Notes:

NOTE 1./ 1900 MD 1121, Worth County, Georgia census,

Name Home in 1900 Birth Year Birthplace Race Relation
John D Houston MD 1121, Worth, Georgia abt 1842 Georgia White Head
Martha J Houston MD 1121, Worth, Georgia abt 1862 Georgia White Wife
Charles E Houston MD 1121, Worth, Georgia abt 1893 Georgia White Son
Ruby J Houston MD 1121, Worth, Georgia abt 1895 Georgia White Daughter
James M Houston MD 1121, Worth, Georgia abt 1897 Georgia White Son
Eula M Houston MD 1121, Worth, Georgia abt 1898 Georgia White Daughter
Paulin Houston MD 1121, Worth, Georgia abt 1900 Georgia White Daughter
Fanny Houston MD 1121, Worth, Georgia abt 1868 Georgia White Daughter
Willie J Houston MD 1121, Worth, Georgia abt 1900 Georgia White Grandson
Maud Houston MD 1121, Worth, Georgia abt 1877 Georgia White Daughter
George N Houston MD 1121, Worth, Georgia abt 1884 Georgia White Son

NOTE 2./ Historical Time Reference
"The Atlanta Constitution" (Atlanta, Georgia), 15 December 1901, page 3:
WAVES MARCONI SPEEDS MESSAGES ACROSS ATLANTIC OCEAN

From Newfoundland to Cornwall Italian Inventor Sends Message Without Wires.

St. Johns, N.F., December 14. Signor Marconi announced the most wonderful scientific discovery of modern times tonight in stating that he had received electric signals across the Atlantic ocean from his station in Cornwall, England. He explains that before leaving England he made plans for accomplishing this result, for while his primary object was to communicate with ocean liners in mid-ocean he hoped also to succeed in attaining the wonderful scientific achievement of wireless telegraphy across the Atlantic.

Signor Marconi's station in Cornwall is most powerful. He has an electric force, generated there, a hundred times greater than at his ordinary stations. Before he left England he arranged that the electrician in charge of the station which is located at Poldhu, should begin sending signals daily after a certain date, which Signor Marconi would cable him after having perfected his arrangements here.

Signor Marconi arrive here a week ago Friday, selected Signal Hill, at the entrance to the harbor, as an experimenting station and moved his equipment there. Last Monday he cabled to the Poldhu station to begin sending signals at 3 p.m. daily and to continue until 6 p.m. these hours being respectively 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., St. Johns time. During these hours Wednesday Signor Marconi elevated the kite with an aerial wire by means of which signals are sent or received. He remained at the recorder attached to the receiving apparatus and to his profound satisfaction signals were received by him at intervals, according to the programme arranged previously with the operator at Poldhu.

These signals consisted of repeating at intervals the letter "s" which, in Marconi's code is made by three dots, or quick strokes. This signal was repeated so frequently and so in accordance with the plan, arranged to provide safeguards against the possibility of a mistake, that Signor Marconi was satisfied that it was a genuine transmission from England. . .

NOTE 3./ HISTORICAL REFERENCE 1913

The year was 1913 and there was turbulence in the Balkans. Following a coup in the Ottoman Empire, the first Balkan War continued with allied Balkan states defeating the Ottoman Empire. The peace treaty, signed in London on May 30, redrew the map lines of southeastern Europe. In June, Bulgaria, unhappy with the new boundaries, attacked Greece and Serbia in a short-lived effort to gain control over Macedonia. The Treaty of Bucharest ended the second Balkan War giving control of Macedonia to the Greek and Serbian allies.

Tragedy struck on October 14 in Senghenydd, Wales, when an explosion ripped through a coal mine killing 439 men and boys in the worst coal mining disaster in Welsh history. The explosion left 205 widows and 542 children without a father. Postcards commemorating the disaster can be found online through the National Library of Wales. Wikipedia also lists the names of those killed in the disaster. The Coal Mining History Resource Center maintains a national database of mining deaths and injuries in the UK.

The following month, across the Atlantic a powerful storm dubbed the "Great Lakes White Hurricane" took 235 lives and caused up to forty shipwrecks. Most of the casualties came from large freighters wrecked on Lake Huron. The NOAA website includes accounts describing thirty-five foot waves in succession, of the grisly sight of sailors washing up on Canadian shores following the storm, and in one interesting story where one of the "victims" walked in on his own funeral.

Earlier that year in March, a catastrophic flood had brought disaster to Dayton and other cities in the Miami River valley. The flood took more than 300 lives and caused more than 100 million dollars in damage. Photographs accompany the story of the flood and aftermath in Dayton in this article from the Dayton Metro Library.

In 1913, Thomas Woodrow Wilson succeeded William Howard Taft in the presidency of the United States. During that first year in office, one of the most significant pieces of legislation passed was the Sixteenth Amendment, which provided for the creation of an income tax.

Crossword puzzles first came to fame in 1913 with the first publication of a puzzle by Arthur Wynne in the New York World on 21 December. They grew in popularity in the 1920s as they began appearing in other U.S. newspapers, eventually spreading across the ocean where they first appeared in the British Pearson's Magazinein February 1922.

Another innovation that year was the zipper, patented by Swedish immigrant, Gideon Sundback. Originally patented for use on galoshes, it later spread to clothing items.

NOTE 4./ Historical Note : The Year Was 1933

As the year 1933 dawned, the Great Depression was worsening, the U.S. was facing a near 25 percent unemployment rate, and businesses and banks were failing in large numbers.

In his inaugural address, the new president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, told the country, "Only a foolish optimist can deny the dark realities of the moment." But in his first hundred days, he employed sweeping reforms in an effort to get the country back on track. "The New Deal" included a farm relief bill, a four-day bank holiday to address the banking crisis, financial reform, and repeal of Prohibition, among other things.

Roosevelt also created the Civilian Conservation Corps, which employed thousands of young men between the ages of seventeen and twenty-four in various conservation projects, including forest fire fighting and prevention, erosion control (particularly vital during these Dust Bowl years), the protection of wildlife and habitats, and perhaps most notably, reforestation.

Roosevelt also established the Tennessee Valley Authority, which dealt with the problems of flooding, deforestation, and erosion in the Tennessee River Basin, as well as harnessing water power to create energy. In Chicago, the Century of Progress International Exposition drew crowds despite the hardships faced by many.

Around the world, other countries were also engulfed in depression. In Germany, the poor economic conditions helped pave the way for the rise of Adolph Hitler and the Nazi party. Along with Hitler's rise to power, events of the year 1933 included the burning of the Reichstag, book burnings, and the creation of Dachau--the first Nazi concentration camp. Read an article about Hitler's appointment as Chancellor of Germany in the The Chronicle-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio).

Movie-goers tried to forget their woes as they went to see movies like Duck Soup, Morning Glory, Little Women, King Kong, and The Invisible Man. Popular songs were Stormy Weather, Gold Digger's Song (We're In the Money), and Forty-Second Street.

The "Sheyboygan Press" (Sheboygan, Wisconsin), from 25 April 1933, advertised a five-pound box of soap chips for $.22, eggs for $.09 per two dozen, and Idaho potatoes for $.24 per fifteen lb. cloth bag. You could buy a new Frigidaire for $96.00 and Firestone tires for around $5.95.

Willie married Ruby Iris MOORE on 04 Nov 1923 in Dole, Worth county, Georgia. Ruby (daughter of Green Berry MOORE and Birdie Lena SINGLETARY) was born on 19 Aug 1904 in Ashburn, Turner County, Georgia.; died on 09 Oct 1992 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.; was buried on 11 Oct 1992 in OakGrove Baptist Church Cemetary, Ashburn, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Fannie Francis HOUSTON. Fannie (daughter of CSA John Dallas HOUSTON and Sarah Jane POSEY) was born on 19 Dec 1868 in Georgia; died on 21 Oct 1951; was buried in Oak Grove cemetery, Ashburn, Turner County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Green married Birdie Lena SINGLETARY on 18 May 1902 in Worth County, Georgia.. Birdie (daughter of CSA John Lock SINGLETARY and Ellen Hazeltine SUBER) was born on 27 Apr 1884 in Andersonville, Sumter County, Georgia; died on 24 May 1971 in Crisp County, Georgia; was buried on 25 May 1971 in Oakfield Baptist Church Cemetary, Warwick, Worth Co., GA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Paragraph from Sam Singletary ([email protected]) e-mail 9-30-02: " I just spoke with my Daddy and he remembers Aunt Birdie well he said she used to come and stay with them from time to time. He told me, about the time his youngest brother Herschel fell on the wood stove and burned his face really bad and how they went and got Aunt Birdie to talk the fire from his face. He said she sat behind the stove in a chair holding Herschel who was around 4 or 5 at the time and kept mumbling something all day and most of the night. Within a couple of days he was good as new and it left no scars."

Notes:

NOTE 1./ WORTH COUNTY, GA - 59th Regiment Co. F "Worth Infantry"

Rouse, Stephen W. -- Private - May 13, 1862. Roll dated August 31, 1862, bears remark. `"Was never sworn into company. Has since joined Partisan Rangers and gone into the service and name erased from the rolls of this company.” Enlisted as a private in Company A, 62nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 31, 1862. Roll dated April 1864, last on file, shows him present. Enlisted as a private in Company F, 10th Regiment, Georgia Militia July 6, 1864. On detail December 1, 1864, to close of war. (Born in Georgia in 1838.)

CSA married Lucy HOUSTON on 05 Apr 1860 in Dougherty County, Georgia. Lucy (daughter of George R HOUSTON and Elizabeth POSEY) was born on 21 Jul 1844 in Dooly County, Georgia; died on 28 May 1903 in Worth County, Georgia; was buried in Red Oak Cemetery, Doles, Georgia.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./
Point of Interest not relating at this time to Houston County and Houston surname in general:

HOUSTON 1854 U.S. Gazetteer, H, p.502
hews'ton, a county in the S. W. central part of Georgia, has an area of 875 square miles. The Ocmulgee river, navigable by steamboats, bounds it on the E., the Echaconnee creek flows along the northern border, and it is drained by Mossy, Big Indian, Sandy Run, and Lumpkin's creeks. The surface is nearly level; the soil is of limestone formation, very fertile, and extensively cultivated. Cotton, Indian corn, wheat, oats, rice, and sweet potatoes are the staples. By the census of 1850, this county produced more cotton and sweet potatoes than any other in the state. There were raised 19,362 bales of cotton; 662,600 bushels of corn; 46,830 of oats, and 188,224 of sweet potatoes. There were 6 grist mills, 10 saw mills, 1 cotton factory, and 1 woollen factory. It contained 24 churches, and 616 pupils attending public schools. The South-western railroad passes through the county, and the Muscogee railroad has its eastern terminus in it. Named in honor of John Houston, governor of Georgia in 1778. Capital, Perry. Population, 16,450, of whom 6526 were free, and 9924, slaves.

NOTE 2./ 1860 Daugherty County Georgia census: 6-14-1860

Name Home Age Est Birth Yr Birthplace Gender

G Houston Not Stated, Dougherty, GA 45 1814 North Carolina Male
E Houston Not Stated, Dougherty, GA 46 1813 Louisiana;Virginia Female
James Houston Not Stated, Dougherty, GA 24 1835 Dooly Male
Jane Houston Not Stated, Dougherty, GA 20 1839 Dooly Female
John D Houston Not Stated, Dougherty, GA 19 1840 Georgia Male
Lucy Houston Not Stated, Dougherty, GA 18 1841 Georgia Female
E Houston Not Stated, Dougherty, GA 13 1846 Georgia Female
George Houston Not Stated, Dougherty, GA 11 1848 Georgia Male
Emily Houston Not Stated, Dougherty, GA 5 1854 Georgia Female
Adia Houston Not Stated, Dougherty, GA 1 1858 Dougherty Female
Martha Houston Not Stated, Dougherty, GA 18 1841 Georgia Female
((Note that this last Martha is not connected to any other Houston family yet, but is surely not one of John and Elizabeths children))

NOTE 3./ 1870 District 14, Worth County, Georgia census: 8-29-1870

Name Home Est Birth Year Birthplace Race Gender
John Houston District 14, Worth, GA abt 1842 Georgia White Male
Jane Houston District 14, Worth, GA abt 1844 Georgia White Female
Mary Houston District 14, Worth, GA abt 1868 Georgia White Female
Fanny Houston District 14, Worth, GA abt 1869 Georgia White Female

NOTE 4./ WORTH COUNTY, COUNTY OFFICERS Commissioned-Succeeded
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Jno. D. Houston, Sheriff Feb. 15, 1879

NOTE 5./ 1900 MD 1121, Worth County, Georgia census,

Name Home in 1900 Birth Year Birthplace Race Relation
John D Houston MD 1121, Worth, Georgia abt 1842 Georgia White Head
Martha J Houston MD 1121, Worth, Georgia abt 1862 Georgia White Wife
Charles E Houston MD 1121, Worth, Georgia abt 1893 Georgia White Son
Ruby J Houston MD 1121, Worth, Georgia abt 1895 Georgia White Daughter
James M Houston MD 1121, Worth, Georgia abt 1897 Georgia White Son
Eula M Houston MD 1121, Worth, Georgia abt 1898 Georgia White Daughter
Paulin Houston MD 1121, Worth, Georgia abt 1900 Georgia White Daughter
Fanny Houston MD 1121, Worth, Georgia abt 1868 Georgia White Daughter
Willie J Houston MD 1121, Worth, Georgia abt 1900 Georgia White Grandson
Maud Houston MD 1121, Worth, Georgia abt 1877 Georgia White Daughter
George N Houston MD 1121, Worth, Georgia abt 1884 Georgia White Son

NOTE 6./ Historical Note: The Year Was 1873

The year was 1873 and much of the world was entering into a long period of economic depression. The beginning of the Long Depression is typically marked by the crash of the Vienna stock market, which sent ripples across Europe and eventually the United States with the fall of Jay Cooke & Company. The Cooke investment bank was heavily invested in the overbuilt railroad system which was beginning to fail. With the fall of this prominent company, a financial panic ensued and the New York Stock Exchange had to close for ten days. Railroads, factories, banks, and businesses had to close their doors resulting in skyrocketing unemployment rates. The Long Depression would last into the 1890s.

There were other smaller scale disasters in 1873. The British SS Atlantic out of Liverpool (with a stop at Queenstown) hit a submerged rock en route to New York and was wrecked in heavy seas off Nova Scotia. It is estimated that 545 of the 952 passengers perished.

In Baltimore, Maryland, a fire began in the factory of Joseph Thomas and Sons and spread over ten acres of the city. Photos of the fire and aftermath can be found online at the Maryland Historical Society.

A cholera epidemic swept through Birmingham, Alabama. Below is an interesting excerpt from a report from Mortimer H. Jordan, who was secretary of the Jefferson County Medical Society of Birmingham, Alabama, at the time of the epidemic (found on the website of the Reynolds Historical Library at the University of Alabama at Birmingham).

The treatment adopted was the opium and mercurial. When the stomach seemed so inactive that nothing made any impression upon it, an emetic of mustard, salt, ginger, and pepper, suspended in hot water, in many cases produced a warm glow over the surface of the body in a few moments. . . . Diuretics produced no good results. No condition in life, sex, or age escaped. The sucking babe and those of extreme age suffered alike from its ravages.

Before closing this paper, justice demands that we should briefly allude to the heroic and self sacrificing conduct, during this epidemic, of that unfortunate class who are known as 'women of the town.' These poor creatures, though outcasts from society, anathematized by the church, despised by women and maltreated by men, when the pestilence swept over the city, came forth from their homes to nurse the sick and close the eyes of the dead. It was passing strange that they would receive no pay, expected no thanks; they only went where their presence was needed, and never remained longer than they could do good. While we abhor the degradation of these unfortunates, their magnanimous behavior during these fearful days has drawn forth our sympathy and gratitude.

Further north and west, Jesse James and the James- Younger gang robbed a Rock Island train near Adair, Iowa. This first train robbery netted the gang more than $2,300, but was most likely a disappointment for the gang. They were expecting a $100,000 gold shipment, but that shipment had been switched to another train at the last moment.

North of the border in Canada, the Dominion Parliament had more lawful goals in mind when it established the North-West Mounted Police, the predecessor of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Canada was growing and in 1873 Prince Edward Island joined the federation as Canada's smallest province.

In music, the song Home on the Range was born (Daniel Kelly & Brewster M. Higley). The tune went on to become the state song of Kansas and is known around the world.

CSA married Sarah Jane POSEY on 21 Nov 1866 in Worth County, Georgia. Sarah (daughter of Judge Senator William POSEY and Gay UNKNOWN) was born about 1845 in Georgia; died about 1892 in Worth County, Georgia; was buried in Beside grave of JD Houston is unmarked adult grave which may be Jane. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

CensusNote: All three male children, Ben W,. George, and Charley E., are found living in 3 different areas of the 1920 Worth County, Georgia Census. Only Fannie Francis does not appear to be in Worth County in 1920.

Notes:

NOTE1A./ American Civil War Soldiers (Ancestry.com)

Name: Andrew Ham Moree ,
Residence: Worth County, Georgia
Enlistment Date: 24 December 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Georgia
Unit Numbers: 412 412
Service Record: Wounded (In knee)
Enlisted as a Private on 24 December 1861
Enlisted in Company B, 7th Infantry State Troops Regiment Georgia on 24 December 1861.
Mustered out Company B, 7th Infantry State Troops Regiment Georgia on 29 April 1862
Enlisted in Company F, 59th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 22 July 1862.
Surrendered Company F, 59th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 09 April 1865 in Appomattox Court House, VA

NOTE 1B./ WORTH COUNTY, GA - 59th Regiment Co. F "Worth Infantry"

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Moree, Andrew Ham (or Moore) -- Enlisted as a private in Company B, 7th Regiment, Georgia State Troops December 24, 1861. Mustered out April 29, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company F, 59th Regiment, Georgia Infantry July 22, 1862, Wounded in knee. Surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April
9, 1865. (Born in Twiggs County, Georgia, May 12, 1835, Died near Warwick, Georgia in 1866 or 1867.)

NOTE 2./ 59th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry "Sidney Johnston's"

The 59th Infantry Regiment was formed in the spring of 1862 with men from Jackson, Whitfield, Crawford, Worth, and Turner counties. After serving for some time in Georgia and North Carolina, the unit moved to Virginia. Early in 1863 it was attached to General G.T. Anderson's Brigade where it remained for the balance of the war. The 59th fought at Gettysburg, moved with Longstreet to assist Bragg at Chickamauga, then served in the Kentucky Campaign. Returning to Virginia, it took part in the conflicts at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor, the Petersburg siege north of the James River, and the Appomattox operations. The unit lost more than twenty-five percent of the 525 engaged at Gettysburg and sustained 69 casualties from May 6 to April 14 and 85 from August 1 to December 31, 1864. Fifteen officers and 251 men were present at the surrender. Its field officers were Colonel Jack Brown; Lieutenant Colonels Bolivar H. Gee, Charles J. Harris, and George R. Hunter; and Majors Mastin G. Bass and William H. Fickling. Mustered in June 16, 1862 -- Mustered out April 9, 1865

NOTE 3./ The Presidency in the 1830's

Historical Note: Andrew Jackson was President in 1832 when he ordered all Indians east of the Mississippi, to be moved West. This was one of the sadest edicts of this and for all time in the History of the United States. Andrew Jackson imposed his will on the Presidency, the people, the banking industry and the landscape of America. He was not a good delegator, and fired the members of his Cabinet, in some instances several times, when they would not do his exact bidding. He was a born fighter and dualed several times, and had two lead balls in his body from these contests. Jackson was censured by his Democratic Party for firing 3 Secretary of the Treasurys in order to change the Federal Banking methods. He was the only President to be censured. He was given the name "Jackass" by his Party, which soon became the symbol assumed by his Democratic Party. He was the first and last President to leave the Government debt free at his parting. Andrew Jackson used the Presidential veto 12 times, supassed only by Andrew Johnson (25), who took over after the assassination of Lincoln. As a final note, Johnson later missed being impeached by only one vote, because he did not want to punish the South, after the Civil War.

NOTE 4./ Georgia Marriages, 1851-1900
Name Spouse Marriage Date County State
A. H. MORE ELIZABETH BROWN 03 Jan 1856 Worth GA

NOTE 5./ 1860 Worth County, GA census, enumerated July 07, 1860
Name Home in 1860 Age in 1860 Estimated Birth Year Birthplace Gender
A H More Not Stated, Worth, GA 34 1825 Georgia Male
Elizebeth More Not Stated, Worth, GA 21 1838 Georgia Female
Henry More Not Stated, Worth, GA 9/12 1859 Georgia Male

NOTE 6./ Historical Reference: The Year Was 1829

In the U.S., Andrew Jackson became the seventh president of the United States. A hero of the War of 1812, he had also been a senator and representative for Tennessee, and Justice of the Tennessee Superior Court. Nicknamed "Old Hickory", he appealed to the common man and held a public reception at his inauguration at the White House.

The U.S. had banned the importation of slaves in 1808, but unfortunately, it didn't stop the trade. In 1829, a boat assigned to patrol the African Coast looking for slavers, intercepted the "Feloz" and a group from the interceptor boarded the ship. A first-hand account of the horrific conditions from one of the group, Rev. Robert Walsh, can be found online at EyeWitness to History.com.

That year, Eng and Chang Bunker, the original Siamese twins arrived in America where they traveled around in exhibitions. They went on to tour through England and other countries in Europe for the next ten years and later settled in a small town in North Carolina, where they married two sisters.

In the world of technology, William Austin Burt invented and received the first American patent for the "typographer"--an early version of the typewriter. Burt also held patents for a number of other inventions and did extensive surveying in the areas that are now Michigan and Wisconsin.

CSA married Sarah Elizabeth BROWN on 03 Jan 1856 in Worth County, Georgia. Sarah (daughter of Absalom BROWN and Elizabeth CLARK) was born in 1842 in Decatur County, Georgia; died on 05 Feb 1929 in Warwick, Worth, Georgia; was buried on 05 Feb 1929 in Smoak Cemetary, Warwick, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Note 1:
Other McConner Ga deaths 1919 to 1998 searched to find:
Name Gender Race Death Date Death County Age Volume Certificate Residence County Comments
Joe Mcconner M C 22 May 1964 Bulloch 63 years 013568 Bullock
Era C Mcconner 20 Feb 1933 Worth 4369
Sarah E. Mcconner 05 Feb 1929 Crisp 4829-K
Isaac Mcconner 08 Mar 1924 Worth 6423-F

Note 2:
The 1880 Worth census shows Sarah, age 38, as head of the household (since Andrew Ham died in 1867), with 4 children at home. What is interesting is the fact that they are living right next door to a Miles Moore, age 50, with his wife Sarah, age 45, and son William, age 12. Also looks like she has not met or married McConner yet (by 1880)

Note 3:
The 1880 Worth census shows this McConner family
Census Place: District 1121, Worth, Georgia
Source: FHL Film 1254172 National Archives Film T9-0172 Page 509C
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Ritchard MCCONNER Self M M W 44 GA
Occ: Farm Laborer Fa: (GA) Mo: (GA)
Lydia MCCONNER Wife F M W 40 GA
Occ: Keeping House Fa: GA Mo: GA
Isaac MCCONNER Son M S W 19 GA
Occ: Farm Laborer Fa: GA Mo: GA
John MCCONNER Son M S W 16 GA
Occ: Farm Laborer Fa: GA Mo: GA
Green MCCONNER Son M S W 13 GA
Occ: Farm Laborer Fa: GA Mo: GA
William MCCONNER Son M S W 2 GA
Fa: GA Mo: GA

Note4:
E-mail from Joann Gorday 9-28-02:
The 1880 census lists Sarah E. Moore as the head of household, so apparently she has not married Mr. McConnor yet. Drucella B. is listed as her 4 year old daughter, and yes her birthdate would be 1876, which is 9 years after Andrew's death and before Elizabeth began using the McConnor name. So who is Addie's father? I don't think it the McConnor.

Notes:

NOTE1./ The entire 1860 collection of Sumter County, Georgia, census images was reviewed at ancestry.com on 11-1-2002, by this author. The Thomas L Singletary, (age 30), family # 690, was living next door to the Artur Singletary, (age 40), family # 691. The only other Singletary in this 1860 Sumter census was a John Singletary, age 12, living with Ax (age 33), and his wife? Ridley, (age 18), Bafs? family #536. Beside this husband and wife?, this John Singletary, is the only other resident of this household. Interestingly enough, Family # 689, living beside these two aforementioned Singletary families, is that of Rise and Susan Bafs? and their 3 children. Thus, it would seem that this isolated John Singletary, age 12, would be a relation of some kind to the Singletary families # 690 & #691, and may have been arranged by the next door neighbour relationship of the Bafs family. Clearly however in 1860 in Sumter County Georgia, there were only two distinct Singletary family units with heads of household.

NOTE 2./ In the 1860 Sumter census, Families # 672 and # 685 are of the surname Suber, and both parents were born in South Carolina. However, there was no enumeration of an Ellen Hazeltine Suber, who would later become John Lock Singletary's wife. It seems that Ellen Hazeltine had married her 1st husband, Jesse Smith by the 1860 census, and was living with him in Randolph County, Georgia.

NOTE 3./ Regiment: 46th Infantry Regiment GA :
Regiment Type: Infantry
Regimental History : John L Singletary participated in the following:

Battles Fought

Fought on 01 May 1863 at Port Gibson, MS.
Fought on 12 May 1863 at Baker's Creek, MS.
Fought on 14 May 1863 at Jackson, MS.
Fought on 16 May 1863 at Jackson, MS.
Fought on 25 May 1863 at Jackson, MS.
Fought on 28 May 1863 at Dallas, GA.
Fought on 06 July 1863 at Jackson, MS.
Fought on 13 July 1863 at Jackson, MS.
Fought on 13 July 1863 at Yazoo City, MS.
Fought on 16 July 1863 at Jackson Or Tupelo, MS.
Fought on 17 July 1863 at Jackson, MS.
Fought on 19 September 1863 at Chickamauga, GA.
Fought on 20 September 1863 at Chickamauga, GA.
Fought on 15 October 1863.
Fought on 28 October 1863.
Fought on 24 November 1863.
Fought on 25 November 1863 at Missionary Ridge, TN.
Fought on 26 November 1863 at Graysville, GA.
Fought on 27 November 1863 at Chickamauga, GA.
Fought on 27 November 1863 at Missionary Ridge, TN.
Fought on 27 November 1863 at Ringgold, GA.
Fought on 26 December 1863.
Fought on 10 May 1864.
Fought on 15 May 1864 at New Hope Church, GA.
Fought on 15 May 1864 at Resaca, GA.
Fought on 16 May 1864.
Fought on 17 May 1864 at Adairsville, GA.
Fought on 17 May 1864 at Calhoun, GA.
Fought on 19 May 1864 at Calhoun, GA.
Fought on 19 May 1864 at Kingston, GA.
Fought on 20 May 1864 at Resaca, GA.
Fought on 28 May 1864 at Dallas, GA.
Fought on 28 May 1864 at New Hope Church, GA.
Fought on 30 May 1864 at New Hope Church, GA.
Fought on 05 June 1864 at Pumpkin Vine Creek, GA.
Fought on 14 June 1864 at Pine Mountain, GA.
Fought on 15 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 15 June 1864 at Pine Mountain, GA.
Fought on 17 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 18 June 1864 at Pine Mountain, GA.
Fought on 19 June 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 19 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 19 June 1864 at Marietta, GA.
Fought on 19 June 1864 at Peach Tree Creek, GA.
Fought on 20 June 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 20 June 1864 at Greensboro, NC.
Fought on 20 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 20 June 1864 at Marietta, GA.
Fought on 21 June 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 21 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 22 June 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 22 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 24 June 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 25 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 26 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 27 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 27 June 1864 at Marietta, GA.
Fought on 28 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 01 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 01 July 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 02 July 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 03 July 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 03 July 1864 at Marietta, GA.
Fought on 04 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 04 July 1864 at Chattahoochee, GA.
Fought on 05 July 1864 at Chattahoochee, GA.
Fought on 05 July 1864 at Marietta, GA.
Fought on 10 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 15 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 18 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 19 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 19 July 1864 at Dalton, GA.
Fought on 19 July 1864 at Peach Tree Creek, GA.
Fought on 20 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 20 July 1864 at Peach Tree Creek, GA.
Fought on 22 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 22 July 1864 at Cobb's Mill, GA.
Fought on 22 July 1864 at Jonesboro, GA.
Fought on 22 July 1864 at Stone Mountain, GA.
Fought on 24 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 26 July 1864.
Fought on 27 July 1864 at Stone Mountain, GA.
Fought on 28 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 28 July 1864 at Stone Mountain, GA.
Fought on 29 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 01 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 01 August 1864 at Covington, GA.
Fought on 05 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 06 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 07 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 08 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 09 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 11 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 11 August 1864 at Pocotaligo, SC.
Fought on 12 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 13 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 14 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 15 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 16 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 19 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 20 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 21 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 22 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 28 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 29 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 31 August 1864 at Jonesboro, GA.
Fought on 01 September 1864 at Jonesboro, GA.
Fought on 02 September 1864 at Jonesboro, GA.
Fought on 02 September 1864 at Lovejoy Station, GA.
Fought on 06 September 1864 at Lovejoy Station, GA.
Fought on 15 September 1864 at Lovejoy Station, GA.
Fought on 15 September 1864 at Muskoga County, LA.
Fought on 19 September 1864 at TN.
Fought on 02 October 1864 at East Point, GA.
Fought on 02 October 1864 at Sand Mountain, GA.
Fought on 16 October 1864 at Taylor's Ridge, GA.
Fought on 22 October 1864 at LaFayette, GA.
Fought on 26 October 1864 at Taylor's Ridge, GA.
Fought on 29 November 1864 at Franklin, TN.
Fought on 30 November 1864 at Franklin, TN.
Fought on 30 November 1864 at Honey Hill, SC.
Fought on 03 December 1864.
Fought on 03 December 1864 at Nashville, TN.
Fought on 10 December 1864.
Fought on 15 December 1864 at Nashville, TN.
Fought on 16 December 1864 at Franklin, TN.
Fought on 16 December 1864 at Nashville, TN.
Fought on 17 December 1864 at Franklin, TN.
Fought on 17 December 1864 at Nashville, TN.
Fought on 18 December 1864 at Columbia, TN.
Fought on 18 December 1864 at Franklin, TN.
Fought on 18 December 1864 at Nashville, TN.
Fought on 25 December 1864 at MS.
Fought on 25 December 1864 at Pulaski, TN.
Fought on 28 December 1864 at Egypt Station, MS.
Fought on 05 March 1865 at Florence, SC.
Fought on 16 April 1865 at West Point, NY.
Fought on 19 April 1865 at Greenville, GA.
Fought on 20 April 1865 at Macon, GA.

NOTE 4./ Short summary of the Battle of JACKSON, MISS. MAY 14TH, 1863 when John L Singketary was taken as a POW.

Jackson, Miss., May 14, 1863. 15th and 17th Army Corps. After the occupation of Raymond the Federals moved on Jackson, Sherman's corps (the 15th) moving by way of Mississippi Springs and McPherson's (the 17th) advancing on the Clinton road. During the early morning the rain came down in torrents, making the roads heavy and in some places almost impassable. By 10 a.m. Sherman was within 3 miles of the city and the sound of McPherson's guns was heard on the left. The enemy was discovered in the front of Sherman at a small bridge, and as the head of the Federal column appeared opened
with artillery. The 2nd and 3rd brigades of Tuttle's division were deployed to the right and left of the road and Waterhouse's and Spoor's batteries, placed on commanding ground, soon silenced the enemy's pieces, the whole Confederate force retiring about half a mile into a skirt of woods in front of Jackson. Mower's brigade (2nd) followed closely until the enemy took refuge in his intrenchments. The banks of the stream at this point were high bluffs, and the river could be crossed only at the bridge which the enemy did not attempt to destroy. As far as could be seen on either side were the Confederate intrenchments and a steady artillery fire which enfiladed the road was kept up from all points.
The 95th Ohio was taken from the reserve and sent to feel the Enemy's flanks. It was soon discovered that the intrenchments were abandoned where they crossed the railroad and Steele's division was pushed into the city that way, the rest of the column following on the main road. McPherson, meantime, had also been fighting severely but entered the city almost simultaneously with Sherman. The Federal loss was 42 killed, 251 wounded and 7 captured or missing. Brig.-Gen. John Gregg, commanding the Confederate forces at Jackson, roughly estimates his loss at 200 killed, wounded and missing; Union
reports make it over 800.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 6

NOTE 5./ 1870 Andersonville District, Sumter County, GA. census:
Page 350, Dwelling 598, family 594, about 6 doors from his brother James Singletary.

John Singletary Georgia Militia District 993, Sumter, GA abt 1841 Georgia White Male
Ellen Singletary Georgia Militia District 993, Sumter, GA abt 1841 Georgia White Female
Ella Singletary Georgia Militia District 993, Sumter, GA abt 1867 Georgia White Female
Lula Singletary Georgia Militia District 993, Sumter, GA abt 1869 Georgia White Female
Florence Smith Georgia Militia District 993, Sumter, GA abt 1858 Georgia White Female
Ida Smith Georgia Militia District 993, Sumter, GA abt 1861 Georgia White Female

NOTE 6./ Schley County Georgia Company B -46th Regiment

Singletary, John L.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Jackson, Miss. May 14, 1863. Paroled at
Demopolis, Ala. June 5, 1863 . Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. (Born in Sumter
County, Ga. December 10, 1839) He filed for pension in Dooly Co.

CSA married Ellen Hazeltine SUBER on 30 Oct 1866 in Sumter County, Georgia. Ellen (daughter of Leonard SUBER and Ladosca G UNKNOWN) was born in 1841 in Hamburg, Edgefield District, South Carolina; died before 21 Jan 1920 in Crisp County, GA.; was buried in Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Cordele, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ 1850 Edgefield District, South Carolina census:

Name Age Est Birth Birth Place Gender Home
Leonard Suber 37 1812 South Carolina Male Hamburg, Edgefield, SC
Lodasca Suber 30 1819 South Carolina Female Hamburg, Edgefield, SC
Ellen H Suber 9 1840 South Carolina Female Hamburg, Edgefield, SC
Martha A Suber 7 1842 South Carolina Female Hamburg, Edgefield, SC
Hester E Suber 2 1847 South Carolina Female Hamburg, Edgefield, SC

NOTE 2./ 1860 Randolph County Georgia census: First husband, Jessie and Ellen nee Suber Smith are living with another couple in Randolph County, GA. This Darley family is of unkown if any, relationship.

Name Home Age Est Birth Birthplace Gender
John Darley Not Stated, Randolph, GA 29 1830 Georgia Male
Cornelia F Darley Not Stated, Randolph, GA 24 1835 Female
Sophronia Darley Not Stated, Randolph, GA 1 1858 Male
Jesse Smith Not Stated, Randolph, GA 23 1836 Male
Ellen H Smith Not Stated, Randolph, GA 19 1840 South Carolina Female

NOTE 3./ 1870 Andersonville District, Sumter County, GA. census:
Page 350, Dwelling 598, family 594, about 6 doors from his brother James Singletary.

John Singletary Georgia Militia District 993, Sumter, GA abt 1841 Georgia White Male
Ellen Singletary Georgia Militia District 993, Sumter, GA abt 1841 Georgia White Female
Ella Singletary Georgia Militia District 993, Sumter, GA abt 1867 Georgia White Female
Lula Singletary Georgia Militia District 993, Sumter, GA abt 1869 Georgia White Female
Florence Smith Georgia Militia District 993, Sumter, GA abt 1858 Georgia White Female
Ida Smith Georgia Militia District 993, Sumter, GA abt 1861 Georgia White Female

NOTE 4./ Sumter County 1880 Census still has 3 Suber surname families: Two of the three have parents or themselves born in South Carolina. SUBER, M. P. <1813> M,W, Bir: SC.: SUBER, George P. <1840>, M, W, Bir: SC: SUBER, Taylor,<1850>, M, W, Bir: GA. MP Suber looks most like the match. George P. Suber has no children and Taylor has a very young family

NOTE 5./ e-mail from Joanne Gorday 9-12-2003
Ellen would have been born about 1841 in Georgia. She would have married a Smith in about 1857 and had two children born to that marriage, Florene, born about 1858 and Ida born about 1861. I found a marriage record for John and Ellen Singletary in Sumter County, Georgia, not Schley. They were married October 30, 1856. From these dates, I surmised that the Smith husband was probably killed in the Civil War. Aunt Hazel verified that Birdie (Grandma Moore) talked about two half sisters.

NOTE 6./ Historical Perspective: The Year Was 1873

The year was 1873 and much of the world was entering into a long period of economic depression. The beginning of the Long Depression is typically marked by the crash of the Vienna stock market, which sent ripples across Europe and eventually the United States with the fall of Jay Cooke & Company. The Cooke investment bank was heavily invested in the overbuilt railroad system which was beginning to fail. With the fall of this prominent company, a financial panic ensued and the New York Stock Exchange had to close for ten days. Railroads, factories, banks, and businesses had to close their doors resulting in skyrocketing unemployment rates. The Long Depression would last into the 1890s.

There were other smaller scale disasters in 1873. The British SS Atlantic out of Liverpool (with a stop at Queenstown) hit a submerged rock en route to New York and was wrecked in heavy seas off Nova Scotia. It is estimated that 545 of the 952 passengers perished.

In Baltimore, Maryland, a fire began in the factory of Joseph Thomas and Sons and spread over ten acres of the city. Photos of the fire and aftermath can be found online at the Maryland Historical Society.

A cholera epidemic swept through Birmingham, Alabama. Below is an interesting excerpt from a report from Mortimer H. Jordan, who was secretary of the Jefferson County Medical Society of Birmingham, Alabama, at the time of the epidemic (found on the website of the Reynolds Historical Library at the University of Alabama at Birmingham).

The treatment adopted was the opium and mercurial. When the stomach seemed so inactive that nothing made any impression upon it, an emetic of mustard, salt, ginger, and pepper, suspended in hot water, in many cases produced a warm glow over the surface of the body in a few moments. . . . Diuretics produced no good results. No condition in life, sex, or age escaped. The sucking babe and those of extreme age suffered alike from its ravages.

Before closing this paper, justice demands that we should briefly allude to the heroic and self sacrificing conduct, during this epidemic, of that unfortunate class who are known as 'women of the town.' These poor creatures, though outcasts from society, anathematized by the church, despised by women and maltreated by men, when the pestilence swept over the city, came forth from their homes to nurse the sick and close the eyes of the dead. It was passing strange that they would receive no pay, expected no thanks; they only went where their presence was needed, and never remained longer than they could do good. While we abhor the degradation of these unfortunates, their magnanimous behavior during these fearful days has drawn forth our sympathy and gratitude.

Further north and west, Jesse James and the James- Younger gang robbed a Rock Island train near Adair, Iowa. This first train robbery netted the gang more than $2,300, but was most likely a disappointment for the gang. They were expecting a $100,000 gold shipment, but that shipment had been switched to another train at the last moment.

North of the border in Canada, the Dominion Parliament had more lawful goals in mind when it established the North-West Mounted Police, the predecessor of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Canada was growing and in 1873 Prince Edward Island joined the federation as Canada's smallest province.

In music, the song Home on the Range was born (Daniel Kelly & Brewster M. Higley). The tune went on to become the state song of Kansas and is known around the world.