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Pierce Franklin Halley
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Pierce Franklin Halley 6/1/1874 - 10/24/1940 (Shown at age 65)
| Pierce Franklin Halley was born on June 1, 1874 in Blountstown, Florida and died on October 24, 1940 in Blountstown, Florida. He lived to be 66 years old.
Married on (9/7/1893) to Mary Elinder Parish (3/19/1872 to 8/5/1971). Children: Ada P. (1/14/1895), William Edgar 9/13/1901-2/13/1938)& Nathaniel ( ).
He served in WWI and county commissioner. Burial at Nettle Ridge Cemetery in Blountstown, FL. |
| Census | 6/12/1880 | Abe Springs FL (Calhoun County) | 6 yrs old | Starting on line 1: Caleb Holley (age 45, born in AL and both parents in NC), Mary (age 36, wife, she and parents were born in GA), Nancy (age 15, daughter), John (age 12, son), Mary (age 8, daughter), Pierce (age 6, son), Susan (age 4, daughter), Gadsden (age 2, son), Cehas (age 1 month, son). All of the children report that they were born in FL, father in AL, mother in GA. Mary (wife) and the younger children indicate they cannot read or write.
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 | 6/1/1885 | FL (Calhoun County) | 11 yrs old | Florida State Census, Dwelling Number 153/Family #169: Caleb Halley (age 52), Mary (age 35), Jno (age 16), Nancy (age 19), Porlier (age 15), Price (age 13), Susan (age 10), Gaddis (age 9), Charlie (age 7), and Emma (age 3). Caleb is a farmer and says he was born in Alabama and the birth place of both parents is unknown. Mary was born in Florida and both parents in GA. All of the children were born in FL.
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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| Marriage | 9/7/1893 | FL (Calhoun County) | 19 yrs old | On page #235 - Pearce Franklin Halley married Mary E. Parish on Sep 7, 1893
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| Census | 6/27/1900 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 26 yrs old | Listed as family #242: Pearce Halley (age 26, born May 1874), Mary (wife, age 27, born May 1873), Aela (daughter, age 3, born Dec. 1896) Pearce and Mary have been married for seven years and Mary has given birth to four children -- only one is still living. All were born in FL and so were their parents. Pearce is a farm laborer and both adults can read, write and speak English.
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 | 4/18/1910 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 35 yrs old | Recorded as family #74: P. F. Halley (age 35), Mary (wife, age 38), Ada (daughter, age 14), Edgar (son, age 8), Nathaniel (son, age 5) and C. S. O'Bryan (hand, white, age 21, single). Mary has given birth to six children and three are still living. All were born in FL as were their parents. P. F. is a market man working in a beef market. All, except the two youngest children, can read and write. Ada and Edgar have been attending school. |
| Marriage | 9/11/1918 | FL (Calhoun County) | 44 yrs old | WWI Draft Registration Card #7441: Pierce Franklin Halley, born June 1st and is 44 years old, states his present occupation as county commission of state for mining. His nearest relative is Mary E. Halley. He is of medium height, stout build and the color of ___ is brown. |
| Census | 1/17/1920 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 45 yrs old | dweling#144, family #199: Pierce R. Halley (age 46), Mary (wife, age 48), Ada (daughter, age 24), Edgar (son, age 18), Nathinael (son, age 15). All can read and write, but Edgar and Nathinael have not been attending school. All were born in FL. Pierce and Mary say their father was born in FL and mother in GA. Pierce is a farmer working his own farm. Edgar is working as a laborer on the family farm. |
| Census | 4/4/1930 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 55 yrs old | Listed as family #83: Pierce F. Halley (age 56), Mary E. (wife, age 58) and Ada C. (daughter, age 32). Pierce was 20 and Mary was 22 years old when they were first married. All can read and write and none have attended school. Ada is single. All were born in FL and so were their parents. Pierce estimates the value of his home to be $1, 000 and they do not live on a farm. Pierce is a proprietor working in a bottling plant and he is not a veteran. Ada is a teacher working in the public school. Pierce's brother, Joseph and his family are the next family listed on the census. |
| Death Certificate | 10/24/1940 | FL (Calhoun County) | 66 yrs old | Florida Death Index: Pieree Franklin Holley died in 1940 in Calhoun County, FL. |
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Pierce, his family, and friends. For example, Pierce is 1 years old when Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
Age | Date | Event |
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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. |
32 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
43 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
54 |
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. |
Age | Date | Event |
3 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
5 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
15 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
21 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
23 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
26 |
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. |
26 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
27 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
28 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
29 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
30 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
32 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
32 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
32 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
38 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
39 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
40 |
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" |
49 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
50 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
52 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
53 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
54 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
62 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
64 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
Age | Date | Event |
8 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
11 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
34 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
38 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
39 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
43 |
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. |
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1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
64 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
65 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
Age | Date | Event |
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1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
2 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
35 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
36 |
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. |
53 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
55 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
56 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
58 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
59 |
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! |
60 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
60 |
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. |
61 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
65 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
Age | Date | Event |
35 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
40 |
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. |
43 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
45 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
46 |
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. |
64 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
65 |
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. |
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| Mary Parrish Born on March 19, 1872 and died on August 5, 1971. They were married 9/7/1893.
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The Children of Pierce Franklin Halley
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Ada Perlina Halley Born in Calhoun Co., Florida on January 14, 1895 and died in Calhoun Co., Florida on December 14, 1991. She was 96 years old.
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