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…
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…
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.…
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…
REV. WILLIAM C. BRADFORD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1862 - aft. 1896) Bullock, Montgomery, & Tuscaloosa Counties, Alabama Rev. William C. Bradford, pastor of the First Colored…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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.,…
SAMUEL DAVIES WEAKLEY (1860 – 1921) Jefferson County, Alabama BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY SAMUEL DAVIES WEAKLEY, of the Birmingham bar, has gained an eminence in…
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…
MAJOR SAMUEL M. TATE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1817 – 1892) Jefferson County, Alabama Major Samuel M. Tate was born in Middle Tennessee in 1817.…
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…
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…
"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…
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…
During WWII, Childersburg in Talladega, Alabama was overrun with workers hired at the new defense plant that manufactured high explosives for the war effort.…
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…
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,…
Aaron Smith born (1720 – 1776) and his brother, Captain John Carraway Smith fought in the American Revolution and were captured and held at…
W. W. MORRIS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1805-1883) North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Coosa County, Alabama (Excerpt from History of Coosa County: by the Rev. George…
JAMES ALLAN BOYD BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1826-1920) by Lavone Johnson Anglen James Allan Boyd and Mary Deane Forsey were married at the age…
TIMPOOCHEE BARNARD YUCHEE CHIEF Biography and Genealogy (1783-aft. 1817) Timpoochee Barnard was a Yuchee chief, born about 1783 in the Creek Nation, died in…
TEMPLE LEA BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1780-1834) Perry County, Alabama Temple Lea was the son of George Lea and Lucy Talbert of Virginia. He…
LOUIS J. ADLER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1856-1922) Perry and Dallas County, Alabama Louis J. Adler, a merchant, was born June 24, 1856, in Milwaukee,…
SILAS AMES, M.D. BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1805 - 1859) Montgomery, Alabama Silas Ames was a physician. He was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1805…
BIG WARRIOR CREEK CHIEF Big Warrior was a Creek chief who was born probably at Tuckabatchee and about 1760. No facts have been preserved…
