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LEON G. JONES BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1865-aft. 1904) Talladega, Wilcox, and Shelby County, Alabama Leon G. Jones, of the Talladega Wholesale Grocery company, was…
EZRA RICHMOND BRANNEN BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1869-1916) Bullock and Pike County, Alabama Ezra Richmond Brannen was a leading attorney of Troy, Alabama. He was…
LOUIS WEISS WYETH BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1812-1889) By Lavone Johnson Anglen Louis Wyeth was a County Judge of Marshall County. He received a land…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM HENRY AMERINE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1878 - aft. 1930) Montgomery and Butler Counties, Alabama William Henry Amerine was a pharmacist,…
COLUMBUS W. LEE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1800-1869) Perry County, Alabama Columbus W. Lee, lawyer, planter, was born in 1800, in Clarke County, Georgia, and…
This is an excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Confrontation: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 4) Tecumseh Causes Earthquake As Tecumseh continued to speak to the…
These news abstracts and more are available in the book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume VI DEATH & MARRIAGE NOTICES From Missing Issues of Autauga…
Wilson Ashley Biography and Genealogy (1796 – 1866) Conecuh County, Alabama Captain Wilson Ashley, planter, was among the most useful of Conecuh's sons. He…
Did you know? Names suggested for Birmingham, Alabama were Powellton after Colonel Powell of Elyton Land Company, Milnerville, or Morrisville afterh Josiah Morris…
Transcribed and unedited (with misspelled, capitals, and grammatical errors) written by WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer Annie L. Bowman, Escambia County, Alabama, March 31,…
Amusing jokes from 1900 newspaper HISTORY DIDN'T MENTION IT Teacher (animatedly) - Now, children, who can tell me what the long reign of Elizabeth…
CARROLL HENDERSON FLOREY, A. B. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1860-1932) Shelby County, Alabama Professor Carroll Henderson Florey, A. B., was born June 2, 1860, in…
The Life Story of W. M. Carney Founder of Atmore Escambia County, Alabama written 1940 (Transcribed and unedited (with misspelled, capitals and grammatical…
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JOHN T. ADAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1833- 1906) Talladega County, Alabama John T. Adams, was a senior member of the firm of John T.…
Back in the early days, when Greensboro, Alabama was going through the formative period, there were quite a number of the rough and lawless…
In an old cemetery in Kentucky is buried a certain aged spinster who lived heart-whole and fancy-free to the age of 70 years. Her…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume IV- Scroll to the bottom to see Table of Contents…
JOSEPH J. ALBRIGHT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1867-aft. 1904) LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Joseph J. Albright was born in Lee county, Alabama, in 1867. He was…
JAMES G. GILCHRIST BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1814 – 1900) Lowndes and Montgomery County, Alabama James G. Gilchrist, for thirty years a resident of this Montgomery County. He…
HARD BISCUITS – Warm two ounces of butter in as much skimmed mild as will make one pound of flour into a stiff paste.…
News is so bad nowadays. Wouldn't it be good to have something cheerful to read. We have so many fun memories locked in our…
(From the Bibb Blade, Bibb County, Alabama Jan 14, 1885 -transcribed in the Cahaba Journal Vol I) THE STORM SUNDAY NIGHT Immense Loss of…
Willie Mae Windham Dawson's Bible Records, Escambia, Alabama This Bible was the first Bible my mother owned as an adult. The cover has long…
REV. WILLIAM M ACTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1805-1885) Shelby County, Alabama William Acton was a Presbyterian minister, and planter was born April 14, I805,…
More of his biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII COL. JAMES NICHOLAS GILMER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI WALTER MELVILLE "MEL" DRENNEN Biography and Genealogy ( 1859-…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II ROBERT BROADNAX BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1792- 1877) AUTAUGA…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable & Some Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol VII in EBook, Paperback & Hardcover format CHARLES…
This biography is included in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume I BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM FLANK PERRY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY(1823 -…
