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James Finley Auten
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James Finley Auten
2/16/1859 - 9/12/1936
(Shown at age 31)
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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. | 
 | Census | 7/13/1860 | 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. |
| Census | 6/3/1880 | 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. |
| Census | 4/17/1930 | 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. |
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1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
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1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
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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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