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John Anderson Bevis

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	William Langley Bevis 1/3/1791 - 10/1/1870	Jane Virginia Palmer 1/9/1801 - 11/1/1882

About John Anderson Bevis

John Anderson Bevis
4/5/1828 - 1/12/1908
(Shown at age 79)

John Anderson Bevis was born on April 5, 1828 in Laurens County, South Carolina and died on January 12, 1908 in Gadsden County, Florida. He lived to be 79 years old.

He married Eugenia Whiddon (1841-1926) She was the daughter of Sevier and Kessiah Johnston Whiddon.

Eugenia and John's children:
Julia Eugenia
Charles Franklin
William Edward
Oliver Barion
John Milton
James Walter
Agustus Palmer

	Marriage	7/30/1860	FL (Gadsden County)	32 yrs old
	Name: John A. Bevis, Spouse Name: Eugenia Whidden, Marriage Date: June 13, 1860., Gadsden County, Florida, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1875

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Age	Date	Event
7	1835	The Second Seminole Indian War keeps the United States and Seminoles Indians fighting in North & Central Florida.
9	1837	NEWS HEADLINES: In October, Chief Osceola of the Seminole Indians is captured when he arrives for supposed truce negotiations at Fort Payton. He is imprisoned at St. Augustine, FL where he refuses to eat and attempts to escape several times. In December he is moved to a prison in SC where he dies on January 20, 1838. At the time of his death, Osceola was the most famous American Indian.
14	1842	Congress passes the Armed Occupation Act of 1842. It entitles persons willing and able to bear arms against the Indians and establish themselves in villages along the borders of Indian territory ownership of their land after 5 years.
14	1842	Second Seminole Indian War ends and some of the Seminole Indians living in FL are moved to the Indian Territory
17	1845	Florida becomes the 27th state to join the United States. William Moseley becomes the first governor and David Yulee the first senator.
22	1850	Florida's total population has grown to 87,445. This includes about 39,000 slaves and 1,000 free blacks. Indians were not counted.
27	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.
33	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.
36	1864	Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back
37	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.
37	1865	Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory.
42	1870	During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers.
54	1882	The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads.
55	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.
56	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.
78	1906	An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins.

Age	Date	Event
2	1830	The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England
11	1839	Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products.
16	1844	The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code
25	1853	The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S.
28	1856	The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany
31	1859	Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory.
37	1865	Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public.
41	1869	Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France
49	1877	Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed.
51	1879	Edison invents the electric light bulb.
61	1889	The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards
67	1895	Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance.
69	1897	First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph
72	1900	Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams"
72	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.
73	1901	First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent.
74	1902	The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered.
75	1903	Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk
76	1904	The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming
78	1906	Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes
78	1906	The triode vacuum tube is invented
78	1906	Electrons are discovered by Thomson

Age	Date	Event
6	1834	July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah
33	1861	NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA.
34	1862	NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
54	1882	NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity.
57	1885	NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen.
80	1908	NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile

Age	Date	Event
2	1830	South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the Union, setting the stage for the creation of the Confederacy.
32	1860	About 63,000 men from South Carolina served in the Confederate armed forces.
40	1868	South Carolina was readmitted to the Union.

Age	Date	Event
2	1830	Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins.
7	1835	Second Seminole Indian War begins.
9	1837	The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned.
12	1840	Oregon Trail is established
14	1842	Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi.
27	1855	Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
32	1860	Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
34	1862	May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
35	1863	Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves.
37	1865	American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South"
40	1868	An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees.
47	1875	Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
48	1876	The National League of Baseball is founded

Age	Date	Event
5	1833	Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico

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