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Martha 'Mattie' Ellen Davis 

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Wyatt Singleton Davis
10/6/1848 - 6/6/1927

Lydia Malysa Woods
4/26/1851 - 2/15/1934
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Martha 'Mattie' Ellen Davis
8/29/1874 - 5/4/1939
Martha 'Mattie' Ellen Davis was born on August 29, 1874 in an unknown place and died on May 4, 1939 in Ragland, Alabama. She lived to be 64 years old.

She married on (4/30/1893)to Drewar Harlin Scoggins.

Children:
Chester Scoggins
Eva Scoggins
Vera Scoggins
Nora Scoggins
Barrett Scoggins
Brown Scoggins
Buren Scoggins
Records
Census7/9/1880 Trout Creek AL (Saint Clair County) 5 yrs old 
dwelling#189, family# 187- Wiatt S. Davis (age 31), Liddy M. Davis (31), Crispin S. Davis (7), Martha E. Davis (5), Ausbery Davis (4) & Liddy R. Davis (2).Wiatt is a farmer, he was born in GA, his parents were born in SC. Liddy keeps house, she was born in AL, her parents in TN. Children born in AL.

next door #188 - Zemoriah Daffron(18)and wife Elisa(15).  
Marriage4/28/1893 AL (St. Clair County) 18 yrs old 
marriage of D. H. Scoggins to Mattie E. Davis at the home of Joseph A. Owens. 
Census4/26/1910 Coal AL (St. Clair County) 35 yrs old 
family#260 - Drewer H. Scoggins (age 33), Mattie E. Scoggins (33), Clarence Scoggins (14), Chester Scoggins (11), Eva R. Scoggins (7), Vera Ld. Scoggins (5), Nora E. Scoggins (3) & Barret G. Scoggins (4 mo.). Drewer & Mattie have been married 16 years, they have 8 children, 6 are living. Drewer is a farmer, farm # 78. Clarence & Chester also work on the farm. All were born in AL. Dawie's parent's were born in AL. Martha's father was born in GA and mother in AL.  
Census1/12/1920 Ragland AL (St. Clair County) 45 yrs old 
dwelling #213, family# 216 - Dawie H. Scoggins (age 53), Mattie Scoggins (45), Chester Scoggins (21), Eva Scoggins (17), Vera Scoggins (14), Nora Scoggins (12), Barrett Scoggins (10), Brown Scoggins (7)& Buren Scoggins (4 8mo.). Dawie is a farmer, farm # 62. Chester & Barrett also work on the farm. They rent their home. All were born in AL. Dawie's parent's were born in GA. Martha's father was born in GA and mother in AL.  
Census4/23/1930 Ragland AL (St Clair County) 55 yrs old 
dwelling #236 family#247- D. H. Scoggins (age 63), Martha Scoggins (57), Eva Scoggins (27), Barrett Scoggins (18), Nara Scoggins (22), Braw Scoggins (17), Buren Scoggins (14)& Ann Scoggins (85)-D.H.'s mother. They rent their home. D.H. was 27 and Martha was 19 years old when they were married. All were born in AL. D.H. parent's were born in GA. Martha's father was born in GA and mother in AL. D.H. is a farmer, farm # 128.  
Graveyard/Tombstone3/24/1939 Ragland AL (St. Clair County) 64 yrs old 
Martha Scoggins - 8/29/1875 - 3/24/1939 - First Methodist Church Cemetery. 

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3 1877 Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed.
5 1879 Edison invents the electric light bulb.
15 1889 The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards
21 1895 Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance.
23 1897 First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph
26 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.
26 1900 Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams"
27 1901 First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent.
28 1902 The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered.
29 1903 Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk
30 1904 The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming
32 1906 Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes
32 1906 The triode vacuum tube is invented
32 1906 Electrons are discovered by Thomson
38 1912 The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people.
39 1913 Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant
40 1914 The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed
49 1923 Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id"
49 1923 Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes
50 1924 Insecticides are used for the first time on crops
52 1926 Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket
53 1927 The first television transmission was announced in England
54 1928 Big bang theory was introduced
62 1936 The first regular television broadcast happens in England
64 1938 Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission
AgeDateEvent
8 1882 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity.
11 1885 NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen.
34 1908 NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile
38 1912 White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out.
39 1913 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures
43 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.
45 1919 NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty.
64 1938 NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic.
65 1939 NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States
AgeDateEvent
1 1875 Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
2 1876 The National League of Baseball is founded
35 1909 The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
36 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.
53 1927 Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs.
55 1929 Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October
56 1930 Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states.
58 1932 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered.
59 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!
60 1934 Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize.
60 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.
61 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time.
65 1939 Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color.
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35 1909 The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe
40 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.
43 1917 Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes.
45 1919 The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I.
46 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.
64 1938 Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia.
65 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.
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The Soggins


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Drewar Scoggins
Born on September 1, 1866 and died on May 7, 1950.
They were married 4/30/1893.

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