View Genealogy for Amzi Neely Grant (8/1/1855-4/25/1939)

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Amzi Neely Grant

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	James Henry Grant 6/6/1818 - 11/18/1892	Elizabeth H. Pressly 1820 - 1920

About Amzi Neely Grant

Amzi Neely Grant
8/1/1855 - 4/25/1939
(Shown at age 65)

Amzi Neely Grant was born on August 1, 1855 in Chester, South Carolina and died on April 25, 1939 in Chester, South Carolina. He lived to be 83 years old.

Married Elizabeth Geneva.

Children: John Aubrey Grant (1896-1984)

After the death of Elizabeth, Amzi married Marie Louise Olds (7/27/1880)Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio - (11/14/1960) Hickory, NC.

Census	6/19/1860	SC (Chester County)	4 yrs old
Recorded as dwelling #211: Jas He Grant (age 41), Eliza H. (age 40), Benj A. (20), James W. (16), Leander H. (13), Lafayette (10), Amizi N. (5), Thomas H. (3). James Henry is a farmer and estimates the value of his real estate to be $2,000 and personal estate $2,200. All were born in SC. The 16 and 10 year old have been attending school. James and Dorcas Grant (ages 60 and 50), are their neighbors.
Census	8/1/1870	Township of Baton Rouge SC (Chester County)	15 yrs old
Recorded as family dwelling #100: John Grant (age 79) and Ester Grant (age 20). A. Issac Grant (age 82) and Elizabeth Grant (age 80). James (25), L. Henry (22), L. Tayler (27, male), Amei Neely (15), and Thomas (age 13). The family of John Grant (age 45) and Maria (40) are living next door. Issac is a farmer and estimates the value of his estate to be $2,000. All can read and write.
Census	1/23/1920	Baton Rouge SC (Chester County)	64 yrs old
Recorded as family #157: A Neeley Grant (age 64), Marie A ( wife, age 36), Emma Louise (daughter, 4 yrs 4 months), Mahalley (son, 21). Neeley and his parents were born in SC. Marie and her parents were born in Ohio. The children were born in SC. Emma's mother was born in Ohio while Mahalley's mother was born in SC. The family owns their home which is free of a mortgage. Neely and Marie can read and write. Neely is a farmer working a general farm. The family of Samuel L. (31) and Juanita (30 Grant are their neighbors.
Census	4/9/1930	Chester SC (Chester County)	74 yrs old
Recorded as dwelling/family #160, #120, #129: Amzi N. Grant (age 74), Marie (wife, age 49), Emma L. (daughter, age 14). They are renting their home for $10 a month and do not live on a farm. Amzi and Emma were born in SC while Marie was born in Ohio (as were her parents). Amzi is not employed and Marie is working as a dress maker.
Other	4/25/1939	SC (Chester County)	83 yrs old
South Carolina Death Index, Certificate #4758: Amzi N. Grant, age 83, born 1856, died in Chester County SC on April 25, 1939. He was a white male.

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Age	Date	Event
1	1856	The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany
4	1859	Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory.
10	1865	Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public.
14	1869	Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France
22	1877	Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed.
24	1879	Edison invents the electric light bulb.
34	1889	The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards
40	1895	Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance.
42	1897	First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph
45	1900	Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams"
45	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.
46	1901	First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent.
47	1902	The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered.
48	1903	Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk
49	1904	The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming
51	1906	Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes
51	1906	The triode vacuum tube is invented
51	1906	Electrons are discovered by Thomson
57	1912	The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people.
58	1913	Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant
59	1914	The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed
68	1923	Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id"
68	1923	Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes
69	1924	Insecticides are used for the first time on crops
71	1926	Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket
72	1927	The first television transmission was announced in England
73	1928	Big bang theory was introduced
81	1936	The first regular television broadcast happens in England
83	1938	Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission

Age	Date	Event
6	1861	NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA.
7	1862	NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
27	1882	NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity.
30	1885	NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen.
53	1908	NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile
57	1912	White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out.
58	1913	NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures
62	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.
64	1919	NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty.
83	1938	NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic.
84	1939	NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States

Age	Date	Event
5	1860	About 63,000 men from South Carolina served in the Confederate armed forces.
13	1868	South Carolina was readmitted to the Union.

Age	Date	Event
5	1860	Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
7	1862	May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
8	1863	Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves.
10	1865	American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South"
13	1868	An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees.
20	1875	Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
21	1876	The National League of Baseball is founded
54	1909	The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
55	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.
72	1927	Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs.
74	1929	Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October
75	1930	Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states.
77	1932	Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered.
78	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!
79	1934	Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize.
79	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.
80	1935	Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time.
84	1939	Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color.

Age	Date	Event
54	1909	The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe
59	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.
62	1917	Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes.
64	1919	The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I.
65	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.
83	1938	Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia.
84	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.

Amzi and Elizabeth

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Elizabeth Grant
Born on December 29, 1860 and died on January 30, 1911

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