Genealogy for
Wallace Calhoun Grant
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Wallace Calhoun Grant
11/12/1850 - 7/18/1893
(Shown at age 40)
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Wallace Calhoun Grant was born on November 12, 1850 in Chester County, South Carolina and died on July 18, 1893 in Bascom, Florida. He lived to be 42 years old.
Children:
Charlie P.(2/ 14/ 1871 -3/ 9/ 1933)
Mary Ada (8/21/1873-4/20/1963) -married Joseph Henry Bevis
Emmett Alonzo (3/18/1876-4/27/1949)
Lillian Telulah (12/17/1879-3/16/1967)
Maggie Gertude (10/31/1884-10/15/1984)
Leslie L.(10/13/ 1890 -2/ 21/ 1993) | 
 | Census | 7/26/1860 | AL (Walker County) | 9 yrs old | | Recorded as family #535: Benjamin Grant (age 45), Sarah (age 44), Newton C. (age 16), Martha (age 12), Wallis C. (age 10) and Shalotte R. (age 6). All were born in SC. Benjamin is a farmer and estimates the value of his real estate at $500 and personal estate at $100. |
| Census | 6/8/1880 | FL (Jackson County) | 29 yrs old | Recorded as family #137: W. C. Grant (age 29), S. B. (wife, age 32), Charles P. (son, age 9), Mary A. (daughter, age 7), Emmet A. (son, age 4) and Lillian T. (daughter, age 6 months). W. C. is a farmer and both he and his parents were born in SC. S. B. was born in GA as were her parents. All of the children were born in FL.
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| Graveyard/Tombstone | 7/19/1893 | Bascom Cem., Altha FL (Calhoun County) | 42 yrs old | | W. G. Grant - born Nov. 12 1850 died July 19 1893 |
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Wallace Grant's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of
Wallace, his family, and friends. For example, Wallace is 5 years old when Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
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1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins and war breaks out with most of the battles occurring in Central Florida. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
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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. |
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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. |
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1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
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1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
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1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
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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 |
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1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 29 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 39 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
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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. |
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1860 |
About 63,000 men from South Carolina served in the Confederate armed forces. |
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1868 |
South Carolina was readmitted to the Union. |
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1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
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1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
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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. |
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1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
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Marriages
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 | Sarah Bevis
Born on December 9, 1848 and died on July 14, 1936.
They were married 12/11/1869.
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The Children of Wallace Calhoun Grant
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19 years old
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Charles Pomroy Grant
Born in Bascom, Florida on February 14, 1871 and died in Bascom, Florida on March 9, 1933. He was 62 years old.
Occupation: Farmer. Burial at Bascom Methodist Cemetery....
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17 years old
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Mary Ada Grant
Born somewhere in Florida on August 21, 1873 and died somewhere in Florida on April 20, 1963. She was 89 years old.
She married Joseph Henry Bevis...
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14 years old
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Emmett Alonzo Grant
Born somewhere in Florida on March 18, 1876 and died in Bascom, Jackson County, Florida on April 27, 1949. He was 73 years old.
He married Ada Frances Nichols (4/ 16/ 1883 - 12/14/ 1960)
Children:
John W. Grant (1905-1936)
Betty Hill Grant (8/30/1907 -
8/11/1912)...
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11 years old
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Lillian Telulah Grant
Born in Bascom, Jackson County, Florida on December 17, 1879 and died in Bascom, Jackson County, Florida on March 16, 1967. She was 87 years old.
She married James Marion Westbrook (1862 GA -
1929 Jackson Co., FL)
Children:
Devilla Elizabeth Westbrook
(1901 -
1982)
James Arthur Westbrook (1903-1991)
Mabel Westbrook (1906...
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86 years old
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Maggie Gertrude Grant
Born in Bascom, Jackson County, Florida on October 31, 1884 and died in Jasper, Florida on October 15, 1984. She was 100 years old.
She married Wesley Lewis Messer (12/30/ 1882 FL -
5/ 5/1935)
Children:
Bernice E. Messer -married Clarence Nathaniel Kirkland
Enid Messer - Jack F. Boone
Bertha M. Messer - Fle...
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55 years old
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Leslie Lathram Grant
Born in Bascom, Florida on October 13, 1890 and died somewhere in Florida on February 21, 1993. He was 102 years old.
Had three children: Leslie, James & Sara Pauline Grant (10/15/1922 - 5/15/1924)...
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