Genealogy for
Nancy Brock Keen
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Nancy Brock Keen
1864 - 1915
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Nancy Brock Keen was born about 1864 somewhere in Georgia and died about 1915 in Wakulla County, Florida. Dates for birth and death are estimated. She lived to be about 51 years old.
They had three children:
Ozella (abt. 1902)
Thomas Allen (10/9/1903-5/17/1992)who married Verlie Erla Dean Smith on 10/26/1926
Tipton (1906)who married Augusta Evans on Jan. 9, 1926 | 
 | Marriage | 1/1/1902 | FL (Wakulla County) | 38 yrs old | John G Davis married Nancy Keen on June 22, 1902. Book 1, page 183  |
| Census | 1/1/1910 | Sopchoppy FL (Wakulla County) | 46 yrs old | | Recorded as family #61: John Davis (age 45), Nancy (wife, age 44), Ozala (daughter, age 8), Thomas A. (son, age 6), Buford F. (son, age 4), Willie Keen (stepson, age 18). John was born in AL and his parents in the USA. Nancy was born in the USA and her parents in GA. All of the children were born in FL. John and Nancy have been married for 9 years. Nancy has given birth to 9 children and 9 are still living. John is employed as a section foreman. John and Nancy can read and write and the children have been attending school. |
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Nancy, her family, and friends. For example, Nancy is 1 years old when American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South"
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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. |
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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. |
| 42 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
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1870 |
Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed. |
| 11 |
1875 |
Oconee County formed. |
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1905 |
Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed. |
| 48 |
1912 |
Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed. |
| 50 |
1914 |
Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed. |
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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 |
| 13 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 15 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 25 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 31 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
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1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
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1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
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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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1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
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1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
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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 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
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1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
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1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
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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 |
| 50 |
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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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. |
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1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
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1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
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1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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 | John Davis
Born on May 12, 1863 and died on October 25, 1948.
They were married 6/22/1902.
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The Children of Nancy Brock Keen
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Ozella Davis
Born in Wakulla County, Florida on October 29, 1901 and died somewhere in Florida on an unknown day in January 1987. She was 85 years old.
She married James S. Daniels (1899-1950)
children: George
Wilmer ...
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