Genealogy for
George Riley Johnson
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George Riley Johnson
6/13/1860 - 3/5/1938
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George Riley Johnson was born on June 13, 1860 in Gadsden Co., Florida and died on March 5, 1938 in Panama City, Florida. He lived to be 77 years old.
He married Elizabeth Meyers (8/14/1861 GA - 1/17/1944 Pamama City, FL).
Their children:
Elizabeth Ann "Annie Lizze" Johnson(1880-1968)married Bedford D. Griffin
Albert Franklin (1884)
Horace F. Johnson(1887-1963)
John Darling Johnson(1890)
Judson Johnson(1895)
George H. Johnson(1902)
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 | Census | 1/1/1870 | Quincy FL (Gadsden County) | 9 yrs old | |
1421 -James B. Johnson (58) ,Annie Johnson (53) ,Eliza Johnson (22) ,Zillah Johnson (19) Elijah Johnson (16) ,Sally Johnson (14) ,George Johnson ( 10.) James & Anne were born in GA, all others in FL. James is a Blacksmith.
(1423 -Son James (23) is living next door with the Vintry family) he is a farmer)
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| Census | 6/30/1885 | District 1 FL (Gadsden County) | 25 yrs old | 117 - G.R. Johnson (25),M.E. (22),Annie (4),A.F.(1). G.R. is a farmer, M.E. housewife. All were born in FL.
| Additional information about Gadsden County, FL around 1885: In 1884 railroads in Florida were bought out by one company and placed under central management. River Junction, located in Gadsden County at the junction of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers, is the closest railroad and the primary hub of land transports. The photo on the right shows the iron bridge than spans the Chattahoochee River about a mile from the Depot at River Junction where wharves, storage, steamboats and hotels bussel with activity. Click the photo for a larger view. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | 
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| Census | 4/28/1910 | Shady Grove FL (Jackson County) | 49 yrs old | | Recorded as dwelling #5 - George R. Johnson (age 49),
Elizabeth Johnson (48),
Harace F. Johnson (22),
John Johnson (17),
Judson Johnson (15), and
George Johnson (8). George and the children were born in FL; Elizabeth in NC. George's father was born in GA and mother in AL. Elizabeth's father in Pennsylvania and mother in NC. George is a farmer and Harace, John and Judson are farm laborers. George and Elizabeth have been married 30 years, had 8 childern 6 are living.
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| Graveyard/Tombstone | 3/15/1938 | Oakland Cem. Panama City FL (Bay County) | 77 yrs old | George Johnson - June 13, 1860 to March 15, 1938.
Buried next to him his wife Elizabeth Johnson Aug. 14, 1861 to Jan. 17, 1944. |
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George, his family, and friends. For example, George is 2 years old when May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
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1861 |
No Floridian's voted for Lincoln during the 1860 election. On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the U.S. and joined the Confederate States of America a few weeks later. |
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1864 |
Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back |
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1865 |
Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory. |
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1865 |
May 10th -- Union troops occupy Tallahassee. While Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi River that had not been captured, Union troops occupy the capitol following the surrender of the major Confederate armies in the east. |
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1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
| 22 |
1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
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1883 |
Three railroad companies are merged to form the Florida Transit and Penisular Railroad Company. Thee are: Florida Transit Railroad Co., Peninsular Railroad Co, and the Tropical Florida Railroad Co. |
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1884 |
Most railroads in Florida are passed into the hands of a single company owned and operated by a single management, under the name of The Florida Railway and Navigation Company. It has more that 500 miles of main track in operation and about 300 miles of track under construction. The longest route was the "Western Division" which ran from Tallahassee to Jacksonville - 209 miles. |
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1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
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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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1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
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1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 17 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 19 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 29 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 35 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 37 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 40 |
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. |
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1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
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1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
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1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 43 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
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1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
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1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
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1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 46 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 52 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
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1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 54 |
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 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
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1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
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1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 66 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 67 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
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1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
| 76 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
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1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
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1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
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1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
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1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
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1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 48 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 52 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 53 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 57 |
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. |
| 59 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
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1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
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1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
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1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
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1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
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1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
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1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 16 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
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1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
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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. |
| 67 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 69 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 70 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 72 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
| 73 |
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. |
| 74 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
| 75 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
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1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 54 |
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. |
| 57 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 59 |
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. |
| 78 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
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| Elizabeth Meyers
Born on August 14, 1861 and died on January 17, 1944
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The Children of George Riley Johnson
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John Darling Johnson
Born in Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida on March 3, 1890 and died in Panama City, Bay County, Florida on August 10, 1966. He was 76 years old.
Children: Ellis Johnson (11/21/1921-5/13/1946)-(married Ella Fare)
Lela Johnson(married Robert Scott)
Elizabeth Johnson (married Benjamin Stephens)
Elise Johnson (married Jewel Palmer, Pau...
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Judson Riley Johnson
Born somewhere in Florida on October 8, 1895 and died in Bay Co., Florida on December 8, 1959. He was 64 years old.
The story passed down says, while his grandparents traveled the Trail of Tears, his family managed to escape and hide in the woods in the Panhandle area of Florida. Their last name had been something...
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