Genealogy for
Mary Emma Streetman
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Mary Emma Streetman
9/29/1857 - 12/5/1916
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Mary Emma Streetman was born on September 29, 1857 in Taylor County, Georgia and died on December 5, 1916 somewhere in Florida. She lived to be 59 years old.
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 | Census | 7/24/1860 | Georgia Militia District 757 GA (Taylor County) | 2 yrs old | | Page: 154, #505 -
Sinclair Streetman (43),
Emeline J. Streetman (44),
William T. Streetman (19),
Nancy E. Streetman (17),
Lemuel M. Streetman (15),
Elbert F. Streetman (13),
Smithey E. Streetman (7),
Mary E. Streetman (4),
orphan -Abmer C. Smith (12),
domestic -Elizabeth W. Millirons (65). All were born in GA, except Emeline in SC. |
| Marriage | 10/24/1878 | GA (Macon County) | 21 yrs old | | Bride: Mary E. Streetman,
Marriage Date: Oct. 24, 1878,
Marriage Place: Macon County, Georgia,
Groom: William J. W. Coxwell |
| Census | 1/1/1880 | Howard GA (Taylor County) | 22 yrs old | 5 -William Coxwell (22),
Mary E. Coxwell (24),
Edith C. Coxwell (9m -born in Aug.),
Dolley Strutman (25) All born in GA. William is a farmer.
next door #4 - M.C. Strutman (21)and Mary E. (20). M.C. is a farmer |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 1/14/1889 | Mt. Olive Cem. FL (Calhoun County) | 31 yrs old | Plot 18, William J. Coxwell - 10-3-1858 to 1-14-1889 - H/O Mary E.
Mary E. Coxwell 9-29-1855 to 12-5-1916 - W/O William J. |
| Census | 6/27/1900 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 42 yrs old | page 4, #256 - Mary E. Coxwell (age 44, Sept.1855),
Edgar Coxwell (17, July 1882),
Beatras Coxwell (14, Dec. 1885),
Ely Coxwell (12, June 1887),
William Coxwell (10, Sept. 1889). All were born in GA. Mary is a Widow, she works as a seamstress, She has had six children, all of them are living.
| 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 | 4/27/1910 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 52 yrs old | | Page: 11A, #80 -
M. E. Coxwell (age 54),
Elly Coxwell (22),
Willie Coxwell (20),
B E Coxwell (31),
Mary Coxwell (16),
Joe Coxwell (36). All were born in GA. Mary is a widow, she works as a farmer, she has had six children, all are living. |
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Mary, her family, and friends. For example, Mary is 3 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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1861 |
No Floridian's voted for Lincoln during the 1860 election. On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the U.S. and joined the Confederate States of America a few weeks later. |
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1864 |
Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back |
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1865 |
Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory. |
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1865 |
May 10th -- Union troops occupy Tallahassee. While Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi River that had not been captured, Union troops occupy the capitol following the surrender of the major Confederate armies in the east. |
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1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
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1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
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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. |
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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. |
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1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
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1858 |
Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed. |
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1870 |
Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed. |
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1875 |
Oconee County formed. |
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1905 |
Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed. |
| 55 |
1912 |
Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed. |
| 57 |
1914 |
Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed. |
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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 |
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1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
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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 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
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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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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 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
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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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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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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. |
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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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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) |
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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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| William Coxwell
Born on October 3, 1858 and died on January 14, 1889
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The Children of Mary Emma Streetman
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Eula Lee Coxwell
Born in Howard, Georgia on July 31, 1881 and died somewhere in Florida on December 6, 1957. She was 76 years old.
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Beatrice Verling Coxwell
Born in Taylor County, Georgia on December 4, 1885 and died in Christmas, Orange County, Florida about 1969. She was 83 years old.
She was called "Verlie". She married John Aubrey Streetman (11/25/1885 Taylor Co., Ga.)....
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Ely Sylvester Coxwell
Born in Howard, Georgia on June 9, 1887 and died in Blountstown, Florida on December 15, 1971. He was 84 years old.
His parents were Mary Emma Streetman (9/29/1857 to 12/5/1916) and William James Washington Coxwell (10/3/1858 to 1898).
Father of William was George Thomas Coxwell (3/26/1830 in ,Warren, Georgi...
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