Genealogy for
Lemuel Martin Streetman
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Lemuel Martin Streetman
12/9/1844 - 11/4/1925
(Shown at age 71)
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Lemuel Martin Streetman was born on December 9, 1844 in Taylor County, Georgia and died on November 4, 1925 in Taylor County, Georgia. He lived to be 80 years old.
He married in 1865 to Mary Ann "Polly" Jinks Averett (1839-1905) | 
 | Census | 7/24/1860 | Georgia Militia District 757 GA (Taylor County) | 15 yrs old | | Page: 154, #505 -
Sinclair Streetman (43),
Emeline J. Streetman (44),
William T. Streetman (19),
Nancy E. Streetman (17),
Lemuel M. Streetman (15),
Elbert F. Streetman (13),
Smithey E. Streetman (7),
Mary E. Streetman (4),
orphan -Abmer C. Smith (12),
domestic -Elizabeth W. Millirons (65). All were born in GA, except Emeline in SC. |
| Census | 1/1/1880 | Howard GA (Taylor County) | 35 yrs old | | Page 38 C, # 88 - Lemuel M. Streetman (age 35), Mary A. (41), Elbert L. (11), Henry E. (8), Adel G. (5), William H. (2) and step. daughter - Laura L. Averett (22). All were born in GA. Lemuel is a farmer |
| Census | 6/13/1900 | Howard GA (Taylor County) | 55 yrs old | | Page 1, # 6 - Lemuel M. Streetman (age 55, Dec. 1844),
Mary A. Streetman (61, Jan. 1839),
John Streetman (13, Nov. 1886),
son in law - James R. Scott (23, June 1876),
Alice Scott (18, May 1882),
Grandson -Orion L. Scott (1 mo, May 1900). All were born in GA, Lemuel is a farmer and James is a farm laborer |
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Lemuel, his family, and friends. For example, Lemuel is 11 years old when Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
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| 3 |
1847 |
Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville |
| 6 |
1850 |
Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed. |
| 7 |
1851 |
Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed. |
| 8 |
1852 |
Taylor County formed. |
| 9 |
1853 |
Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated. |
| 10 |
1854 |
Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed. |
| 12 |
1856 |
Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed. |
| 13 |
1857 |
Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed. |
| 14 |
1858 |
Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed. |
| 26 |
1870 |
Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed. |
| 31 |
1875 |
Oconee County formed. |
| 61 |
1905 |
Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed. |
| 68 |
1912 |
Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed. |
| 70 |
1914 |
Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed. |
| 73 |
1917 |
Atkinson and Treutlen Counties are formed. |
| 76 |
1920 |
Seminole, Lanier, Brantley, Long, and Lamar Counties are formed. |
| 80 |
1924 |
Peach County is formed. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 9 |
1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
| 12 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
| 15 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
| 21 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
| 25 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 33 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 35 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 45 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 51 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 53 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 56 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 56 |
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. |
| 57 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 58 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 59 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 60 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 62 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 62 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 62 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 68 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 69 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 70 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 79 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 79 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 80 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 17 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
| 18 |
1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 38 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 41 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 64 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 68 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 69 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 73 |
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. |
| 75 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 11 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 16 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
| 18 |
1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 19 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
| 21 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
| 24 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
| 31 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 32 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 65 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 66 |
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. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 65 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 70 |
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. |
| 73 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 75 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 76 |
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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John Aubrey Streetman
Born in Taylor County, Georgia on November 25, 1885 and died in Christmas, Orange County, Florida about 1962. He was 76 years old.
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