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Mary Frances Brown 

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Charles Wesley Brown Jr.
7/12/1859 - 11/8/1928

Nancy Jane Parish
4/6/1867 - 8/31/1931
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Mary Frances Brown
11/22/1885 - 10/1/1955
Mary Frances Brown was born on November 22, 1885 somewhere in Florida and died on October 1, 1955 in Blountstown, Florida. She lived to be 69 years old.

She married Franklin A. Davis Jr on 12/4/1904.
Records
Census4/13/1930 Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) 44 yrs old 
Starting on line 93: Frank A. Davis (head of household, age 49), Mary (wife, age 44), Lucile (daughter, age 15), Falfa (daughter, age 12), Ellis (son, age 8). They indicated they lived on a farm and that all had been born in Florida. Frank was 24 when first married and Mary was 19 years old. All indicated they could read and write. Class of worker is listed as "O". 
Census1/1/1940 Bloutstown FL (Calhoun County) 54 yrs old 
#41 - Frank A. Davis (age 59), Mary F. Davis (55), C. Ellis Davis (17). All born in FL, They have the same residence as in 1935. Frank is a carpenter. They rent their home for $8 a month.  
Census1/1/1945 Precinct 1 FL (Calhoun County) 59 yrs old 
page 1 - Frank A. Davis (64) & Mary Davis (59). Both born in FL. He is a carpenter with a 1st gr. education. She has an 8th gr. education.  Source:  FL st. census 1945

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21 1906 An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins.
32 1917 Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction.
43 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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4 1889 The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards
10 1895 Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance.
12 1897 First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph
15 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.
15 1900 Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams"
16 1901 First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent.
17 1902 The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered.
18 1903 Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk
19 1904 The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming
21 1906 Electrons are discovered by Thomson
21 1906 Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes
21 1906 The triode vacuum tube is invented
27 1912 The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people.
28 1913 Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant
29 1914 The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed
38 1923 Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id"
38 1923 Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes
39 1924 Insecticides are used for the first time on crops
41 1926 Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket
42 1927 The first television transmission was announced in England
43 1928 Big bang theory was introduced
51 1936 The first regular television broadcast happens in England
53 1938 Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission
61 1946 The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes
62 1947 Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor
66 1951 The first color television is introduced in the U.S.
67 1952 The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen.
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23 1908 NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile
27 1912 White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out.
28 1913 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures
32 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.
34 1919 NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty.
53 1938 NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic.
54 1939 NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States
56 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.
65 1950 NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later.
70 1955 NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL.
AgeDateEvent
24 1909 The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
25 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.
42 1927 Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs.
44 1929 Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October
45 1930 Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states.
47 1932 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered.
48 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!
49 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.
49 1934 Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize.
50 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time.
54 1939 Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color.
58 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.
59 1944 On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day")
60 1945 President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima.
69 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.
AgeDateEvent
24 1909 The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe
29 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.
32 1917 Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes.
34 1919 The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I.
35 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.
53 1938 Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia.
54 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.
60 1945 World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.


Marriages
Franklin Davis
Born on January 25, 1881 and died on January 20, 1970.
They were married 12/4/1904.

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The Children of Mary Frances Brown

Walter Thomas Davis
Born in Calhoun Co., Florida on October 7, 1905 and died in Blountstown, Florida on June 10, 1975. He was 69 years old.

Married Thelma Pastile "Pat" Brock on 4/14/1925 in Decatur Co. GA.
Children:
Dennis "Pete" Davis(he married Marian)
Martha Faye Davis(she married Angus Napoleon Griffin) ...
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Samuel Lindsey Davis
Born in Calhoun Co., Florida on October 23, 1907 and died in Blountstown, Florida on February 20, 1972. He was 64 years old.

He married Susie Irene McKoewn (1/20/1910 to 8/5/1969).
Child: Judy ...
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31 years old
Mary Lucille Davis
Born in Calhoun Co., Florida on September 20, 1914 and died in Blountstown, Florida on January 6, 2001. She was 86 years old.

She was a supervisor of elections for Calhoun Co. FL . A member of the Eastern Star Chapter 179 and Christian Home Freewill Baptist Church.

children:
James Franklin "Jimmy" Aultman
Ma...
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68 years old
Falfa Davis
Born in Blountstown, Calhoun Co., Florida on July 13, 1917 and died in Blountstown, Florida on April 19, 2008. She was 90 years old.

In 1936, she married Selmon Edgar Clark (11/3/1903 to 11/29/1970).
They had two children:
Glenda Clark
Charles Edward "Sonny" Clark

Falfa was a member of Christian Home Freewill Bap...
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23 years old
Charles Ellis Davis
Born in Blountstown, Florida on March 14, 1922 and died in Blountstown, Florida on May 26, 1999. He was 77 years old.

Married Margie Pearl Fowler(10/23/1923).
Children:
Jeffery A. Davis
Charles Ellis Davis Jr.
Mary Frank Davis
Frederick Angelo Davis ...
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