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(Excerpt from The Central Alabama Independent Advertiser and the Union-Banner, Clanton, Alabama, May 1921) THORSBY NEWS Miss Naemi Turnquist, Reporter "SOME BALL GAME" Friday…
THOMAS HAMILTON ABNEY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1795-1870) Bibb County, Alabama Thomas Hamilton Abney was born in 1795, at Edgefield, S. C., and died January…
SAM ADAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1834-1880) Tuscaloosa and Chilton County, Alabama Sam Adams, a planter, and merchant, was born April 17, 1834, at Chester,…
Click to learn how to Become a Patron! (Transcribed from THE SHELBY NEWS, Calera, Alabama, January 16, 1890) CLANTON Mrs. W. H. Phillips left…
SAMUEL MERNARY ADAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. Dec. 10, 1853 - d. aft. 1900) Dallas, Shelby and Chilton County, Alabama Samuel Mernary Adams, a…
{Thorsby was founded by Swedes in the late 1800s and was established as a Scandinavian Colony in the South. This year's celebration will feature…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer ZACHARIAH ABNEY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1835-1911) Bibb, Chilton and Autauga County,…
This Zeigler House1 (depicted in the photographs below) was built ca. 1825 is still standing in Elmore County, Alabama. The Zeigler family arrived in…
In 1949, a Man from Clanton, Chilton County, Alabama helped push the law to will bodies to lawful science and surgery. The following newspaper…
If you have ever driven south from Birmingham on I-65 you will see a huge peach tower on the side of the interstate at…
(Excerpt from The Central Alabama Independent Advertiser and the Union-Banner, Clanton, Alabama, May 1921) SOCIETY AND PERSONALS Mrs. R. E. LUCKIE, Editor Part II…
(Excerpt from The Central Alabama Independent Advertiser and the Union-Banner, Clanton, Alabama, May 1921) NOTICE The Commissioners Court will meet at what is known…
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