Genealogy for
Mary Elinder Parrish
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Mary Elinder Parrish
3/19/1872 - 8/5/1971
(Shown at age 78)
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Mary Elinder Parrish was born on March 19, 1872 in Calhoun Co., Florida and died on August 5, 1971 in Calhoun Co., Florida. She lived to be 99 years old.
Children: Ada (1/14/1895), William Edgar 9/13/1901-2/13/1938) & Nathaniel (abt. 1903).
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 | Census | 6/27/1900 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 28 yrs old | Listed as family #242: Pearce Halley (age 26, born May 1874), Mary (wife, age 27, born May 1873), Aela (daughter, age 3, born Dec. 1896) Pearce and Mary have been married for seven years and Mary has given birth to four children -- only one is still living. All were born in FL and so were their parents. Pearce is a farm laborer and both adults can read, write and speak English.
| Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1900: The first automobile, nick-named Chicken Killer, arrives in Blountstown in 1905. The photo on the right shows The Chicken Killer. Click the photo for a larger view. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | 
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| Census | 4/18/1910 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 38 yrs old | | Recorded as family #74: P. F. Halley (age 35), Mary (wife, age 38), Ada (daughter, age 14), Edgar (son, age 8), Nathaniel (son, age 5) and C. S. O'Bryan (hand, white, age 21, single). Mary has given birth to six children and three are still living. All were born in FL as were their parents. P. F. is a market man working in a beef market. All, except the two youngest children, can read and write. Ada and Edgar have been attending school. |
| Census | 1/17/1920 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 47 yrs old | | dweling#144, family #199: Pierce R. Halley (age 46), Mary (wife, age 48), Ada (daughter, age 24), Edgar (son, age 18), Nathinael (son, age 15). All can read and write, but Edgar and Nathinael have not been attending school. All were born in FL. Pierce and Mary say their father was born in FL and mother in GA. Pierce is a farmer working his own farm. Edgar is working as a laborer on the family farm. |
| Census | 4/4/1930 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 58 yrs old | | Listed as family #83: Pierce F. Halley (age 56), Mary E. (wife, age 58) and Ada C. (daughter, age 32). Pierce was 20 and Mary was 22 years old when they were first married. All can read and write and none have attended school. Ada is single. All were born in FL and so were their parents. Pierce estimates the value of his home to be $1, 000 and they do not live on a farm. Pierce is a proprietor working in a bottling plant and he is not a veteran. Ada is a teacher working in the public school. Pierce's brother, Joseph and his family are the next family listed on the census. |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 8/5/1971 | Nettle Ridge Cem. FL (Calhoun County) | 99 yrs old | | MARY ELENDER HOLLEY - 3/19/1872 to 8/5/1971 - lot 1 plot 48
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Mary, her family, and friends. For example, Mary is 3 years old when Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
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| 10 |
1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
| 11 |
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. |
| 12 |
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. |
| 34 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
| 45 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
| 56 |
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. |
| 85 |
1957 |
The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government. |
| 90 |
1962 |
The Seminole Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government. |
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| 5 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 7 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 17 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 23 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 25 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 28 |
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. |
| 28 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 29 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 30 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 31 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 32 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 34 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 34 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 34 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 40 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 41 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 42 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 51 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 51 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 52 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 54 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 55 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 56 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
| 64 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
| 66 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
| 74 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
| 75 |
1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
| 79 |
1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
| 80 |
1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
| 85 |
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. |
| 88 |
1960 |
The ruby laser was created by Maiman |
| 90 |
1962 |
U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth |
| 93 |
1965 |
The first "space walk" was completed by the Soviet Union |
| 99 |
1971 |
The first unmanned spacecraft hit Mars and was launched by the Soviet Union |
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| 10 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 13 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 36 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 40 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 41 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 45 |
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. |
| 47 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
| 66 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
| 67 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
| 69 |
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. |
| 78 |
1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
| 83 |
1955 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. |
| 88 |
1960 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public |
| 91 |
1963 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. |
| 97 |
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. |
| 98 |
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. |
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| 3 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 4 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 37 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 38 |
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. |
| 55 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 57 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 58 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 60 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
| 61 |
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! |
| 62 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
| 62 |
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. |
| 63 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
| 67 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
| 71 |
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. |
| 72 |
1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
| 73 |
1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
| 82 |
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. |
| 90 |
1962 |
The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba. |
| 94 |
1966 |
The Black Panther party is founded. |
| 95 |
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. |
| 99 |
1971 |
Charles Manson is found guilt of murder. |
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| 37 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 42 |
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. |
| 45 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 47 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 48 |
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. |
| 66 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
| 67 |
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. |
| 73 |
1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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 Mary Halley
 Mary Halley |
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 | Pierce Halley
Born on June 1, 1874 and died on October 24, 1940.
They were married 9/7/1893.
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The Children of Mary Elinder Parrish
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60 years old
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Ada Perlina Halley
Born in Calhoun Co., Florida on January 14, 1895 and died in Calhoun Co., Florida on December 14, 1991. She was 96 years old.
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