Genealogy for
James Alfred Willis
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James Alfred Willis
10/1866 - 6/25/1928
(Shown at age 39)
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James Alfred Willis was born on an unknown day in October 1866 somewhere in Georgia and died on June 25, 1928 in Jackson County, Florida. He lived to be 61 years old.
He married Martha Bula (Buelah) Davis (3/31/1874 - 8/24/1910)
Children:
Jesse Willis
Flossy Willis
Dail Willis
Ellie Willis
Andrew Willis
Lester Willis
Thelma Willis
Roy Willis
Elulice Willis
Infant Willis (8/23/1910-10/12/1910) | 
 | Census | 8/3/1870 | Ochlocknee GA (Thomas County) | 3 yrs old | | 156-
Jackson Willis (age 28),
Florida Willis (27),
James A. Willis (3),
Thomas E. Willis (2). All were born in GA, except Jackson in FL. Jackson is a farmer and Florida keeps house.
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| Census | 6/22/1900 | Precinct 2 FL (Jackson County) | 33 yrs old | s:
294 - James A. Willis (age 33 -10/1866)
Bula Willis (24 -5/1876),
Jessie Willis (10 -7/1896),
Flossie Willis (9 -6/1898),
Doyl Willis (7 -3/1893),
Ellen Willis (5 -1/1895),
George A. Willis (1 -12/1899). Bula and James Married Year: 1888
Years Married: 12. James is farmer. Flossie, Ellen and George were born in FL, all others in GA. James parent were born in GA.
| Additional information about Jackson County, FL around 1900: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 5/28/1910 | Pippin Mill FL (Calhoun County) | 43 yrs old | | 149 - James Willis (age 48),
Bulah Willis (38),
Jesse Willis (22),
Flossy Willis (20),
Dail Willis (18),
Ellie Willis (16),
Andrew Willis (14),
Lester Willis (10),
Thelma Willis (8),
Roy Willis (6),
Elulice Willis (2) . James is a Operator of a
Turpentine Still. All born in GA, except Andrew,Lester,Thlma, Roy and Elulice. James and Bulah have been married 24 years, they have had 10 children, 7 are living. |
| Death Certificate | 6/25/1928 | FL (Jackson County) | 61 yrs old | | Name: James Alfred Willis,
Gender: Male,
Race: White,
Death Date: 1928,
Death Place: Jackson, Florida |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 6/25/1928 | FL (Calhoun County) | 61 yrs old | | Name: James Alfred Willis,
Birth Date: 1866,
Death Date: 1928,
Cemetery: Mount Olive Cemetery,
Burial Place: Altha, Calhoun County |
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James, his family, and friends. For example, James is 2 years old when An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees.
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| 4 |
1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
| 16 |
1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
| 17 |
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. |
| 18 |
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. |
| 40 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
| 51 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
| 62 |
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 |
1870 |
Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed. |
| 9 |
1875 |
Oconee County formed. |
| 39 |
1905 |
Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed. |
| 46 |
1912 |
Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed. |
| 48 |
1914 |
Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed. |
| 51 |
1917 |
Atkinson and Treutlen Counties are formed. |
| 54 |
1920 |
Seminole, Lanier, Brantley, Long, and Lamar Counties are formed. |
| 58 |
1924 |
Peach County is formed. |
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| 3 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 11 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 13 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 23 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 29 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 31 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 34 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 34 |
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. |
| 35 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 36 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 37 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 38 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 40 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 40 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 40 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 46 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 47 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 48 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 57 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 57 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 58 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 60 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 61 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 62 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
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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. |
| 19 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 42 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 46 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 47 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 51 |
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. |
| 53 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
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| 2 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
| 9 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 10 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 43 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 44 |
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. |
| 61 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
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| 43 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 48 |
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. |
| 51 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 53 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 54 |
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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James Roy Willis Sr.
Born somewhere in Florida on February 22, 1903 and died in Calhoun County, Florida on December 11, 1975. He was 72 years old.
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