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John Holcomb O'Bryan
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John Holcomb O'Bryan
12/3/1898 - 2/6/1953
(Shown at age 54)
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John Holcomb O'Bryan was born on December 3, 1898 in Calhoun Co., Florida and died on February 6, 1953 in Tallahassee, Florida. He lived to be 54 years old.
He was a enumerator in the 1920 census for Hansford Mill in Calhoun Co. FL. | 
 | Census | 6/1/1900 | Hansford Mill FL (Calhoun County) | 1 yrs old | Recorded as family #577: Halcomb W. O'Brian (born April 1850, age 50), Sarah F. (wife, born March 1859, age 41), Mary J. (daughter, born August 1881, age 18), Seaborne L. (son, born August 1886, age 13) and Sarah F. (daughter, born July 1880, age 10), un-named baby (son, born Nov. 1898, 1 year old). Halcomb and his parents were born in GA. Sara and her parents were born in FL. The children were born in FL. Holcomb is a farmer. The older children have been attending school and can read and write. Halcomb and Sara can also read and write. They are currently renting the farm where they live.
| Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1900: The first automobile, nick-named Chicken Killer, arrives in Blountstown in 1905. The photo on the right shows The Chicken Killer. Click the photo for a larger view. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | 
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| Military | 1/1/1918 | FL (Calhoun County) | 19 yrs old | | WWI Civilian Draft Registrations for John Holcomb O Bryan, born 12/3/1898 in Calhoun Co. FL. |
| Census | 1/5/1920 | Atha FL (Calhoun County) | 21 yrs old | | Recorded as family #43: Halcomb W. O'Bryan (age 69), Sarah F. (wife, age 61), and John (son, age 21). Sara and John can read and write. Sara and John were born in FL. Sara's parents were born in GA. Halcomb and his parents were born in GA. Halcomb is a farmer working a general farm. |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 2/6/1953 | Mt. Olive Cem. FL (Calhoun County) | 54 yrs old | John H. O'BRYAN - Dec.3, 1898 Feb.6,1953 - Sect. Y lot.8  |
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John, his family, and friends. For example, John is 11 years old when The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
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| 8 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
| 19 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
| 30 |
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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| 2 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 2 |
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. |
| 3 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 4 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 5 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 6 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 8 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 8 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 8 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 14 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 15 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 16 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 25 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 25 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 26 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 28 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 29 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 30 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
| 38 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
| 40 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
| 48 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
| 49 |
1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
| 53 |
1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
| 54 |
1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
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| 10 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 14 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 15 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 19 |
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. |
| 21 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
| 40 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
| 41 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
| 43 |
1941 |
NEWS HEADLINES: December 7, 1941 -- Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the US officially declares war on Japan the following day. World War II begins for American soldiers. |
| 52 |
1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
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| 11 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 12 |
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. |
| 29 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 31 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 32 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 34 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
| 35 |
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! |
| 36 |
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. |
| 36 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
| 37 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
| 41 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
| 45 |
1943 |
Japanese Americans are relocated to internment camps; Almost 400,000 coal miners go on strike; Race riots break out in Los Angeles and Detroit. |
| 46 |
1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
| 47 |
1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
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| 11 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 16 |
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. |
| 19 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 21 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 22 |
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. |
| 40 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
| 41 |
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. |
| 47 |
1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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 | Ruth Grant
Born on July 21, 1906 and died on November 30, 1994.
They were married 1/7/1928.
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The Children of John Holcomb O'Bryan
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infant daughter O'Bryan
Born in Altha, Florida on January 8, 1930 and died in Altha, Florida on January 8, 1930. This child was stillborn.
Died shortly after birth. Burial Chipola Cemetery in Altha, FL....
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John Charles O'Bryan
Born in Altha, Florida on February 10, 1937 and died in Hosford, Florida on July 11, 2008. He was 71 years old.
He married Peggy Sue Andrews (born 2/11/1937). 2nd marriage to Erma Jean _________.
He served in the U.S. National Guard and retired from the State of Florida Game and Fish Commission. He was a Ba...
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