PATRON + Old St. Stephens Part III – The Lawyers, Physicians & Merchants

1820's Alabama history

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

Bluff Hall, Marengo County - beautiful and historic mansion has been preserved - Alabama Pioneers June 11, 2015

[…] Frances Strother Lyon (1800-1882) was a prominent Alabama attorney and politician. He was a nephew of General Edmund Pendleton Gaines and Col. George Strother Gaines and the son of James and Behetheland (Gaines) Lyon. His father was a native of Virginia. In 1817, Frances came with his brother James G. Lyon to live with his uncle George Strother Gaines in Alabama. George S. Gaines was the Native American agent of the United States government in St. Stephens. […]

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Ellen Williams March 12, 2017

LAST SUMMER, the “Hazard graves” were removed and the “remains” taken ?? somewhere and buried in a cemetery with the later members of that family. Graves were located behind the St. Stephens Volunteer Fire Department in “new” St. Stephens.

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