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SAMUEL S. GRAHAM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1800-aft. 1879 North Carolina, Montgomery County and Coosa County, Alabama (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by…
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The University of the State of Alabama was opened on April 18, 1831, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the state's capital at the time, and many…
WILLIAM GRAHAM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1800- 1859) North Carolina, Autauga, Montgomery and Coosa Counties, Alabama (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by the…
ANDREW DEXTER, JR. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1779 - 1837) Montgomery and Mobile, Alabama Andrew Dexter, Jr., founder of the city of Montgomery, was…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM BOYD, JR. BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1783-1855) Madison County, Alabama By Lavone Johnson Anglen William Boyd was a Junior he was born…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM HARRISON BARNARD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1864-1949) Cherokee, Jefferson, and Talladega County, Alabama William Harrison Barnard, by reason of his connection with…
Happy Birthday! AMOS MERRILL ELLIOTT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1829 - 1890 ) Shelby County, Alabama Amos Merrill Elliott, a merchant, was born about ten…
TEMPLE LEA BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1780-1834) Perry County, Alabama Temple Lea was the son of George Lea and Lucy Talbert of Virginia. He…
Happy Birthday! DR. JACK SHACKELFORD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1790-1857) Shelby County, Alabama Dr. Jack Shackelford was born in Richmond, Virginia on March 20, 1790.…
Happy Birthday! THOMAS VERDINE KNIGHT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1856-1948) Coosa & Talladega County, Alabama Thomas Verdine Knight, of Sylacauga, was a farmer and general…
Happy Birthday! EDWIN BALDWINi BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1848-aft. 1893) Baldwin County, Alabama Edwin Baldwin, merchant and lumberman of Baldwin county, was born March 18,…
Happy Birthday! JULIUS C. ADLER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1849-1936) Dallas County, Alabama Julius C. Adler was born March 18, 1849, and died October 4,…
Happy Birthday! Edward Patrick Allen, D. D. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1853-1926) Mobile, Alabama Edward Patrick Allen, D. D., Roman Catholic bishop of the…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V WILLIAM R. WALLER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1852-1928) Montgomery County,…
Happy Birthday! GEORGE SHEPHERD HAM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1839-1913) Talladega County, Alabama George Shepherd Ham was a respected and well-to-do farmer living near…
GEORGE AMASON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY Sumter County, Alabama b. ca. 1820 George Amason was a planter and a native of this State, details of…
WILEY/WYLIE W. MASON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1800-1870) Georgia, Coosa and Macon Counties (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by the Rev. George Evans…
BENJAMIN TURNER GIBBONS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1786) Autauga County, Alabama Benjamin Turner Gibbons was born in 1786 in Maryland. He was probably born…
Happy Birthday! JAMES CHESLEY HENDRICK BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1842-1914) Talladega County, Alabama James Chesley Hendrick, farmer, and justice of the peace of Oxford, Alabama,…
JOHN CRAWFORD GRAHAM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1877 – 1962) Missouri and Tuscaloosa County, Alabama by Dorothy Graham Gast John Crawford Graham was born in…
Click here to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer for Alabama's bicentennial Happy Birthday! DR. SEALE HARRIS BIOGRAPHY and…
Happy Birthday! COL. ARTHUR PERONNEAU HAYNE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1788-1867) Autauga County, Alabama Col. Arthur P. Hayne was born on March 12, 1788, in…
Stafford Plaza in 2009 stands on old site of first Alabama Female Academy in Tuscaloosa, Alabama ALABAMA FEMALE INSTITUTE (First called Alabama Female Academy…
Happy Birthday! ROBERT HENRY BOYKIN (1839-1871) (submitted by Noel H. Haynes) Robert Henry Boykin's Grave outside Seale, Al. Highway 164 on the old Boykin…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM FARRINGTON ALDRICH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1853-aft. 1904) Shelby County, Alabama At Aldrich, Alabama was one of the handsomest residences in…
JOSHUA BURNS MOORE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1826-1897) Franklin and Colbert Counties, Alabama Joshua Burns Moore was a lawyer and Alabama State senator. he was…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer SYD CARR WARD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1872-aft. 1904) Sumter County,…
COLBERTIANS By R. L. James SECTION III OBITUARIES AND CEMETERY RECORDS To the Readers of the Alabama Historical Quarterly: (The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol.…
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