| 10 |
1851 |
Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed. |
| 11 |
1852 |
Taylor County formed. |
| 12 |
1853 |
Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated. |
| 13 |
1854 |
Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed. |
| 15 |
1856 |
Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed. |
| 16 |
1857 |
Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed. |
| 17 |
1858 |
Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed. |
| 29 |
1870 |
Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed. |
| 34 |
1875 |
Oconee County formed. |
| 64 |
1905 |
Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed. |
| 71 |
1912 |
Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed. |
| 73 |
1914 |
Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed. |
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1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
| 12 |
1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
| 15 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
| 18 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
| 24 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
| 28 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 36 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 38 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 48 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 54 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 56 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 59 |
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. |
| 59 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 60 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 61 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 62 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 63 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 65 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 65 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 65 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 71 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 72 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 73 |
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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| 20 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
| 21 |
1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 41 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 44 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 67 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 71 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 72 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
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1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
| 14 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 19 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
| 21 |
1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 22 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
| 24 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
| 27 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
| 34 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 35 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 68 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 69 |
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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| 68 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 73 |
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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 | Ishmael Ayers
Born on February 16, 1850 and died on August 5, 1926.
They were married 11/25/1868.
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The Children of Harriet Elizabeth Howard
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77 years old
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William Henry Ayers
Born somewhere in Florida on February 8, 1872 and died in Jackson County, Florida on February 24, 1963. He was 91 years old.
Children:
- James Henry (10/9/1892-7/9/1981) married Mamie L. Watson (2/9/1903-5/19/1990) (div.46)~m~ Bitha Glisson (5/26/1906 -3/3/1998)
- Alice Elizabeth (3/20/189...
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Jeremiah Ayers
Born in Calhoun Co., Florida on May 10, 1883 and died in Leon Co., Florida on November 8, 1969. He was 86 years old.
He married on (8/22/1932) to Lucindy Alday (4-10-1887 - 10-24-1961)...
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