Alabama Pioneers – Page 40 – Alabama History

PATRON – News Clippings Williams, Fundaburk, Gregson, Foote, Bliss, Runge, Hall, & more. .

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PATRON – News Clippings Williams, Fundaburk, Gregson, Foote, Bliss, Runge, Hall, & more. .

July 23, 2023 July 25, 2023by Donna R Causey

From The Montgomery Advertiser September 9, 1945 From The Montgomery Advertiser September 9, 1945 From The Montgomery Advertiser September 9, 1945 From The Montgomery Advertiser September 9, 1945 From The Montgomery Advertiser September 9, 1945 ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES : Volume 1

PATRON + 1899 News clipping about Tuscaloosa, Alabama citizen T. H. Wildman

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PATRON + 1899 News clipping about Tuscaloosa, Alabama citizen T. H. Wildman

July 23, 2023by Donna R Causey

T. H. Wildman was the cemetery monument maker in Tuscaloosa in 1899 according to this news article. SOURCE (Clippings from Tuscaloosa Weekly Times, Tuscaloosa,…

AUTHOR SUNDAY – What is the strangest thing you ever ate?

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AUTHOR SUNDAY – What is the strangest thing you ever ate?

July 23, 2023 July 25, 2023by Inez McCollum

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PATRON – Biography: Shack Elbert Jemison born July 23, 1861 – photograph

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PATRON – Biography: Shack Elbert Jemison born July 23, 1861 – photograph

July 23, 2023 July 23, 2023by Donna R Causey

SHACK ELBERT JEMISON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1861-aft. 1904) Talladega County, Alabama Shack Elbert Jemison was a planter and one of the largest land owners…

PATRON – Biography: Martha (Hazard) Storrs born 1828

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PATRON – Biography: Martha (Hazard) Storrs born 1828

July 22, 2023 July 22, 2023by Donna R Causey

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…

Bibb County, Alabama school almost broken up over an election for governor

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Bibb County, Alabama school almost broken up over an election for governor

July 22, 2023 July 25, 2023by Donna R Causey

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PATRON – Biography: Daniel E. Watrous born ca. 1825

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PATRON – Biography: Daniel E. Watrous born ca. 1825

July 22, 2023 July 22, 2023by Donna R Causey

DANIEL E. WATROUS BIOGRAPH and GENEALOGY (1825-1862) Shelby County, Alabama, Texas & Connecticut Daniel E. Watrous came to Shelby County, Alabama about the year…

University of Alabama officers of 1831-1901

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University of Alabama officers of 1831-1901

July 21, 2023 July 21, 2023by Donna R Causey

During the years leading to the turn of the century, the University of Alabama attracted consultants, students, instructors and tutors interested in the coal,…

PATRON – Biography: Allen Nabors born ca. 1780

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PATRON – Biography: Allen Nabors born ca. 1780

July 21, 2023 July 21, 2023by Donna R Causey

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…

Don’t go to Texas!

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Don’t go to Texas!

July 20, 2023 August 15, 2024by Donna R Causey

After the Civil War and during Reconstruction citizens of Alabama suffered considerably and many lost their homes and property. Often they pulled up stakes and…

PATRON – Top 20 summertime memories in the south – Can you add to the list?

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PATRON – Top 20 summertime memories in the south – Can you add to the list?

July 20, 2023 July 20, 2023by Donna R Causey

I grew up in Alabama and on hot summer days we had to find ways to entertain ourselves and endure the heat without air-conditioning.…

PATRON – Biography: Rev. John Belle ca. 1840 – African-American

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PATRON – Biography: Rev. John Belle ca. 1840 – African-American

July 19, 2023 July 19, 2023by Donna R Causey

REV. JOHN BELLE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. ca. 1840) Northern Alabama Rev. John Belle, of Courtland, was born in the State of Georgia and came to Alabama after…

PATRON – Biography: Rev. William C. Bradford (1862 – AFT 1896) photograph

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PATRON – Biography: Rev. William C. Bradford (1862 – AFT 1896) photograph

July 19, 2023 July 19, 2023by Donna R Causey

REV. WILLIAM C. BRADFORD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1862 - aft. 1896) Bullock, Montgomery, & Tuscaloosa Counties, Alabama Rev. William C. Bradford, pastor of the First Colored…

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PATRON – Biography: Charles Pomeroy Almon born July 19, 1872

July 19, 2023 July 19, 2023by Donna R Causey

CHARLES POMEROY ALMON BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1872-1946) Lawrence and Franklin Counties, Alabama Charles Pomeroy Almon was a lawyer and circuit judge in Alabama. He…

UPDATE: Alabama Footprints Series —combined in two books!

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UPDATE: Alabama Footprints Series —combined in two books!

July 18, 2023 July 18, 2023by Donna R Causey

Did you know that all eight books of our best-selling Alabama Footprints Series have now been combined into two books? The books are available…

PATRON – Biography Thomas Hamilton Abney born 1795 was son of a Revolutionary War soldier

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PATRON – Biography Thomas Hamilton Abney born 1795 was son of a Revolutionary War soldier

July 18, 2023 July 18, 2023by Donna R Causey

THOMAS HAMILTON ABNEY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1795-1870) Bibb County, Alabama Thomas Hamilton Abney was born in 1795, at Edgefield, S. C., and died January…

PATRON – Biography: Alfred Newton Adams born July 17, 1831

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PATRON – Biography: Alfred Newton Adams born July 17, 1831

July 17, 2023 July 17, 2023by Donna R Causey

ALFRED NEWTON ADAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1831-1901) Tallapoosa County, Alabama Alfred Newton Adams was a physician, born July 17, 1831, in East Alabama, and…

PATRON – Biography: Isaac Ball Feagin born July 17, 1833 – photograph

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PATRON – Biography: Isaac Ball Feagin born July 17, 1833 – photograph

July 17, 2023by Donna R Causey

ISAAC BALL FEAGIN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1833- 1900) Barbour County, Alabama Isaac Ball Feagin (deceased May 2, 1900) was born in Jones county, Ga., on July…

PATRON + Imagine walking 14 miles each day for 13 years like this man did!

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PATRON + Imagine walking 14 miles each day for 13 years like this man did!

July 17, 2023 July 18, 2023by Donna R Causey

Oldest Carrier Had 3,000,000 Pieces of Mail (Transcribed from Times Daily, Florence, Alabama December 17, 1929) R. W. Sims, 1223 Wills avenue, North Florence,…

PATRON- Biography: W. Lawrence Wild born July 17, 1874

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PATRON- Biography: W. Lawrence Wild born July 17, 1874

July 17, 2023 July 18, 2023by Donna R Causey

W. LAWRENCE WILD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1874-aft. 1940) Conecuh County, Alabama W. Lawrence Wild, of the firm of Wild Brothers, merchants of Evergreen, Ala.,…

PATRON – Biographies: Samuel Davies Weakley born July 16, 1860

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PATRON – Biographies: Samuel Davies Weakley born July 16, 1860

July 16, 2023 July 17, 2023by Donna R Causey

SAMUEL DAVIES WEAKLEY (1860 – 1921) Jefferson County, Alabama BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY SAMUEL DAVIES WEAKLEY, of the Birmingham bar, has gained an eminence in…

PATRON – Biography: Samuel S. Graham (ca. 1800 – aft. 1854)

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PATRON – Biography: Samuel S. Graham (ca. 1800 – aft. 1854)

July 8, 2023 July 8, 2023by Donna R Causey

SAMUEL S. GRAHAM BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1800-aft. 1879 North Carolina, Montgomery County and Coosa County, Alabama (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by…

PATRON + Biography: Major Samuel M. Tate born 1817 – photograph

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PATRON + Biography: Major Samuel M. Tate born 1817 – photograph

July 7, 2023 July 28, 2023by Donna R Causey

MAJOR SAMUEL M. TATE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1817 – 1892) Jefferson County, Alabama Major Samuel M. Tate was born in Middle Tennessee in 1817.…

PATRON + Biography: John Burwell Farrell born June 26, 1872 – photograph

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PATRON + Biography: John Burwell Farrell born June 26, 1872 – photograph

July 7, 2023 July 28, 2023by Donna R Causey

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…

PATRON + Biography: Chief Yoholomicco (1788 – 1838)

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PATRON + Biography: Chief Yoholomicco (1788 – 1838)

July 7, 2023 July 28, 2023by Donna R Causey

CHIEF YOHOLOMICCO BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1788-1838) Tallapoosa County, Alabama Yoholomicco was a Creek Chief, born about 1788, died in 1838. Nothing has been recorded…

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Inspired by actual ancestors from Bibb County, Alabama

July 6, 2023 July 6, 2023by Donna R Causey

"We're all going to die!" echoed from below deck amid the frenzied screams and cries from terrified women and children between decks. Sounds of…

PATRON – Biography: Dr. Charles Wesley Hilliard born July 5, 1837 with photograph

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PATRON – Biography: Dr. Charles Wesley Hilliard born July 5, 1837 with photograph

July 5, 2023 July 16, 2023by Donna R Causey

CHARLES WESLEY HILLIARD BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1837-1905) Pike County, Alabama Charles Wesley Hilliard, one of the best-known physicians of the State of Alabama, was…

PATRON + Old photos from 1942 in Childersburg, Alabama

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PATRON + Old photos from 1942 in Childersburg, Alabama

July 4, 2023 July 28, 2023by Donna R Causey

During WWII, Childersburg in Talladega, Alabama was overrun with workers hired at the new defense plant that manufactured high explosives for the war effort.…

PATRON – Biography: John Jackson Allen and Caroline Martin Allen

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PATRON – Biography: John Jackson Allen and Caroline Martin Allen

July 4, 2023 July 17, 2023by Donna R Causey

JOHN JACKSON ALLEN and CAROLINE MARTIN ALLEN of Clay County, Alabama submitted by Earlene Pruet-Clark and Roberta Pruet-Isenhower [email protected] John Jackson Allen was born…

PATRON -UPDATED WITH PODCAST Biography: Josiah Gorgas born July 1, 1818 – photograph

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PATRON -UPDATED WITH PODCAST Biography: Josiah Gorgas born July 1, 1818 – photograph

July 1, 2023 July 28, 2023by Donna R Causey

JOSIAH GORGAS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1818-1883) Bibb and Tuscaloosa, Alabama Josiah Gorgas, father of William Crawford Gorgas who cured malaria on the Panama Canal,…