Family/Spouse: William ROUSE. William (son of William ROUSE and UNKNOWN) was born in 1814 in North Carolina; died after 1860 in Worth County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Mary married James P COX on 26 Feb 1857 in Worth County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married CSA James Monroe HOUSTON on 29 Mar 1860 in Worth County, Georgia. CSA (son of George R HOUSTON and Elizabeth POSEY) was born on 01 Nov 1836 in Dooly County, Georgia; died on 05 Dec 1912 in District 1121, Worth County, Georgia; was buried in Red Oak Cemetery, Doles, Georgia.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

CSA married Mrs Amanda PAIN on 04 Jun 1868 in Worth County, Georgia. Mrs was born in 1843 in Georgia; died after 1870 in Worth County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sylvania HALL. Sylvania was born on 23 Jan 1848; died on 12 Mar 1908 in Georgia; was buried in Red Oak Cemetery, Doles, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Missouri MOREE. Missouri (daughter of Alfred MOREE and Louriana "Lany" O'NEAL) was born in 1851 in Twiggs County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: 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]

William married Annie Phoebe Rebecca STEPHENS on 07 Jan 1886 in Worth County, Georgia. Annie was born on 14 Oct 1855 in Worth County, Georgia; died on 14 Jan 1914 in Worth County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriage date from LDS given as ( POSEY, William Marriage Wife: Amanda ROUSE Marriage Date: 6 Dec 1865 Recorded in : Worth, Georgia Wife previously married Source: FHL Number 482205 ) which does not work for date of birth as 1866.

Lizzie married William Jasper POSEY on 25 Nov 1886 in Worth County, Georgia. William (son of CSA James D. POSEY and Mary Jane GOODMAN) was born on 17 Jun 1864 in Georgia; died on 19 Aug 1934 in Worth County, Georgia; was buried in Red Oak Baptist Church cemetery, Doles, Georgia.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Solomon married Ida L. CHAMPION in 1889. Ida was born on 03 Feb 1873 in Georgia; died on 20 Apr 1901 in Georgia; was buried in Red Oak Baptist Church cemetery, Doles, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thomas A. HOWARD. Thomas was born in 1855. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: W. D. BAILEY. W. was born in 1866. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William James GREGORY. William was born in 1866; died in 1952. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Georgia L. ROYAL on 18 Dec 1899. Georgia (daughter of George William ROYAL and Anna Phoebe Rebecca STEPHENS) was born after 1880 in Worth County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Beartice Anna UNKNOWN. Beartice was born in 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ava J. UNKNOWN. Ava was born on 21 May 1887; died on 09 Aug 1963 in Georgia; was buried in Red Oak Baptist Church cemetery, Doles, Georgia.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Unknown JOHNSON about 1896 in Worth County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Zilpha married Tom JAMES on 06 Nov 1884. Tom was born on 11 Jan 1861; died on 20 Oct 1945. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Theophilus married Sarah Sallie ODOM on 01 Jan 1891 in Worth County, Georgia.. Sarah (daughter of CSA Abraham ODOM and Harriet J ROGERS) was born on 02 Feb 1860 in Worth County, Georgia; died on 14 Aug 1934 in Worth County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown BROWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Molly Pearl does not show up in the LDS US Worth County 1880 Census with the rest of James M and Martha Houstons family. Martha nor Molly Pearl belong to this family group and need to be located elsewhere when that relationship becomes established.

Molly married George Fred YOUNG in 1896. George (son of Jacob J. YOUNG and Sarah J STORY) was born in 1876 in Worth County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Martha does not show up in the LDS US Worth County 1880 Census with the rest of James M and Martha Houstons family. Martha nor Molly Pearl belong to this family group and need to be located elsewhere when that relationship becomes established.

Family/Spouse: Tom JAMES. Tom was born in 1861; died in 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Annie H. MATHISORMATHEWS on 08 Jun 1909. Annie was born on 03 Nov 1885 in Worth County, Georgia; died on 06 Apr 1929 in Worth County, Georgia; was buried in Red Oak Baptist Church cemetery, Doles, Georgia.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Delilah B. BROWN. Delilah was born on 18 Feb 1885 in Worth County, Georgia; died on 02 Mar 1957 in Worth County, Georgia; was buried in Red Oak Baptist Church cemetery, Doles, Georgia.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Notes:

Conflict or Fact? Estella Nina Hobby b. 2-20-1894 is researched to be the wife of Randolph Dalmous Houston. However, Offie Houston married Stella Hobby, b. 12-1894. He died in 1930, leaving time for Randolph Dalmous to marry her as a widow after he was 21. The presumption is then that Randolph Dalmous married Stella Nina Hobby, after she was widowed from Offie Houston. The connection has not been executed in the Family Tree, until more evidence corroberates this finding.

Family/Spouse: Estella Nina HOBBY. Estella (daughter of William Hiram HOBBY and Martha Jane YOUNG) was born on 20 Feb 1894 in Worth County, Georgia; died on 02 Jan 1980 in Worth County, Georgia; was buried in Red Oak Cemetery, Doles, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Francis FIELDS. Mary was born on 25 Mar 1893; died on 10 Oct 1963. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henrietta married James Felix SMITH on 01 Sep 1907 in Worth County, Georgia.. James was born on 25 Jul 1883 in Davidson County, Tennessee; died on 12 Oct 1939 in Greensboro, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

MarionSr married Ruby Lee GRIFFIN in 1912 in Worth County, Georgia.. Ruby (daughter of Miles Lafayette GRIFFIN and Elizabeth Delana STORY) was born in 1894 in Georgia; was buried in Warwick Methodist Church cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ The 1930 census was taken in the 1121 Military District of Worth County on 4-11-1930. One of the questions on the 1930 census inquires as to whether the individual was at work yesterday ? (or the last working day) Aarons response was NO. The next question on the census inquires as to " the line # for unemployment ", to which Aaron 's response is 16. This seems to indicate that Aaron may have been sick, at the time of census, since he was living and working? on his fathers farm as a laborer. He was dead by June 2, 1930, about 50 days later.

Aaron married Estella Nina HOBBY on 18 Jan 1913 in Worth County, Georgia. Estella (daughter of William Hiram HOBBY and Martha Jane YOUNG) was born on 20 Feb 1894 in Worth County, Georgia; died on 02 Jan 1980 in Worth County, Georgia; was buried in Red Oak Cemetery, Doles, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living AULTMAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living INGRAM. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living ACREE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living ODUM. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living MATHIS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]