Genealogy for
Robert Franklin Bevis
About Robert Franklin Bevis |
Robert Franklin Bevis 7/28/1856 - 7/22/1921
| Robert Franklin Bevis was born on July 28, 1856 somewhere in Georgia and died on July 22, 1921 in Bascom, Jackson Co., Florida. He lived to be 65 years old.
Children: Minnie L.(1875) Robert (1877) Lucius(1880) Pearl D. (1882) Henry P. (1885) Whit (1890) William F. (1893) |
| Census | 6/19/1900 | precinct 11 FL (Jackson County) | 43 yrs old | Family #150: Frank Bevis (born July- 1856 age 43),Emly B. (June – 1855 age 45), Minnie S. (Jan. 1874 age26),Robbert(April 1878 age 22),Luoncus(Feb. 1880 age 20),Pearl(Aug. 1881 age 18), Henry (Oct. 1885 age 14), Whit. (Feb. 1889 age11) & W. F. (Oct. 1873 age 7) Children all born in FL. Frank states he is a farmer, he owns his house, he was born in GA, his parents in SC. Emly was born in FL, her parents in NC. Minnie, Luoncus and Pearl are school teachers. Robert is an Engine mechanic. Henry and Whit are farmer labors.
Additional information about Jackson County, FL around 1900: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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Robert, his family, and friends. For example, Robert is 4 years old when Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
Age | Date | Event |
5 |
1861 |
No Floridian's voted for Lincoln during the 1860 election. On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the U.S. and joined the Confederate States of America a few weeks later. |
8 |
1864 |
Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back |
9 |
1865 |
May 10th -- Union troops occupy Tallahassee. While Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi River that had not been captured, Union troops occupy the capitol following the surrender of the major Confederate armies in the east. |
9 |
1865 |
Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory. |
14 |
1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
26 |
1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
27 |
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. |
28 |
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. |
50 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
61 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
Age | Date | Event |
1 |
1857 |
Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed. |
2 |
1858 |
Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed. |
14 |
1870 |
Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed. |
19 |
1875 |
Oconee County formed. |
49 |
1905 |
Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed. |
56 |
1912 |
Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed. |
58 |
1914 |
Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed. |
61 |
1917 |
Atkinson and Treutlen Counties are formed. |
64 |
1920 |
Seminole, Lanier, Brantley, Long, and Lamar Counties are formed. |
Age | Date | Event |
3 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
9 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
13 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
21 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
23 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
33 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
39 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
41 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
44 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
44 |
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. |
45 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
46 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
47 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
48 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
50 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
50 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
50 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
56 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
57 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
58 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
Age | Date | Event |
5 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
6 |
1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
26 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
29 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
52 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
56 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
57 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
61 |
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. |
63 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
Age | Date | Event |
4 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
6 |
1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
7 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
9 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
12 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
19 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
20 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
53 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
54 |
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. |
Age | Date | Event |
53 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
58 |
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. |
61 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
63 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
64 |
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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Marriages
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| Emily Dickson Born on January 13, 1856 and died on December 5, 1931. They were married 1/1/1884.
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The Children of Robert Franklin Bevis
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Robert Calhoun Bevis Born in Bascom, Jackson Co., Florida on April 19, 1877 and died in Bascom, Jackson Co., Florida on July 24, 1951. He was 74 years old.
Children:
- Majorrie (abt. 1899),
- Herbert (1902),
- Edra E. (1905),
- Robert Clifford (1907),
- Howard (1910), and
- Mildred L. (1912).
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