Genealogy for
Charles Wesly Wood
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Charles Wesly Wood
3/22/1869 - 3/18/1926
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Charles Wesly Wood was born on March 22, 1869 in Calhoun County, Florida and died on March 18, 1926 in Scotts Ferry, Calhoun County, Florida. He lived to be 57 years old.
He married Ida Ramoth Armstrong (12/3/1873 -4/8/1956)
Children:
Thadious Clyde Wood (8/19/1897 -2/2/1952)
Mary Gussie Wood (1/1899)
Richard Wood
Broward Wood
Lucile Wood
Lilly Mae
Eva Evylin - married Samuel A. Bryant | 
 | Census | 6/21/1870 | FL (Calhoun County) | 1 yrs old | Recorded as Dwelling #21 and Family #17: Andrew J. Wood (age 56),
Sarah (age 30),
William M. (12),
Mary P. (8),
Benjamin (4), and
Charles Wood (age 1). Their real estate is valued at $1000, and personal at $2000. Andrew was born in GA, Sarah in SC, all others in FL. Andrew is a farmer & Sarah keeps house.
on the same page -house#24 Andrew Wood Jr.(22)wife Margaret(21) and # 25 -J.C. Wood (25).
| Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1870: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 6/10/1880 | Abe Springs FL (Calhoun County) | 11 yrs old | page 293 - A. J. Wood (age 65),
Sarah Wood (44),
William M. Wood (22),
Charles Wood (11),
Willis Wood (7). A.J. was born in GA, as were his parents. Sarah was born in SC, as were her parents. Children were born in FL. A.J. is a farmer, William and Charles are farmer laborers.
| 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 | 6/13/1900 | Shiloh FL (Calhoun County) | 31 yrs old | page 6, #136-Charles Wood (age 31),
Ramoth Wood 24),
Thadus C. Wood (2),
Mary Wood (1). All were born in FL. Charles 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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| Census | 4/28/1910 | Blountstown, Scott Ferry Road FL (Calhoun County) | 41 yrs old | | Page 11, #174 -Charley Wood (age 41),
Ramoth Wood (37),
Clyde Wood (13),
Mary Wood (11),
Richard Wood (9),
Broward Wood (6),
Lucile Wood (3),
Unnamed Wood (1). All were born in FL. Charley is a farmer, Clyde and Mary are farmer laborers.
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| Census | 1/19/1920 | Shiloh FL (Calhoun County) | 50 yrs old | | Page 11 - C. W. Wood (age 50),
Ramoth Wood (45),
Clyde Wood (22),
Mary Wood (20),
Bernard Wood (14),
Lucile Wood (13),
Lilly May Wood (11),
Eva Wood (7). All were born in FL. Charles is a farmer. |
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1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
| 13 |
1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
| 14 |
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. |
| 48 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
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1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 10 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 20 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 26 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 28 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 31 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
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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. |
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1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
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1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 34 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 35 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 37 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 37 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 37 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 43 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
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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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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 |
| 57 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
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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 |
| 48 |
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. |
| 50 |
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 |
| 40 |
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 |
| 45 |
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. |
| 48 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 50 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
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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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| Ida Armstrong
Born on December 3, 1873 and died on April 8, 1956
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