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  1. […] lived in the country and were landowners. Dr. Charles Drennen had at least one known brother, Walter Melville Drennen, a businessman who was born at Arkadelphia, Blount County, […]

  2. […] “Beard’s native inventive genius, struggles, and hard work, together with the assistance of Mr. Melville Drennen, twice mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, brought him thrilling results when on July 5, 1892, he was […]