Genealogy for
Elizabeth Martin
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Elizabeth Martin
11/24/1844 - 9/28/1909
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Elizabeth Martin was born on November 24, 1844 somewhere in Alabama and died on September 28, 1909 somewhere in Florida. She lived to be 64 years old.
She was called "Betsey". She married ________ Spears. She had one son named William "Bill" Spears.
She later married Thomas M. Parish. Thomas and Betsey had two children Thomas Edward and Mary Eleanor Parish. | 
 | Marriage | 1/17/1869 | FL (Calhoun County) | 24 yrs old | | Calhoun County Marriage (1862-1899): Elizabeth Spears and Thomas Parish, Jr. are issued a marriage license. |
| Marriage | 1/17/1869 | FL (Calhoun County) | 24 yrs old | | Thomas Parish Jr. married Elizabeth Spears on Jan 17th 1869 in Calhoun Co., FL |
| Census | 7/1/1870 | FL (Calhoun County) | 25 yrs old | Dweling #3, household #2 - Thomas M. Parish (age 22), Elizabeth ( age 29)
Edward F. Parish (1),
William Spears (8),
Rachel C. Spears (16). All born in FL. Thomas is a farmer and Elizabeth keeps house.
| Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1870: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 6/1/1880 | FL (Calhoun County) | 35 yrs old | Family #3: Thomas Parrish Jr. (age 36), Elizabeth (age 37),
William (18),
Thomas (10). Thomas is a farmer. Elizabeth is Keeping House. William & Thomas are farmer laborers. All were born in FL. Thomas' parents were born in NC and Elizabeth's in AL.
| 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. | |
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| Census | 6/2/1885 | FL (Calhoun County) | 40 yrs old | Dweling #288, household #315: Thomas Parish (age 35), Bittie Parish (age 40), William Spears (age 22, stepson), W. E. Parish (14), and Mary Parish (12).
Thomas is a farmer, he was born in FL, his parents in NC & GA. Bittie keeps house, she was born in FL, her parents unknown. All others born in FL. William is a laborer.
| 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. | 
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Elizabeth, her family, and friends. For example, Elizabeth is 11 years old when Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
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1850 |
State population=771,623.
The 1850 Federal Census reveals the
White population=426,514;
African-American population=345,109;
Slave population=342,844;
Free black population=2,265;
Urban population=35,179;
Rural population=736,444;
Cotton production in bales=564,429;
Corn production in bushels=28,754,048;
Number of manufacturing establishments=1,026. |
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1845 |
Florida becomes the 27th state to join the United States. William Moseley becomes the first governor and David Yulee the first senator. |
| 6 |
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. |
| 11 |
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. |
| 17 |
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. |
| 20 |
1864 |
Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back |
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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. |
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1865 |
Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory. |
| 26 |
1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
| 38 |
1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
| 39 |
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. |
| 40 |
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. |
| 62 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
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1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
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1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
| 15 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
| 21 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
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1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 33 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 35 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 45 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 51 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 53 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
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1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
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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. |
| 57 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 58 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 59 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
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1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 62 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 62 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 62 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
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1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
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1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 38 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 41 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 64 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
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1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
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1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
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1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
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1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
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1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
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1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
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1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 32 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 65 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
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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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| Thomas Parish
Born on November 16, 1848 and died on January 2, 1926
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The Children of Elizabeth Martin
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78 years old
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Thomas 'Ed' Edward Parrish
Born in Bluntstown, Florida on April 27, 1870 and died in Blontstown, Florida on November 10, 1963. He was 93 years old.
He married Florence Rosetta Pelt.
Children:
Eva Parish
Carl Parish
Jesse Parish
Thomas W. Parish
Lillie Mae Parish
M. J. Parish
Sidney Parish
Edward J. Parish |
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78 years old
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Mary Elinder Parrish
Born in Calhoun Co., Florida on March 19, 1872 and died in Calhoun Co., Florida on August 5, 1971. She was 99 years old.
Children: Ada (1/14/1895), William Edgar 9/13/1901-2/13/1938) & Nathaniel (abt. 1903).
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