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Garfield G. Davis 

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Allen Thomas Davis
3/26/1869 - 12/24/1943

Amanda Elizabeth Davison
3/13/1878 - 12/24/1916
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Garfield G. Davis
8/8/1912 - 4/15/1933
Garfield G. Davis was born on August 8, 1912 in Slocomb, Geneva County, Alabama and died on April 15, 1933 in Polk County, Florida. He lived to be 20 years old.

He married Carmie Horne (1914 -2004).
Children
Glenda Davis Maxwell
Elaine Davis Fogg
Durwood Davis
Records
Census1/15/1920 Hokes Bluff AL (Geneva County) 7 yrs old 
Allen T. Davis (50), Jessie L. Davis (25), Samuel Davis (20), Cara Lee Davis (15), Bobbie P. Davis (12), Mary L. Davis (9), Oneal B. Davis (8) & Garfield G. Davis (7). Allen was born in AL, his parents were born in GA. Bobbie was born in FL, all others in FL. Allen is a farmer,Samuel, Cara, Bobbie are farm laborers. They own thier home.  
Census4/10/1930 Fadette AL (Geneva County) 17 yrs old 
#80-Allen T. Davis (61), Jessie L. Davis (38), Beall O. Davis (18), Gilley G. Davis (16), border -Leon Jenkins (21)& sister -July Davis (72). Allen was born in AL, his parents in GA. All others in AL.They own thier home. Allen and Jessie have been married 24 years. Allen is a farmer, Beall, Gilley, & Leon Jenkins are farm laborers.  

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5 1917 Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction.
16 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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1 1913 Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant
2 1914 The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed
11 1923 Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes
11 1923 Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id"
12 1924 Insecticides are used for the first time on crops
14 1926 Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket
15 1927 The first television transmission was announced in England
16 1928 Big bang theory was introduced
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1 1913 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures
5 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.
7 1919 NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty.
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15 1927 Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs.
17 1929 Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October
18 1930 Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states.
20 1932 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered.
21 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!
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2 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.
5 1917 Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes.
7 1919 The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I.
8 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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