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Happy Birthday! OLIN M. ALEXANDER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1868-1930) Calhoun County, Alabama Olin M. Alexander was born in Millville, Mo., February 8. 1868, the…
ALLEN NABORS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1780-1838) SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA Rev. Allen Nabors was probably a brother or cousin of Arthur and Abraham Nabors who…
James Bailey was born ca. 1760 and believed to be the son of Nathaniel Bailey and Janet Elizabeth Sawyer. James married Mary Carter (b.…
DAVID W. HUNTER (b. ca. 1800 - 1855) AMBROSE HUNTER (b. ca. 1800 - 1852) Early Pioneers of Lawrence County, Alabama David and Ambrose…
Happy Birthday! CHANCELLOR RICHARD BUSSEY KELLY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1859-after 1904) Calhoun County, Alabama The family of which Richard Bussey Kelly was a…
Click here to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer for Alabama's bicentennial Happy Birthday! JAMES MONTGOMERY LANNING BIOGRAPHY and…
Happy Birthday! DR. JOSEPH RILEY SMITH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1818-1905) Jefferson County, Alabama Dr. Joseph Riley Smith, Sr., of Elyton, Alabama, was born Feb.…
Happy Birthday! GEORGE SMITH ANDERSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1847- 1923) Marengo, Lowndes, Hale County, Alabama George Smith Anderson was born February 5, 1847, at…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM FRANCIS HOGUE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1853- 1913) Perry County, Alabama William Francis Hogue, lawyer and legislator, was a member of…
GORDON ROWALEYN CUMMING MACDONALD BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1848-1905) Anniston and Montgomery, ALABAMA Gordon MacDonald was born at Mt. Meigs, Montgomery County, Ala., Feb, 1848.…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM YANCEY ADAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1848-1925) Blount County, Alabama William Yancey Adams, a teacher, was born at Gum Springs, Blount County…
Happy Birthday! CAPTAIN LEANDER J. BRYAN. JR BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1843 Autauga Co., AL d. 1907) Autauga, Elmore and Montgomery County, Alabama Captain…
Happy Birthday! WALLACE REVERDY BISHOP, M. D. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1873-1908) Talladega county, Alabama Wallace Reverdy Bishop, M. D., practiced medicine in Talladega. He…
CHARLES LITTLETON GENEALOGY and BIOGRPHY REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER ( b. ca. 1743 d. 1848) A descendant gives information that Charles Littleton was the…
OBEDIAH LANGSTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1801 d. aft. 1888) Bibb County, Alabama Obediah Langston arrived early in Bibb County, Alabama with his…
Dismals Canyon in Phil Campbell, Franklin County, Alabama holds much history as well as much naturally pristine beauty. From being a hideout for outlaws…
Happy Birthday! ELBERT SOULE STARR BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1845 – 1908) Chambers County, Alabama Elbert Soule of Selma was born Feb. 3, 1845, at Oakbowery,…
COLBERTIANS By R. L. James SECTION III OBITUARIES AND CEMETERY RECORDS To the Readers of the Alabama Historical Quarterly: (The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol.…
THE HODGES PIONEERS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY COL. FLEMING HODGES, SR. (b.1792 – d. 1827) COL. WILLIAM MASON HODGES (b. ca. 1793 – d. 1835)…
Happy Birthday! JOSEPH OSWALT THOMPSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1869-1933) Macon and Jefferson County, Alabama Joseph Oswalt Thompson was a planter, colonizer, and federal office…
Happy Birthday! JOHN W. TOMLINSON BIOGRAPHY and GENELAOGY (1859-1940) Jefferson County, Alabama John W. Tomlinson of Birmingham, Alabama, was born Feb. 1, 1859, at…
Happy Birthday! EDWARD BUIST ANDERSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1868-aft. 1940) Madison and Marion County, Alabama Edward Buist Anderson was born February 1, 1868, the…
COL. JONATHAN NEWTON SMITH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1814 – d. 1885) Bibb County, Alabama Colonel Jonathan Newton Smith was and early pioneer in…
Happy Birthday! GREEN MACK WOOD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1792-1866) Montgomery, County, Alabama and Texas Green Mack Wood was born January 31, 1792 in Washington…
Happy Birthday! HENRY ALEXANDER KILLEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1837-aft. 1904) Lauderdale County, Alabama Henry Alexander Killen, merchant, farmer, and legislator, was a self…
Happy Birthday! BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CLIETT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1849-aft. 1904) Talladega County, Alabama Benjamin Franklin Cliett, of Sylacauga, Alabama, was a native of…
REV. HENRY BYNUM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1820 – ca. 1896) Rev. Henry Bynum, of Leighton, Ala., was born in Baltimore, Md., January 1820. In 1851, in…
THOMAS HUTCHINS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1730-1789) Mississippi Territory Thomas Hutchins, the only person ever having the right to the title “Geographer to the United…
BENJAMIN SYKES BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b.ca. 1745) Lawrence County, Alabama In early times there came a colony of them from Greenville County, Va.,…
HUGH M. WARREN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. ca. 1800) Lawrence County, Alabama The third sheriff of Lawrence County resided first in Madison and was…
