Genealogy for
Josephine Ellen Stone
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Josephine Ellen Stone
1/30/1856 - 7/7/1923
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Josephine Ellen Stone was born on January 30, 1856 somewhere in Florida and died on July 7, 1923 in Bay Co., Florida. Actual date of death is unknown. She lived to be about 67 years old.
Children:
Frances (1876)
Charles (1877)
Joseph (1882)
Samuel P. Davis (9/17/1885 -12/5/1974)-married Eleanor R.(11/ 5/1885 -6/10 /1974)
Moody B. Davis (2/1890 -1958)-marred Mabel T.(1889-1979)
John H. Davis (8/1892)
Josephine Davis (6/ 1896)
George W. Davis (9/14/1898- 12/ 24/1960) | 
 | Census | 6/12/1880 | Abe Springs FL (Calhoun County) | 24 yrs old | Recorded as family #7693: Lewis Davis (age 32), Josephine (wife, age 23), Frances (daughter, age 4), Charles (son, age 3), Lucretia (sister, age 14), James M. Peacock (boarder/hireling age 21), Roxa Peacock (sister, age 17), John S. Peacock (born January, 6 months old, nephew). Lewis is a farmer. Lewis and Josephine can read and write. The father of Lewis, Lucretia and Roxa was born in Mississippi and their mother in GA. Everyone was born in Florida.
| Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1880: Blountstown was declared the seat of Calhoun County in 1880. Prior to that, Abe Springs had been the county seat. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 1/1/1885 | district 4 FL (Washington County) | 28 yrs old | | #13 - L.C. Davis (age 38), J.E. (28), Frances (9), Charles (8), Joseph (3). All born in Florida. L.C. job is leaching? (hard to read clearly) |
| Census | 1/1/1900 | Parker FL (Washington County) | 43 yrs old |
210, 218 -Louis Davis (age 52 -Oct.1847),
Josephine Davis (44 - Jan.1856),
Samuel P. Davis (14 -Sept. 1885),
Moody B. Davis (9-Feb.1890),
John H. Davis (7-Aug.1892),
Josephine Davis (10-June 1896) &
George W. Davis (1-Sept.1898). All were born in FL. Lewis' father in MS, mother in AL. Josephine's parents in FL. Josephine states she has had twelve children, five are living. Samuel and Moody attend school. Lewis is a farmer. Lewis, Josephine, Moody and Samuel can read and write.
| Additional information about Washington County, FL around 1900: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 1/1/1910 | Wetappo FL (Washington County) | 53 yrs old | | 11- Lewis C. Davis (age 62),
Josephine E. Davis (54)
John H. Davis (17)
Josephine E. Davis (13) &
George W. Davis (11). Lewis' father was born in MI and mother in AL. Josephine's mother was born in AL.All were born in FL. Lewis and Josephine have been married 37 years, had 13 children, 6 are living. Lewis is a farmer. |
| Military | 8/19/1919 | FL (Calhoun County) | 63 yrs old | | Civil War Pension - Lewis C. Davis - born: 10/25/1847, enlisted in Luke Lott's Home Guards in 1863, honorable discharge at the close of the war in 1865. |
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Josephine, her family, and friends. For example, Josephine is 4 years old when Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
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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. |
| 26 |
1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
| 27 |
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. |
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1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
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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. |
| 23 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 33 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 39 |
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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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 |
| 61 |
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. |
| 63 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
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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. |
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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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| Lewis 'Bud' Davis
Born on October 27, 1847 and died on August 22, 1932
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