Genealogy for
Alexander Washington Smith Jr.
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Alexander Washington Smith Jr.
12/25/1884 - 11/1/1926
(Shown at age 26)
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Alexander Washington Smith, Jr., was born on December 25, 1884 in Calhoun County, Georgia and died on November 1, 1926 in Milford, Baker County, Georgia. He lived to be 41 years old.
Children:
- Curtis Smith
- Phill Washington Smith (1912-1985)
- Lula Virginia Smith (1913-1925)
- Lila Gertrude Smith (1916 -2010)
- Ruby Lee Smith (1919-2017)
- Ammie Lee Smith (1920 -2018)
- Catherine Odell Smith (1923)
- Annie Maude Smith (1925)
- Jessie Ruth Smith (1927)
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 | Census | 6/6/1900 | Leary GA (Calhoun County) | 15 yrs old | | Recorded as family #143: Aleck W Smith (born Feb 1883, age 57, widdowed), Aleck W Smith (son, born Sep 1889, age 10), and Clarsey Scott (cook, born May 1860, age 40). Aleck Jr. has been attending school during the past year. Clarsey is a black woman and the housekeeper. All were born in GA as were their parents.
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| Other | 3/6/1906 | GA (Calhoun County) | 21 yrs old | | Harper Daniell the administrator of Alexander W. Smith Sr.’s will, grants half the parcel of land to Alex W. Smith Jr. the and half to George Smith. The 198 acres of land is located in the 3rd district and has the lot numbers of 174 and 175.
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| Land Deed | 11/30/1906 | GA (Calhoun County) | 21 yrs old | | On Nov. 30,1906 George W. Smith sells his parcel of land to Alex W. Smith Jr. for $1.00.
The 198 acres of land is located in the 3rd district and has the lot numbers of 174 and 175.
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| Other | 6/24/1911 | GA (Calhoun County) | 26 yrs old | | Alex W. Smith appoints Harper Daniell as his lawful attorney.
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| Land Deed | 7/10/1911 | GA (Calhoun County) | 26 yrs old | | Alex W. Smith sells land to John R. Mercer for $3000. This 198 acre parcel of land is located on lot number 174 and 175 in the 3rd district.
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| Military | 6/5/1917 | GA (Baker County) | 32 yrs old | | Alex W. Smith - W W I Draft Registration -
born: 12/25/1887-born in Leary Co. GA
-lives in Milford, Baker Co. GA
-Race: White - married with three children - build: short & slender- Eye color: Gray - hair color: dark -
cert. # 1556958
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| Census | 1/29/1920 | Millford, Militia District 957 GA (Baker County) | 35 yrs old | | dwelling#261, household#262 - Elick (Alex) W. Smith (age33),
Mattie Smith (28),
Phil W. Smith (7),
Lula Smith (6 3mo.)
Girtrud Smith (3 3mo.)
Ruby L. Smith (10 mo.). They rent their house. All born in GA. Elick is a farmer. Elick & Mattie can read & write.
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| Death Certificate | 1/11/1926 | Milford GA (Baker County) | 41 yrs old | | Alex W. Smith -Birth Date: 12/25/1884 , Age at Death: 38 years 11 months, City of Death: Milford ,County of Death: Baker, Date of Death:1/11/1926, Year of Death: 1926 , Father's Name: Alex Smith, First Name: Alex W., Last Name: Smith ,Race: Caucasian,Certificate Number: 28877, Sex: Male ,Spouse's Name: Mattie Smith, - Georgia Archives Digital Collection Georgia |
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Alexander, his family, and friends. For example, Alexander is 25 years old when The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
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1905 |
Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed. |
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1912 |
Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed. |
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1914 |
Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed. |
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1917 |
Atkinson and Treutlen Counties are formed. |
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1920 |
Seminole, Lanier, Brantley, Long, and Lamar Counties are formed. |
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1924 |
Peach County is formed. |
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1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
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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. |
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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 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
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1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
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1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
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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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1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
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1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
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1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
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1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
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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. |
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1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
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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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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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 | Mattie Howard
Born on June 11, 1894 and died on September 15, 1971
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The Children of Alexander Washington Smith Jr.
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Phill Washington Smith
Born in Baker County, Georgia on July 9, 1912 and died in Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia on June 2, 1985. He was 72 years old.
He worked for Duke Motor Co. as a auto body repairman.
Children:
Phill Smith Jr.
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Lula Virginia Smith
Born in Arlington, Georgia on November 30, 1913 and died in Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia on July 29, 1925. She was 11 years old.
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Lila Gertrude Smith
Born in Calhoun County, Georgia on September 14, 1916 and died in Muscogee County, Georgia on October 1, 2010. She was 94 years old.
She married Barney Lee Jackson (9/16/1916 -8/7/1972)
Children
Linda Kay
Flora ...
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Ruby Lee Smith
Born in Morgan, Calhoun County, Georgia on February 4, 1919 and died in Morgan, Calhoun County, Georgia on January 21, 2017. She was 98 years old.
Children:
Shirley Drinkwater (1936)
Patricia Ann Drinkwater (1942)
Montez Drinkwater (1945)
Willie Dean Drinkwater (1951-1991) ...
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Ammie Lee Smith
Born in Baker County, Georgia on October 24, 1920 and died in Cuthbert, Randolph County, Georgia on December 11, 2018. She was about 98 years old.
She married William H. Turner(1/6/1919 - 7/23/1969).
Children
Derrell M. Turner(10/21/1939-1/31/2012)
Anthony Turner
From her Obit -“Miss Ammie” or sometimes “Miss Lee” as she was...
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87 years old
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Catherine Odell Smith
Born in Calhoun County, Georgia on March 7, 1923 and died in Randolph County, Georgia on February 20, 2023. She was 100 years old.
She married Falcom Orlean Turner (8/6/1921 -1/23/1991). He was the son of Claude Turner
and Annie M. Drinkwater. Odell and Falcom's children:
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Annie Maude Smith
Born in Calhoun County, Georgia on December 21, 1925 and died in Cuthbert, Randolph County, Georgia on May 16, 2019. She was 93 years old.
She married Roscoe Paul (1/18/1923 - 7/13/1994)...
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83 years old
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Jessie Ruth Smith
Born in Calhoun County, Georgia about 1927 and died in Miller County, Georgia on May 2, 2023. She was 96 years old.
She was called "Dot" . She married Hershell Milner....
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