Genealogy for
Martha Melvina Alexander
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Martha Melvina Alexander
9/18/1866 - 5/15/1951
(Shown at age 84)
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Martha Melvina Alexander was born on September 18, 1866 in Pickens County, Alabama and died on May 15, 1951 in Itawamba County, Mississippi. She lived to be 84 years old.
She was called Mattie. She married Henry Jefferson Owens on February 6, 1894.
She is buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Itawamba County, MS (Baptist). | 
 | Census | 8/31/1870 | Henry AL (Pickens County) | 3 yrs old | | Dwelling #34, Family #34: The household of T Alexander (age 56) consists of
Caroline (age 46),
Sarah (20),
John (17),
Ann (17),
Mary (13),
Dina (10),
Jane (8),
Samantha (6), and
Melvina (age 3).
Thomas is a farmer and his oldest son is a farm hand. He estimates the value of his real estate to be $200 and personal property to be $300. He was born in Kentucky and Caroline was born in South Carolina. All of the children were born in AL.
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| Marriage | 2/6/1894 | AL (Pickens County) | 27 yrs old | |
Name:
Mattie M. Alexander,
Spouse:
H. J. Owens,
Marriage Date:
Feb. 6, 1894,
County:
Pickens,
State:
Alabama,
Performed By Title:
Minister of the Gospel,
Performed by Name:
J. B. Dean
Source information:
Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research
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| Census | 1/1/1920 | Lebanon AL ( Lowndes County) | 53 yrs old | | Jeff Owens (age 45, Feb.1855, AL)
Minerva Owens (32 , Sep. 1867, AL)
Margaret Owens (17,Feb. 1877, AL)
James Owens (15, June 1884, AL)
Martha Owens (13, Aug. 1886, AL)
Samull Owens (12,March 1888, AL)
Ida Owens (9,May 1881, AL)
Thomas Owens (5, Dec. 1894, AL)
Lee Owens (1, Oct. 1898, AL). Jeff is a farmer, his parents were born in SC. Minerva's father was born in KY, mother is SC. Jeff and Minerva married in 1894.
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| Census | 2/2/1920 | Towary's Store MS ( Itawamba County) | 53 yrs old | | #330,#302-Henry J. Owens (age 64)AL
Martha M. Owens (52)AL,
Ludie Owens (33)AL -teacher,
Homer Owens (25)AL - farmer,
Lizzie Owens (20)AL,
George Owens ( 18)AL - laborer,
Minnie Owens ( 16)MS,
Dessie Owens (14)MS,
Curmie Owens (12)MS,
Allie Owens ( 9)MS . Henry is a farmer, his parents were born in SC. Martha keeps house, her father was born in KY, mother in SC.
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| Death Certificate | 5/15/1951 | MS (Itawamba County) | 84 yrs old | | Martha Melvina Owens, a widowed housewife, dies from chronic myocardolics. She was born 9/18/1866. |
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| 3 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 11 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 13 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 23 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 29 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 31 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 34 |
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. |
| 34 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 35 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 36 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 37 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 38 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 40 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 40 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 40 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 46 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 47 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 48 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 57 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 57 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 58 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 60 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 61 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 62 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
| 70 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
| 72 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
| 80 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
| 81 |
1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
| 85 |
1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
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| 16 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 19 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 42 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 46 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 47 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 51 |
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. |
| 53 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
| 72 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
| 73 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
| 75 |
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. |
| 84 |
1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
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| 2 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
| 9 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 10 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 43 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 44 |
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. |
| 61 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 63 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 64 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 66 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
| 67 |
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! |
| 68 |
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. |
| 68 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
| 69 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
| 73 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
| 77 |
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. |
| 78 |
1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
| 79 |
1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
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| 43 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 48 |
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. |
| 51 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 53 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 54 |
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. |
| 72 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
| 73 |
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. |
| 79 |
1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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