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James Finley Auten 

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Jacob Cotner Auten
1/27/1813 - 9/10/1893

Rebecca Colley
10/4/1819 - 3/5/1907
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James Finley Auten
2/16/1859 - 9/12/1936
(Shown at age 31)
James Finley Auten was born on February 16, 1859 in Fredericktown, Ohio and died on September 12, 1936 in Fredericktown, Ohio. He lived to be 77 years old.

He was a farmer in Berlin township. He is buried in Fredericktown Cemetery. He married in 1887 to Emma Allen Walters (6/30/1868-9/20/1953) They had four children: Ethlyn, Martha, Marvin and Kenneth.
Records
Census7/13/1860 Berlin OH (Knox County) 1 yrs old 
family #602: Jacob C. Auten (age 47), Rebecca (44), Henry C. (22), Ada C.(20), Mary C. (18), Wesley (16), William A.(14), Almira (8), Allice(6), Lauria (3), & James F.(1 yr old). Jacob is a farmer. Henry, Ada & Wesley are laborers and Mary domestic. Mary, Wesley, William, Almria & Allice have been attending school. Jacob, Rebecca & Henry were born in PA, others in OH. Jacob estimates the value of his estate to be $4,000 and personal estate to be $1,280. 
Census6/3/1880 Berlin OH (Knox County) 21 yrs old 
Recorded as family #2: Jacob C. Auten (age 66), Rebecca (wife, age 62), Emmma L. (daughter, age 25), James F. (son, age 21). Jacob is a farmer. Jacob and Rebecca were born in PA and both of their children were born in Ohio. Jacob's parents were born in New Jersey and Rebecca's parents were born in PA. The family of William A. Auten is recorded as family group #1. The future wife of James, Emma Walters, is recorded with her parents as family group #8 on the same census page. 
Census4/17/1930 Berlin OH (Knox County) 71 yrs old 
Recorded as family #109: Kennith Auten (head, age 26), Hazel M. (wife, age 25), James F. (father, age 71), Emma A. (mother, age 62). The family is living on a farm and they own a radio. Everyone was born in Ohio except the parents of James F. who were both born in PA. Hazel is a teacher at a public school and Kennith is a farmer. 

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6 1865 Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public.
10 1869 Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France
18 1877 Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed.
20 1879 Edison invents the electric light bulb.
30 1889 The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards
36 1895 Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance.
38 1897 First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph
41 1900 Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams"
41 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.
42 1901 First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent.
43 1902 The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered.
44 1903 Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk
45 1904 The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming
47 1906 Electrons are discovered by Thomson
47 1906 Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes
47 1906 The triode vacuum tube is invented
53 1912 The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people.
54 1913 Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant
55 1914 The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed
64 1923 Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes
64 1923 Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id"
65 1924 Insecticides are used for the first time on crops
67 1926 Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket
68 1927 The first television transmission was announced in England
69 1928 Big bang theory was introduced
77 1936 The first regular television broadcast happens in England
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2 1861 NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA.
3 1862 NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
23 1882 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity.
26 1885 NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen.
49 1908 NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile
53 1912 White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out.
54 1913 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures
58 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.
60 1919 NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty.
AgeDateEvent
1 1860 Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
3 1862 May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
4 1863 Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves.
6 1865 American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South"
9 1868 An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees.
16 1875 Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
17 1876 The National League of Baseball is founded
50 1909 The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
51 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.
68 1927 Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs.
70 1929 Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October
71 1930 Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states.
73 1932 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered.
74 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!
75 1934 Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize.
75 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.
76 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time.
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50 1909 The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe
55 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.
58 1917 Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes.
60 1919 The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I.
61 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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Emma Walters
Born about 1868 and died about 1953.
They were married 1/1/1887.

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