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Eliza Jane Ward
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Eliza Jane Ward 5/24/1859 - 3/28/1924 (Shown at age 46)
| Eliza Jane Ward was born on May 24, 1859 somewhere in Alabama and died on March 28, 1924 in Ponce de Leon, Holmes County, Florida. She lived to be 64 years old.
She married William H. Bond (8/19/1845 -11/22/1932). He served as a private in Co. E of the 1st INF CSA. Their children were:
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Indianna "Anna" E. Bonds (1878 -1963) married Jodie Davis (1881-1939)
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Alice I. Bonds (11/30/1882 -3/1/1961) married S. C. Maund (1861-1946)
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Adeline Bonds (7/1885)
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Susan Bonds (3/1888)
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William M. Bonds (1/28/1891 -1/24/1966) married Minnie Bishop (1897-1928)
- Thomas Morris Bonds (10/28/1894-4/1/1976)
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| Census | 8/30/1860 | AL (Dale County) | 1 yrs old | Family #1208 James M. Ward (37) born in AL, wife Mary J. (35)born in GA, Eliza (1)born in AL female. James is a farmer, value of personal property $435. |
| Census | 1/1/1870 | FL (Walton County) | 10 yrs old | on page 62, Family #407:
James M. (age 45) born in AL, Mary J. (43) GA, Eliza(10) AL, John(7) AL & Sarah(3) FL; James is a farmer, personal property $100.
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| Census | 1/1/1880 | Precinct 10 AL (Walton County) | 20 yrs old | Family # 72 - Wm. Bond (age 36),
Eliza Bond (21),
Indianna E. Bond (2)AL,
(mother: J.(Jane) Gomillion (88). William is a farmer, his parents were born in SC. Eliza was born in AL, father in AL, mother in GA. Jane is a widow, she was born in SC, her father in VA and mother in SC.
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| Census | 1/1/1900 | Ponce de Leon FL (Holmes County) | 40 yrs old | 125/347 -William H. Barnes (age 55 -Aug. 1945),
Eliza Barnes (41 - May 1859),
Indianna L. Barnes (22 -Feb. 1878),
Alice I. Barnes (17 -Nov. 1882),
Adeline Barnes (14 -July 1885),
Susan Barnes (12 -March 1888),
William M. Barnes (9 -Jan. 1891)
Thomas M. Barnes (5 -Oct.1894). William and Eliza were born in AL, all children in FL.
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| Census | 1/1/1910 | Summerville FL (Holmes County) | 50 yrs old |
family #315 - William H. Barns (age 65),
Eliza Barns (52),
Alice Barns (24),
Marcus Barns (19),
Morris Barns (15). William and Eliza born in AL, all children in FL. William is a farmer. His parents were born in SC.
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| Graveyard/Tombstone | 3/28/1924 | Ponce de Leon FL (Holmes County) | 64 yrs old | Eliza -wife of W.H. Bonds May 24, 1859 March 28, 1924 Lo where the silent marble weep,a wife a friend a mother sleeps
William H. Bonds Aug. 19, 1845 Nov. 22, 1932 private in Co. E , 1st INF, CSA |
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Eliza, her family, and friends. For example, Eliza is 1 years old when Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
Age | Date | Event |
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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. |
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1864 |
Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back |
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1865 |
Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory. |
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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. |
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1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
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1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
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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. |
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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. |
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1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
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1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
Age | Date | Event |
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1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
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1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
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1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
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1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
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1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
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1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
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1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
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1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
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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. |
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1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
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1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
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1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
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1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
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1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
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1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
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1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
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1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
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1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
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1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
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1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
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1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
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1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
Age | Date | Event |
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1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
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1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
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1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
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1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
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1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
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1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
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1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
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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. |
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1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
Age | Date | Event |
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1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
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1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
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1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
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1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
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1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
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1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
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1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
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1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
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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 |
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1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
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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. |
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1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
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1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
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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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