Happy Birthday! MANLY ENOS WEAVER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. Feb. 16, 1866 Bibb County, AL Sep 21, 1930) Bibb County, Alabama “Rev. Manly…
HOPKINS LEE (b. 1765 d. 1834) BIOGRAPHY of EARLY BIBB COUNTY, ALABAMA Hopkins Lee was born in Johnston, North Carolina around 1765 to Revolutionary…
Patron - September 11, 1890 - News from Bibb County, Alabama includes many sick - LOCAL NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE (Excerpts transcribed from THE BLADE-ENTERPRISE…
OBEDIAH LANGSTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1801 d. aft. 1888) Bibb County, Alabama Obediah Langston arrived early in Bibb County, Alabama with his…
Happy Birthday! ELBERT SOULE STARR BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1845 – 1908) Chambers County, Alabama Elbert Soule of Selma was born Feb. 3, 1845, at Oakbowery,…
COL. JONATHAN NEWTON SMITH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1814 – d. 1885) Bibb County, Alabama Colonel Jonathan Newton Smith was and early pioneer in…
ISAAC NEWTON LANGSTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1775 d. aft. 1850) Bibb County, Alabama Isaac Newton Langston, was born ca. 1775 in Pennsylvania to…
My Historical Fiction series Tapestry of Love and the novel Discordance is based on and inspired by the Cottingham family. Ribbon of Love is the first…
Happy Birthday! CORPORAL JOHN COLUMBUS DEASON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. Jan. 3, 1836 - d. Apr 7, 1899) Butler and Bibb county, Alabama “John…
Happy Birthday! STELLA HOUGHTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (December 29, 1802 – April 25, 1844) Tuscaloosa/Tuskaloosa County, Alabama Miss Stella Houghton, who was born in…
(This story is about some descendants of my Pratt family. Joab was a son of Richard and Rebecca (Beavers) Pratt. Richard and Rebecca settled in…
Patron+ member story Politics grew heated in 1892 during the election for governor. Reuben F. Kolb was a candidate for a coalition of Jeffersonian…
Happy Birthday! Hopkins Pratt Biography and Genealogy (1791 - 1841) Bibb County, Alabama Hopkins Pratt, son of Richard and Rebecca (Beavers) Pratt was born…
Happy Birthday! RICHARD HOPKINS PRATT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1827 – 1908) BIBB COUNTY, ALABAMA On December 17, 1827, Richard Hopkins Pratt was born to…
Updated with new information! Happy Birthday! MARY DICKERSON PRATT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1800 – 1882) BIBB COUNTY, ALABAMA Mary Dickerson Pratt was a lovely…
Happy Birthday! SAMUEL MERNARY ADAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. Dec. 10, 1853 - d. aft. 1900) Dallas, Shelby and Chilton County, Alabama Samuel Mernary…
REBECCA (BEAVERS) PRATT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1770-1847) Bibb County, Alabama It was said that Rebecca Beavers Pratt was of Royal blood, and that the…
(Old Photographs are of the house of Richard and Rebecca (Beavers) Pratt's son, Hopkins Pratt, in Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama during it's demolition in 1994 -…
JOHN A. GOODSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY ( b. 1790 SC d. 1873 Bibb Co., AL) BIBB COUNTY, ALABAMA John A. Goodson was born in…
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Happy Birthday! JOEL C. LOWERY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1790-1881) BIBB COUNTY, ALABAMA Joel C. Lowery was born Nov. 6, 1790 in Rhea, Tennessee to…
[The Cahaba River has been an integral part of the growth of Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama.] Originally located on the west side In 1828,…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! HENLEY GRAHAM SNEAD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1814-1906) BIBB COUNTY, ALABAMA Captain Henley Graham Snead was born October 27, 1814, Richmond County, North…
In my personal genealogy research, I often spent days in courthouses, libraries and cemeteries, as well as considerable expense copying records only to discover…
DISASTER AT MARVEL (transcribed from -Blocton Enterprise, Thursday, 26 October 1916 On last Saturday afternoon about 2:42, a terrific explosion occurred at Marvel mines,…
Patron+ member story - Click …/ to see how to Become a Patron and unlock this story now. (This was published in THE CAHAWBA JOURNAL Fall 1985)…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! JOHN WESLEY STARR, JR. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1830 – 1853) Mobile, Alabama John Wesley, Jr was born 22 Oct 1830 in Wilkes…
Patron Member story DEATH NOTICES FROM THE 1885 BIBB BLADE This was published in THE CAHAWBA JOURNAL Summer 1985 (It has been copied as…
John Green was born Jan 17, 1768, in South Carolina, son of Benjamin Green. The Greens ran a tavern in Chester Co, PA. They…
A few years ago, with many genealogical facts in hand, I made a research trip to the Eastern Shore of Virginia in search of…
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