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James D. Howard Sr.
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James D. Howard Sr.
11/22/1907 - 6/29/1963
(Shown at age 38)
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James D. Howard, Sr., was born on November 22, 1907 in Randolph County, Georgia and died on June 29, 1963 in Terrell County, Georgia. He lived to be 55 years old.
He was called "Jim" and "Jimbo" aka George Joseph Howard
He married Bessie Flournory
Children:
James Durhan "Bob" (1930-1998)
Helen Lucille (1931 -2013) | 
 | Census | 1/9/1920 | District 1304 GA (Calhoun County) | 12 yrs old | | 5-4, 5-5 - Siney Howard (age42),
Arthur Howard (18),
Bessie Howard (17),
James Howard (13),
Dennis Howard (10),
Cooney Howard (6)&
Josie Howard
(1 7mo.).They were all born in GA, a were their parents. They are farm laborers ecept Dennis, Conney and Josie. |
| Census | 1/1/1930 | Militia District 909 GA (Terrell County) | 22 yrs old | | 120 -Sini Howard (age52),
Bessie Howard (27),
George J. Howard (24),
Dennis Howard (19),
Coonie Howard (16),
Jasey Howard (12),
daughter in law -Bessie Howard (20) &
grandson -James D. Howard
(4 mo.)Sini is a widow, All were born in GA, as were their parents. They rent their home. George was married at age 23, (daughter in law)Bessie at age 19. George is an auto mechanic at an auto shop. |
| Census | 4/7/1930 | Nechway, District 4 GA (Randolph County) | 22 yrs old | | 101,107 - Sam M Flournoy (age 52),
Effie H Flournoy (48),
Fate Flournoy (24)
Grady Flournoy (18),
Hubert Flournoy (16),
Albert Flournoy (13),
Alton Flournoy (13),
Blonie Flournoy (9),
Paul Flournoy (6),
son in law -James Howard (22),
Bessie Howard (20),
grandson - James D. Howard
(3mo.) They are born in GA, as were their parents. They rent their home. All the men are farmer laborers, except James, he is a fireman at the sawmill. Sam was married at age 22, Effie at age 18, James at age 20 and Bessie at age 18. |
| Census | 1/1/1940 | Dawson GA (Terrell County) | 32 yrs old | | line 51 - #228 -Jim Howard (age 34),
Bessie Howard (29),
James Howard (10),
Helen Howard (8). They live on 11th Ave and lived there in 1935 also. Jim was born in Randolph Co. all others in Terrell Co. GA. Jim works as a salesman at a grocery store. |
| Death Certificate | 6/29/1962 | GA (Terrell County) | 54 yrs old | | Name: James D. Howard, Date of birth: Sept. 22,1907,
Death Date: June 29, 1963,
County of Death: Terrell,
Gender: M (Male),
Race: White,
Age: 55 Years,
County of Residence: Terrell,
Certificate: 20000, Wife: Bessie Flournoy Howard, Father: George Howard, Mother: Sinnie Ellis |
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| 5 |
1912 |
Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed. |
| 7 |
1914 |
Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed. |
| 10 |
1917 |
Atkinson and Treutlen Counties are formed. |
| 13 |
1920 |
Seminole, Lanier, Brantley, Long, and Lamar Counties are formed. |
| 17 |
1924 |
Peach County is formed. |
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| 5 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 6 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 7 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 16 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 16 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 17 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 19 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 20 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 21 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
| 29 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
| 31 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
| 39 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
| 40 |
1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
| 44 |
1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
| 45 |
1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
| 50 |
1957 |
Sputnik is launched by the Soviets and becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. It marks the beginning of the great "space race" between the Soviet Union and the U.S. |
| 53 |
1960 |
The ruby laser was created by Maiman |
| 55 |
1962 |
U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 1 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 5 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 6 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 10 |
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. |
| 12 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
| 31 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
| 32 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
| 34 |
1941 |
NEWS HEADLINES: December 7, 1941 -- Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the US officially declares war on Japan the following day. World War II begins for American soldiers. |
| 43 |
1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
| 48 |
1955 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. |
| 53 |
1960 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public |
| 56 |
1963 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. |
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| 2 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 3 |
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. |
| 20 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 22 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 23 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 25 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
| 26 |
1933 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president under his "New Deal" campaign. Frances Perkins becomes the first woman to hold a cabinet post when FDR appoints her secretary of labor. On December 5, the 21st Amendment is added to the Constitution, repealing Prohibition. Drinks for everyone! |
| 27 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
| 27 |
1934 |
Farm families must leave the dust bowl-stricken Great Plains areas. The dust bowl includes areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arkansas. Radio picks up the "Okie" songs. In all, 400,000 people leave the Great Plains. |
| 28 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
| 32 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
| 36 |
1943 |
Japanese Americans are relocated to internment camps; Almost 400,000 coal miners go on strike; Race riots break out in Los Angeles and Detroit. |
| 37 |
1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
| 38 |
1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
| 47 |
1954 |
The nationally televised McCarthy hearings lead to Senator Joseph McCarthy's downfall; Segregation by race in schools is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court; Congress adds the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and requires "In God We Trust" to appear on all American currency. |
| 55 |
1962 |
The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba. |
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| 2 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 7 |
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. |
| 10 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 12 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 13 |
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. |
| 31 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
| 32 |
1939 |
Hitler takes over all of Czechoslovakia. On Sept. 1st, Germany invades Poland. On Sept. 3rd, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II has begun. |
| 38 |
1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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Born on June 17, 1909 and died on June 24, 1984
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The Children of James D. Howard Sr.
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James Durham Howard Jr.
Born in Terrell County, Georgia on December 29, 1929 and died in Tift County, Georgia on May 9, 1998. He was 68 years old.
He was called "Bob".
He married Doris Chambless (7/7/1928 -2/5/1991)
Children
Ronald
Linda ...
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Helen Lucille Howard
Born in Terrell County, Georgia on December 9, 1931 and died in Tift County, Georgia on September 18, 2013. She was 81 years old.
She married James Franklin Dunlap (5/23/1924 -1/29/2006)
Children:
Kathy Elaine (1956)
James Franklin Jr. (1959)
Helen was the comptroller for Tifton's First Baptist Church for 33 yea...
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