View Genealogy for Ida Ramoth Armstrong (12/3/1873-4/8/1956)

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Ida Ramoth Armstrong

	Parents
	Jefferson Benjamin Armstrong 6/6/1846 - 1/14/1911

About Ida Ramoth Armstrong

Ida Ramoth Armstrong
12/3/1873 - 4/8/1956

Ida Ramoth Armstrong was born on December 3, 1873 somewhere in Florida and died on April 8, 1956 in Calhoun County, Florida. She lived to be 82 years old.

She married Charles W. Wood
Children:
Thadious Clyde Wood (8/19/1897 -2/2/1952)
Mary Gussie Wood (1/1899)
Richard Wood
Broward Wood
Lucile Wood
Lilly Mae
Eva Evylin - married Samuel A. Bryant

Census

1/1/1885

FL (Calhoun County)

11 yrs old

#286 - J.B. Armstrong (age 39), M.A. (39), Willis (17), Susan (16), Comelia (14), Ramoth (12), Vic (10), Jennie (8), Nora (5), L. (2). J.B. was born in AL, all others in FL. J.B.'s parents were born in AL, M.A.'s father in GA and mother in SC.

Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1885: The principle towns in Calhoun County were Blountstown, Marysville, Chipola, Selman, Ocheesee, and Abe Springs. In 1884 railroads in Florida were bought out by one company and placed under central management. River Junction, located at the junction of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers, is the closest railroad and the primary hub of land transports. The photo on the right shows the iron bridge than spans the Chattahoochee River about a mile from the Depot at River Junction where wharves, storage, steamboats and hotels bussel with activity. Click the photo for a larger view. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod.

Census

6/13/1900

Shiloh FL (Calhoun County)

26 yrs old

page 6, #136-Charles Wood (age 31), Ramoth Wood 24), Thadus C. Wood (2), Mary Wood (1). All were born in FL. Charles is a farmer.

Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1900: The first automobile, nick-named Chicken Killer, arrives in Blountstown in 1905. The photo on the right shows The Chicken Killer. Click the photo for a larger view. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod.

Census

1/19/1920

Shiloh FL (Calhoun County)

46 yrs old

Page 11 - C. W. Wood (age 50), Ramoth Wood (45), Clyde Wood (22), Mary Wood (20), Bernard Wood (14), Lucile Wood (13), Lilly May Wood (11), Eva Wood (7). All were born in FL. Charles is a farmer.

Census

4/22/1930

Traylors Mill FL (Calhoun County)

56 yrs old

Page 2, #28 -Clyde T. Wood (age 32), Ramath Wood (56), Gussie M. Wood (30), Lilly M. Wood (19), Eva O. Wood (16). All were born in FL. Clyde is a logger, Ramoth is a widow

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Click on any of the News, Events, or Discoveries buttons above to see historical things that happened during Ida Armstrong's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of Ida, her family, and friends. For example, Ida is 2 years old when Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.

Age	Date	Event
9	1882	The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads.
10	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.
11	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.
33	1906	An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins.
44	1917	Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction.
55	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.

Age	Date	Event
4	1877	Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed.
6	1879	Edison invents the electric light bulb.
16	1889	The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards
22	1895	Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance.
24	1897	First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph
27	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.
27	1900	Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams"
28	1901	First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent.
29	1902	The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered.
30	1903	Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk
31	1904	The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming
33	1906	Electrons are discovered by Thomson
33	1906	Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes
33	1906	The triode vacuum tube is invented
39	1912	The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people.
40	1913	Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant
41	1914	The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed
50	1923	Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id"
50	1923	Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes
51	1924	Insecticides are used for the first time on crops
53	1926	Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket
54	1927	The first television transmission was announced in England
55	1928	Big bang theory was introduced
63	1936	The first regular television broadcast happens in England
65	1938	Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission
73	1946	The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes
74	1947	Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor
78	1951	The first color television is introduced in the U.S.
79	1952	The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen.

Age	Date	Event
9	1882	NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity.
12	1885	NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen.
35	1908	NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile
39	1912	White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out.
40	1913	NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures
44	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.
46	1919	NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty.
65	1938	NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic.
66	1939	NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States
68	1941	NEWS HEADLINES: December 7, 1941 -- Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the US officially declares war on Japan the following day. World War II begins for American soldiers.
77	1950	NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later.
82	1955	NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL.

Age	Date	Event
2	1875	Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
3	1876	The National League of Baseball is founded
36	1909	The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
37	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.
54	1927	Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs.
56	1929	Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October
57	1930	Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states.
59	1932	Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered.
60	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!
61	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.
61	1934	Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize.
62	1935	Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time.
66	1939	Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color.
70	1943	Japanese Americans are relocated to internment camps; Almost 400,000 coal miners go on strike; Race riots break out in Los Angeles and Detroit.
71	1944	On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day")
72	1945	President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima.
81	1954	The nationally televised McCarthy hearings lead to Senator Joseph McCarthy's downfall; Segregation by race in schools is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court; Congress adds the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and requires "In God We Trust" to appear on all American currency.

Age	Date	Event
36	1909	The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe
41	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.
44	1917	Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes.
46	1919	The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I.
47	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.
65	1938	Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia.
66	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.
72	1945	World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

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Charles Wood
Born on March 22, 1869 and died on March 18, 1926

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