Genealogy for
Simmie Crawford
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Simmie Crawford
7/1882 - 1945
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Simmie Crawford was born on an unknown day in July 1882 somewhere in Georgia and died about 1945 somewhere in Georgia. Actual date of death is unknown. She lived to be about 62 years old.
She was blind. After the death of her parents she lived with her grandfather Simeon D. Howard Jr. After his death she lived at the Dixie Boarding House in Bainbridge, Georgia. | 
 | Census | 1/1/1900 | Columbia AL (Henry County) | 17 yrs old | | #176 -Sim Howard (age 53,March 1847, AL),
Mary B. Howard (63,Jan.1837, GA),
Grandson -Simmey Crawford (17,July 1882, GA),
grandson-Henry D. Crawford (15, Dec.1884 GA),
gran-daughter-Berta J. Crawford (13, Aug.1886, GA),
grandson-James E. Crawford (11,Apr. 1889, GA),
sister-n-law-Caliley Sheffield (61, Dec. 1838, GA). Sim and Mary have been married 30 years and had one child that is not living. Sim is a farmer. James,Bertha and Henry attend school. Caliley is a widow with no children.
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| Census | 4/28/1910 | Douglas Crossroads AL (Henry County) | 27 yrs old | | # 175 Sim D. Howard (age 80), widow -married 43 years, Farmer, born in Al. his father was born in GA and mother born in AL.
sister in law- Ailie M. Sheffield - last name crossed out, (age 70), widow, cook, Born in GA, she had 6 children, 4 are living.
niece- Clndie Crawford (age 27)born in GA, she is blind. |
| Military | 5/2/1919 | Tallahassee FL (Leon County) | 36 yrs old | Department of Pensions State of Florida
Tallahassee
May 2nd, 1919
Pension Commissioner,
Montgomery, Ala.
Dear Sir:
Miss Simmie Crawford, totally blind, grand-daughter and only heir, as she states to me of S. D. Howard, a pensioner of Houston, county, Alabama, came in to see me this morning with a view to the collection of the funeral benefit and balance of pension due Mr. Howard to the date of his death, he having died on January, 9th 1919. His pension due Jan. 1st. 1919, was in the P.O. here but was not received before his death and was therefore returned.
Mr. Howard was, as has been stated to me, on a visit here when he died and proof of his death and the fact that Miss Crawford is entitled to the amounts, can be satisfactorily established.
Kindly communicate with her c/o Dixie Boarding House, Bainbridge, Georgia.
Yours very truly,
Sinclair Wells
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| Military | 5/8/1919 | Dothan AL (Houston County) | 36 yrs old | Hon. Sinclair Wells, Secretary, State Pension Board, Tallahassee, Fla
Dear Sir:
Your letter of May 2nd, with reference of former pensioner S.D. Howard, of this state, and his grand-daughter Miss Semmie Crawford, has been received.
In reply to same, I beg to advise that Mr. Howard was formerly a pensioner of this state. In October, 1917, his pension warrant was mailed by the Probate Judge of Houston county back to us with notation that he had moved to Georgia. In July, 1918 , we received a letter from the Probate Judge of Houston County to the effect that this was in error and that he was a resident of Alabama. A pension warrant under that date was issued in favor of Mr. Howard for $87.50, being back pay. A warrant was also issued in October , 1918, and one issued in January, 1919, in his favor. However, in March, 1919, the Probate Judge returned all of these warrants, stating that Mr. Howard was dead. It would appear from this that it had been several months since he had been in Alabama. Our pension law provides that if a pensioner dies leaving no widow or minor children, the last pension warrant after his death shall apply first to the burial expenses and second, to expenses incurred in his last illnesses. I see no provision in the law whereby Miss Crawford would be entitled to any pension issued in favor of Mr. Howard.
Thanking you for the interest you took in the matter, I am
Very truly yours,
Secretary
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| Marriage | 11/19/1919 | Bainbridge GA (Decatur County) | 37 yrs old |  Simmie May Crawford married Allen Burgess on Nov 19, 1919 , Race W ,Book H Page 263
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| 23 |
1905 |
Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed. |
| 30 |
1912 |
Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed. |
| 32 |
1914 |
Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed. |
| 35 |
1917 |
Atkinson and Treutlen Counties are formed. |
| 38 |
1920 |
Seminole, Lanier, Brantley, Long, and Lamar Counties are formed. |
| 42 |
1924 |
Peach County is formed. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 7 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 13 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 15 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 18 |
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. |
| 18 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 19 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 20 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 21 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 22 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 24 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 24 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 24 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 30 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 31 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 32 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 41 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 41 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 42 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 44 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 45 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 46 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
| 54 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
| 56 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
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| 3 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 26 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 30 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 31 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 35 |
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. |
| 37 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
| 56 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
| 57 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
| 59 |
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. |
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| 27 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 28 |
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. |
| 45 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 47 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 48 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 50 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
| 51 |
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! |
| 52 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
| 52 |
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. |
| 53 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
| 57 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
| 61 |
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. |
| 62 |
1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
| 63 |
1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
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| 27 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 32 |
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. |
| 35 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 37 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 38 |
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. |
| 56 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
| 57 |
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. |
| 63 |
1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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