Genealogy for
Lula Green Armstrong
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Lula Green Armstrong
1876 - 2/14/1915
(Shown at age 34)
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Lula Green Armstrong was born about 1876 somewhere in Florida and died on February 14, 1915 in Calhoun County, Florida. She lived to be 39 years old.
She was the daughter of Jefferson Benjamin Armstrong (1846) and Margaret Lee Nall (1847).
She married Willis C. Wood
Children: Almarine Jackson Wood (1899-1980)
Jessie William Wood(1902)
Walter Ventriss Wood (1906)
Edgar Roy Wood (1908)
Arthur Otis Wood (1910)
Laura Ruth Wood (1912 -1992) | 
 | Census | 6/11/1880 | Abe Springs FL (Calhoun County) | 4 yrs old | #65 -Jeff Armstrong (age 35),
Margret Armstrong (35),
William Armstrong (13),
Mary Armstrong (11),
C. E. Armstrong (8),
Mary J. Armstrong (6),
Victoria Armstrong (5),
Lula Armstrong (4),
Baby daughter Armstrong (2 mons). Jeff was born in AL, all others in FL. Jeff is a logger, William is a store clerk.
| Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1880: Blountstown was declared the seat of Calhoun County in 1880. Prior to that, Abe Springs had been the county seat. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 1/1/1885 | FL (Calhoun County) | 9 yrs old | #286 - J.B. Armstrong (age 39), M.A. (39), Willis (17), Susan (16), Comelia (14), Ramoth (12), Vic (10), Jennie (8), Nora (5), L. (2). J.B. was born in AL, all others in FL. J.B.'s parents were born in AL, M.A.'s father in GA and mother in SC.
| Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1885: The principle towns in Calhoun County were Blountstown, Marysville, Chipola, Selman, Ocheesee, and Abe Springs. In 1884 railroads in Florida were bought out by one company and placed under central management. River Junction, located at the junction of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers, is the closest railroad and the primary hub of land transports. The photo on the right shows the iron bridge than spans the Chattahoochee River about a mile from the Depot at River Junction where wharves, storage, steamboats and hotels bussel with activity. Click the photo for a larger view. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | 
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| Census | 1/1/1900 | Shiloh FL (Calhoun County) | 24 yrs old | #116 -Willis C. Wood (age 27- Aug.1872),
Green Wood (22 -June 1878),
Jackson Wood (1- March 1899),
mother-Sarah Wood (66- Sept. 1833)Willis was born in FL, his father in FL, mother in SC. Green was born in FL, as were her parents. Sarah was born in SC, as were her parents. Jackson was born in FL. Willis and Green have been married two years, they have one child. Willis 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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| Graveyard/Tombstone | 5/28/1942 | Shioh FL (Calhoun County) | 27 yrs after death | Willis C. Wood -Aug. 30, 1872
- May 28, 1942
Lula Green Wood - 1880 -Feb. 14, 1915 |
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Lula, her family, and friends. For example, Lula is 33 years old when The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
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1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
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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. |
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1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
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1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 13 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 19 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
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1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 24 |
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. |
| 24 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
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1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 26 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 27 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 28 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 30 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 30 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 30 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 36 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 37 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
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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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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. |
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1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
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1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
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1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
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1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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 | Willis Wood
Born on August 30, 1872 and died on May 28, 1942
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The Children of Lula Green Armstrong
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21 years old
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Almarine Jackson Wood
Born in Calhoun County, Florida on March 16, 1899 and died in Calhoun County, Florida on September 18, 1980. He was 81 years old.
He went by "Jack". He married Julia Ann Pitts(10/28/1902 -5/29/1988). They had a son, James Eugene Wood (12/15/1921-1/14/1972) -married Linda Faye Layfield...
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