Happy Birthday! ORANGE ALBRIGHT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1822-1915) Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Orange Albright, a farmer, was born August 15, 1822, at Danielsville, Madison County,…
Happy Birthday! REV. JOHN WESLEY STARR BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1808 - 1870) EARLY BIBB COUNTY, ALABAMA PIONEER The history of John Wesley Starr was…
Micajah Cochran was born 12, September 1780 in Bedford, Virginia, USA and died 19 April 1811 in Pendleton District, South Carolina. He had a…
JOSIAH GORGAS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1818-1883) Bibb and Tuscaloosa, Alabama Josiah Gorgas was born July 1, 1818, in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was graduated…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! ABSALOM PRATT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1793-1845) Bibb County,…
FRONTIER EVANGELIST THE JOURNAL OF HENRY BRYSON (Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 42, Nos. 01 & 02, Spring and Summer 1980) PART…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! JOHN C. D. 'MAT' TROTT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! MORGAN HOWARD SUBMITTED BY JACQUE OTTS (1821 NC-1850…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! FRANKLIN POTTS GLASS GENEALOGY and BIOGRAPHY (1858- 1934)…
Alabama Descendants of ELISHA COTTINGHAM (ca. 1755-ca. 1820) is the Cottingham family mentioned in the best-selling novel, Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans…
Revised with direct links to many sources and burial sites! This book includes the genealogy of and biography of William Barrett Travis of Alamo…
(Transcribed from the Bibb Blade, Bibb County, Alabama Jan 14, 1885 -transcribed in the Cahaba Journal Vol I) THE STORM SUNDAY NIGHT Immense Loss…
Happy Birthday! BENJAMIN CUDWORTH YANCEY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (April 27, 1817- October 24, 1891) South Carolina, Georgia, Bibb, Cherokee and Coosa Counties, Alabama (Excerpt…
DORANTON PATTON NEWTON LANGSTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1812 – 1873) BIBB COUNTY, ALABAMA Doranton Patton Langston was born during 1812 in Tennessee, the fourth…
STEAM BOAT EXPLOSION The Capt. Sam Bursts her Boiler and Goes Down (Transcription from Bibb Blade November 26, 1884 in Bibb County Heritage Association…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM FARRINGTON ALDRICH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1853-aft. 1904) Shelby County, Alabama At Aldrich, Alabama was one of the handsomest residences in…
Happy Birthday! DR. GEORGE ARMSTRONG HILL, M. D. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1849-1911) Talladega County, Alabama One of the most prominent citizens of Talladega County,…
Patron – Shackleford – Counterfeiter in Bibb County convicted A COUNTERFEITER CONVICTED Joe Shackleford, of Green Pond, Bibb County (Excerpt transcribed from THE BLADE-ENTERPRISE…
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! JOEL BARTON LOWERY (b. March 6, 1834 – d. November 9, 1909) BIBB COUNTY, ALABAMA Joel Barton Lowery was born March…
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…
