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Benjamin Bartlet Grant

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	Calhoun McDuffie Grant 2/9/1834 - 9/24/1908	Sarah Elizabeth Johnsey 10/6/1834 - 5/18/1886

About Benjamin Bartlet Grant

Benjamin Bartlet Grant
1854 - 1926
(Shown at age 26)

Benjamin Bartlet Grant was born about 1854 somewhere in Georgia and died about 1926 in an unknown place. Actual date of birth is unknown. He lived to be about 72 years old.

He married Maggie Huff

Children: Louis Hill Grant(6/4/1921)

	Census	7/30/1870	Hamiltton GA (Harris County)	16 yrs old
	Recorded as family #1877: Calhoun Grant (age 36), Sarah E. (age 35), Benjamin (age 16), Andrew C. (age 13), Jasper (12), George E. (9), Joseph M. (8), and Mosella (female, age 3). Calhoun is a farmer and estimates the value of his real estate to be $700 and his personal estate to be $400. Calhoun and Sarah were born in SC and the children in GA. The three oldest children have been attending school.

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Age	Date	Event
2	1856	Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed.
3	1857	Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed.
4	1858	Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed.
16	1870	Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed.
21	1875	Oconee County formed.
51	1905	Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed.
58	1912	Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed.
60	1914	Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed.
63	1917	Atkinson and Treutlen Counties are formed.
66	1920	Seminole, Lanier, Brantley, Long, and Lamar Counties are formed.
70	1924	Peach County is formed.

Age	Date	Event
2	1856	The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany
5	1859	Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory.
11	1865	Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public.
15	1869	Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France
23	1877	Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed.
25	1879	Edison invents the electric light bulb.
35	1889	The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards
41	1895	Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance.
43	1897	First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph
46	1900	Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams"
46	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.
47	1901	First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent.
48	1902	The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered.
49	1903	Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk
50	1904	The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming
52	1906	Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes
52	1906	Electrons are discovered by Thomson
52	1906	The triode vacuum tube is invented
58	1912	The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people.
59	1913	Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant
60	1914	The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed
69	1923	Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id"
69	1923	Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes
70	1924	Insecticides are used for the first time on crops
72	1926	Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket

Age	Date	Event
7	1861	NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA.
8	1862	NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
28	1882	NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity.
31	1885	NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen.
54	1908	NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile
58	1912	White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out.
59	1913	NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures
63	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.
65	1919	NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty.

Age	Date	Event
1	1855	Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
6	1860	Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
8	1862	May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
9	1863	Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves.
11	1865	American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South"
14	1868	An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees.
21	1875	Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
22	1876	The National League of Baseball is founded
55	1909	The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
56	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.

Age	Date	Event
55	1909	The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe
60	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.
63	1917	Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes.
65	1919	The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I.
66	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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