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Ben Howard

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	Simeon Daniel Howard Jr. 1844 - 1920	Polly Crawford 1840 - 1909

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Ben Howard
1864 - 1955

Ben Howard was born about 1864 in Calhoun County, Georgia and died about 1955 in an unknown place. Dates for birth and death are estimated. He lived to be about 91 years old.

He may have been the nephew of Polly and was raised by Her and Simeon. In the 1880 census, Polly's nephew William is living with their family.

Census	8/10/1870	Militia District 626 GA (Calhoun County)	6 yrs old
# 984 -George I. Goolsby (18), Safronia Goolsby (35), Frank Crawford (15), Mary Crawford (12), Jame H. H. Crawford (10), Thadious E. Crawford (8), William Crawford (7). All born in GA.
Census	6/8/1880	1123 District GA (Calhoun County)	16 yrs old
Click here to see a copy of the original document. Two Howard families are listed on the same page: (1) as family #53 -- Sim D. Howard (age 36, a farmer born in AL, both parents born in GA) and his wife Polly (age 40, born in GA, both parents born in GA). Willie Crawford (16, born in GA), a nephew, is living with them and working as a farm laborer. (2) as family #56: Mary A. Howard (age 39, born in GA) is listed as head of household consisting of her sisters: Sarah J (age 34), Renea (age 27), Elizabeth (age 11), Sena B. (age 2, relationship stated as Mary's niece). All say they were born in AL, their father was born in GA and their mother was born in North Carolina. Sarah is a farm laborer and the rest are keeping house.

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Age	Date	Event
6	1870	Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed.
11	1875	Oconee County formed.
41	1905	Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed.
48	1912	Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed.
50	1914	Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed.
53	1917	Atkinson and Treutlen Counties are formed.
56	1920	Seminole, Lanier, Brantley, Long, and Lamar Counties are formed.
60	1924	Peach County is formed.

Age	Date	Event
1	1865	Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public.
5	1869	Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France
13	1877	Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed.
15	1879	Edison invents the electric light bulb.
25	1889	The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards
31	1895	Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance.
33	1897	First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph
36	1900	Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams"
36	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.
37	1901	First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent.
38	1902	The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered.
39	1903	Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk
40	1904	The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming
42	1906	Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes
42	1906	The triode vacuum tube is invented
42	1906	Electrons are discovered by Thomson
48	1912	The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people.
49	1913	Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant
50	1914	The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed
59	1923	Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes
59	1923	Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id"
60	1924	Insecticides are used for the first time on crops
62	1926	Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket
63	1927	The first television transmission was announced in England
64	1928	Big bang theory was introduced
72	1936	The first regular television broadcast happens in England
74	1938	Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission
82	1946	The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes
83	1947	Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor
87	1951	The first color television is introduced in the U.S.
88	1952	The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen.

Age	Date	Event
18	1882	NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity.
21	1885	NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen.
44	1908	NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile
48	1912	White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out.
49	1913	NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures
53	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.
55	1919	NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty.
74	1938	NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic.
75	1939	NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States
77	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.
86	1950	NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later.
91	1955	NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL.

Age	Date	Event
1	1865	American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South"
4	1868	An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees.
11	1875	Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
12	1876	The National League of Baseball is founded
45	1909	The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
46	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.
63	1927	Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs.
65	1929	Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October
66	1930	Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states.
68	1932	Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered.
69	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!
70	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.
70	1934	Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize.
71	1935	Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time.
75	1939	Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color.
79	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.
80	1944	On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day")
81	1945	President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima.
90	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.

Age	Date	Event
45	1909	The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe
50	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.
53	1917	Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes.
55	1919	The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I.
56	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.
74	1938	Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia.
75	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.
81	1945	World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

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