Genealogy for
Henrietta Davis
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Henrietta Davis
1852 - 1930
(Shown at age 63)
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Henrietta Davis was born about 1852 somewhere in Florida and died about 1930 in an unknown place. Dates for birth and death are estimated. She lived to be about 78 years old.
She was married twice. When she was 20 years old, she married John Burke. They had at least one son who was named John Burke after his father. When she was 25, she married Isaac Samuel Ethridge (in 1878). She indicated she had given birth to 7 children by 1910, however only four were living.
It is believed she died between 1920 and 1930. Burial in the Mt. Olive Cemetery, Altha, FL with some of her children. | 
 | Census | 7/20/1860 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 8 yrs old | Family number 82 lists Samuel W. Davis (age 42), Cresy (female, age 40), Lewis (male, age 15), Georgeann (female, age 10), Henrietta (female, age 8), Sugar (female, age 5) and Honey (female, age 3 months). Samuel and Cresy say they were both born in Georgia and all of the children were born in Florida. Samuel is a farmer and estimates the value of his personal estate to be $3, 500. Cresy cannot read or write. The 1860 US Census Slave Schedule shows one black female (age 35), one mulatto female (age 12) and one mulatto male (age 6) slaves as owned by Samuel.
| Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1860: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 7/4/1870 | FL (Calhoun County) | 18 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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| Marriage | 1/30/1873 | | 21 yrs old | | Marriage of Henrietta Davis and John G. Burke |
| Marriage | 11/29/1878 | FL (Calhoun County) | 26 yrs old | | Marriage of Henrietta Burke and Isaac Samuel Ethridge. |
| Census | 6/12/1880 | Abe Springs FL (Calhoun County) | 28 yrs old | Recorded as dwelling #7996: Zack Adams (house carpenter, age 32), Hester Adams (wife, age 35), John H. Davis (stepson, age 9), Jason Adams (son, age 1), Zack B. Adams (son, 3 months), Isaac Ethridge (boarder, age 20, hireling), Hennie Ethridge (boarder, age 28), John Burke (boarder, age 6), I. M. Ethridge (boarder, age 1). Isaac Ethridge was born in FL, his father in FL and his mother is not stated. Hinnie was born in FL, her father in ?? and mother in GA. The children were born in 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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| Census | 6/1/1885 | FL (Calhoun County) | 33 yrs old | Listed as dwelling #313 in the 1885 Florida Census: Issac Ethridge (age 26), Hinny (wife, age 38), John Burk (step son, age 10), Issac Ethridge (son, age 6), James Ethridge (age 4), Charly Rewen (age 3). Issac is a laborer. He was born in Florida, his father in North Carolina and his mother in Alabama. Hinney was born in Florida and both parents in GA. All of the children were born in FL. None of the children can read or write.
| 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 | 6/29/1900 | FL (Jackson County) | 48 yrs old | 380 - I. S. Ethrege (age 40 -Aug.1859),
H. E. (49 - July 1850),
Isaac H. (21 - March 1879),
James M. (19 -Feb. 1881),
Louis E. (12 -March 1888) &
Charlie D. (6 -May 1894). All were born in FL except I.S., he was born in GA, as were his parents. H.E.'s father was born is GA and mother in NC. I.S. and H.E. has been married 21 years, they have had 7 children, 4 are living. I.S. is a merchant laborer, Isaac is a farm laborer, James and Louis are also laborers.
| Additional information about Jackson County, FL around 1900: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 4/10/1910 | Altha FL (Calhoun County) | 58 yrs old | | Recorded as family #86, Henrietta Ethridge (age 58) is the head-of-household. She has been married twice (35 years in current marriage) and only 4 of her 7 children are still living. She was born in Florida, her mother in South Carolina and her father in Georgia. Lewis (son, 17 years old) and Charlie D. (son, age 13) are living with her. Both say they and their mother were born in Florida while their father was born in Georgia. Henrietta is a housekeeper, Lewis is a laborer employed as a teamster and Charlie is attending school. All three can read, write and speak English. |
| Census | 1/2/1920 | Altha FL (Calhoun County) | 68 yrs old | | Listed as family #4: James M. Ethridge (head of household, age 38, widowed), Henrietta (mother, age 68, widowed) and Charley D. (brother, age 18, single). All three were born in Florida and say their parents were also born in Florida. James and Henrietta can read and write, however Charlie cannot and he has not been attending school. James is a laborer working on a general farm. The mark on the census for 'rent' or 'own' their home is different and undecipherable. It appears that they did not own or rent their home. |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 1/1/1930 | FL (Calhoun County) | 78 yrs old | | MT OLIVE CEMETERY - H. E. (no dates) |
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Henrietta, her family, and friends. For example, Henrietta is 3 years old when Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
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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. |
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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. |
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1864 |
Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back |
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1865 |
Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory. |
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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. |
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1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
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1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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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 |
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1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
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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 |
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1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
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1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
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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 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
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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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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 |
| 54 |
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 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
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1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
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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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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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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 |
| 65 |
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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1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
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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. |
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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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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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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. |
| 65 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 67 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 68 |
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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Marriages
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 | John Burke
Born about 1850 and died about 1877.
They were married 1/30/1873.
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|  | | Isaac Ethridge
Born on July 17, 1858 and died on March 22, 1905.
They were married 11/29/1878.
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The Children of Henrietta Davis
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John Burke Jr.
Born somewhere in Florida about 1874 and died in Calhoun Co., Florida about 1887. He was about 13 years old.
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33 years old
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Isaac Henry Ethridge
Born somewhere in Florida on March 20, 1879 and died in Gadsden, Florida on February 16, 1967. He was 87 years old.
Children: Sydney (died young), Moody (died young), Isaac Alonzo (1911), Cleo (1913) and Violas (1920). Burial in the Old Shiloh Cemetery No. 2, in Calhoun County, FL - next to his father....
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James M. Ethridge
Born somewhere in Florida on an unknown day in February 1881 and died in Calhoun County, Florida about 1982. He was about 100 years old.
Nicknamed "Boss" . ...
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Minni Ethridge
Born somewhere in Florida about 1883 and died in Calhoun County, Florida about 1883. This child was stillborn.
Buried at the Old Shiloh Cemetery No. 2, in Calhoun County, FL....
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Lewis E. Ethridge
Born in Jackson Co., Florida on March 6, 1888 and died somewhere in Florida on October 21, 1974. He was 86 years old.
He married Lora Durden(1900 -).
children:
John L. (10/16/1917 - 10/8/1987)
EdLeigh (9/30/1920 -2/20/1985) married Edna. ...
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Charles Dempsey Ethridge
Born somewhere in Florida on May 18, 1896 and died in Calhoun County, Florida on January 16, 1925. He was 28 years old.
Buried at the Mt. Olive Cemetery in Altha, FL....
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