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Leah M. Clark
5/17/1889 - 1980
(Shown at age 51)

Leah M. Clark was born on May 17, 1889 in Washington County, Florida and died about 1980 in Collier County (unconfirmed), Florida. Actual date of death is unknown. She lived to be about 90 years old.

Parents may have been William M. Clark (1859-?) and Nancy Parrish.

Census	4/29/1910	Shiloah FL (Calhoun County)	20 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)	30 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)	40 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.

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Age	Date	Event
17	1906	An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins.
28	1917	Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction.
39	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.
68	1957	The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government.
73	1962	The Seminole Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government.
90	1979	The sovereign status of the Seminole Indian Tribe allows it to establish the first gambling establishment in FL. It is a bingo hall located on their Hollywood, FL reservation.

Age	Date	Event
6	1895	Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance.
8	1897	First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph
11	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.
11	1900	Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams"
12	1901	First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent.
13	1902	The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered.
14	1903	Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk
15	1904	The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming
17	1906	Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes
17	1906	The triode vacuum tube is invented
17	1906	Electrons are discovered by Thomson
23	1912	The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people.
24	1913	Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant
25	1914	The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed
34	1923	Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id"
34	1923	Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes
35	1924	Insecticides are used for the first time on crops
37	1926	Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket
38	1927	The first television transmission was announced in England
39	1928	Big bang theory was introduced
47	1936	The first regular television broadcast happens in England
49	1938	Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission
57	1946	The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes
58	1947	Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor
62	1951	The first color television is introduced in the U.S.
63	1952	The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen.
68	1957	Sputnik is launched by the Soviets and becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. It marks the beginning of the great "space race" between the Soviet Union and the U.S.
71	1960	The ruby laser was created by Maiman
73	1962	U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth
76	1965	The first "space walk" was completed by the Soviet Union
82	1971	The first unmanned spacecraft hit Mars and was launched by the Soviet Union
85	1974	Discovery of "Lucy" in Africa, an almost complete hominid skeleton over 3 million years old, only 3 and a half feet tall but having adult teeth, a small brain, walked upright
86	1975	Invention of the CAT scanner (computerized axial tomography)
90	1979	First "test tube baby" from artificial insemination

Age	Date	Event
19	1908	NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile
23	1912	White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out.
24	1913	NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures
28	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.
30	1919	NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty.
49	1938	NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic.
50	1939	NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States
52	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.
61	1950	NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later.
66	1955	NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL.
71	1960	NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public
74	1963	NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald.
80	1969	NEWS HEADLINES: In July, the U.S. becomes the first nation to land astronauts on the moon. Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to step on the lunar surface.
81	1970	NEWS HEADLINES: U.S. forces invade Cambodia and the Vietnam War continues to escalate. Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix die of drug overdoses. Four Kent State University students are killed during a Vietnam War protest.
88	1977	NEWS HEADLINES: Star Wars is released and becomes the biggest ticket selling movie of all time.

Age	Date	Event
20	1909	The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
21	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.
38	1927	Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs.
40	1929	Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October
41	1930	Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states.
43	1932	Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered.
44	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!
45	1934	Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize.
45	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.
46	1935	Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time.
50	1939	Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color.
54	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.
55	1944	On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day")
56	1945	President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima.
65	1954	The nationally televised McCarthy hearings lead to Senator Joseph McCarthy's downfall; Segregation by race in schools is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court; Congress adds the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and requires "In God We Trust" to appear on all American currency.
73	1962	The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba.
77	1966	The Black Panther party is founded.
78	1967	Martin Luther King leads an anti Vietnam protest in New York; The American Indian Movement is founded; Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King are assassinated; Three Apollo astronauts are killed in a fire on the launch pad.
82	1971	Charles Manson is found guilt of murder.
83	1972	Break-in at the Democratic headquarters sets of the Watergate Scandal.
84	1973	The Vietnam War peace pacts were signed in Paris and the last of the American forces finally leave Vietnam.
88	1977	Jimmy Carter, a Democrat from GA, is elected president.

Age	Date	Event
20	1909	The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe
25	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.
28	1917	Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes.
30	1919	The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I.
31	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.
49	1938	Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia.
50	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.
56	1945	World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

John and Leah Davis

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John Davis
Born on August 1, 1870 and died about 1950

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The Children of Leah M. Clark

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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