Happy Birthday! SIDNEY JOHNSTONE CATTS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1863 AL d. 1936) Governor Of Florida. Sidney Johnstone Catts was born near Pleasant…
Alabama tried to annex and purchase West Florida many times. Here is what happened when they tried. The land to West Florida, located under…
In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her…
JOHN FINLEY GILLESPIE BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1858-aft. 1930) Morgan and Madison county, Alabama John Finley Gillespie, a prominent attorney of Birmingham, Alabama, was born…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! CALVIN PRICE ANDERSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1875-aft. 1904) Lauderdale County, Alabama Clavin Price Anderson was a teacher and legislator. He was born…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! JOHN JAMES HUNTER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1857-aft. 1904) Dallas, Clarke, Elmore and Talladega County, Alabama and Florida John James Hunter, of Sylacauga,…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! REV. THOMAS YOUNG ABERNETHY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1851-1935) Marengo County, Alabama Rev. Thomas Young Abernethy, Methodist minister, was born October 13,…
Panama City Beach, Florida has always been a favorite destination to cool off from the summer heat of Alabama. Though they are not Alabama pioneers,…
In the spring of 1798, the Congress of the United States formed into a territory a part of what had been West Florida. By…
Continued stories from Rev. R. W. Brooks of Escambia, County, Alabama written in 1939 – WARNING: This story discusses voting in the 1870s after…
