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Flora Joiner
1847 - 1/4/1924
Flora Joiner was born about 1847 in Randolph County, Georgia and died on January 4, 1924 in Calhoun County, Georgia. She lived to be 77 years old.

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Census4/21/1910 GA (Baker County) 63 yrs old 
This information, while true, may NOT apply to our Flora Joiner.  D. Joiner (age 64), Florence Joiner (64), David Joiner (4), Frank Joiner (2). All were born in GA. Florence's parents were born in GA. D.'s in NC  
Marriage1/6/1917 GA (Calhoun County) 70 yrs old 
W.J. Howard and Mrs. Flora Joiner are married in Calhoun County, Georgia. 
Census1/14/1920 Malitia District 1304 GA (Calhoun County) 73 yrs old 
household#97 Family #98. William J. Howard (age 63), wife Flora (age 70), and son Jesse (age 13). William and his parents were born in Alabama while Flora was born in Georgia. Flora states that both of her parents were born in the United States. Jesse was also born in Alabama. Their home is rented and only Jesse, who has been attending school, can read and write. All three can speak English. William is a farmer operating a general farm and Jesse is a laborer working the farm.

A Joe Turner family lives next door as they are listed as family #96. William's 4th wife is a Turner. 
Death Certificate1/4/1924 GA (Randolph County) 77 yrs old 
Name: Flora Howard, Birth Date: 1847, Birth Place: Randolph, Georgia, Death Date: Jan.4, 1924, Death Place: Calhoun, Death Age: 77, Race: White, Ethnicity: American, Marital Status: Married, Gender: Female, Spouse Name: W. J. Howard, Film Number: 2321109 

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AgeDateEvent
3 1850 Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed.
4 1851 Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed.
5 1852 Taylor County formed.
6 1853 Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated.
7 1854 Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed.
9 1856 Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed.
10 1857 Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed.
11 1858 Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed.
23 1870 Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed.
28 1875 Oconee County formed.
58 1905 Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed.
65 1912 Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed.
67 1914 Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed.
70 1917 Atkinson and Treutlen Counties are formed.
73 1920 Seminole, Lanier, Brantley, Long, and Lamar Counties are formed.
77 1924 Peach County is formed.
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6 1853 The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S.
9 1856 The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany
12 1859 Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory.
18 1865 Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public.
22 1869 Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France
30 1877 Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed.
32 1879 Edison invents the electric light bulb.
42 1889 The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards
48 1895 Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance.
50 1897 First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph
53 1900 Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams"
53 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.
54 1901 First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent.
55 1902 The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered.
56 1903 Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk
57 1904 The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming
59 1906 Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes
59 1906 Electrons are discovered by Thomson
59 1906 The triode vacuum tube is invented
65 1912 The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people.
66 1913 Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant
67 1914 The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed
76 1923 Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes
76 1923 Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id"
77 1924 Insecticides are used for the first time on crops
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14 1861 NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA.
15 1862 NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
35 1882 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity.
38 1885 NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen.
61 1908 NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile
65 1912 White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out.
66 1913 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures
70 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.
72 1919 NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty.
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8 1855 Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
13 1860 Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
15 1862 May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
16 1863 Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves.
18 1865 American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South"
21 1868 An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees.
28 1875 Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
29 1876 The National League of Baseball is founded
62 1909 The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
63 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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62 1909 The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe
67 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.
70 1917 Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes.
72 1919 The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I.
73 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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William 'Buck' Howard
Born on April 12, 1856 and died on January 15, 1950.
They were married 1/6/1917.

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