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Faith and Courage: 2nd Edition -presents the religious persecution of Quakers in Pre-Revolutionary War days of America intertwined with a love story. The characters…
GEORGE WASHINGTON WALLIS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1841-1921) Shelby and Talladega county, Alabama George Washington Wallis was a leading agriculturist, residing on his farm in…
Mahan boys and comrades (Written in 1910) The three Mahan boys and their comrades, following the good fight at New Orleans, split up into…
More of the story, biography, and genealogy of Thomas Lee Bailey can be found in the books Some Descendants of THOMAS LEE BAILEY (1745-1780…
Click to learn how to Become a Patron! (Transcribed from THE SHELBY NEWS, Calera, Alabama, January 16, 1890) CLANTON Mrs. W. H. Phillips left…
DR. WILDS SCOTT DuBOSE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1837-aft. 1904) Shelby County, Alabama Dr. Wilds Scott DuBose, was a physician of standing and good practice…
The photographs below were made between 1890- 1910 and are probably of young women attending the Alabama Girls' Industrial School in Montevallo, Alabama which is…
Marriage & Death Notices in the July – September 1878 Shelby Guide This was published in THE CAHAWBA JOURNAL Fall 1985 It has been…
I have heard my grandfather(Big Daddy) Sidney Bearden b.1918 say they were so poor growing up" that they had cracks in the floors and…
This biography can be found in This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V and more of his…
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When pioneers moved to new locations, they often traveled in groups and intermarried with those they traveled with on their journey. This was the…
Marriage & Death Notices in the April- June 1878 Shelby Guide This was published in THE CAHAWBA JOURNAL Fall 1985 It has been copied…
Amos Elliott, Sr. was born in 1760-1770 in Edgefield, South Carolina. He died in 1844 in Shelby County, Alabama. Some Descendants of Amos "Stump"…
In the 2010 census, this city had a population of almost 5,000. At a very early day, the area was referred to Coonsboro. Situated…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI ELI FORREST DENSON, M. D. (b. 1853 - d.…
[In the later days of the Civil War, life was very difficult in Alabama for the average citizens as this story indicates.] WARNING! This…
CALERA, SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA The first settler of Calera was John R. Gamble from Ireland. He was a soldier of the American Revolution and…
Marriage & Death Notices in the October – December 1878 Shelby Guide This was published in THE CAHAWBA JOURNAL Fall 1985 It has been…
Lying at the southern extremity of the Appalachian Mountains, Shelby County is richly endowed with abundant natural resources and unrivaled beauty in the profile…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! WILLIAM CLAIBORNE WILLIAMS, M. D. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1876-aft. 1904) Shelby, Jefferson and Blount county, Alabama William Claiborne Williams, M.D. was one…
Happy Birthday! ELIJAH ANDERSON TURNER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1856-aft. 1904) Tallapoosa and Shelby county, Alabama Elijah Anderson Turner was one of the stirring and…
Happy Birthday! TRUMAN HEMINWAY ALDRICH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1848-1932) SHELBY, JEFFERSON, DALLAS COUNTY Truman Heminway Aldrich was a mining engineer in Alabama. He…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 3 - NOW IN EBOOK, PAPERBACK AND HARDBACK. Books…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! REV. PERRY CADDELL BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1859-aft. 1896) Bibb and…
Chasing old bushy-tail by Shannon Hollon This time of year when the weather begins to turn cool the maple leaves turn red and hickories…
Click …/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! Rev. James Hugh Blair Hall Biography and Genealogy (1855 -…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers included in volume 5 ROBERT ELBERT BOWDON (1874 - 1959) BIOGRAPHY…
DR. FRANKLIN DAVIS DuBOSE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1845-1905) Lowndes, Autauga and Shelby County, Alabama Dr. Franklin Davis DuBose was a prominent physician with a…
This biography can also be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable Alabama Pioneers VOL VIII JOHN EMBRY MILES BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1839-1918) Montgomery,…
Happy Birthday! ROBERT ELBERT BOWDON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1874 - 1959) SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA Robert Elbert Bowdon, superintendent and one of the chief stockholders…
