Genealogy for
Hester Ann Jane McClellan
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Hester Ann Jane McClellan
1837 - 1890
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Hester Ann Jane McClellan was born about 1837 somewhere in Georgia and died about 1890 in an unknown place. Dates for birth and death are estimated. She lived to be about 53 years old.
2nd marriage to Zack Adams. | 
 | Marriage | 10/26/1869 | FL (Calhoun County) | 32 yrs old | | The marriage of Hester McClellan and Samuel W. Davis is recorded. |
| Census | 7/4/1870 | FL (Calhoun County) | 33 yrs old | Recorded as family #182: Samuel Davis (age 51, born in MS), Hester (age 40, born in GA), Luis (age 21, born in FL), Henrietter (age 18, born in FL), Rosanna (age 6, born in FL), Frances (age 4, born in FL) and William (age 15, born in FL). Samuel states he is a farmer and estimates the value of his real estate to be $500 and personal property to be $1500.
| Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1870: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 6/12/1880 | Abe Springs FL (Calhoun County) | 43 yrs old | Recorded as family #7996: Zack Adams (age 32), Hester (wife, age 35), John H. Davis (stepson, age 9), James (son, age 4), Zack B. (son, age 3 months), Izaac Ethridge (boarder/hireling, age 20), Hennie Ethridge (boarder, age 21), John Burke (boarder, age 6), I.H. Ethridge (boarder, age 1 year). Zack is employed as a house carpenter. Hester, Issac and Hinnie can read and write. Everyone was born in FL except Zack Sr. and Hester who were born in GA. The fathers of both John H. and Hinnie were born in Mississippi while the rest were born in GA or FL.
| 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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1838 |
Chattooga County formed |
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1847 |
Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville |
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1850 |
Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed. |
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1851 |
Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed. |
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1852 |
Taylor County formed. |
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1853 |
Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated. |
| 17 |
1854 |
Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed. |
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1856 |
Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed. |
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1857 |
Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed. |
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1858 |
Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed. |
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1870 |
Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed. |
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1875 |
Oconee County formed. |
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1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
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1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
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1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
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1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
| 22 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
| 28 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
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1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 40 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 42 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 52 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
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1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
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1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
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1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
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1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
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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. |
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1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 23 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
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1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 26 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
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1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
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1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
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1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
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1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
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Marriages
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| Samuel Davis
Born about 1818 and died about 1885.
They were married 10/26/1869.
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The Children of Hester Ann Jane McClellan
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70 years old
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John H. Davis
Born somewhere in Florida on August 1, 1870 and died in an unknown location about 1950. He was about 79 years old.
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