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This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI JUDGE CHARLES W. FERGUSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1855-ca. aft.…
DR. MILTON LE GRAND WOOD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1855-1924) Montgomery, Alabama This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama…
JOHN CRENSHAW BURRUSS Minister and Editor By Martha Hardwick Swann Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, 1956 In the Fall of 1849, John Crenshaw…
According to the article below published in 1908, three men in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama volunteered to be climate observers and weather recorders for…
Happy Birthday! GEORGE C. ALMON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1852-1911 Lawrence and Franklin County, Alabama George C. Almon was a lawyer and probate judge. He…
WILLIAM HARRISON BARNARD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1864-1949) Cherokee, Jefferson, and Talladega County, Alabama William Harrison Barnard, by reason of his connection with business in…
During the 1930s Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people around the United States, so their experiences and life history could…
Ads provide family research clues - Transcribed advertisements are from Autauga Mercury, Autaugaville, Alabama, October 5, 1853 – Note: This paper is very…
FIFTY-FIVE YEARS IN WEST ALABAMA CHAPTER FIVE by By HON. E. A. POWELL John C. Kirkland was a farmer of strong native sense, and…
(Extract from Pickens County Herald and West Alabamian (Carrollton, Alabama Jan 3, 1855) LIST OF LETTERS Remaining in the Post-Office at Carrollton, which, if…
DUTTON STEEL LIGHTCAP BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1856-1942) Talladega and Shelby County, Alabama Dutton Steel Lightcap was one of Talladega's leading dentists. He was born…
A LETTER FROM AUBURN Correspondence of the Republican Written 1859 Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02, Summer Issue 1956. Mr.…
JOHN HARRIS LESLEY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (Dec. 25, 1850- aft. 1904) Talledaga county, Alabama John Harris Lesley, a well-known citizen of Talladega county, was…
WILLIAM CALVIN WEAVER M. D BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1858-aft. 1904) Dallas and Lowndes County, Alabama William Calvin Weaver, M. D., was a physician of…
REV. CHARLES STEWART BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY Pickens County, Alabama (Extract from Pickens County Herald and West Alabamian (Carrollton, Alabama Jane 3, 1855) The following…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI JOHN FINLEY GILLESPIE BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1858-aft. 1930) Morgan…
Yankee holiday Thanksgiving was not observed as a holiday in Alabama until 1858 when the governors of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and North and South…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 3 - NOW IN EBOOK, PAPERBACK AND HARDBACK. Books…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI DR. JOHN S. GILLESPY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1859 AL…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI THOMAS HUNTER MOLTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1853 - 1931)…
PEYTON G. BOWMAN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1854 – 1916) Jefferson County, Alabama Peyton G. Bowman was an attorney at law in Birmingham, Alabama. He…
Patron – Personal and local news from around Jones Valley and Elyton April 1, 1854 (Excerpt Transcribed from The Jones Valley Times (Elyton, Alabama)…
(Transcribed extracts from Autauga Mercury, Autaugaville, Alabama, October 5, 1853 – Note: This paper is very faded an hard to read) ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE LETTERS…
A death and List of Letters remaining in the P. O. at Autaugaville on Tuesday, October 4, 1853 (Transcribed from Autauga Mercury, Autaugaville, Alabama)…
"The Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Company dates back to 1836, the year the Liverpool Fire and Life Insurance was established." The company…
[This historical letter tells the story of the yellow fever epidemic in Mobile, Alabama in 1853 as they tried to determine how it started.…
This article and more abstracts are available in the ebook ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES Volume IV SOME ALABAMA MARRIAGE NOTICES FROM 1850 SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST NEWSPAPER…
This biography is included in the Book Biographies of Notable & Some Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers Vol VII in EBook, Paperback & Hard cover format…
ALABAMA ITEMS (Local news transcribed from Memphis Daily Appeal., August 08, 1858) The Poslmaster-General has established Post Offices at the following places in Hillaber…
The following article is an excerpt from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 08, No. 01, Spring Issue 1946 that describes some historic sites and ghost…
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