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Jasper Kinchen Musgrove Jr.
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Jasper Kinchen Musgrove Jr.
9/2/1896 - 4/1/1962
(Shown at age 57)
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Jasper Kinchen Musgrove, Jr., was born on September 2, 1896 in Altha, Florida and died on April 1, 1962 in Calhoun County, Florida. He lived to be 65 years old.
Parents were Jasper and Johnana Musgrove and he had two brothers, Charlie and John, and two sisters, Mary and Georgian.
Occupations: Law Enforcement, Educator and School Teacher in Levy, Jackson and Calhoun Counties. Served in the Army Infantry in WWI. In 1924 he was elected to the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and served for three terms. In 1939 he was elected Sheriff for four terms. He also served as County Tax Assessor for four terms. In WWII he did construction work at Tyndall Air Force Base and at Panama City Shipyard on "Liberty Ships".
Second marriage to Lois Virginia Kelly in 1930. After Kitchen's death in 1962, Lois married Ross Cox and lived in Chipley, Fl. | 
 | Census | 6/1/1900 | Boards Head FL (Calhoun County) | 3 yrs old | Recorded as dwelling #657: Jasper Musgrove (birth Aug. 1844, age 55),
Johnanna Musgrove (Sep 1859, age 40),
Georgeann (Mar. 1887, 13),
Charles (Feb 1890, 10), and
Keutchen (Mar 1894, 6). Jasper and Johnanna have been married 25 years, they have 8 children, 5 or living. All were born in FL, as were their parents. Jasper is a farmer. All can read and write except Keutchen (Kinchen).
| 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 | 4/21/1910 | Altha FL (Calhoun County) | 13 yrs old | | Jasper Musgrove (age 64),
Johnanna Musgrove (age 53),
Kinchen Musgrove (15), and
border,Mary Anne Butler (35). Jasper and Johnanna have been married 36 years, they have 7 children, 5 are living. Jasper was born in GA, as were his parents. All other born in FL. Johnanna mother was born in FL and father in GA. Jasper is a farmer, Johnanna keeps house, Kinchen works on farm and Mary is a servant. Jasper can read, but not write, Johnanna and Mary can not read or write, Kinchen can read and write. |
| Military | 6/5/1917 | FL (Calhoun County) | 20 yrs old | | World War I Draft Registration Card for Jasper Kinchen Musgrove says he was born 9/2/1894 in Altha, Fl. His occupation is recorded as "teaching" and he is employed by the Board of Calhoun County. He is single, has brown hair, grey eyes and writes "tall" for his height. |
| Census | 1/15/1920 | Altha FL (Calhoun County) | 23 yrs old | | 189, 192 -Jasper K. Musgrove (age 80), Johnanna Musgrove (age 68), Jasper K. Musgrove Jr.(25), (daughter)Georgie Stephens (32)& (grandaughter) Henrietta Stephens (7). They oun thier home. Jasper and Johnanna were born in GA, as were their parents. All other born in FL. Jasper is a farmer, Johnanna keeps house,Jasper Jr. and Georgie are teachers. |
| Census | 4/15/1930 | FL (Calhoun County) | 33 yrs old | | Recorded as family #75: Kinchen J. Musgrove (age 34), Elizabeth (daughter, age 8), Henrietta Stephens (niece, age 17) and Emily Barton (servant, age 60). Kinchen was born in Florida (father in GA and mother in FL), Elizabeth and Henrietta and their parents were born in FL. Kinchen is the Superintendent of a public school and estimates the value of his home to be $1, 500. Kinchen is a widow. |
| Census | 1/1/1945 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 48 yrs old | | Recorded on page 19, line 44: J.K. Musgrove (age 48),
Lois Musgrove (age 33), and Johnnie O. (age 13).
All were born in FL, Kinchen is a tax assessor and Lois is a teacher. Jasper has a Jr. High education, Lois a High School, and Johnnie a 7th grade. |
| Death Certificate | 4/1/1962 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 65 yrs old | | Jasper Kinchon Musgrove - Date of death: 4/1962, county: Calhoun, state: Florida, race: white, gender: male |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 4/13/1962 | Pine Memorial FL (Calhoun County) | 65 yrs old | Jasper Kinchen MUSGROVE
(Sept. 2, 1896 -
April 12, 1962)
Florida
PVT US Army WW I
Mason
Lois KELLEY MUSGROVE
(May 17, 1912
- Oct. 28 2000) |
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Jasper, his family, and friends. For example, Jasper is 13 years old when The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
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| 10 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
| 21 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
| 32 |
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. |
| 61 |
1957 |
The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government. |
| 66 |
1962 |
The Seminole Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government. |
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| 1 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 4 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 4 |
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. |
| 5 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 6 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 7 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 8 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 10 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 10 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 10 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 16 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 17 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 18 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 27 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 27 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 28 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 30 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 31 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 32 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
| 40 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
| 42 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
| 50 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
| 51 |
1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
| 55 |
1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
| 56 |
1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
| 61 |
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. |
| 64 |
1960 |
The ruby laser was created by Maiman |
| 66 |
1962 |
U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth |
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| 12 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 16 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 17 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 21 |
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. |
| 23 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
| 42 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
| 43 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
| 45 |
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. |
| 54 |
1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
| 59 |
1955 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. |
| 64 |
1960 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public |
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| 13 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 14 |
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. |
| 31 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 33 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 34 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 36 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
| 37 |
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! |
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1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
| 38 |
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. |
| 39 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
| 43 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
| 47 |
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. |
| 48 |
1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
| 49 |
1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
| 58 |
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. |
| 66 |
1962 |
The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba. |
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| 13 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 18 |
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. |
| 21 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 23 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 24 |
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. |
| 42 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
| 43 |
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. |
| 49 |
1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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 Sheriff Jasper Kinchin Musgrove
 Jasper Kinchin Musgrove
 Calhoun County Sheriff Office |
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Marriages
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 | Lula Grant
Born on an unknown day in February 1900 and died on July 27, 1929.
They were married 10/14/1920.
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The Children of Jasper Kinchen Musgrove Jr.
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Estelle Elizabeth Musgrove
Born in Blountstown, Calhoun County, Florida on September 6, 1921 and died in Panama City, Bay County, Florida on July 4, 1992. She was 70 years old.
Married (7/25/1938) to Erby Millard Nixon (9/4/1909 Whiton, AL -3/24/2010 Panama City,FL)
Children: Millard Grant Nixon....
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