Genealogy for
Nancy Jane Parish
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Nancy Jane Parish
4/6/1867 - 8/31/1931
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Nancy Jane Parish was born on April 6, 1867 in Calhoun Co., Florida and died on August 31, 1931 in Dothan, Houston County, Alabama. She lived to be 64 years old.
She married Charles Wesley Brown, Jr.(7/12/1859-11/8/1928) on March 1, 1885 in Calhoun Co. FL.
Children are:-
Thomas Wesley Brown(5/6/1884 Calhoun Co, FL) married Annie Yon
- Mary Frances Brown (11/22/1885 Calhoun Co, FL-10/1/ 1955)
- Annie Elizabeth "Bettie" Brown (3/ 12/ 1888 Calhoun Co, FL-11/7/1971)married John A. Johnson
- Charles Robert Brown (6/2/1893 Calhoun Co, FL )Sarah Alma Johnson
- Martha Jane Brown(5/19/1896 Calhoun Co, FL) married James O. Davis
- John Harris Brown (4/12/1899 Calhoun Co, Fl-2/21/1978)married Aletha Bracewell
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 | Census | 6/27/1900 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 33 yrs old | #252 -Charles Brown (age 40, July 1859),
Jane Brown (35 , April 1865),
Thomas Brown (16, May 1884),
Mary Brown (14, Nov. 1885),
Bettie Brown (12, March 1888),
Charles Brown (6, June 1893),
Martha Brown (4, May 1896),
John Brown (1, April 1899). All were born in FL, Charles' parents were born in FL, Jane's mother in GA and father in FL. Charles is a farmer. They have been married 18 years and have had six children, all are living.
| 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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| Census | 1/1/1930 | Traylors Mill FL (Calhoun County) | 62 yrs old | | #67 -Nancy Parish (age 63) and grand daughter - Idama Parish (age 22). Nancy was born in FL, she is a widow, she was married at age 17. |
| Death Certificate | 8/31/1931 | Dothan AL (Houston County County) | 64 yrs old | Mrs. Jane Brown, a 66 year old widow, dies in Frasier-Ellis Hospital Dothan (Houston County), AL on August 31, 1931. She was a resident of Blountstown, FL. Her doctor gives her cause of death as 'carcultma of liver' and says he attended her from 8/26 until 8/31 at 4:35 pm when she passed. She had been sick with this condition since April. She was born about 1865 in Florida to parents Tom Parrish of AL and Mary Parker of Gadsden County, FL. Burial at Christian Home on 9/1/1931. J.H. Brsuen of Blountstown, FL provided the information on her death certificate:
Name: Jane Parrish Brown,
Birth Date: abt 1865,
Death Date: Aug.31, 1931,
Death Place: Dothan, Houston County, Alabama,
Burial Date: Sept.1, 1931,
Burial Place: Christian Home,
Cemetery Name: Christian Home,
Death Age: 66,
Occupation: Domestic,
Race: White,
Marital status: Widowed,
Gender: Female
Residence: Blountstown, Florida
Father Name: Tom Parrish,
Father Birth Place: Alabama,
Mother Name: Mary Parker,
Mother Birth Place: Gadsden County,
FHL Film Number: 1908491 |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 9/1/1931 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 64 yrs old | | Name: Nancy Jane Brown,
Maiden Name: Parish,
Birth Date: April 6, 1865,
Death Date: Aug. 31, 1931,
Cemetery: Nettle Ridge Cemetery,
Burial or Cremation Place: Blountstown, Calhoun County, Florida |
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Nancy, her family, and friends. For example, Nancy is 1 years old when An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees.
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1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
| 15 |
1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
| 16 |
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. |
| 17 |
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. |
| 39 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
| 50 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
| 61 |
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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1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 10 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 12 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 22 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 28 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 30 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 33 |
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. |
| 33 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 34 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 35 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 36 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 37 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 39 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 39 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 39 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 45 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 46 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 47 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 56 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 56 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 57 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 59 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 60 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 61 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
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| 15 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 18 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 41 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 45 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 46 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 50 |
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. |
| 52 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
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1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
| 8 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 9 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 42 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 43 |
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. |
| 60 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 62 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 63 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
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| 42 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 47 |
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. |
| 50 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 52 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 53 |
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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| Charles Brown
Born on July 12, 1859 and died on November 8, 1928.
They were married 3/1/1885.
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The Children of Nancy Jane Parish
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Mary Frances Brown
Born somewhere in Florida on November 22, 1885 and died in Blountstown, Florida on October 1, 1955. She was 69 years old.
She married Franklin A. Davis Jr on 12/4/1904.
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