Genealogy for
Jesse Thomas Bailey
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Jesse Thomas Bailey
1/26/1889 - 10/1/1961
(Shown at age 71)
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Jesse Thomas Bailey was born on January 26, 1889 in Chipola, Calhoun County, Florida and died on October 1, 1961 in Calhoun County, Florida. He lived to be 72 years old.
He married Lillian Nevada Morrell(1886-1963)
Children:
Bonnie
David Samuel
Claudia
George Cephes(1919)
Theodore Oswald(1920-1993)
Wesley J.
Morrell
Frazier Nicholas(1929-1978) | 
 | Census | 6/1/1900 | Board head FL (Calhoun County) | 11 yrs old | 808- David S. Bailey (33-3/1867), Ella (33 -4/1867), Jesse (12- 9/1887), John (8-1/1892), Charles (5 -5/1895) Claudy (4-4/1896), Wilson (2-2/1898), Samuel (1-1/1899), Joe Coxwell (26-3/1874). All were born in FL, as were their parents. David and Ella have been married 16 years, they had 8 children, 6 are living. David is a farmer.
| 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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| Marriage | 5/19/1910 | Chipley FL (Washington County) | 21 yrs old | | Name: Jesse T. Bailey,
Gender: Male,
Marriage Date: May 19, 1910,
Marriage Place: Washington, Florida,
Spouse: Nevada Morrell |
| Military | 6/5/1917 | FL (Calhoun County) | 28 yrs old | | WWI Draft Card: Name: Jesse Thomas Bailey,
Race: Caucasian,
Marital Status: Married,
Birth Date: Jan.26, 1889,
Birth Place: Chipola, Florida,
Residence Place: Blountstown, Calhoun, Florida,
Employer: self,
Dependents: wife and three children,
Physical Build: Medium,
Height: Medium,
Hair Description: Not Bald,
Hair Color: Light Brown,
Eye Color: Light Blue |
| Census | 1/1/1920 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 30 yrs old | | #208-Jesse T. Bailey (age 31),
Nevada Bailey (32),
Bonnie Bailey (7),
David Bailey (5),
Claudie Bailey (3),
Cephes Bailey (10 months) All were born in FL, as were their parents.Jesse is the owner and operator of a sawmill. |
| Census | 4/23/1930 | Traylors Mill FL (Calhoun County) | 41 yrs old | | #39 -
Jesse T. Bailey (age 41),
Nevada Bailey (44),
Bonnie Bailey (17),
David Bailey (15),
Claudia Bailey (13),
Cephus Bailey (11),
Theodore Bailey (9),
Wesley J. Bailey (5),
Morrell Bailey (3),
Frazier Bailey (1). All born in FL, as were their parents. Jesse was married at age 21 and Nevada at age 18. Jesse is a farmer, he rents his home, he is not a veteran. David and Bonnie are farm laborers. |
| Census | 5/3/1940 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 51 yrs old | | #358 - Jessie T. Bailey (age 51), Nevada Bailey (53), Cephus Bailey (21), Theodore Bailey (19), Jesse W. Bailey (15), Morrell Bailey (13). All born in FL, as were their parents. Jesse was married at age 21 and Nevada at age 18. Jesse is a deputy Sheriff,His income is $1200, he rents his home free of charge. |
| Death Certificate | 10/1/1961 | FL (Calhoun County) | 72 yrs old | | Name: Jesse Thomas Bailey,
Gender: Male,
Race: White,
Death Date: Oct. 1, 1961,
Death Place: Calhoun, Florida |
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| 17 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
| 28 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
| 39 |
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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1957 |
The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government. |
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| 6 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 8 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 11 |
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. |
| 11 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 12 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 13 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 14 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 15 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 17 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 17 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 17 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 23 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 24 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 25 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 34 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 34 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 35 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 37 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 38 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 39 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
| 47 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
| 49 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
| 57 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
| 58 |
1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
| 62 |
1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
| 63 |
1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
| 68 |
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. |
| 71 |
1960 |
The ruby laser was created by Maiman |
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1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 23 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 24 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 28 |
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. |
| 30 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
| 49 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
| 50 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
| 52 |
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. |
| 61 |
1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
| 66 |
1955 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. |
| 71 |
1960 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public |
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| 20 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 21 |
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. |
| 38 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 40 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 41 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 43 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
| 44 |
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! |
| 45 |
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. |
| 45 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
| 46 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
| 50 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
| 54 |
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. |
| 55 |
1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
| 56 |
1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
| 65 |
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. |
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| 20 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 25 |
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. |
| 28 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 30 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 31 |
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. |
| 49 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
| 50 |
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. |
| 56 |
1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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 Jesse T. Bailey and Lillian Morrell Bailey
 Theodore and Jesse Bailey
 Visiting Arlington National Cemetery
 Visiting to Tomb of Unknown Soldier
 Calhoun County Sheriff Office |
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 | Lillian Morrell
Born about 1886 and died about 1963.
They were married 5/19/1910.
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The Children of Jesse Thomas Bailey
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40 years old
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Theodore Oswald Bailey
Born in Calhoun County, Florida on December 16, 1920 and died in Calhoun County, Florida on April 6, 1993. He was 72 years old.
He was called "Red"...
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