Happy Birthday! ROBERT BENJAMIN BURNS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1864-aft. 1904) St. Clair, Benton and Talladega County, Alabama Robert Benjamin Burns, was a merchant of…
A WAR TIME FOUNDRY A Story of a Confederate Foundry at the present Anniston By Kate Quintard Noble Roberts1 My Grandfather, James Noble, left…
Blue Mountain in Calhoun County, Alabama was once a supply and training center for Confederate soldiers. Blue Mountain is located in the northern suburbs…
SAMUEL NOBLE A Sketch by His Daughter, Mrs. Kate Q. Roberts1 Samuel Noble, pioneer of the iron industry in the South and prophet of…
Located in the slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains, in the southern part of the country, northeast of Birmingham. This town was first known…
"The Creek Nation was once one of the largest and most powerful Indian groups in the Southeast." Much of their land was lost as…
(Excerpt transcribed from the Anniston Star Vol 48. No. 162 - Sunday, April 6, 1930) JAMES FITZGERALD KING ANNISTON BUILDER When one reviews the…
Potential schools and militia drills were in the news in Jacksonville, Alabama Nov. 1, 1855 SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE . . . (Excerpts transcribed…
Names of elected and candidates around Calhoun County in 1855 are included as well as local newspaper agents. SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE . .…
Happy Birthday! WATT THOMAS BROWN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1865-1940) St. Clair, Calhoun, Talladega & Shelby County, Alabama Watt Thomas Brown was president of the…
Happy Birthday! JOHN HARVEY ALLEN, JR BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1840-1913) Calhoun County, Alabama John Harvey, Allen, Jr. was born August 21, 1846 at Richmond,…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM ALEXANDER BURNS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1860-aft. 1904) Limestone, Calhoun, Talladega County, Alabama William Alexander Burns was the manager of the Sylacauga…
Happy Birthday! SAMUEL DURHAM McCLELEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1820-1887) Captain, 58th Regiment, Alabama Infantry Samuel Durham McClelen of Piedmont (Calhoun County, Alabama) enlisted in…
During the 1930s, the Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people and write stories about life in the United States. The…
Happy Birthday! JAMES CROW NABORS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1858- aft. 1904) Calhoun and Shelby County, Alabama James Crow Nabors was one of the highly…
Happy Birthday! JOE CUNNINGHAM HAIL BIOGRAPHY and GENEALAOGY (1865 – aft. 1904) Calhoun and Jefferson County, Alabama Joe Cunningham Hail was an attorney at…
