Genealogy for
Elizabeth H. Pressly
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About Elizabeth H. Pressly |
Elizabeth H. Pressly 1820 - 1920
| Elizabeth H. Pressly was born about 1820 somewhere in South Carolina and died in an unknown year somewhere in South Carolina. Dates for birth and death are estimated.
Dates of birth and death are estimated. |
| Census | 10/31/1850 | SC (Chester County) | 30 yrs old | Recorded as family #1237: Benjamin Grant (age 52), Levina (female, age 53), Sintha J. (female, age 26), Calhoun (male, age 16), and Washington G. (male, age 15). Benjamin is a farmer and estimates the value of his estate to be $1,800. All were born in SC.
son, James H. Grant (age 32) and his wife Elizabeth (age 30), are living next door. Their children are Andrew (8), Jasper W. (6), Harris (4) and Taylor (1). |
| Census | 6/19/1860 | SC (Chester County) | 40 yrs old | Recorded as dwelling #211: Jas He Grant (age 41), Eliza H. (age 40), Benj A. (20), James W. (16), Leander H. (13), Lafayette (10), Amizi N. (5), Thomas H. (3). James Henry is a farmer and estimates the value of his real estate to be $2,000 and personal estate $2,200. All were born in SC. The 16 and 10 year old have been attending school. James and Dorcas Grant (ages 60 and 50), are their neighbors. |
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Elizabeth, her family, and friends. For example, Elizabeth is 10 years old when Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins.
Age | Date | Event |
10 |
1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
19 |
1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
24 |
1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
33 |
1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
36 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
39 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
45 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
49 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
57 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
59 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
69 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
75 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
77 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
80 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
80 |
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. |
81 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
82 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
83 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
84 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
86 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
86 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
86 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
92 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
93 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
94 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
Age | Date | Event |
8 |
1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
14 |
1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
41 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
42 |
1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
62 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
65 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
88 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
92 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
93 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
97 |
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. |
99 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
Age | Date | Event |
10 |
1830 |
South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the Union, setting the stage for the creation of the Confederacy. |
40 |
1860 |
About 63,000 men from South Carolina served in the Confederate armed forces. |
48 |
1868 |
South Carolina was readmitted to the Union. |
Age | Date | Event |
10 |
1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
15 |
1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
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1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
20 |
1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
22 |
1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
35 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
40 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
42 |
1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
43 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
45 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
48 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
55 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
56 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
89 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
90 |
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. |
Age | Date | Event |
13 |
1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
89 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
94 |
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. |
97 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
99 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
100 |
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. |
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| James Grant Born on June 6, 1818 and died on November 18, 1892
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The Children of Elizabeth H. Pressly
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65 years old
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Amzi Neely Grant Born in Chester, South Carolina on August 1, 1855 and died in Chester, South Carolina on April 25, 1939. He was 83 years old.
Married Elizabeth Geneva.
Children: John Aubrey Grant (1896-1984)
After the death of Elizabeth, Amzi married Marie Louise Olds (7/27/1880)Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio - (11/14...
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