Genealogy for
Eliza Jane Pope
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Eliza Jane Pope
12/12/1846 - 12/3/1922
(Shown at age 54)
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Eliza Jane Pope was born on December 12, 1846 somewhere in Florida and died on December 3, 1922 in Calhoun Co., Florida. Dates for birth and death are estimated. She lived to be about 76 years old.
She married William N. Ayers.
Children: Louraine (7/4/1870)
John David (9/13/187)
William Jesse (10/29/1876)
Samuel Ayers (6/26/1882) | 
 | Marriage | 12/16/1868 | Abe Springs FL (Calhoun County) | 22 yrs old | | William Ayers marries Eliza Pope in Calhoun County on Dec. 16, 1868 |
| Census | 6/4/1880 | Pippins Mills FL (Calhoun County) | 33 yrs old | #55, #60 -William Ayers (38),
Elizah Ayers (34),
Lorena Ayers (10),
John Ayers (5) &
Jesse Ayers (4). William was born in GA, his father in SC and mother GA. Eliza was born in FL, her parents GA.Children all born in FL. William is a farmer.
| 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 | 6/1/1900 | Hansford Mill FL (Calhoun County) | 53 yrs old | #540, #640 -William Ayers (age57 -July 1842),
Eliza J. Ayers (53-Dec.1846)&
Samuel Ayers (17-June 1882). William & Eliza have been married 30 years. They have 4 children all are living. William is a farmer.All state they were born in FL.
| Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1900: The first automobile, nick-named Chicken Killer, arrives in Blountstown in 1905. The photo on the right shows The Chicken Killer. Click the photo for a larger view. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | 
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Eliza, her family, and friends. For example, Eliza is 9 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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| 4 |
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. |
| 9 |
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. |
| 15 |
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. |
| 18 |
1864 |
Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back |
| 19 |
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. |
| 19 |
1865 |
Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory. |
| 24 |
1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
| 36 |
1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
| 37 |
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. |
| 38 |
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. |
| 60 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
| 71 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
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| 7 |
1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
| 10 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
| 13 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
| 19 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
| 23 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 31 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 33 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 43 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 49 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 51 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 54 |
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. |
| 54 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 55 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 56 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 57 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 58 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 60 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 60 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 60 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 66 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 67 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 68 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
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| 15 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
| 16 |
1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 36 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 39 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 62 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 66 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 67 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 71 |
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. |
| 73 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
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| 9 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 14 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
| 16 |
1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 17 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
| 19 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
| 22 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
| 29 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 30 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 63 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 64 |
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. |
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| 63 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 68 |
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. |
| 71 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 73 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 74 |
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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 Eliza Ayers
 Eliza and son William
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 Eliza Jane Ayers |
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Marriages
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 | William Ayers
Born on July 9, 1842 and died on May 13, 1917.
They were married 12/16/1868.
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The Children of Eliza Jane Pope
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65 years old
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Louraine Ayers
Born in Calhoun County, Florida on July 4, 1870 and died in Calhoun County, Florida on December 9, 1948. She was 78 years old.
She was called "Rani"...
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39 years old
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William Ayers
Born somewhere in Georgia about 1876 and died somewhere in Florida about 1960. He was about 84 years old.
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