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William G. Davis
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William G. Davis
10/26/1877 - 10/13/1940
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William G. Davis was born on October 26, 1877 in Dry Creek (Calhoun County), Florida and died on October 13, 1940 in Winter Haven, Florida. He lived to be 63 years old.
He married Annie Monford.
Children: Mary E. (1909), and Willie F. (1915).
His occupation (in 1920) was a log hauler. He moved from Blountstown to Eagle Lake in abt. 1925.
He remarried to Hassie Campbell in 1932. | 
 | Census | 7/10/1880 | Precinct 5 FL (Jackson County) | 2 yrs old | Family#276, Franklin age 30 born in FL, farmer, list his father born in MS and mother in FL. Joesphine age 19 born in FL, Keeping House, list father & mother were born in GA. William age 2 born in FL and Matthew age 10 mo. born in FL.
| Additional information about Jackson County, FL around 1880: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 6/1/1900 | Hansfords Mill FL (Calhoun County) | 22 yrs old | Recorded as family #523: Frank A. Davis (age 47 - Mar.1853), Jessie L. ( age 36 - May 1864), William G. ( age 22 - Oct.1877), Mathew M. ( age 20 -July 1879), Frank A. Jr. ( age 19 -Feb.1881), Robert E. ( age 17 – Nov. 1882), Febbie R. ( age 15 - January 1885), Joseph I. ( age 14 -June 1886), Liza A. ( age 12 – May 1888), John E. (age 8 – Aug. 1891), Mary L. ( age 7 – Jan. 1893) and Daniel D. ( age 5 – Apr. 1895). All were born in Florida as were their parents. Jessie states that she is the mother of 11 children and 10 are currently living. They have been married 23 years. Frank Sr. states his occupation as Mill Wright and his son, William, is a laborer. William and Febbie have attended school through the 12th grade. They and their parents indicate they can read and write while the others say they cannot.
| 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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| Military | 4/21/1917 | Blountstown FL | 39 yrs old | | WWI record for Pvt. Davis reports no injuries and an Honerable Discharge on 4/21/17 due to dependent relatives. He did not serve overseas. He enlisted at Blountstown, FL on November 11, 1915 when he was 38 years old. |
| Census | 1/30/1920 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 42 yrs old | | Recorded as family #394: William G. Davis (age 42), Annie (wife, age 49), Mary E. (daughter, age 11), and Willie F. (son, age 4). William is renting the home where they live. All were born in Florida, except Annie's mother who was born in AL. Mary has been attending school and she and her parents can read and write. William is working as a log hauler. |
| Census | 1/1/1930 | Eagle lake FL (Polk County) | 52 yrs old | family # 11,13 - William G. Davis(52) & son,Willie F. Davis (15). Both were born in FL, as were thier parents. William works as a haler for a cutris packing house. He is a vetran of WWI. They rent thier home and is vauled at $5. William is a widow.
his daughter lives next door. |
| Marriage | 5/7/1932 | FL (Polk County) | 54 yrs old | | Groom:
William G. Davis,
Bride: Hassie Dora Grantham,
Marriage Date: May 7, 1932
Marriage Place: Polk Co., Florida, Certificate: 6020,
Volume: 178,
Source: Florida Department of Health
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| Newspaper | 10/13/1940 | Winter Haven FL | 63 yrs old | | Name: William G. Davis,
Gender: Male,
Death Age: 63,
Birth Date: 1877,Spouse:
Hassie Campbell Davis,
Residence Place: Winter Haven,
Death Date: 13 Oct 1940,
Obituary Date: 14 Oct 1940,
Obituary Place: Tampa, Florida, Newspaper Title: The Tampa Tribune
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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. |
| 40 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
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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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1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 12 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 18 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 20 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 23 |
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. |
| 24 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
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1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 26 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 27 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 29 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 29 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 29 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 35 |
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 |
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1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 50 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 51 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
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1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
| 61 |
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. |
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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. |
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1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
| 62 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
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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. |
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1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
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1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
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1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
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1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
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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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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. |
| 58 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
| 62 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
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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 |
| 37 |
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. |
| 40 |
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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1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
| 62 |
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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| Annie Monford
Born on an unknown day in July 1881 and died about 1925.
They were married 1/13/1905.
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The Children of William G. Davis
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Mary Emma Davis
Born in Blountstown (Calhoun Co), Florida on June 15, 1909 and died in Tampa, Florida on March 6, 1996. She was 86 years old.
She married (abt. 1924) Charles Ananaias Sullivan. They moved from Blountstown to Eagle Lake around 1925....
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William Frank Davis
Born in Blountstown (Calhoun Co), Florida on February 15, 1915 and died in Eagle Lake, Florida on September 23, 1991. He was 76 years old.
He moved from Blountstown with his family to Eagle Lake around 1925. William worked in the citrus industry. He married Katheryn E. Corbitt.
They had one daughter, Carroll Sue Davis (7/25/1939-4/15...
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