Genealogy for
Lewis J. Nix
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Lewis J. Nix
1878 - 9/1/1920
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Lewis J. Nix was born about 1878 somewhere in Georgia and died on September 1, 1920 in Morgan, Georgia. Actual date of birth is unknown. He lived to be about 42 years old.
He married Sina Myrtle Howard.
They had four children John Arthur Howard (Nix)1900-1926
Bessie Howard (Nix)1902, married Charle Bardwell. 10/15/1902 - 8/21/1962
George Joseph Howard (Nix) 1907-1962
Coy Hutton Howard (Nix)1908-1913,
He later married Pinkie Timmons. | 
 | Other | 12/1/1907 | GA (Calhoun County) | 29 yrs old | | The State of Georgia VS Lewis Nix - Selling Liquor illegally |
| Land Deed | 3/19/1920 | GA (Calhoun County) | 42 yrs old | | On the March 19, 1920 Sina and son John Arthur Howard purchase land from L. J. Nix for $1000.
60 acres of the north side of lot #110 in the 3rd district of Calhoun County,GA
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| Graveyard/Tombstone | 9/1/1920 | Morgan GA (Calhoun County) | 42 yrs old | L.J. Nix - Sept. 1, 1920
He is buried beside three infants graves and his wife Pinkie Timmons Nix. |
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Lewis, his family, and friends. For example, Lewis is 31 years old when The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
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1905 |
Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed. |
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1912 |
Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed. |
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1914 |
Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed. |
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1917 |
Atkinson and Treutlen Counties are formed. |
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1920 |
Seminole, Lanier, Brantley, Long, and Lamar Counties are formed. |
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1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
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1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
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1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
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1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
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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. |
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1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
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1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
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1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
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1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
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1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
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1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
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1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
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1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
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1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
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1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
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1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
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1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
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1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
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1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
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1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
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1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
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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. |
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1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
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1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
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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. |
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1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
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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. |
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1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
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1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
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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. |
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| Sina Howard
Born on April 20, 1878 and died on February 20, 1954
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The Children of Lewis J. Nix
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John Arthur Howard
Born in Calhoun County, Georgia on May 24, 1900 and died in Terrell Co., Georgia on August 11, 1926. He was 26 years old.
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Bessie Howard
Born in Calhoun County, Georgia on October 15, 1902 and died in Calhoun County, Georgia on August 21, 1962. She was 59 years old.
She married Rhody Hollingsworth and they had no children. Second marriage to Charlie Bardwell....
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James Durham Howard Sr.
Born in Randolph County, Georgia on November 22, 1907 and died in Terrell County, Georgia on June 29, 1963. He was 55 years old.
He was called "Jim" and "Jimbo" aka George Joseph Nix
He married Bessie Flournory
Children:
James Durhan "Bob" (1930-1998)
Helen Lucille (1931 -2013) ...
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Coy Hutton Howard
Born in Calhoun County, Georgia on August 22, 1908 and died in Calhoun County, Georgia on June 13, 1913. He was 4 years old.
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