(Excerpt transcribed from The Daily Huntsville Confederate, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, Feb. 19, 1862) ELECTION NOTICE There will be an election held on the…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! JAMES ALLAN BOYD BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1826-1920) by…
In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her husband…
JOAB LAWLER BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1796 – 1838) North Carolina and Madison, Shelby, Bibb, Coosa, Talladega Counties, Alabama Joab Lawler, public official and a…
(Imagine what it was like traversing Alabama alone when it was a wilderness. You can hear the tension in Richard Breckenridge's words as he…
Click to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! GEORGE FOOTE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1784-1825) MADISON and…
On February 15, 1823, Hunter Peel, a civil engineer from England, executed an agreement with the Board of Trustees to furnish water to the…
These photographs of young cotton mill workers taken by Lewis Wickes Hine in November and December 1913 are haunting. Merrimack mill was located in Huntsville,…
The founder of Huntsville, John Hunt, was the first white man to build his hut on the banks of the Big Spring. His cabin…
In 1898 the Merrimack Manufacturing Company, based in Lowell, Massachusetts, began to look for a location to build a cotton spinning mill in the…
Happy Birthday! REV. JOHN ALLAN BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1788-1843) By Lavone Johnson Anglen Reverend John Allan wrote an autobiography of his life which was…
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Happy Birthday! PHILLIP A. FOOTE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1793- 1831) MADISON COUNTY, ALABAMA Phillip A. Foote was born on April 14, 1793. He…
Happy Birthday! DANIEL NELSON COOPER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1839-1911) LAWRENCE and MADISON and MARION COUNTIES, ALABAMA Daniel Nelson Cooper was born at Mount Vernon,…
JAMES M. ADAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1790- 1856) Marshall and Madison County, Alabama James M. Adams, of Marshall, was a young lawyer, and…
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM BOYD, JR. BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1783-1855) Madison County, Alabama By Lavone Johnson Anglen William Boyd was a Junior he was born…
Patron – A land claim was contested in Huntsville, Alabama in December 1900 (Excerpts transcribed from The New Era, Double Springs, Alabama, Jan. 4,…
LEVI WELBOURNE LAWLER BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1816-1892) Madison, Shelby, Talladega Counties Levi Welbourne Lawler, business man, was born Oct. 4, 1816, in Madison County;…
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THOMAS STEWART BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1772-1847) Madison County, Alabama By Lavone Johnson Anglen From the US Census 1880 of Thomas Stewart’s son, William we…
The first two photographs are labeled morning attendance at a Mill school in Huntsville taken by Lewis Wickes Hine in December 1913. It may…
The merchants of Madison County, Alabama were true pioneers Patron+ member story LATER HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY By Thomas Jones Taylor (Judge Taylor's "Early…
Patron+ member story LATER HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY By Thomas Jones Taylor (Judge Taylor's "Early History of Madison County" was concluded in the Spring,…
Patron+ Alabama was once covered with thick vegetation - it was major task clearing Patron+ member story LATER HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY By Thomas Jones…
Happy Birthday! RICHARD ELLIS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1781- 1846) Madison County, Alabama Richard Ellis was born Feb. 14, 1781, son of Ambrose and Cecilia…
Elections in early Alabama were a frequent and exciting occurrence Patron+ member story LATER HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY By Thomas Jones Taylor (Judge Taylor's…
The dangers and difficulties of transporting cotton from north Alabama Patron+ member story LATER HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY By Thomas Jones Taylor (Judge Taylor's…
Happy Birthday! EDWARD BUIST ANDERSON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1868-aft. 1940) Madison and Marion County, Alabama Edward Buist Anderson was born February 1, 1868, the…
Westmoreland – Fowlkes Wedding Writeup From the Selma Morning Times, January 5, 1900 --------------------------------------------------- Beautiful Home Wedding Westmoreland-Fowlkes “O fortune, O happy day, When…
PHILIP JEFFERSON ALLEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1805-1860) MADISON COUNTY, ALABAMA by Gayle Pfeiffer Grantham, GGGrandaughter of P.J. Allen and Granddaughter of George M. Allen…
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