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Joseph Edgar Holley
About Joseph Edgar Holley |
Joseph Edgar Holley 11/4/1887 - 6/3/1961 (Shown at age 68)
| Joseph Edgar Holley was born on November 4, 1887 in Blountstown, Florida and died on June 3, 1961 in Blountstown, Florida. He lived to be 73 years old.
Married 11/21/1909 in Calhoun Co, FL to Lillie Mozelle Wingate. Children: Henry Jackson Ora D. Lilly J. |
| Census | 6/27/1900 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 12 yrs old | Listed as family #249: Caleb Halley (age 67, born Apr 1833), Mary (wife, age 56, born Nov. 1843), Charles (son, age 19, born Jul 1880), Tempy (daughter, age 14, born Nov. 1885), Joseph (son, age 12, born Oct. 1887). Mary has given birth to 13 children and 10 are still living. Mary and Caleb have been married 40 years. Mary and her parents were born in Georgia. The children were born in FL. Caleb was born in AL as were his parents. He is a farmer. Mary cannot read or write, but all of the children can.
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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| Marriage | 11/21/1909 | FL (Calhoun County) | 22 yrs old | Joseph E. Holly married 11/21/1909 in Calhoun Co, FL to Lillie Mozelle Wingate. |
| Census | 4/15/1910 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 22 yrs old | Listed as family #5: Joe Holley (age 22), Mozelle (wife, age 17) and Mary Holley (mother, age 66). Joe and Mozelle have been married less than one year. Joe was born in FL, his father in AL and his mother in GA. Mozelle and both of her parents were born in GA. Mary was born in GA and does not know where her parents were born. Joe is a farmer working a general farm. Both Joe and Mozelle can read and write. |
| Military | 1/1/1917 | FL (Calhoun County) | 29 yrs old | WWI Draft Registration Card #256: Joseph Edgar Halley, born 11/11, says he is a farmer working for Bloxer. He is married and has dependencies. His height is listed as medium, the color of his eyes is blue and his hair is black. |
| Census | 4/4/1930 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 42 yrs old | Listed as family #84: Joseph E. (age 42), Lilly M. (wife, age 37), Henry J. (son, age 19), Ora D. (daughter, age 12), Lilly J. (daughter, age 5). Joseph was 22 and Lilly M. was 16 when they were first married. All, except the youngest, can read and write and the two oldest children have been attending school. Lilly M. was born in GA and so were her parents. Joseph and the children were born in FL and so where his parents. They do not live on a farm and estimate the value of their home to be $800. Joseph is a mill wrights working in a veneer mill. Joseph's brother, Pierce and his family are listed immediately above on the census. |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 6/3/1961 | Nittle Ridge Cem. FL (Calhoun County) | 73 yrs old | JOSEPH E. HOLLEY - 11/4/1887 to 06/03/1961 sec.2 lot. 145 |
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Joseph, his family, and friends. For example, Joseph is 22 years old when The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
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1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
30 |
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. |
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1957 |
The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government. |
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2 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
8 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
10 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
13 |
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. |
13 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
14 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
15 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
16 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
17 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
19 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
19 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
19 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
25 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
26 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
27 |
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" |
36 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
37 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
39 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
40 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
41 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
49 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
51 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
59 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
60 |
1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
64 |
1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
65 |
1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
70 |
1957 |
Sputnik is launched by the Soviets and becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. It marks the beginning of the great "space race" between the Soviet Union and the U.S. |
73 |
1960 |
The ruby laser was created by Maiman |
Age | Date | Event |
21 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
25 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
26 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
30 |
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. |
32 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
51 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
52 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
54 |
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. |
63 |
1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
68 |
1955 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. |
73 |
1960 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public |
Age | Date | Event |
22 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
23 |
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. |
40 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
42 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
43 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
45 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
46 |
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. |
47 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
48 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
52 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
56 |
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. |
57 |
1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
58 |
1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
67 |
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. |
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22 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
27 |
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. |
30 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
32 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
33 |
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. |
51 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
52 |
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. |
58 |
1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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Joe Halley
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The Halley Family
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| Lillie Wingate Born on January 14, 1893 and died on March 1, 1966. They were married 11/21/1909.
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The Children of Joseph Edgar Holley
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Henry Jackson Holley Born in Calhoun County, Florida on September 12, 1910 and died in Blountstown, Calhoun County, Florida on November 3, 1989. He was 79 years old.
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