Category: Patron Past Stories

Patron Past Stories

TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Interesting epitaphs for three women – one evidently one body had an unusual history

Interesting epitaphs for three women There is an epitaph of an eccentric character that may be seen on a tombstone at the burying-grounds near Hoosick Falls,…

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Surnames – Simonton, Steagall, Brown, Smith, Espy, and many others visited during Easter of 1920 around Abbeville

(Transcribed from Abbeville Herald, Abbeville, Alabama April 1, 1920) (Transcribed from Abbeville Herald, Abbeville, Alabama April 1, 1920) (Transcribed from Abbeville Herald, Abbeville, Alabama…

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This personal diary of Alabama pioneers from 1816 reveals what life was like in surveying the wilderness of Alabama for a place to settle

(Imagine what it was like traversing Alabama alone when it was a wilderness. You can hear the tension in Richard Breckenridge's words as he…