PATRON + Cattle thief, Intelligent farmer, Eccentric lawyers, and a General who opposed secession represented Walker County, Alabama

January 6, 2022 April 11, 2022by Donna R Causey

Donna R. Causey, resident of Alabama, was a teacher in the public school system for twenty years. When she retired, Donna found time to focus on her lifetime passion for historical writing. She developed the websites www.alabamapioneers and www.daysgoneby.me All her books can be purchased at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. She has authored numerous genealogy books. RIBBON OF LOVE: A Novel Of Colonial America (TAPESTRY OF LOVE) is her first novel in the Tapestry of Love about her family where she uses actual characters, facts, dates and places to create a story about life as it might have happened in colonial Virginia. Faith and Courage: Tapestry of Love (Volume 2) is the second book and the third FreeHearts: A Novel of Colonial America (Book 3 in the Tapestry of Love Series) Discordance: The Cottinghams (Volume 1) is the continuation of the story. . For a complete list of books, visit Donna R Causey

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Barbara Whiting Marcelius October 12, 2014

Not a lot different from today’s congress.
Evelyn McBride October 12, 2014

For my kinfolks, this is E.A. Powell is a brother to our ancestor in Fayette County. Aunt Eve.
The hardened faces in these 1937 photographs of Coal Miners in and around Birmingham, Alabama reflect the difficulty of their job - Alabama Pioneers December 14, 2014

[…] 1. Alabama coal miner, Bankhead Mines, Walker County, Alabama […]
Daryl E. Ratterree August 28, 2016

“But while this was his position he had no words with which he could adequately express his contempt and loathing of the carpet-bagger and scalawag.” – Sounds like a person that I would really admire.
Detecting The Past in Eldridge Alabama | Digital Alabama | Alabama Tourism GuideDigital Alabama | Alabama Tourism Guide June 17, 2017

[…] There are occassions when our daily research activities turn into a very focused investigation of an area. Eldridge Alabama is a prime example. Research on Eldridge revealed that the area has many natural springs and travelers would refill their water barrels there. Also, the first state road from the northwest part of Alabama to Tuscaloosa, completed in 1822, passed through the Eldridge area. Additional unconfirmed information states the town of Eldridge took its name from Eldridge Mallard – supposedly the first tollgate keeper on the new state road. Donna R. Causey, writing for http://www.alabamapioneers.com, wrote the following about Mr Eldridge: […]
Rusty Crane March 31, 2020

Most Southerners opposed secession until Abe Lincoln called for 75,000 troops to invade South Carolina …
1. Frank Porter March 31, 2020
  
  Rusty Crane not actually cut and dry true, many issues contributed not just this atheist ass.
2. Rusty Crane March 31, 2020
  
  Frank porter can you please explain?

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