Genealogy for
Mary Jane Ward
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Mary Jane Ward
3/26/1838 - 3/21/1921
(Shown at age 76)
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Mary Jane Ward was born on March 26, 1838 in Geneva County, Alabama and died on March 21, 1921 in Geneva County, Alabama. She lived to be 83 years old.
She was called "Polly" | 
 | Census | 6/1/1840 | AL (Dale County) | 2 yrs old | page 31 -Line 17: The family of James Ward is described as consisting of one male under five-year-old, two between 5-9 yrs old, one between 10-14, two males between 15-19, and one male between 40-50 yrs old. Two females under 5 years old, one between 10-14, and one between 30-40 years old.
(possibly the brother of Tersey)Line 18: The family of J.L.B McCrone is recorded with two males under five-year-old, and one male between 20-30 yrs old, one female under five, one female between 20-30 years old..
Line 20: The family of Hugh Davis is recorded with one male under five-year-old, two between 5-9 yrs old, one between 10-14, two males between 15-19, and one male between 30-40 yrs old. one female between 10-14, one female between 15-20 and one between 30-40 years old. Hugh is the brother of Thomas Allen Davis. |
| Census | 10/24/1850 | AL (Dale County) | 12 yrs old | | family#145: James B. Ward (age 54, farmer, born in SC), Elizabeth (age 52, born in GA), William J. (20, farmer, born in AL), Benjamin F. (16, farmer, AL), Elizabeth (14, AL), Mary (12, AL), Monroe (5, AL), Ann Elliott (12, race is recorded as "b" [choices were white, black or Indian], born in AL). |
| Census | 8/31/1860 | AL (Dale County) | 22 yrs old | | family #1221: James M. Davis (age 27), wife Mary (age 22), Julia (2) and Jonas (5 mo.). James is a farmer and estimates the value of his estate to be $110 and personal at $342. He was born in GA, other in AL. |
| Census | 7/22/1870 | AL (Geneva County) | 32 yrs old | Recorded as family #229: James Davis (age 39), Moay (age 32), Julia (age 12), Jonas (age 10), James M. (age 8), John G. (age 7), Mealissee (age 5), Reacy (age 3), Allen (age 1). Everyone was born is AL except James who was born in GA. James states his occupation as farmer and estimates the value of his real estate to be $300 and personal estate $1, 063. Julia and Jonas attended school within the last year and Mary cannot read or write.
| Additional information about Geneva County, AL around 1870: Geneva County was created two years prior to this census on December 26, 1868 from Coffee, Dale, and Henry Counties. It is located near the Choctawhatchee River.. The Freedmen's Bureau, formed after the Civil War, managed this land until they were abolished in 1868 by the US Congress. They were committed to the supervision and management of all abandoned lands and the control of all subjects relating to refugees and freedmen. Members of this group harassed settlers by taking bribes and acquired lands they were to protect during the time leading up to their disbandment. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 4/22/1910 | Fadette AL (Geneva County) | 72 yrs old | | #93 -James M. Davis (79), Mary (72), daughter -Julia (52),daughter -Carrie (33), Step. daugher -Jessie (16),Step. son -Frank (12) & Step. daugher-Hattie(10). James was born in GA, as were his parents. Mary was born in AL, her parents in GA. all others in AL. James and Mary have bee married 54 years, they have 13 children, all are living. James is a farmer. |
| Census | 1/4/1920 | prcenct 4 AL (Geneva County) | 81 yrs old | | family # 139: Mary Davis (age 82),daughter- Julia (63)grandaughter-Jessie (25),grandson- Frank J. (22),grandaughter - Hattie M. (21), granddaughter - Odell (2). Mary is a farmer. Jessie, Frank & Hattie are farm laborers. All can read and write, but Odell. Mary states she was born in AL, her parents were born in GA. Julia was born in AL, all others born in FL. |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 3/21/1921 | Slocomb AL (Geneva County) | 83 yrs old | | Christian Home Church Cemetery - Mary WARD DAVIS - Mar. 26, 1838-Mar. 21, 1921
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| Other | 6/1/1955 | AL | 34 yrs after death | Copy of notarized document from Alabama State Archives verifying the photos of Mary Ward Davis, Elizabeth Rebecca Ward, and Susan Elizabeth Ward.  |
| Other | 2/29/1956 | AL (Geneva County) | 35 yrs after death | | Susan Davis Martin of Gevena County, Alabama, says she is 86 years of age. The attached two photographs are true pictures of her mother, Mary Ward Davis, the daughter of Elizabeth English Ward the Creek Indian and James B. Ward. She has had these pictures in her possession since the death of her mother Mary Ward Davis and she knows they are true pictures of her. |
| Other | 3/15/1956 | AL | 35 yrs after death | | I do state that it is a fact that Mary Susan Patterson Sain is the daughter of the late Daniel and Malissy Davis Patterson. Mary Susan Patterson Sain is the granddaughter of the late James M. & Mary Ward Davis. Mary Susan Patterson married Horace Greely Sain in Geneva Co. Alabama of which they raised a family of seven. There names are as follows: Mary Elizabeth, Theadore, Edna Mae, W.O. (only), Audry Cecil, Solera, and Louise. I have known the Davis and Patterson families for many, many years. |
| Other | 12/28/1956 | AL | 35 yrs after death | | Thomas Henry Peel, of Geneva County, Slocomb, Alabama, says he is 86 years old. He knew Elizabeth English Ward, widow of James B. Ward, and her two sons, John Jackson and Monroe Ward and her daughter, Mary Ward, who married James W. Davis. Elizabeth English Ward lived with her daughter, Mary Ward Davis in her later years and died there. He knew Elizabeth English Ward for several years and she was known by all to be a full blooded Creek Indian. James W. Davis was my nearest neighbor, lived only two miles away. He is
not related by blood or marriage to Elizabeth English Ward or any of her descendants. Nor is he related by blood or marriage to any of the Davis family. |
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1840 |
Alabama reports a total population of 590,756 on the 1940 Federal Census. This includes 335,185 whites, 255,571 blacks, 253,532 slaves, zero Native Americans, and others. |
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1850 |
State population=771,623.
The 1850 Federal Census reveals the
White population=426,514;
African-American population=345,109;
Slave population=342,844;
Free black population=2,265;
Urban population=35,179;
Rural population=736,444;
Cotton production in bales=564,429;
Corn production in bushels=28,754,048;
Number of manufacturing establishments=1,026. |
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1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
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1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
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1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
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1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
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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. |
| 41 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
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1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 57 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
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1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
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1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
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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. |
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1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
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1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 65 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
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1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
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1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
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1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 68 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 74 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
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1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
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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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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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1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
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1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
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1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
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1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 75 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 79 |
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. |
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1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
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1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
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1855 |
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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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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1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
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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. |
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1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
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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. |
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1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
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1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
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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. |
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Born on July 18, 1831 and died on December 28, 1918
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The Children of Mary Jane Ward
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56 years old
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Julia Davis
Born in Geneva County, Alabama on February 18, 1858 and died in Geneva County, Alabama on February 6, 1948. She was 90 years old.
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Jonas Clay Davis
Born in Geneva County, Alabama on April 15, 1860 and died in Geneva County, Alabama on July 11, 1943. He was 83 years old.
In 1885 he married Emma J. Davison (1864-1919), In 1924 he married Pearl Johns,Jackson(1881-1924).
Children:
Dora A. Davis
Viola C. Davis
Alvin C. Davis
Horace Greeley Davis Sr. (1/24/...
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James Monroe Davis Jr.
Born in Geneva County, Alabama on January 27, 1862 and died in Geneva County, Alabama on January 22, 1941. He was 79 years old.
Married about 1895 to Nettie Burns(2/18/1876 - 5/2/1940)....
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22 years old
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John Green Davis
Born in Geneva County, Alabama on May 12, 1863 and died in Sopchoppy, Florida on October 25, 1948. He was 85 years old.
He is buried at Grimes Cemetery in Sopchoppy, Wakulla Co., FL.
Three of his children -- Frank, Jessie and Hattie -- can be seen in The Davis Family Photo<...
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50 years old
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Malissa (Malissy) Davis
Born in Dale County, Alabama on July 4, 1865 and died in Geneva County, Alabama on May 24, 1926. She was 60 years old.
Also went by Lissie....
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Reece Davis
Born somewhere in Alabama on March 28, 1867 and died in Liberty Co., Florida on November 3, 1914. He was 47 years old.
On Aug.1, 1901 he married Elvira "Elvy" Trice in Wakulla Co. FL. Their children were Jeff (8/1/1903 -5/3/1984),George Washington (1907), Mable 2/23/1912 -8/9/1915) & Reece (abt. 1914). ...
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Allen Thomas Davis
Born in Gevena County, Alabama on March 26, 1869 and died in Geneva County, Alabama on December 24, 1943. He was 74 years old.
He married Amanda Elizabeth 'Lize' Davison(born 3/1872 -1916) in about 1894. Later he married on 8/3/1916 to Jessie L. Harrison (3/23/1987 - 1/20/1976).
His children were
Ernest Albert Davis(1...
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24 years old
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Nicie Davis
Born in Geneva County, Alabama on February 23, 1871 and died in Geneva County, Alabama on March 4, 1934. She was 63 years old.
Married about 1889 to George H. Peel.
Children:
Gladis
Julian
Fred
Leon
Haskell
Hershel
Gracie
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27 years old
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Susan Davis
Born in Geneva County, Alabama on April 27, 1873 and died in Slocomb, Geneva County, Alabama on November 15, 1973. She was 100 years old.
Susan and Tim had two children: Josephine Elise Martin (1899) and Carrie Martin (3/4/1902 to 8/2/1902).
Burial at Christain Home Cemetary, Geneva County, AL. ...
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Elizabeth "Betsy" Davis
Born in Geneva County, Alabama on April 24, 1875 and died in Geneva County, Alabama on November 30, 1918. She was 43 years old.
Married Jonah H. McCallister...
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58 years old
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Carrie Davis
Born in Geneva County, Alabama on November 25, 1876 and died in Geneva County, Alabama about 1940. She was about 63 years old.
Married 1/7/1912 to H. M. Boyett. ...
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Joseph Davis
Born in Geneva County, Alabama on December 3, 1878 and died in Geneva County, Alabama on December 10, 1923. He was 45 years old.
Married 12/9/1905 to Margie King (born 1889 in GA....
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Jasper Davis
Born in Geneva County, Alabama on November 19, 1880 and died in an unknown location on August 20, 1965. He was 84 years old.
He had three children: Cora Lee, Lena and Jasper Jr. (Jasper Jr. died as an infant 3/12/1917 to 10/8/1917 ). ...
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