View Genealogy for Isaac Henry Ethridge (3/20/1879-2/16/1967)

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Isaac Henry Ethridge

	Parents
	Isaac Samuel Ethridge 7/17/1858 - 3/22/1905	Henrietta Davis 1852 - 1930

About Isaac Henry Ethridge

Isaac Henry Ethridge
3/20/1879 - 2/16/1967
(Shown at age 33)

Isaac Henry Ethridge was born on March 20, 1879 somewhere in Florida and died on February 16, 1967 in Gadsden, Florida. He lived to be 87 years old.

Children: Sydney (died young), Moody (died young), Isaac Alonzo (1911), Cleo (1913) and Violas (1920). Burial in the Old Shiloh Cemetery No. 2, in Calhoun County, FL - next to his father.

Census

6/12/1880

Abe Springs FL (Calhoun County)

1 yrs old

Recorded as dwelling #7996: Zack Adams (house carpenter, age 32), Hester Adams (wife, age 35), John H. Davis (stepson, age 9), Jason Adams (son, age 1), Zack B. Adams (son, 3 months), Isaac Ethridge (boarder, age 20, hireling), Hennie Ethridge (boarder, age 28), John Burke (boarder, age 6), I. M. Ethridge (boarder, age 1). Isaac Ethridge was born in FL, his father in FL and his mother is not stated. Hinnie was born in FL, her father in ?? and mother in GA. The children were born in FL.

Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1880: Blountstown was declared the seat of Calhoun County in 1880. Prior to that, Abe Springs had been the county seat. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod.

Census

6/1/1885

FL (Calhoun County)

6 yrs old

Listed as dwelling #313 in the 1885 Florida Census: Issac Ethridge (age 26), Hinny (wife, age 38), John Burk (step son, age 10), Issac Ethridge (son, age 6), James Ethridge (age 4), Charly Rewen (age 3). Issac is a laborer. He was born in Florida, his father in North Carolina and his mother in Alabama. Hinney was born in Florida and both parents in GA. All of the children were born in FL. None of the children can read or write.

Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1885: The principle towns in Calhoun County were Blountstown, Marysville, Chipola, Selman, Ocheesee, and Abe Springs. In 1884 railroads in Florida were bought out by one company and placed under central management. River Junction, located 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.

Census

6/29/1900

FL (Jackson County)

21 yrs old

380 - I. S. Ethrege (age 40 -Aug.1859), H. E. (49 - July 1850), Isaac H. (21 - March 1879), James M. (19 -Feb. 1881), Louis E. (12 -March 1888) & Charlie D. (6 -May 1894). All were born in FL except I.S., he was born in GA, as were his parents. H.E.'s father was born is GA and mother in NC. I.S. and H.E. has been married 21 years, they have had 7 children, 4 are living. I.S. is a merchant laborer, Isaac is a farm laborer, James and Louis are also laborers.

Additional information about Jackson County, FL around 1900: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod.

Land Deed

6/26/1905

Gainesville Land Office FL

26 yrs old

Isaac Ethridge - Document Number: 19491, Total Acres: 160. 68, Issue Date: June 26, 1905, Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries, Land Description:
1 N½NE Tallahassee Yes 2 N 28 W 4
2 SWNE Tallahassee Yes 2 N 28 W 4
3 SENW Tallahassee Yes 2 N 28 W 4

Marriage

4/28/1906

FL (Jackson County)

27 yrs old

The marriage of Isaac Henry Etheredge and Willie Belle Ledbetter is recorded in Jackson County, Florida.

Census

4/18/1910

Altha FL (Calhoun County)

31 yrs old

Recorded as family #46: Isaac Ethridge (age 29) and Willie (wife, age 23). Isaac and both of his parents were born in FL. Willie and her mother were born in FL while her father was born in AL. The couple has been married for 3 years and this is their first marriage. Willie has given birth to 2 children, but none are living. Isaac is self-employed as a farmer working a general farm. Both can read and write.

Military

6/1/1917

FL (Calhoun County)

38 yrs old

World War I Civilian Draft Registration Record for Isaac Henery Ethridge, born 3/20/1879. Isaac is a white male living in Calhoun County, FL.

Graveyard/Tombstone

2/16/1967

FL (Calhoun County)

87 yrs old

Old Shiloh Cemetery - Isaac H.ETHRIDGE - 20 Mar 1879 to 16 Feb 1967

Death Certificate

2/28/1967

Chattahoochee FL (Gadsden County)

88 yrs old

Social Security Death Index: Isaac Ethridge, born 3/20/1879, died in Feb. 1967. His last residence was Chattahoochee, Gadsden, FL. He was issued a SSN in Florida, prior to 1951.

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Age	Date	Event
3	1882	The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads.
4	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.
5	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.
27	1906	An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins.
38	1917	Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction.
49	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.
78	1957	The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government.
83	1962	The Seminole Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government.

Age	Date	Event
10	1889	The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards
16	1895	Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance.
18	1897	First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph
21	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.
21	1900	Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams"
22	1901	First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent.
23	1902	The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered.
24	1903	Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk
25	1904	The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming
27	1906	Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes
27	1906	The triode vacuum tube is invented
27	1906	Electrons are discovered by Thomson
33	1912	The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people.
34	1913	Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant
35	1914	The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed
44	1923	Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes
44	1923	Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id"
45	1924	Insecticides are used for the first time on crops
47	1926	Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket
48	1927	The first television transmission was announced in England
49	1928	Big bang theory was introduced
57	1936	The first regular television broadcast happens in England
59	1938	Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission
67	1946	The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes
68	1947	Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor
72	1951	The first color television is introduced in the U.S.
73	1952	The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen.
78	1957	Sputnik is launched by the Soviets and becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. It marks the beginning of the great "space race" between the Soviet Union and the U.S.
81	1960	The ruby laser was created by Maiman
83	1962	U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth
86	1965	The first "space walk" was completed by the Soviet Union

Age	Date	Event
3	1882	NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity.
6	1885	NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen.
29	1908	NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile
33	1912	White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out.
34	1913	NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures
38	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.
40	1919	NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty.
59	1938	NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic.
60	1939	NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States
62	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.
71	1950	NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later.
76	1955	NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL.
81	1960	NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public
84	1963	NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald.

Age	Date	Event
30	1909	The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
31	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.
48	1927	Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs.
50	1929	Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October
51	1930	Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states.
53	1932	Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered.
54	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!
55	1934	Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize.
55	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.
56	1935	Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time.
60	1939	Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color.
64	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.
65	1944	On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day")
66	1945	President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima.
75	1954	The nationally televised McCarthy hearings lead to Senator Joseph McCarthy's downfall; Segregation by race in schools is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court; Congress adds the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and requires "In God We Trust" to appear on all American currency.
83	1962	The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba.
87	1966	The Black Panther party is founded.
88	1967	Martin Luther King leads an anti Vietnam protest in New York; The American Indian Movement is founded; Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King are assassinated; Three Apollo astronauts are killed in a fire on the launch pad.

Age	Date	Event
30	1909	The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe
35	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.
38	1917	Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes.
40	1919	The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I.
41	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.
59	1938	Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia.
60	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.
66	1945	World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

Isaac Henry Ethridge Family

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Marriages

Willie Ledbetter
Born on April 5, 1887 and died on November 4, 1944.
They were married 4/28/1906.

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The Children of Isaac Henry Ethridge

29 years old

Isaac Alonzo Ethridge
Born in Altha, Florida on September 8, 1911 and died in Gadsden Co., Florida on February 21, 1992. He was 80 years old.

Granddaughter Ellen Hulbert remembers him as such a neat person. He was a retired tugboat captain and was at home in the woods. She said he knew the woods of Calhoun, Jackson, Liberty, and surroundi...

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