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Lillie Mae Halley
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Lillie Mae Halley
1/10/1911 - 3/16/1986
(Shown at age 47)
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Lillie Mae Halley was born on January 10, 1911 in Blountstown, Florida and died on March 16, 1986 in Tallahassee, Florida. She lived to be 75 years old.
Married 12/22/1931 in Blountstown, FL | 
 | Other | 5/30/1916 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 5 yrs old | Handwritten pages from the front of John Bennett and Mary Elizebeth Peacock Halley's bible records the birth of each child between 1892 through 1916.
Marriage: J. B. Halley and Mary Elizebeth Peacock was married April th 17, 1895.
Births:
John Bennett Halley was born Oct. th 21, 1869
Mary Elizebeth Peacock was born May th 17, 1875
James Ellis Halley was born Feb. th 22,1892
Annie Lee Halley was born April th 20, 1894
Mary Ella Halley was born March th 4 1896
Celap Wess Halley was born Jan. th 29, 1898
Marry Belle Halley was born may th 4 ,1899
Charley Rubn Halley was born April th 13, 1901
John Marvins Halley was born Aug. th 14 1903
Lee Roy Halley was born Aug. th 16, 1908
Lillie Mae Halley was born Jan. th 10, 1911
Allbert Chester was born Jan. th 1 , 1913
Clerence Eugene Halley was born Aug.30, 1916
Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Halley's Family |
| Census | 1/3/1920 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 8 yrs old | | Recorded as family #387: John B. Holley (age 50), Mary E. (wife, age 44), Ruben (son, age 19), John M. (son, age 17), Roy (son, age 13), Lillie (daughter, age 11), Chester (son, age 8), Eugene (son, age 4). All were born in FL and so were their parents. All, except the two youngest children, can read and write. All of the children, except the 4 year old, have been attending school. John B. is a farmer and works his home farm. |
| Census | 1/1/1930 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 18 yrs old | | Listed as the 48th dwelling: John B. Halley (head, age 60), Mary E. (wife, age 54), John M. (son, age 27, not-married), Lilly M. (daughter, age 19, not-married), Chester A. (son, age 17, not-married), Clarence E. (son, age 13). All were born in FL and state that their parents were also born in FL -- except John's father who was born in AL. John B. estimates the value of his home at $3, 500. John states his occupation as Merchant of wholesale groceries and his oldest son, John, is a salesman. |
| Census | 4/15/1930 | Marianna FL (Jackson County) | 19 yrs old | | Recorded as family #422: Lee Halley (head, age 24), Lilly Davis (sister, age 17), and Rex Davis (brother, age 27). Lee is divorced. Lilly and Rex are single. All were born in FL as were their parents. Lee and Lilly are working at waiters at the hotel and Rex is working in wholesale truck delivery. |
| Newspaper | 2/1/1951 | Panama City News Herald FL (Bay County) | 40 yrs old | | Caleb Halley of Blountstown Dies -- Caleb Wess Halley, 53, lifelong resident of Calhoun County, died in Archibald hospital, Thomasville, GA, after an illness of several weeks. Funeral services were to be held at the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Blountstown the following Friday. Includes full list of family members. |
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| 6 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
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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. |
| 46 |
1957 |
The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government. |
| 51 |
1962 |
The Seminole Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government. |
| 68 |
1979 |
The sovereign status of the Seminole Indian Tribe allows it to establish the first gambling establishment in FL. It is a bingo hall located on their Hollywood, FL reservation. |
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| 1 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 2 |
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 |
| 12 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 12 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 13 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 15 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 16 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 17 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
| 25 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
| 27 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
| 35 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
| 36 |
1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
| 40 |
1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
| 41 |
1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
| 46 |
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. |
| 49 |
1960 |
The ruby laser was created by Maiman |
| 51 |
1962 |
U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth |
| 54 |
1965 |
The first "space walk" was completed by the Soviet Union |
| 60 |
1971 |
The first unmanned spacecraft hit Mars and was launched by the Soviet Union |
| 63 |
1974 |
Discovery of "Lucy" in Africa, an almost complete hominid skeleton over 3 million years old, only 3 and a half feet tall but having adult teeth, a small brain, walked upright |
| 64 |
1975 |
Invention of the CAT scanner (computerized axial tomography) |
| 68 |
1979 |
First "test tube baby" from artificial insemination |
| 70 |
1981 |
AIDS is identified by scientist; The first reusable space shuttle, Columbia, is sent into space. |
| 75 |
1986 |
Moments after liftoff the space shuttle Challenger explodes, killing size astronauts and a New Hampshire teacher. |
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| 1 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 2 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
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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. |
| 8 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
| 27 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
| 28 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
| 30 |
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. |
| 39 |
1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
| 44 |
1955 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. |
| 49 |
1960 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public |
| 52 |
1963 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. |
| 58 |
1969 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In July, the U.S. becomes the first nation to land astronauts on the moon. Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to step on the lunar surface. |
| 59 |
1970 |
NEWS HEADLINES: U.S. forces invade Cambodia and the Vietnam War continues to escalate. Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix die of drug overdoses. Four Kent State University students are killed during a Vietnam War protest. |
| 66 |
1977 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Star Wars is released and becomes the biggest ticket selling movie of all time. |
| 73 |
1984 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first Macintosh computer with a mouse is launched and begins the computer age as it is shortly followed by the first PC and Microsoft. |
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1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 18 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 19 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 21 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
| 22 |
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! |
| 23 |
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. |
| 23 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
| 24 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
| 28 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
| 32 |
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. |
| 33 |
1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
| 34 |
1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
| 43 |
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. |
| 51 |
1962 |
The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba. |
| 55 |
1966 |
The Black Panther party is founded. |
| 56 |
1967 |
Martin Luther King leads an anti Vietnam protest in New York; The American Indian Movement is founded; Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King are assassinated; Three Apollo astronauts are killed in a fire on the launch pad. |
| 60 |
1971 |
Charles Manson is found guilt of murder. |
| 61 |
1972 |
Break-in at the Democratic headquarters sets of the Watergate Scandal. |
| 62 |
1973 |
The Vietnam War peace pacts were signed in Paris and the last of the American forces finally leave Vietnam. |
| 66 |
1977 |
Jimmy Carter, a Democrat from GA, is elected president. |
| 70 |
1981 |
Ronald Reagan is elected president. He will serve two terms. (Republican) |
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| 3 |
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. |
| 6 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 8 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 9 |
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. |
| 27 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
| 28 |
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. |
| 34 |
1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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Born on March 26, 1902 and died on April 21, 1991
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Mary Patricia Davis
Born in Blountstown, Florida on April 9, 1934 and died in Blountstown, Florida on April 9, 1934. This child was stillborn.
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Douglas Reginal Davis Jr.
Born in Blountstown, Florida on July 15, 1935 and died in Calhoun Co., Florida on November 7, 2009. He was 74 years old.
occupation: Pharmacist. 1st marriage 8/24/1956 to Joan Frances Parker (divorced) No Children. 3rd marriage 2/22/1992 in Okeechobee, FL to Shirley Faye Means (born 1/11/1963) No Children....
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