Genealogy for
John H. Lisenby
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John H. Lisenby
2/1/1856 - 6/26/1930
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John H. Lisenby was born on February 1, 1856 somewhere in Alabama and died on June 26, 1930 in Dothan, Houston Co., Alabama. Actual date of death is unknown. He lived to be about 74 years old.
John married Annie _________ (4/1873 - ).
Children:
Emma C. (11/1882)
Ella (12/1884)
Henry E. (3/1887)
William A. ( 3/1893) | 
 | Census | 6/7/1880 | East half AL (Geneva County) | 24 yrs old | | #76 - H. John Lisenby (age 24 ) and
L. Hannah Lisenby (19) Both born in AL as were their parents.
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| Census | 6/17/1880 | Echo AL (Dale County) | 24 yrs old |  John I. Lisenby (age 25), Martha (wife, age 25), Dora (daughter, age 5), Emma C. (daughter, age 3) and William (son, age 1). William Lisenby (age 50) is listed immediately below with his family. John states his occupation as farming. He and his parents were born in Alabama. Martha was also born in AL, but her parents were born in GA. All of the children were born in AL.  |
| Census | 1/25/1900 | Brantins AL (Geneva County) | 44 yrs old | #533- John Lisenby (age 44, born 2/1856), Annie (age 27, born 4/1873), Emma (age 17, born 11/1882), Ella (15, born 12/1884), Henry E. (13, born 3/1887), William A. (7, born 3/1893)Ollie (age 5, born Feb.1895), Manzy (age 3, born Jan.1897), Dewey (age 3mos. born Nov. 1899). All were born in AL as were their parents. John is a farmer and the older children work on the farm. Two youngest children and Annie cannot write, but all can read and speak English.
| Additional information about Geneva County, AL around 1900: A courthouse fire in 1898 destroys many county records. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 4/27/1910 | Dundee FL (Geneva County) | 54 yrs old | | # 296 - John H. Lisenby (age 54 ),
Annie Lisenby ( 37),
Ella Lisenby (24 ),
Ollie Lisenby (15),
(dau.)Wynzy Lisenby (13),
Dewie Lisenby ( 11),
(dau.)Finy Lisenby ( 8),
Nepolian Lisenby ( 6),
(son)Ochla Lisenby (4 ),
(son)Johnie Lisenby ( 1, 4mo.). All born in AL, as were their parents. John & Annie have been married twenty one years, They had nine children, eight are living. John is a farmer.
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| Census | 1/13/1920 | Keyburg AL (Geneva County) | 63 yrs old | | #103 -John H. Lisenby (age63),
Annie Lisenby (42),
Finnie Lisenby (17),
Oakley Lisenby (13),
Jonnie Lee Lisenby (10),
Lillian Lisenby (8),
Leroy Lisenby (6),
Ernest Lisenby (4). All were born in AL. John's parents were born in AL. Annie's father in GA, mother in AL.
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| Graveyard/Tombstone | 6/26/1930 | Selma Baptist Cem. AL (Houston County) | 74 yrs old | | J. H. LISENBY – b. February 1, 1856 – d. June 26, 1930 [Next to 3 unmarked graves] |
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John, his family, and friends. For example, John is 4 years old when Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
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1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
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1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
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1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 21 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 23 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 33 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 39 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 41 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 44 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 44 |
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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1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 46 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 47 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 48 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 50 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 50 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 50 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 56 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 57 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 58 |
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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1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
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1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
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1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
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1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
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1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 72 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
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1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
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1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 26 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 29 |
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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1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
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1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
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1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
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1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
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1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
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1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
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1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
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1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 54 |
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. |
| 71 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
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1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 74 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
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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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The Children of John H. Lisenby
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Emma C. Lisenby
Born somewhere in Alabama on an unknown day in November 1882 and died somewhere in Alabama about 1903. She was about 20 years old.
Her parents were John H. Lisenby (born 2/1/1856 - 6/26/1930 Dothan,
Houston Co. AL) & Annie (born 4/1873)
Emma married Henry Howard in Geneva Co. AL
We were told she died in childbirth....
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