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Lemuel Martin Streetman 

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Sinclair Streetman
8/10/1817 - 7/27/1888

 


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Lemuel Martin Streetman
12/9/1844 - 11/4/1925
(Shown at age 71)
Lemuel Martin Streetman was born on December 9, 1844 in Taylor County, Georgia and died on November 4, 1925 in Taylor County, Georgia. He lived to be 80 years old.

He married in 1865 to Mary Ann "Polly" Jinks Averett (1839-1905)
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Census7/24/1860 Georgia Militia District 757 GA (Taylor County) 15 yrs old 
Page: 154, #505 - Sinclair Streetman (43), Emeline J. Streetman (44), William T. Streetman (19), Nancy E. Streetman (17), Lemuel M. Streetman (15), Elbert F. Streetman (13), Smithey E. Streetman (7), Mary E. Streetman (4), orphan -Abmer C. Smith (12), domestic -Elizabeth W. Millirons (65). All were born in GA, except Emeline in SC. 
Census1/1/1880  Howard GA (Taylor County) 35 yrs old 
Page 38 C, # 88 - Lemuel M. Streetman (age 35), Mary A. (41), Elbert L. (11), Henry E. (8), Adel G. (5), William H. (2) and step. daughter - Laura L. Averett (22). All were born in GA. Lemuel is a farmer 
Census6/13/1900 Howard GA (Taylor County) 55 yrs old 
Page 1, # 6 - Lemuel M. Streetman (age 55, Dec. 1844), Mary A. Streetman (61, Jan. 1839), John Streetman (13, Nov. 1886), son in law - James R. Scott (23, June 1876), Alice Scott (18, May 1882), Grandson -Orion L. Scott (1 mo, May 1900). All were born in GA, Lemuel is a farmer and James is a farm laborer 

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AgeDateEvent
3 1847 Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville
6 1850 Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed.
7 1851 Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed.
8 1852 Taylor County formed.
9 1853 Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated.
10 1854 Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed.
12 1856 Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed.
13 1857 Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed.
14 1858 Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed.
26 1870 Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed.
31 1875 Oconee County formed.
61 1905 Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed.
68 1912 Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed.
70 1914 Barrow, Candler, Bacon, and Evans Counties are formed.
73 1917 Atkinson and Treutlen Counties are formed.
76 1920 Seminole, Lanier, Brantley, Long, and Lamar Counties are formed.
80 1924 Peach County is formed.
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9 1853 The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S.
12 1856 The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany
15 1859 Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory.
21 1865 Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public.
25 1869 Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France
33 1877 Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed.
35 1879 Edison invents the electric light bulb.
45 1889 The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards
51 1895 Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance.
53 1897 First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph
56 1900 Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams"
56 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.
57 1901 First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent.
58 1902 The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered.
59 1903 Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk
60 1904 The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming
62 1906 Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes
62 1906 Electrons are discovered by Thomson
62 1906 The triode vacuum tube is invented
68 1912 The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people.
69 1913 Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant
70 1914 The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed
79 1923 Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes
79 1923 Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id"
80 1924 Insecticides are used for the first time on crops
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17 1861 NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA.
18 1862 NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
38 1882 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity.
41 1885 NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen.
64 1908 NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile
68 1912 White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out.
69 1913 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures
73 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.
75 1919 NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty.
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11 1855 Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
16 1860 Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
18 1862 May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
19 1863 Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves.
21 1865 American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South"
24 1868 An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees.
31 1875 Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
32 1876 The National League of Baseball is founded
65 1909 The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
66 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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65 1909 The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe
70 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.
73 1917 Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes.
75 1919 The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I.
76 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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John Aubrey Streetman
Born in Taylor County, Georgia on November 25, 1885 and died in Christmas, Orange County, Florida about 1962. He was 76 years old.

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