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Daniel Lewis Davis
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Daniel Lewis Davis
4/4/1895 - 2/12/1941
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Daniel Lewis Davis was born on April 4, 1895 somewhere in Florida and died on February 12, 1941 in Calhoun, Florida. He lived to be 45 years old.
He was called "Dan". He married Annie Armstrong (1907).
Children:
Edward Shelton Davis (1923)
Charles Herman Davis (1926) | 
 | Census | 6/1/1900 | Hansfords Mill FL (Calhoun County) | 5 yrs old | Recorded as family #523: Frank A. Davis (age 47 - Mar.1853), Jessie L. ( age 36 - May 1864), William G. ( age 22 - Oct.1877), Mathew M. ( age 20 -July 1879), Frank A. Jr. ( age 19 -Feb.1881), Robert E. ( age 17 – Nov. 1882), Febbie R. ( age 15 - January 1885), Joseph I. ( age 14 -June 1886), Liza A. ( age 12 – May 1888), John E. (age 8 – Aug. 1891), Mary L. ( age 7 – Jan. 1893) and Daniel D. ( age 5 – Apr. 1895). All were born in Florida as were their parents. Jessie states that she is the mother of 11 children and 10 are currently living. They have been married 23 years. Frank Sr. states his occupation as Mill Wright and his son, William, is a laborer. William and Febbie have attended school through the 12th grade. They and their parents indicate they can read and write while the others say they cannot.
| 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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| Census | 5/2/1910 | Blountstown, Hansford Mill FL (Calhoun County) | 15 yrs old | | family #2, F. A. Davis (age 57), born in FL, states he is a Farmer. wife Joesphine (age 48), born in FL. ; son John (age 18), born in FL; Dan (age 14), born in FL and Otto (age 8), born in FL. |
| Military | 1/12/1919 | FL (Jacksonville County) | 23 yrs old | | WWI record for Corp. Davis reports no injuries and an Honerable Discharge on 1/12/1919 due to demobilization. He served overseas from October 14, 1918 through December 20, 1918. He enlisted in Jacksonville on May 30, 1917 when he was 22 1/12 years old. |
| Census | 1/1/1935 | FL (Calhoun County) | 39 yrs old | | Recorded on page 36, line# 42: Dan Davis (age 37), Annie Mary (28), Shelton (11) and Charles Herman (9). They were all born in FL. Listed under "rent" or "own" says care taker. Dan is a Carpenter, Annie keeps house. Dan finished grammar school and Annie high school. Shelton is attending high school and Charles is attending grammar school. |
| Census | 5/3/1940 | FL (Calhoun County) | 45 yrs old | | 125- Dan L. Davis (age 42), Annie Mabel (33), Edward S. (16) and Charles H. (13). All were born in Florida. They live on a farm, that they rent. Dan has an 8th grade education, Annie and Edward -two years of high school and Charles is in the 6th grade. Dan is a laborer in bridge construction. They live on Hwy 6 and where living their in 1935. |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 2/12/1941 | Old Shiloh Cem. FL (Calhoun County) | 45 yrs old | Daniel L. Davis
Florida
CPL 117 Field ARTY. 31 DIV
2/12/1941 |
| Military | 2/13/1941 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 45 yrs old | | Name: Daniel Lewis Davis,
Record Type: Military Service,
Birth Date: 4 Apr 1895,
Military Date: 12 Jan 1919,
Residence Place: Blountstown, Florida,
Death Date: 12 Feb 1941. |
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| 11 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
| 22 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
| 33 |
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 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 5 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 5 |
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. |
| 6 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 7 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 8 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 9 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 11 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 11 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 11 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 17 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 18 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 19 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 28 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 28 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 29 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 31 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 32 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 33 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
| 41 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
| 43 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
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| 13 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 17 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 18 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 22 |
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. |
| 24 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
| 43 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
| 44 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
| 46 |
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. |
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| 14 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 15 |
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. |
| 32 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 34 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 35 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 37 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
| 38 |
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! |
| 39 |
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. |
| 39 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
| 40 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
| 44 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
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| 14 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 19 |
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. |
| 22 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 24 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 25 |
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. |
| 43 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
| 44 |
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. |
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| Annie Armstrong
Born about 1907 and died about 2000
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The Children of Daniel Lewis Davis
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Edward Shelton Davis
Born somewhere in Florida on December 23, 1923 and died in an unknown location on March 22, 1943. He was 19 years old.
Married Vera Glass. ...
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Charles Herman Davis
Born somewhere in Florida on December 17, 1926 and died in Lake City, Florida on March 16, 1993. He was 66 years old.
He married _______ Crews....
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