Genealogy for
Elbon Chandlier Mathews
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Elbon Chandlier Mathews 6/26/1892 - 5/16/1954
| Elbon Chandlier Mathews was born on June 26, 1892 in Campbellton, Florida and died on May 16, 1954 in Cottondale, Florida. He lived to be 61 years old.
He married Cora Virginia Spivey (5/21/1893 - 5/31/1984 Bay Co. FL) Children:
Myrtice Nora (12/24/1913 - 7/5/1996 Collier, FL) - married Troy Hall
James Buford - married Grace Ann Cole
Murtha
Martha Mae (6/21/1925 Marianna, FL - 12/ 22 /1984 Bay Co. FL)-
married ____ Hall, Yancey Strickland & Jewell Clifton Peoples
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| Marriage | 6/5/1917 | FL (Jackson County) | 24 yrs old | Name: Chandler Mathews,
Birth Date: Jun 1892,
Birth Place: Campbellton, FL,
County: Jackson,
State: FL,
Race: W, Occupation: farmer, Married: yes, Depends: wife, children. Color of eyes: Blue, Color of hair: brown, Build: medium, |
| Census | 4/30/1930 | Richter FL (Jackson County) | 37 yrs old | Family Number# 138 - Chandlier Mathews (age 38),
Cora Mathews (37),
Myrtis Mathews (16),
Buford Mathews (13),
Murtha Mathews (6),
Martha Mathews (5),
Clifford Adams (37). Cora and Clifford were born in AL, all others in FL. Chandlier and Cora were married at at 19. Chandlier is a farmer. They rent their home. Clifford is a border, a laborer and a widow. |
| Census | 5/2/1940 | Panama City, ward 4 FL (Bay County) | 47 yrs old | # 441 - Chandler E. Matthews (age 48 - FL),
Cora V. Matthews (48 - AL),
Wilburn T. Howard (20 - AL),
Martha C. Howard (16 - FL),
Yancey Stickland (18 - AL),
Martha M. Stickland (15 - FL),
Mary J. Howard (0 - FL). They live on Chase Street. Chandler and Yancey are carpenters, Wilburn is a building laborer. |
| Death Certificate | 5/16/1954 | FL (Jackson County) | 61 yrs old | SSN Name: Elbon C. Mathews,
Birth Date: 26 Jun 1892,
Birth Place: Jackson CO., Florida,
Death Date: May 16, 1954,
Claim Date: May 21, 1954 |
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Elbon, his family, and friends. For example, Elbon is 17 years old when The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
Age | Date | Event |
14 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
25 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
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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. |
Age | Date | Event |
3 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
5 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
8 |
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. |
8 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
9 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
10 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
11 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
12 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
14 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
14 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
14 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
20 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
21 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
22 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
31 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
31 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
32 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
34 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
35 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
36 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
44 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
46 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
54 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
55 |
1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
59 |
1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
60 |
1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
Age | Date | Event |
16 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
20 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
21 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
25 |
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. |
27 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
46 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
47 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
49 |
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. |
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1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
Age | Date | Event |
17 |
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. |
35 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
37 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
38 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
40 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
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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! |
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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. |
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1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
43 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
47 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
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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. |
52 |
1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
53 |
1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
62 |
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. |
Age | Date | Event |
17 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
22 |
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. |
25 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
27 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
28 |
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. |
46 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
47 |
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. |
53 |
1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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The Children of Elbon Chandlier Mathews
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32 years old
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Murtha Clifford Mathews Born in Cottondale, Bay County, Florida on January 2, 1924 and died in Reno, Nevada on August 21, 2015. She was 91 years old.
Her parents were Chandlier Mathews and Cora V. Spivey Mathews. Murtha married W.T. Howard on Sept. 3, 1938. They
divorced in Dec. 1962. She then married
John E. Lagimoniere (1930-1976) on March...
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