Genealogy for
John McKenzie Bailey
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John McKenzie Bailey
12/10/1888 - 8/23/1962
(Shown at age 27)
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John McKenzie Bailey was born on December 10, 1888 somewhere in Florida and died on August 23, 1962 in Calhoun Co., Florida. He lived to be 73 years old.
Children:
John Tinsley (9/4/1917 to 2/17/2000)
Lonzie Frank (9/3/1920)
Mamie Elvira (11/29/1922) | 
 | Census | 6/1/1900 | Board Head FL (Calhoun County) | 11 yrs old | #704 - Gadi Bailey (age56 - Dec.1843),
Bertha E. Bailey (56 -April 1844),
Bryant M. Bailey (23 - Oct. 1876),
Ira W. Bailey (18- Nov.1881),
Elizabeth Bailey (17- Jan.1883),
Benjamin W. Bailey (15-Nov. 1884) &
John M. Bailey (11-Dec. 1888). Gadi and Bertha have been married 33 years, they have 10 children, all are living. Gadi was born in SC, as were his parents. Bertha was born in GA, as were her parents. Gadi is a farmer, Bryant and Ira are farm laborers.
next door -#705(daughter & family) Edward Hires(31 -May 1869), Elizabeth (20-Oct. 1879), Gadi E. (3 - Nov. 1896), Rassi (1 -Dec. 1897) & Martha (5mo. - Dec. 1899). Edward is a farm laborer, he was born in GA, as were his parents.
| 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. | 
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| Military | 8/22/1910 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 21 yrs old |  John M. Bailey - age 21 8mo. - Born in Blountstown, FL, Occupation: laborer; eye color: brown; hair color: dark; complexion: dark; higth:6 ft.3/4in. - enlisted for 3 years, by: Lt. Allen, where: FT. Stannic(?), NY. on 8/22/1910.  |
| Census | 1/1/1935 | Altha, Precinct 4 FL (Calhoun County) | 46 yrs old | | page #10 -John M. Bailey (age47),
Lee Bailey (44),
Lonzie Bailey (14),
Tinzley Bailey (13) &
Mamie Bailey (2). All born in FL, John doesn't work, he is disabled. They own their home. John, Lee & Donlie have 5th gr. educations, Tinaley & Mamie have 4th gr.
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| Death Certificate | 8/23/1962 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 73 yrs old | | Name: John Mckenzie Bailey,
Birth Date: Dec. 10, 1988,
Death Date: Aug.23, 1962,
County of Death: Calhoun,
State of Death: Florida,
Race: White,
Gender: Male |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 8/23/1962 | Magnolia Cem. FL (Calhoun County) | 73 yrs old | John M.BAILEY - Dec. 10,1888 Aug.23,1962 married on Jan.24,1915
h/o Lee Ella Whitfield Bailey
FL SGT Co. A 106 Engineers WWI
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1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
| 29 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
| 40 |
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. |
| 69 |
1957 |
The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government. |
| 74 |
1962 |
The Seminole Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government. |
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1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 7 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 9 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 12 |
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. |
| 12 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 13 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 14 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 15 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 16 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 18 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 18 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 18 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 24 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 25 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 26 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 35 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 35 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 36 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 38 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 39 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 40 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
| 48 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
| 50 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
| 58 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
| 59 |
1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
| 63 |
1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
| 64 |
1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
| 69 |
1957 |
Sputnik is launched by the Soviets and becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. It marks the beginning of the great "space race" between the Soviet Union and the U.S. |
| 72 |
1960 |
The ruby laser was created by Maiman |
| 74 |
1962 |
U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth |
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1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 24 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 25 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 29 |
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. |
| 31 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
| 50 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
| 51 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
| 53 |
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. |
| 62 |
1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
| 67 |
1955 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. |
| 72 |
1960 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public |
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1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 22 |
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. |
| 39 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 41 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 42 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 44 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
| 45 |
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! |
| 46 |
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. |
| 46 |
1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
| 47 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
| 51 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
| 55 |
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. |
| 56 |
1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
| 57 |
1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
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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. |
| 74 |
1962 |
The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba. |
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| 21 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 26 |
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. |
| 29 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 31 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 32 |
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. |
| 50 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
| 51 |
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. |
| 57 |
1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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 | Lee Whitfield
Born on May 13, 1891 and died on January 20, 1986.
They were married 1/24/1915.
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The Children of John McKenzie Bailey
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Mamie Elvira Bailey
Born in Calhoun Co., Florida on November 29, 1922 and died in Calhoun Co., Florida on March 7, 1994. She was 71 years old.
She married Juiette J. Grantham(9/24/1918-1/2/1983)FL on (11/29/1942) divorced abt. 1946. He serived in the Army as a TEC 5 in WWII.
She married Rufus Franklin Weathers on (9/7/1947). They had 4 ...
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