Genealogy for
James William Ayers
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James William Ayers
12/22/1871 - 1/2/1934
(Shown at age 59)
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James William Ayers was born on December 22, 1871 in Clarksville, Calhoun Co., Florida and died on January 2, 1934 in Calhoun Co., Florida. He lived to be 62 years old.
He married Jessie C. Bailey( 6/9/1876- 11/17/ 1917
Children:
William Asa Ayers(1895)
Jesse McKinley "J. Mack" Ayers (1896)-
Mattie Lea Ayers (1889) | 
 | Census | 6/1/1900 | Board head FL (Calhoun County) | 28 yrs old | #776 -James W. Ayers (age 28 -Dec.1871 ),
Jessie C. Ayers (23 -June 1876),
William A. Ayers (5-Jan.1895),
Jessie M. Ayers (3 -Jan.1897),
Mattie L. Ayers (1 -Sept.1898). All were born in FL. James and Jessie have been married six years. They have three children.
| 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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James, his family, and friends. For example, James is 4 years old when Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
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| 11 |
1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
| 12 |
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. |
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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. |
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1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
| 46 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
| 57 |
1928 |
The Tamiami Trail opens. It opens the southernmost 275 miles of U.S. Highway 41 from State Road 60 in Tampa to U.S. Route 1 (SR 5) in Miami, Florida to tourist. It also destroys many of the Seminole Indian waterways and hinders their economy. |
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| 6 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 8 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 18 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 24 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 26 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 29 |
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. |
| 29 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 30 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 31 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 32 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 33 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 35 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 35 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 35 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 41 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 42 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 43 |
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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1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
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1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
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1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
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1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 56 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 57 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
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| 11 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
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1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 37 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 41 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 42 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 46 |
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. |
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1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
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1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
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1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 38 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 39 |
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. |
| 56 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 58 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 59 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 61 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
| 62 |
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! |
| 63 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
| 63 |
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. |
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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 |
| 43 |
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. |
| 46 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 48 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 49 |
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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Born on June 9, 1876 and died on November 17, 1917
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The Children of James William Ayers
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William Asa Ayers
Born in Blountstown, Calhoun County, Florida on January 30, 1895 and died in Blountstown, Calhoun County, Florida on June 15, 1927. He was 32 years old.
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Jesse McKinley Ayers
Born in Calhoun Co., Florida on December 27, 1896 and died in Calhoun Co., Florida on October 29, 1977. He was 80 years old.
He was called "J. Mack". He worked for Dierks-Bridgett Ship Building Co. in 1918. He later farmed , he was a teacher, basketball coach and principal. He built his our home in the Red Oak Community, o...
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