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William Seaborn Pelt 

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William Seaborn Van Pelt
2/7/1827 - 1888

 


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William Seaborn Pelt
7/14/1850 - 3/13/1935
William Seaborn Pelt was born on July 14, 1850 in Liberty Co., Florida and died on March 13, 1935 in Jackson Co., Florida. He lived to be 84 years old.

He dropped the Van from the family name.
He married 9/29/1870 to Mary Jane Mercer (1852-1941).

Children:
  1. Andrew Jackson Pelt (2/5/ 1870),
  2. William Jesse Pelt (1/28/1873),
  3. Florence Rosetta Pelt (9/4/1875),
  4. Martha Jane Pelt (1/7/1877),
  5. Margaret Pelt (9/7/1881),
  6. Betty Pelt (3/22/1883),
  7. Mattie Lee Pelt (2/22/1884,
  8. Flora Phena Pelt (10/2/1888),
  9. Lillian Missouri Pelt (2/5/1889),
  10. Mary Ella Pelt (10/30/1892), and
  11. Lola Mae Pelt (9/6/1896)
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Census11/29/1850 FL (Gadsden County) about 4 months old 
Seaborn Pelt (age 23), Elizabeth Pelt (20), Seaborn Pelt (1) Seaborn and Elizabeth were born in NC, Their son in FL. Seaborn is a farmer. Their home is valued at $400.  
Marriage9/29/1870 FL (Jackson County) 20 yrs old 
William PELT married Jane MERCER on Sept. 29, 1870, book:D, page: 124  
Census7/27/1880 Precinct 6 FL (Jackson County) 30 yrs old 
590, 555 - William Pelt (age29), Mary Jane Pelt (26), Andrew J. Pelt (7), William J. Pelt (5), Florence R. Pelt (3) & Martha Jane Pelt (2). All were born in FL, except Mary in GA. Mary's parents were born in GA, William's father in GA and mother in FL. William is a blacksmith, Mary keeps house and Andrew attends school.  
Additional information about Jackson County, FL around 1880: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod.  
Census1/1/1910 Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) 59 yrs old 
62 - William Pelt (age 59), Mary Jane Pelt (47), Mattie Lee Pelt (25), Flora F. Pelt (24), Lillie Pelt (21), Maie Ella Pelt (18)& Lola Maie Pelt (13). William and Mary have been married 40 years, they had ten children, eight are living. All were born in FL, excpt Mary in GA. William is a blacksmith, Mattie is a saleman.  
Census4/11/1930 Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) 79 yrs old 
William B Pelt (79)& Mary J Pelt (77). William were born in FL and Mary in GA. They were married at age 21 and 19. They own their home and it is valued at $1000.  

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Click on any of the News, Events, or Discoveries buttons above to see historical things that happened during William Pelt's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of William, his family, and friends. For example, William is 5 years old when Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
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5 1855 Third Seminole Indian War begins and war breaks out with most of the battles occurring in Central Florida. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
11 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.
14 1864 Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back
15 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.
15 1865 Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory.
20 1870 During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers.
32 1882 The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads.
33 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.
34 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.
56 1906 An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins.
67 1917 Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction.
78 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.
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3 1853 The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S.
6 1856 The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany
9 1859 Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory.
15 1865 Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public.
19 1869 Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France
27 1877 Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed.
29 1879 Edison invents the electric light bulb.
39 1889 The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards
45 1895 Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance.
47 1897 First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph
50 1900 Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams"
50 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.
51 1901 First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent.
52 1902 The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered.
53 1903 Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk
54 1904 The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming
56 1906 Electrons are discovered by Thomson
56 1906 Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes
56 1906 The triode vacuum tube is invented
62 1912 The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people.
63 1913 Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant
64 1914 The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed
73 1923 Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id"
73 1923 Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes
74 1924 Insecticides are used for the first time on crops
76 1926 Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket
77 1927 The first television transmission was announced in England
78 1928 Big bang theory was introduced
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11 1861 NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA.
12 1862 NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
32 1882 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity.
35 1885 NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen.
58 1908 NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile
62 1912 White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out.
63 1913 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures
67 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.
69 1919 NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty.
AgeDateEvent
5 1855 Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
10 1860 Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
12 1862 May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
13 1863 Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves.
15 1865 American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South"
18 1868 An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees.
25 1875 Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
26 1876 The National League of Baseball is founded
59 1909 The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
60 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.
77 1927 Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs.
79 1929 Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October
80 1930 Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states.
82 1932 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered.
83 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!
84 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.
84 1934 Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize.
85 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time.
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59 1909 The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe
64 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.
67 1917 Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes.
69 1919 The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I.
70 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.


The Children of William Seaborn Pelt

Florence Rosetta Pelt
Born in Marianna, Florida on September 4, 1875 and died in Pensacola, Florida on August 16, 1919. She was 43 years old.

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73 years old
Mattie Lee Pelt
Born in Marianna (Jackson County), Florida on February 22, 1885 and died in Blountstown (Calhoun County), Florida on December 1, 1965. She was 80 years old.

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