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Wilburn Asa Ayers 

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Asa William Ayers
1/9/1846 - 2/16/1906

Joanna Watson Carson
1/12/1855 - 2/25/1884
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Wilburn Asa Ayers
7/22/1878 - 1950
Wilburn Asa Ayers was born on July 22, 1878 in Calhoun County, Florida and died about 1950 in Calhoun County, Florida. Actual date of death is unknown. He lived to be about 71 years old.

He was called "Will". He married Elizabeth Clark.
Children:
Emma Eliza (1898)
Frances J. (1899)
Catherine Elizabeth(1901)
Theodore(1902)
William (1905)
Willis (1906)
Frank (1909)
Harvey Byron (1913)
Gordon Wilson (1917)
Records
Census1/1/1885 FL (Calhoun County) 6 yrs old 
240 - Asa Ayers (age 39), J. W. (13), Jane (11), John (9), W. A. (6). Asa was born in GA, his father was born in SC and mother in GA. All children born in FL. Asa is a farmer. Asa can read and write.  
Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1885: The principle towns in Calhoun County were Blountstown, Marysville, Chipola, Selman, Ocheesee, and Abe Springs. In 1884 railroads in Florida were bought out by one company and placed under central management. River Junction, located at the junction of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers, is the closest railroad and the primary hub of land transports. The photo on the right shows the iron bridge than spans the Chattahoochee River about a mile from the Depot at River Junction where wharves, storage, steamboats and hotels bussel with activity. Click the photo for a larger view. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod.
Census5/13/1910 Traylors Mill FL (Calhoun County) 31 yrs old 
#25 -Wilburn Ayers (age 33), Elizan Ayers (34), Emma Ayers (11), Francis Ayers (10), Catharine Ayers (8), William Ayers (6), Willis Ayers (4), Theodore Ayers (2), Frank Ayers (1). All born in FL. Wilburn and Elizan have been married for 12 years, they have 7 children, all are living. Wilburn is a laborer and works odd jobs. 
Military9/12/1918 Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) 40 yrs old 
WWI draft card #364-Name: Wilburn Asa Ayers, Race: White, Birth Date: July 22, 1878, Residence Place Calhoun, Florida, Physical Build: Medium, Height: Tall, Hair Color: Dark, Eye Color: Brown, Relative: Eliza Ayers, Relative's Relationship Wife. Occupation: farming, Employer: C. D. Co., address of employer: Scotts Ferry, Calhoun Co. Fla. 
Census1/7/1920 Traylors Mill FL (Calhoun County) 41 yrs old 
#16 -Will Aires (age 41), Liza Aires (41), William Aires (16), Willis Aires (14), Theredore Aires (12), Frank Aires (11), B. L. Aires (8), H. P. Aires (8), Haley Aires (5). All born in FL . Will is a farm laborer. 
Census4/15/1930 Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) 51 yrs old 
William A. Ayers (age 51), Liza Ayers (52), Byron H. Ayers (18), Haylis Ayers (15). All were born in FL. They live on Clarksville Rd. William was married at age 19 and Liza was 20. William and Byron work as a caretakers of an estate.  

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4 1882 The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads.
5 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.
6 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.
28 1906 An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins.
39 1917 Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction.
50 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.
AgeDateEvent
1 1879 Edison invents the electric light bulb.
11 1889 The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards
17 1895 Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance.
19 1897 First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph
22 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.
22 1900 Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams"
23 1901 First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent.
24 1902 The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered.
25 1903 Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk
26 1904 The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming
28 1906 The triode vacuum tube is invented
28 1906 Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes
28 1906 Electrons are discovered by Thomson
34 1912 The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people.
35 1913 Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant
36 1914 The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed
45 1923 Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes
45 1923 Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id"
46 1924 Insecticides are used for the first time on crops
48 1926 Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket
49 1927 The first television transmission was announced in England
50 1928 Big bang theory was introduced
58 1936 The first regular television broadcast happens in England
60 1938 Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission
68 1946 The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes
69 1947 Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor
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4 1882 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity.
7 1885 NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen.
30 1908 NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile
34 1912 White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out.
35 1913 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures
39 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.
41 1919 NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty.
60 1938 NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic.
61 1939 NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States
63 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.
72 1950 NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later.
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31 1909 The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
32 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.
49 1927 Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs.
51 1929 Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October
52 1930 Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states.
54 1932 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered.
55 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!
56 1934 Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize.
56 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.
57 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time.
61 1939 Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color.
65 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.
66 1944 On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day")
67 1945 President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima.
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31 1909 The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe
36 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.
39 1917 Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes.
41 1919 The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I.
42 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.
60 1938 Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia.
61 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.
67 1945 World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.


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Elizabeth Clark
Born on January 21, 1878 and died on March 10, 1959
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