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Benjamin Franklin Wood
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Benjamin Franklin Wood
1/2/1892 - 8/8/1929
(Shown at age 43)
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Benjamin Franklin Wood was born on January 2, 1892 in Calhoun County, Florida and died on August 8, 1929 in Saint George, Charlton County, Georgia. He lived to be 37 years old.
He was called Frank | 
 | Census | 6/21/1900 | Bristol FL (Liberty County) | 8 yrs old | | Recorded as dwelling #407 and family #408: Fannie C. Wood (age 32, born Sep. 1867),
Charles R. Wood (age 10, born Apr. 1890) and
Benjamin Wood (age 8, born Jan. 1892). Fannie is a widow, she had 3 children 2 are living, she works as a seamstress. All were born in FL as were their parents. Her sons attended school for 4 months that year. Fannie & Charles can read and write. |
| Census | 4/23/1910 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun Co. County) | 18 yrs old | | Recorded as dwelling #32: J. W. Pope (age 57),
Fennie Pope (age 43),
Charley Pope (20) &
Frank Pope (18). J.W. & Fannie have been married 9 years and have 2 children. J.W. is a farmer. All were born in FL. |
| Military | 1/1/1918 | FL (Calhoun County) | 26 yrs old | | Name: Benjamin Franklin Wood,
County: Calhoun,
State: Florida,
Birthplace: Blountstown, Florida, United States of America,
Birth Date: Jan. 2,1892,
Occupation: farmer, Race: Caucasian (White), Married or single: Single, Build: medium, Eye color: blue , Hair color: Black |
| Military | 5/17/1918 | FL (Calhoun County) | 26 yrs old | | Name: Benjamin Franklin Wood,
Gender: Male,
Entrainment Date: May 17, 1918,
Military Camp: Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Ind,
Residence Year: Abt 1918,
Local Board: Calhoun, Florida,
Box Number: 02 |
| Death Certificate | 8/8/1929 | Saint George GA (Charlton County) | 37 yrs old | Benjamin Franklin wood, born 1/2/1892 in FL, died on August 8, 1927 in Saitn George, Charlton County, GA. His parents were William Monroe Wood and Fannie Caroline Edwards. He was married to Mary Lee Wood.  |
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| 14 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
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1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
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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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| 13 |
1905 |
Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed. |
| 20 |
1912 |
Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed. |
| 22 |
1914 |
Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed. |
| 25 |
1917 |
Atkinson and Treutlen Counties are formed. |
| 28 |
1920 |
Seminole, Lanier, Brantley, Long, and Lamar Counties are formed. |
| 32 |
1924 |
Peach County is formed. |
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| 3 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 5 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 8 |
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. |
| 8 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 9 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 10 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 11 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 12 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 14 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 14 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 14 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 20 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 21 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 22 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 31 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 31 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 32 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 34 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 35 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 36 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
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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. |
| 21 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 25 |
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. |
| 35 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 37 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
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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 |
| 22 |
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. |
| 25 |
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. |
| 28 |
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 January 16, 1902 and died on October 18, 1995
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Benjamin Franklin Wood Jr.
Born in Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia on April 5, 1924 and died in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida on March 28, 2010. He was 86 years old.
He married Elizabeth "Beth" A. _______ (12/7/1923 - 8/13/2013)....
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