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Garfield G. Davis
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Garfield G. Davis
8/8/1912 - 4/15/1933
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Garfield G. Davis was born on August 8, 1912 in Slocomb, Geneva County, Alabama and died on April 15, 1933 in Polk County, Florida. He lived to be 20 years old.
He married Carmie Horne (1914 -2004).
Children
Glenda Davis Maxwell
Elaine Davis Fogg
Durwood Davis | 
 | Census | 1/15/1920 | Hokes Bluff AL (Geneva County) | 7 yrs old | | Allen T. Davis (50),
Jessie L. Davis (25),
Samuel Davis (20),
Cara Lee Davis (15),
Bobbie P. Davis (12),
Mary L. Davis (9),
Oneal B. Davis (8) &
Garfield G. Davis (7). Allen was born in AL, his parents were born in GA. Bobbie was born in FL, all others in FL. Allen is a farmer,Samuel,
Cara,
Bobbie are farm laborers. They own thier home.
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| Census | 4/10/1930 | Fadette AL (Geneva County) | 17 yrs old | | #80-Allen T. Davis (61),
Jessie L. Davis (38),
Beall O. Davis (18),
Gilley G. Davis (16),
border -Leon Jenkins (21)&
sister -July Davis (72). Allen was born in AL, his parents in GA. All others in AL.They own thier home. Allen and Jessie have been married 24 years. Allen is a farmer, Beall,
Gilley,
& Leon Jenkins are farm laborers.
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| 5 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
| 16 |
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. |
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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 |
| 11 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 11 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 12 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 14 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 15 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 16 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
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1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 5 |
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. |
| 7 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
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| 15 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 17 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 18 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 20 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
| 21 |
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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| 2 |
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. |
| 5 |
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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