A Timeline for Keland Lawton Drake Sr.

Today's timeline is for my great uncle.  Our connection:

Liz (that's me!)

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Gilbert Earl Tapley, 1928-2008 (my father)

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Nealie Vermell Drake Tapley, 1895-1970 (my grandmother)

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her brother, 

Keland Lawton Drake Sr., 1903-1972 (my great-uncle)

Time Line for the life of Keland Lawton Drake Sr.  

1903 Age 0	Birth	July 12 Adrian, Emanuel County, Georgia
1906 Age 3	Historical Event	The Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 occurred on the evening of September 22 through September 24. A newspaper reported the rapes of four white women by African American men. Fueled by pre-existing racial tensions, these reports enraged white men who then arranged gangs to attack African American men. Over the next few days, several thousand white men joined in and in the end, 26 people were killed and many were injured.
1910 Age 6	Historical Event	The Mann Act makes engaging in transport of any woman for any immoral purpose, prostitution, illegal. Its primary intent was to address prostitution, immorality, and human trafficking, particularly where trafficking was for the purposes of prostitution.
1910 Age 6	Residence	Emanuel County, Georgia
1914 Age 10	Historical Event	Florida Involvement in World War I.  Florida contributed to World War I in several ways. The state’s open land and warm climate made for a great military training location. Additional technological and agricultural developments took place in Florida as well. Roughly 42,030 Floridians joined the troops during 1917 and 1918.
1920 Age 16	Residence	Emanual County, Georgia
1923 Age 19	Historical Event	Amendment of Equal Rights is a proposed amendment to help guarantee equal legal rights for all citizens of the United States. Its main objective is to end legal distinctions between the two genders in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other legal matters. Even though it isn’t the 28th Amendment yet, it as started conversations about the meaning of legal equality.
1926 Age 23	Marriage	On July 10, Lawton married Maude Crews (1908-1999) in Macclenny, Baker County, Florida.
1927 Age 24	Historical Event	Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane, The Spirit of St. Louis.
1927 Age 24	Death of Parent	On August 10, Lawton’s father, William John Drake (1857-1927) is killed in an accidental shooting.
1930 Age 27	Residence	Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida
1932 Age 28	Birth of Child	Keland Lawton Drake, Jr. is born January 8 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.
1935 Age 31	Historical Event	The Social Security Act created a basic right to a pension in old age and insurance against unemployment.
1935 Age 32	Death of Parent	Lawton’s mother, Emma Vermell Harrell (1867-1935) passes away on October 19.
1941 Age 37	Historical Event	Florida Involvement in World War II.  Similar to the first World War, Florida’s location and temperature served as an ideal location for military training; in fact, Florida would end up having 172 military installations. As a result of World War II growth, Camp Blanding became the fourth largest city in the state, capable of housing over 55,000 soldiers.  It’s estimated that about 3,000 U.S. deaths were from Florida troops.
1971 Age 67	Historical Event	The Twenty-Sixth Amendment prohibits the states and the federal government from using age as a reason for denying the right to vote to citizens who are 18 years old or older.
1972 Age 68	Death	Lawton passed away on January 2 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.
1972	Burial	Lawton was buried on January 5 at Edgewood Cemetery in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.

While I do not have any pictures of Lawton, I do have pictures my grandmother left behind with a man in them that could have been Lawton.  

I will probably never know...