Genealogy for
Rhoda Eleanor Parish
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Rhoda Eleanor Parish
11/12/1857 - 2/7/1879
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Rhoda Eleanor Parish was born on November 12, 1857 in Blountstown, Florida and died on February 7, 1879 in Blountstown, Florida. She lived to be 21 years old.
Married about 1874 in Blountstown, FL. Died the day her daughter, Annie Laura, was born (in child birth ? ) | 
 | Census | 7/25/1860 | West Wynnton Bend FL (Calhoun County) | 2 yrs old | Listed as dwelling #127, family #128: Thomas Parish (age 48), Mary (age 35), Julia (18), John (13), Thomas (11), Matilda (9), James (8), Charlotte (7), Elizabeth (6), Eleanor (5), Flora (3), Mary (1) and Henry Monsford (laborer, age 30). Thomas was born in Georgia, estimates the value of his property to be $600 and his occupation is farming. Mary, his wife, was born in North Carolina. The children between 8 and 18 have been attending school and all were born in Florida.
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| Graveyard/Tombstone | 2/7/1879 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 21 yrs old | Nettle Ridge Cemetery Plot 109: RHODA E PEACOCK, born 11-12-1857 and died 2-7-1879.  |
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Rhoda, her family, and friends. For example, Rhoda is 3 years old when Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
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1861 |
No Floridian's voted for Lincoln during the 1860 election. On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the U.S. and joined the Confederate States of America a few weeks later. |
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1864 |
Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back |
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1865 |
Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory. |
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1865 |
May 10th -- Union troops occupy Tallahassee. While Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi River that had not been captured, Union troops occupy the capitol following the surrender of the major Confederate armies in the east. |
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1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
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1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
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1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
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1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
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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. |
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1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
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1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
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1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
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1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
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1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
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1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
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1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
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1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
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1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
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 | John Peacock
Born on December 13, 1843 and died on December 31, 1925.
They were married 1/1/1874.
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The Children of Rhoda Eleanor Parish
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77 years old
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Mary Elizabeth Peacock
Born in Blountstown, Florida on May 17, 1875 and died in Blountstown, Florida on December 23, 1957. She was 82 years old.
About 1903 they lived in a home at the present day corner of Angle and Main St. In about 1908 they moved west of town in the area of present day Hummingbird Way. The homestead was originally own by Jo...
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71 years old
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Rhoda 'Rosa' Eleanor Peacock
Born in Blountstown, Florida on June 8, 1877 and died in Blountstown, Florida on August 27, 1957. She was 80 years old.
She was called Rosa. Married Samuel "Sam" Haley Montford (7/6/1873 to 2/14/1931). They had twelve children, some died young.
Children:
Dora
May
Flossie
Pearl married Thad Richards |
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69 years old
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Annie Laura Peacock
Born in Blountstown, Calhoun County, Florida on February 7, 1879 and died in Blountstown, Calhoun County, Florida on July 16, 1960. She was 81 years old.
She married on 7/22/1894 to Thomas Edgar "Tom" Montford (2/8/1876 to 2/24/1929). They had twelve children, some died young.
Children:
William Wesley (1897-1953)-married Mae Whiddon
Jessie...
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