Genealogy for
John H. Davis
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John H. Davis
8/1/1870 - 1950
(Shown at age 70)
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John H. Davis was born on August 1, 1870 somewhere in Florida and died about 1950 in an unknown place. Actual date of death is unknown. He lived to be about 79 years old.
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 | Census | 6/12/1880 | Abe Springs FL (Calhoun County) | 9 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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| Census | 4/29/1910 | Shiloah FL (Calhoun County) | 39 yrs old | | Recorded as family #218: John H. Davis (age 38), Lees (wife, age 32), Brooks (daughter, age 4), Camera (daughter, age 2), Wremme Adams (sister-in-law, age 27), Grace Adams (daughter, age 8), John Adams (son, age 6), Judice Lee Adams (daughter, age 2). All were born in Florida. John's parents were born in AL. Lee's mother was born in AL. John works in logging as a driver. All of the adults can read and write. |
| Census | 1/23/1920 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 49 yrs old | | Recorded as family #247: John Davis (age 47), Lee (wife, age 52), Brooks (daughter, age 13), Comery (daughter, age 12), Martis (daughter, age 8), X.V. (daughter, age 5), O.V. (daughter, age 3). Izaac Ethridge (age 38, and his family) and Sandy Davis (age 50, and his family) also live on the farm. All were born in Florida as were their parents. All of the adults can read and write. John and Izaac rent the farm from Sandy. Sandy's race was first written as "w" and then changed to "b" to match his wife's. |
| Census | 4/9/1930 | Shiloh FL (Calhoun County) | 59 yrs old | | Recorded as family #3: John H. Davis (age 60), Lee M. (wife, age 43), Martis (daughter, age 19), Vista (daughter, age 16), John H. Jr. (son, age 10), Gearldine (daughter, age 8), Jacqueline (daughter, age 2). All were born in Florida as were their parents. John Sr. is a surveyor working for the public. He is not a veteran. |
| Census | 1/1/1945 | FL (Calhoun County) | 74 yrs old | | Recorded on page 30, line 41: John H. Davis (age 79), Leah (wife, age 57), Gearldine (daughter, age 22), Bobby (son, age 12). All were born in Florida. |
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John, his family, and friends. For example, John is 5 years old when Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
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| 12 |
1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
| 13 |
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. |
| 14 |
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. |
| 36 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
| 47 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
| 58 |
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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| 7 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 9 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 19 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 25 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 27 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 30 |
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. |
| 30 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 31 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 32 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 33 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 34 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 36 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 36 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 36 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 42 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 43 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 44 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 53 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 53 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 54 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 56 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 57 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 58 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
| 66 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
| 68 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
| 76 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
| 77 |
1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
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| 12 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 15 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 38 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 42 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 43 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 47 |
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. |
| 49 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
| 68 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
| 69 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
| 71 |
1941 |
NEWS HEADLINES: December 7, 1941 -- Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the US officially declares war on Japan the following day. World War II begins for American soldiers. |
| 80 |
1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
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| 5 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 6 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 39 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 40 |
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. |
| 57 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 59 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 60 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 62 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
| 63 |
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! |
| 64 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
| 64 |
1934 |
Farm families must leave the dust bowl-stricken Great Plains areas. The dust bowl includes areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arkansas. Radio picks up the "Okie" songs. In all, 400,000 people leave the Great Plains. |
| 65 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
| 69 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
| 73 |
1943 |
Japanese Americans are relocated to internment camps; Almost 400,000 coal miners go on strike; Race riots break out in Los Angeles and Detroit. |
| 74 |
1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
| 75 |
1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
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| 39 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 44 |
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. |
| 47 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 49 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 50 |
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. |
| 68 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
| 69 |
1939 |
Hitler takes over all of Czechoslovakia. On Sept. 1st, Germany invades Poland. On Sept. 3rd, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II has begun. |
| 75 |
1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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 John and Leah Davis |
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 | Leah Clark
Born on May 17, 1889 and died about 1980
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The Children of John H. Davis
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John Henry Davis Jr.
Born in Calhoun Co., Florida on April 13, 1920 and died in Calhoun Co., Florida on December 9, 1979. He was 59 years old.
In the 1940's and 50's John and Inez operated at Cafe on South Main St. in Blountstown ...
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