Genealogy for
Euphrasia Palmyra Saunders
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About Euphrasia Palmyra Saunders |
 Euphrasia Palmyra Saunders 4/21/1840 - 1909 (Shown at age 50)
| Euphrasia Palmyra Saunders was born on April 21, 1840 somewhere in Georgia and died about 1909 in Cass Co., Texas. Actual date of death is unknown. She lived to be about 68 years old.
She was the daughter of James Madison Saunders and Sarah Sell Saunders. She had the following children:
- Yelva Gertrude (1874-1955),
- Lurena Arizona (1876-1953),
- Embry Alexander (1871-1951),
- Mary Alice (1865-1900),
- Elian Tison (1869-1931),
- William Lucius (1860-1864),
- James Archilles (Jamie) (1879-1887),
- Love (1883 -1951)
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 | Census | 7/11/1860 | GA (Worth County) | 20 yrs old | 350, 306 - James R. Holt ( age28),
Palmira Holt (20) &
William Holt (3mos) all born in GA. James is a Co. School teacher.
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 | Census | 6/19/1880 | Dover GA (Terrell County) | 40 yrs old | 186, 202 -James Holt (age 49),
Eriphrasia Holt (40),
Mary Holt (14),
Elian Holt (11),
Embry Holt (9),
Gertrude Holt (7),
Lou Holt (5) &
Jimie Holt (4mos). All were born in GA. James is a farmer.
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 | Graveyard/Tombstone | 1/1/1909 | Antioch Cemetery TX (Cass County) | 68 yrs old | Euphrasia Saunders Holt - born 4/21/1840 - died 1909 |
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Euphrasia, her family, and friends. For example, Euphrasia is 2 years old when Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi.
Age | Date | Event |
7 |
1847 |
Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville |
10 |
1850 |
Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed. |
11 |
1851 |
Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed. |
12 |
1852 |
Taylor County formed. |
13 |
1853 |
Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated. |
14 |
1854 |
Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed. |
16 |
1856 |
Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed. |
17 |
1857 |
Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed. |
18 |
1858 |
Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed. |
30 |
1870 |
Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed. |
35 |
1875 |
Oconee County formed. |
65 |
1905 |
Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed. |
Age | Date | Event |
4 |
1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
13 |
1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
16 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
19 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
25 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
29 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
37 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
39 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
49 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
55 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
57 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
60 |
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. |
60 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
61 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
62 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
63 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
64 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
66 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
66 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
66 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
Age | Date | Event |
21 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
22 |
1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
42 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
45 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
68 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
Age | Date | Event |
2 |
1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
15 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
20 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
22 |
1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
23 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
25 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
28 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
35 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
36 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
69 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
Age | Date | Event |
69 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
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 | James Holt Born on December 13, 1831 and died on February 19, 1890
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The Children of Euphrasia Palmyra Saunders
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 26 years old
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Elian Tyson Holt Born somewhere in Georgia on February 18, 1869 and died in Calhoun Co., Florida about 1930. He was about 60 years old.
Elian married Mary E. Smith and they had the following children:
- Joseph Samuel,
- James Allen (1893-1978),
- Margret Yelva (1897),
- Archilles P...
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 37 years old
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Love Holt Born somewhere in Georgia on June 24, 1883 and died in Cass County, Texas on May 19, 1951. He was 67 years old.
Children: Wilma Lee Holt - married Brummett Pauline Holt Eugene Jerome Holt Norris Jacqueline M. Holt Patsy Ruth Holt ...
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