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MARTHA (HAZARD) STORRS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1828-1911) Dallas and Shelby Counties, Alabama Martha Aylett Hazard was born 1828 in Dallas County, Alabama to John…
ALLEN NABORS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1780-1838) SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA Rev. Allen Nabors was probably a brother or cousin of Arthur and Abraham Nabors who…
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…
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…
JOAB LAWLER BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1796 – 1838) North Carolina and Madison, Shelby, Bibb, Coosa, Talladega Counties, Alabama Joab Lawler, public official and a…
CARROLL HENDERSON FLOREY, A. B. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1860-1932) Shelby County, Alabama Professor Carroll Henderson Florey, A. B., was born June 2, 1860, in…
REV. WILLIAM M ACTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1805-1885) Shelby County, Alabama William Acton was a Presbyterian minister, and planter was born April 14, I805,…
JOE CUNNINGHAM HAIL BIOGRAPHY and GENEALAOGY (1865 – aft. 1904) Calhoun and Jefferson County, Alabama Joe Cunningham Hail was an attorney at law in…
JAMES CROW NABORS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1858- aft. 1904) Calhoun and Shelby County, Alabama James Crow Nabors was one of the highly respected farmers…
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…
ANTHONY PETER RASMUSSEN DAHL BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1842-1922) Wisconsin, Minnesota, Dakota, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois and Shelby County, Alabama Anthony Peter Rasmussen Dahl was…
SAMUEL MERNARY ADAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. Dec. 10, 1853 - d. aft. 1900) Dallas, Shelby and Chilton County, Alabama Samuel Mernary Adams, a…
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…
ELISHA WILSON HOLLAND BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1844-1929) Shelby County, Alabama A well-known citizen of Shelby County was Elisha Wilson Holland, a member of the mercantile firm…
COLONEL JOHN ACTON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1803-1889) Shelby County, Alabama John Acton was a planter, lieutenant-colonel of militia, justice of the peace, and commissioner.…
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"…
