Genealogy for
David Sylvester Coxwell
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David Sylvester Coxwell
1/26/1920 - 3/1/1943
(Shown at age 18)
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David Sylvester Coxwell was born on January 26, 1920 in Blountstown, Florida and died on March 1, 1943 in Dothan, Alabama. He lived to be 23 years old.
Burial at Boggs Cemetery in Blountstown, FL. | 
 | Marriage | 9/28/1939 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 19 yrs old | | Name: Ruby Kate Daniels,
Gender: Female,
Marriage Date: 28 Sep 1939,
Marriage Place: Florida,
Spouse: Sylvester Coxwell,
Film Number: 002115735, volume: 508,
Certificate: 18721 |
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| 8 |
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. |
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| 3 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 3 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 4 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 6 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 7 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 8 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
| 16 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
| 18 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
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| 18 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
| 19 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
| 21 |
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. |
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| 7 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 9 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 10 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 12 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
| 13 |
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! |
| 14 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
| 14 |
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. |
| 15 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
| 19 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
| 23 |
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. |
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| 18 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
| 19 |
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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 | Ruby Daniels
Born on August 7, 1923 and died on September 1, 1981
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