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…
ALFRED NEWTON ADAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1831-1901) Tallapoosa County, Alabama Alfred Newton Adams was a physician, born July 17, 1831, in East Alabama, and…
ISAAC BALL FEAGIN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1833- 1900) Barbour County, Alabama Isaac Ball Feagin (deceased May 2, 1900) was born in Jones county, Ga., on July…
Oldest Carrier Had 3,000,000 Pieces of Mail (Transcribed from Times Daily, Florence, Alabama December 17, 1929) R. W. Sims, 1223 Wills avenue, North Florence,…
SAMUEL S. GRAHAM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1800-aft. 1879 North Carolina, Montgomery County and Coosa County, Alabama (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by…
MAJOR SAMUEL M. TATE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1817 – 1892) Jefferson County, Alabama Major Samuel M. Tate was born in Middle Tennessee in 1817.…
JOHN BURWELL FARRELL BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1872-1928) Shelby County, Alabama John Burwell Farrell was superintendent of education of Shelby in 1902 and was a…
"We're all going to die!" echoed from below deck amid the frenzied screams and cries from terrified women and children between decks. Sounds of…
CHARLES WESLEY HILLIARD BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1837-1905) Pike County, Alabama Charles Wesley Hilliard, one of the best-known physicians of the State of Alabama, was…
During WWII, Childersburg in Talladega, Alabama was overrun with workers hired at the new defense plant that manufactured high explosives for the war effort.…
JOSIAH GORGAS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1818-1883) Bibb and Tuscaloosa, Alabama Josiah Gorgas, father of William Crawford Gorgas who cured malaria on the Panama Canal,…
Aaron Smith born (1720 – 1776) and his brother, Captain John Carraway Smith fought in the American Revolution and were captured and held at…
W. W. MORRIS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1805-1883) North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Coosa County, Alabama (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by the Rev. George…
JAMES ALLAN BOYD BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1826-1920) by Lavone Johnson Anglen James Allan Boyd and Mary Deane Forsey were married at the age…
TIMPOOCHEE BARNARD YUCHEE CHIEF Biography and Genealogy (1783-aft. 1817) Timpoochee Barnard was a Yuchee chief, born about 1783 in the Creek Nation, died in…
TEMPLE LEA BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1780-1834) Perry County, Alabama Temple Lea was the son of George Lea and Lucy Talbert of Virginia. He…
LOUIS J. ADLER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1856-1922) Perry and Dallas County, Alabama Louis J. Adler, a merchant, was born June 24, 1856, in Milwaukee,…
SILAS AMES, M.D. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1805 - 1859) Montgomery, Alabama Silas Ames was a physician. He was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1805…
BIG WARRIOR CREEK CHIEF Big Warrior was a Creek chief who was born probably at Tuckabatchee and about 1760. No facts have been preserved…
A. H. WOODWARD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1876 - 1950) Jefferson County, Alabama A. H. "Rick" Woodward was owner of the Birmingham Barons from 1909…
MORGAN HOWARD SUBMITTED BY JACQUE OTTS (1821 NC-1850 Bibb County, Alabama) Morgan Howard was son of Edmond and Elizabeth Howard (Ref: Will of Edmond…
EARLY HISTORY OF TUSKEGEE1 Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02, Summer Issue 1956 Messrs. Darby and Price, of Tuskegee, the…
LEON G. JONES BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1865-aft. 1904) Talladega, Wilcox, and Shelby County, Alabama Leon G. Jones, of the Talladega Wholesale Grocery company, was…
EZRA RICHMOND BRANNEN BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1869-1916) Bullock and Pike County, Alabama Ezra Richmond Brannen was a leading attorney of Troy, Alabama. He was…
Buster Graham was a series of contradictions in a tall, lanky dreamer. He made his living by manual labor, but his life was in…
LOUIS WEISS WYETH BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1812-1889) By Lavone Johnson Anglen Louis Wyeth was a County Judge of Marshall County. He received a land…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM HENRY AMERINE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1878 - aft. 1930) Montgomery and Butler Counties, Alabama William Henry Amerine was a pharmacist,…
Many Revolutionary War Soldiers received land grants in Alabama. Perry County, Alabama was settled by many of these old soldiers and their families. Pioneers…
Discover Samuel Lowery's descendants in Some Alabama Descendants of SAMUEL LOWERY Revolutionary War Soldier Revolutionary War( usembassy.gov) Revolutionary War Soldier Samuel Lowery was believed to…
JOAB LAWLER BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1796 – 1838) North Carolina and Madison, Shelby, Bibb, Coosa, Talladega Counties, Alabama Joab Lawler, public official and a…
