Genealogy for
John Walter Davis
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John Walter Davis
3/18/1849 - 1/10/1940
(Shown at age 41)
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John Walter Davis was born on March 18, 1849 in Jackson Co., Florida and died on January 10, 1940 in Jackson Co., Florida. He lived to be 90 years old.
He was a Farmer.
Children:
Minnie Lee DAVIS (5/22/1873)
Charles Trip DAVIS(11/02/1875),
Cincinnatti C. DAVIS(10/04/1877),
Joseph Travis DAVIS(11/13/1879),
Dora Dean DAVIS (7/23/1880),
Mary Jane DAVIS (8/29/1883),
Walter Felix DAVIS (9/20/1886),
Hattie Barbara DAVIS (4/13/1888),
Laura Belle DAVIS (9/18/1889),
Pearl Eugenia DAVIS (7/20/1891),
Rosa Lee DAVIS (9/15/1893),
Maude Ethel Naomi DAVIS (8/27/1895),
Pallie Luella DAVIS (8/16/1897)
all children born in Jackson Co. FL
Leslie Cox told us she remembers her father telling stories that his father, John Walter Davis, had from his childhood. He told about one of the slaves who would put him up on his shoulders and then run through the woods with him, leaping over fences. | 
 | Census | 7/11/1870 | Marianna FL (Jackson County) | 21 yrs old | Family# 376 : Joseph Davis (age 54) born in MS occupation Farmer ,Susan (33) born in GA, at Home; John W. (21) Farm labor ; Joseph C. (9) at home; Jefferson (8) at home; Mary (6) at home; Martha (4) at home; Aly (3) at home; Henry J. (6mo.) at home. All children born in FL. Joesph states the value of his estate is $100. He can read, can not write.
| Additional information about Jackson County, FL around 1870: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 7/27/1880 | Precinct 6 FL (Jackson County) | 31 yrs old | John W. Davis (age 31),Lucinda Davis (25),Minnie L. Davis (6 ),Charles Davis (4),Cincinatti Davis (2),Joseph Davis (7Mo.). John states occupation as a Miller. Lucinda keeps house. They state all born in FL. John's father was born in MS & his mother in GA. Lucinda parents both born in NC.
| Additional information about Jackson County, FL around 1880: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 6/13/1900 | precent 6 FL (Jackson County) | 51 yrs old | John W Davis (age 53)1847, L S Davis(43-1857), M L Davis(27-1873), Joe Davis(20-1879), Dora Davis(18-1881), Mary Davis(17-1883), Felix Davis(13-1886), Hattie Davis(11-1888), Laura B Davis(9-1890), Pearl Davis(8-1892), Lee Davis(5-1894), Maude Davis(3-1896), Pallie Davis(2-1897). John was born in FL, parents in MS & NC. Wife, L S (Lucinda) was born in FL, parents born in NC & SC. All children born in FL. John occupation is a farmer. His daughter, M L (Minnie) is a school teacher.
| Additional information about Jackson County, FL around 1900: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 1/13/1920 | precent 6 FL (Jackson County) | 70 yrs old | | Family #150: John W Davis (age70), occupation General farming; wife- Lucindy Davis (65),daughter- Pearl E. Davis (27)occupation School teacher; cousin- Abbie L. Douglas (64). John states he can read & write, he owns his home. They were all born in FL as well as there parents.
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| Census | 4/18/1930 | precent 6 FL (Jackson County) | 81 yrs old | | family # 221: John W Davis (age 81)born in FL, wife Lucindy Davis (age 75)born in FL. He states they live on a farm. Teir ages at the time they were married, he was 26 & she was 20. States he is a farmer.
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| Graveyard/Tombstone | 1/10/1940 | Marianna FL (Jackson County) | 90 yrs old | John W. Davis, born 18 Mar 1849 died 10 Jan 1940. (next to wife)
Marvin Chapel Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery, Marianna, FL
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John Davis's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of
John, his family, and friends. For example, John is 6 years old when Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
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| 1 |
1850 |
Florida's total population has grown to 87,445. This includes about 39,000 slaves and 1,000 free blacks. Indians were not counted. |
| 6 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins and war breaks out with most of the battles occurring in Central Florida. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 12 |
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. |
| 15 |
1864 |
Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back |
| 16 |
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. |
| 16 |
1865 |
Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory. |
| 21 |
1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
| 33 |
1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
| 34 |
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. |
| 35 |
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. |
| 57 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
| 68 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
| 79 |
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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| 4 |
1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
| 7 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
| 10 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
| 16 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
| 20 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 28 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 30 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 40 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 46 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 48 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 51 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 51 |
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. |
| 52 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 53 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 54 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 55 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 57 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 57 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 57 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 63 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 64 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 65 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 74 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 74 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 75 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 77 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 78 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 79 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
| 87 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
| 89 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 12 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
| 13 |
1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 33 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 36 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 59 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 63 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 64 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 68 |
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. |
| 70 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
| 89 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
| 90 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
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| 6 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 11 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
| 13 |
1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 14 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
| 16 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
| 19 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
| 26 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 27 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 60 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 61 |
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. |
| 78 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 80 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 81 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 83 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
| 84 |
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! |
| 85 |
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. |
| 85 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
| 86 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
| 90 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
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| 60 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 65 |
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. |
| 68 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 70 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 71 |
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. |
| 89 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
| 90 |
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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 | Lucinda Pelt
Born on May 25, 1855 and died on May 11, 1950.
They were married 3/7/1872.
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The Children of John Walter Davis
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24 years old
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Walter Felix Davis
Born somewhere in Florida on September 20, 1886 and died somewhere in Florida on August 17, 1978. He was 91 years old.
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