Genealogy for
Allen Thomas Davis
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Allen Thomas Davis
3/26/1869 - 12/24/1943
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Allen Thomas Davis was born on March 26, 1869 in Gevena County, Alabama and died on December 24, 1943 in Geneva County, Alabama. He lived to be 74 years old.
He married Amanda Elizabeth 'Lize' Davison(born 3/1872 -1916) in about 1894. Later he married on 8/3/1916 to Jessie L. Harrison (3/23/1987 - 1/20/1976).
His children were
Ernest Albert Davis(1895 – 1982)
Arthur D., Davis (1897),
Samuel R. Davis (1899)
Jewel M. Davis (1902 – 1932)married Oscar Cochran
Cora Lee Davis (1904)
Bobbie P. Davis (1908)
Mary L. Davis (1909)
Beall O'Neal Davis (1910 – 1972),
Garfield G. Davis (1912-1993)-married Carmie Horne. | 
 | Census | 7/22/1870 | AL (Geneva County) | 1 yrs old | Recorded as family #229: James Davis (age 39), Moay (age 32), Julia (age 12), Jonas (age 10), James M. (age 8), John G. (age 7), Mealissee (age 5), Reacy (age 3), Allen (age 1). Everyone was born is AL except James who was born in GA. James states his occupation as farmer and estimates the value of his real estate to be $300 and personal estate $1, 063. Julia and Jonas attended school within the last year and Mary cannot read or write.
| Additional information about Geneva County, AL around 1870: Geneva County was created two years prior to this census on December 26, 1868 from Coffee, Dale, and Henry Counties. It is located near the Choctawhatchee River.. The Freedmen's Bureau, formed after the Civil War, managed this land until they were abolished in 1868 by the US Congress. They were committed to the supervision and management of all abandoned lands and the control of all subjects relating to refugees and freedmen. Members of this group harassed settlers by taking bribes and acquired lands they were to protect during the time leading up to their disbandment. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 6/11/1880 | District 79, East Half AL (Geneva County) | 11 yrs old | | The family of James M. Davis is listed as: Mary (wife, age 41), Julia (daughter, age 21), Jonas (son, 19), James M. (son, 17), John G. (son, 16), Malissy (daughter, 18), Ramsy (daughter, 11), Allen (son, 9), Arisy [Nicey] (daughter, 7), Susan (daughter, 5), Betsy (daughter, 3), Carrie (daughter, 1) and Joseph (son, 10 months). The three oldest sons list their occupation as day laborers. James lists his as farmer. Everyone was born in AL except James Sr., who was born in Georgia. His father was born in AL and mother GA. Mary keeps house, born in GA, as were her parents. |
| Census | 6/11/1900 | Cowarts AL ( Henry County) | 31 yrs old | | #151 -Allen T. Davis (31 - March 1869),
Amanda L. Davis (22 - March 1978),
Albert E. Davis (5 - Feb. 1985),
Arthur D. Davis (3 - Feb. 1897),
Samuel R. Davis (11mo.- June 1899)& border -
George W. Knight (24 - Jan. 1876). All were born in AL. Allen's parents in AL, Amanda's in GA. Allen is a RR Seelion Froman. Allen and Amanda have been married 6 years and have three children.
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| Census | 1/1/1910 | Fadette AL (Geneva County) | 40 yrs old | | #94 -Allen T Davis (41),
Lize Davis (32),
Ernest Davis (15),
Arthor Davis (13),
Samfort Davis (11),
Jewel M. Davis (8),
Corre L. Davis (6),
Bobie Davis (2),
Marry L. Davis (1 2mo.)
Allen was born in AL, his parents in GA. All others were born in AL, as were thier parents. Allen and Lize have been married 16 years, they have 7 children all are living. Allen is a farmer, Ernest,
Arthor,
Samfort, &
Jewel are farm laborers. |
| Census | 1/15/1920 | Hokes Bluff AL (Geneva County) | 50 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.
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| Census | 4/10/1930 | Fadette AL (Geneva County) | 61 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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| Census | 1/1/1940 | Fadette AL (Geneva County) | 70 yrs old | | #79 - Allen T. Davis (age 71),
Jesse Davis (46),
grandson - Roscoe Cochran (13),
sister - Jully Davis (82). All born in AL. They live on Christian Home Church Road |
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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. |
| 20 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 26 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 28 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 31 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 31 |
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. |
| 32 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 33 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 34 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 35 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 37 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 37 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 37 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 43 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 44 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 45 |
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 |
| 55 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
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1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 58 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 59 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
| 67 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
| 69 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
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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. |
| 39 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 43 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 44 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 48 |
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. |
| 50 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
| 69 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
| 70 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
| 72 |
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. |
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1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 7 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 40 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 41 |
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. |
| 58 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 60 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 61 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
| 63 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
| 64 |
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! |
| 65 |
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. |
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1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
| 66 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
| 70 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
| 74 |
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. |
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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 |
| 45 |
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. |
| 48 |
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. |
| 69 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
| 70 |
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. |
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| Amanda Davison
Born on March 13, 1878 and died on December 24, 1916
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The Children of Allen Thomas Davis
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Ernest Albert Davis
Born somewhere in Alabama on February 11, 1894 and died in Slocomb, Geneva County, Alabama on December 21, 1982. He was 88 years old.
He married Laura Peel
Children:
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Arthur D. Davis
Born somewhere in Alabama about 1896 and died in Bonifay, Florida about 1970. He was about 74 years old.
He married Ora McAllister.
Children:
James A. Davis
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Samuel R. Davis
Born in Cowarts, Henry County, Alabama on an unknown day in July 1899 and died in Geneva, Alabama on October 25, 1933. He was 34 years old.
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Jewel M. Davis
Born in Slocomb, Geneva County, Alabama on May 1, 1902 and died in Slocomb, Geneva County, Alabama on May 6, 1932. She was 30 years old.
She married Oscar Cochran.
Children: David Roscoe Cochran (1926-1974)...
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Cora Lee Davis
Born somewhere in Alabama about 1904 and died somewhere in Alabama about 1980. She was about 76 years old.
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Mary L. Davis
Born somewhere in Alabama about 1908 and died somewhere in Alabama about 1980. She was about 72 years old.
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Bobbie P. Davis
Born somewhere in Alabama about 1908 and died somewhere in Alabama about 1980. He was about 72 years old.
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O'Neal Beall Davis
Born somewhere in Alabama on November 25, 1910 and died in Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama on March 26, 1972. He was 61 years old.
He married Valeria Pauline Crutchfield (1915- )
Children
Jimmy Franklin Davis (1940-1974)...
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Garfield G. Davis
Born in Slocomb, Geneva County, Alabama on August 8, 1912 and died in Polk County, Florida on April 15, 1933. He was 20 years old.
He married Carmie Horne (1914 -2004).
Children
Glenda Davis Maxwell
Elaine Davis Fogg
Durwood Davis ...
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