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Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Series
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Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers included in volume 1
REV. JOHN WESLEY STARR (1806-1870)
ELBERT SOULE STARR (1845-1908)
JOHN WESLEY STARR, JR. (1830-1853)
RICHARD ELLIS (1781 – 1846)
JOHN WHITE, ESQ., (1778 – 1842)
JOSEPH GLOVER BALDWIN (1815 – 1864)
COL. JONATHAN NEWTON SMITH (1814 -1885)
RICHARD HOPKINS PRATT (1827 – 1908)
HOPKINS PRATT (1791-1841)
MARY DICKERSON PRATT (1800-1882)
ABSALOM PRATT (1793-1845)
RICHARD PRATT (1764-1822)
REBECCA BEAVERS PRATT (1770-1847)
EDMOND PIERCE ANDERSON (1800-1827)
DAVID W. HUNTER (b. ca. 1800)
AMBROSE HUNTER (b. ca. 1800)
JOHN ALEXANDER GRUGETT (ca. 1774 – ca. 1826)
ISAAC NEWTON LANGSTON (1775 -1850)
OBEDIAH LANGSTON (1801 – 1888)
DORANTON PATTON NEWTON LANGSTON (1812 – 1873)
ELISHA COTTINGHAM, SR.. (b. ca. 1755 – 1820)
ELISHA COTTINGHAM, JR. (1793 -1870)
JOHN C. D. MAT TROTT (1809 – 1883)
COL. WILLIAM BARRETT TRAVIS (Hero of the Alamo) (1809-1836)
HENLEY GRAHAM SNEAD (1814 – 1906)
WINTHROP SARGEANT (1755 – 1820)
TOD ROBINSON, SR. (1776 – 1838)
TOD ROBINSON, JR. (1812 – 1870)
WILLIAM RAIFORD PICKETT (1777 – 1850)
COLONEL ALBERT J. PICKETT (1810 -1858)
BRIG. GENERAL WILLIAM FLANK PERRY (1823 -1901)
GEORGE FOOTE (1784 – 1825)
PHILLIP A. FOOTE (1793 – 1831)
JONATHAN BURFORD (1793 – 1849) includes many slave names
DANIEL WASHINGTON BURFORD (1782 – 1847)
JOHN GALLAGHER (ca. 1796 – 1839)
DAVID JOHNSON GOODLETT (1804 – 1878)
JUDGE HENRY ANDERSON MCGHEE (1808 – 1901)
Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers included in volume 2
REV. ANDREW BARNWELL MILEY (1818-1896)
JOHN LEONARD (1782 -aft. 1850)
JOEL C. LOWERY (1790 – 1881)
JOEL BARTON LOWERY (1834-1909)
HOPKINS LEE (1765-1834)
ANTHONY P. HUTCHINS (ca. 1725 – 1804)
THOMAS HUTCHINS (1730 – 1789)
JOHN A. GOODSON (1790 – 1873)
BAYLISS EARLE GRACE (1808 – 1887)
JOHN ARCHER ELMORE (1762 – 1834)
ROBERT BROADNAX (1792 – 1877)
THOMAS MILES BRAGG (1793 – 1882)
WILLIAM WYATT BIBB (1776-1820)
JOHN DANDRIDGE BIBB (1788 – 1848)
OLIVER STURGIS BEERS (1819 – 1882)
SAMUEL WRIGHT MARDIS (1800 – 1836)
JOHN GRAHAM (1792 – 1864)
WILEY GALLAWAY, ESQ. (1792 – 1864)
JOHN BURRUSS SALE (1818 – 1876)
CALEB OWEN (1759 – 1842)
PETER W. TAYLOR (1794 – 1836)
RUEL MARSHALL EARP (1828 – 1908)
JAMES HIRAM EARP, M.D. (1863 – aft. 1910)
DANIEL W. WRIGHT (1759 – 1838)
JOHN GREGG (1800 – 1850)
WILLIAM RENEAU (1788 – 1852)
HANCE MCWHORTER CUNNINGHAM (ca. 1790 – ca. 1828)
CAPTAIN JOHN WILLIAM TOBIN (1827 – aft. 1914)
WILLIAM AUGUSTUS BOWLES (1763 – 1805)
CHARLES LITTLETON (1743 – 1848)
STANLEY HUBERT DENT, JR (1869 – aft. 1938)
Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers included in volume 3
CHARLES ABERCROMIE (1742 – 1819)
JAMES ABERCROMBIE (1782 – 1861)
JAMES JACKSON ABERCROMBIE (1825 – 1901)
MILO BOLLING ABERCROMBIE, SR. (1806 – 1860)
ROBERT HADEN ABERCROMBIE (1837 – 1891)
CHARLES GORDON ABERCROMBIE (1855 – 1917)
ANDERSON ABERCROMBIE (1786 – 1867)
JOHN WILLIAM ABERCROMBIE (1866 – 1940)
MAJ. MILES WASHINGTON ABERNATHY(1801 – 1877)
NATHAN HUBERT ABERNATHY (1882 – 1949)
DR. ROBERT TOWNS ABERNATHY (1824 – 1900)
REV. THOMAS SMITH ABERNATHY (1803 – 1882)
BURWELL GIDEON ABERNETHY (1844 – 1907) includes his pension application
DR. JONES CADWALDER ABERNETHY (1846 – 1915)
JUDGE HEUSTIS BARNETT ABERNETHY (1872 – 1944)
REV. THOMAS YOUNG ABERNETHY (1851 – 1935)
DR. THOMAS PERKINS ABERNETHY (1890 – 1975)
ANDREW MERRIMAN YOUNG, SR. (1858 AL – 1935 OK)
DR. ERNEST B. DUNLAP (1881 AL – 1964 OK)
STEPHEN H. HAM (1831 – 1913)
JOHN GUNTER (CA. 1765 – 1835)
ALECK or ELICK CAPTAIN CREEK CHIEF (ca. 1715 – aft. 1768)
WILLIAM CHARLES COLE CLAIBORNE (1775 – 1817)
THOMAS PETERS (1812 – 1883)
JOHN ALSTON DUDLEY – (b. ca. 1760)
CAPTAIN WILLIAM ARMISTEAD (1762 – 1842)
REUBEN BLANKENSHIP and DANIEL BLANKENSHIP – (b. ca. 1760)
THOMAS BRADFORD (ca. 1757 -1830)
JEREMIAH “JERRY” CHANCELLOR (1760 – 1831)
CORPORAL JOHN COLUMBUS DEASON (1836 – 1899)
JAMES COLLIER (1757 – 1832)
REVEREND ROBERT CUNNINGHAM (1760 – 1839)
EDMUND WINSTON PETTUS (1821 – 1907)
JOHN TYLER MORGAN (1824 – 1907)
GOV. WILLIAM C. OATES ( 1833 – 1910)
HON. ARISTO APPLING WILEY, (1848 – 1908)
DR. LUTHER LEONIDAS HILL ( 1862 – 1946)
FRANKLIN POTTS GLASS (1858 – 1934)
MILTON PAUL LEGRAND (1832 – 1893)
JEFFERSON MANLY FALKNER (1843 – 1907)
WILLIAM FALKNER USSERY (1851 – – 1930)
GORDON ROWALEYN CUMMING MACDONALD (1848 – 1905)
Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers included in volume 4
WASHINGTON P. MELTON, (1846 – 1905)
ALGER MELTON, (1874 – 1947)
DR. BURWELL GIDEON ABERNETHY (1844 -1907)
JOHN WILLIAMS CALLAHAN (September 13, 1846 -January 27, 1913)
GEORGE WASHINGTON JONES (1865 – 1903)
WALTER WASHINGTON PEARSON (1862 – aft. 1907)
JOHN GINDRAT WINTER (1846 – aft. 1907)
DR. ROBERT SOMERVILLE HILL (1870 – aft. 1901)
THOMAS LAMAR SOWELL (1858 – aft. 1901)
HON. JAMES THOMAS HEFLIN (1869 – 1951)
MITCHELL B. HOUGHTON (1855 – 1925)
JOSEPH W. DIMMICK (1838 – d. Aft. 1910)
NATHAN LOBMAN (1851 – 1915)
MYRON LOBMAN ( 1890 -1977)
ROBERT FULWOOD LIGON (1864 – Oct. 11, 1901)
JOHN V. SMITH (1860 – ???)
LEOPOLD STRAUSS (1864 – aft. 1928)
HON. WARREN D. BROWN (1833 – 1918)
WILLIAM NEWTON COX (ca. 1859 – ???)
Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers included in volume 5
MICHAEL CODY, JR. (1862 – AFT. 1900)
ROBERT FINDLEY JOHNSON (1839 -1909)
ISAAC M. JOHNSON (1790 – 1867)
JAMES FLEMING McLANE (1833 – 1918)
ROBERT ELDON BOWDON (1874 – 1959)
MANLEY ENOS WEAVER (Feb. 16 1866 – Sept. 21, 1930)
HON. RUSSELL M. CUNNINGHAM (1855 – 1921)
RUFUS NAPOLEON RHODES(1856 – 1910)
JOHN W. BUSH, Esq.(1841 – AFT. 1900)
AUGUSTUS AURELIUS COLEMAN(1826 – 1910)
WILLIAM R. WALLER (1852 – AFT. 1900)
ROBERT BARBER (1840 – AFT. 1900)
CAPTAIN LEANDER J. BRYAN, JR. ( 1843 – AFT. 1901)
PHARES COLEMAN (1865 – 1933)
SIDNEY JOHNSTONE CATTS (1863 – 1936)
ADDISON G. SMITH(1851 -1933)
HUGH MORROW (1873 – 1960)
THOMAS CARSON MCDONALD (1854 – 1923)
GEORGE MARCUS CRUIKSHANK (1857 – 1936)
SAMUEL WILL JOHN (1845 – aft. 1900)
SAMUEL EARLE GREENE (1853 – 1915)
JOHN ASA ROUNTREE (1867 – 1936
JOHN FELIX MCLAUGHLIN (1842 – 1923)
JAMES P. STILES (1859 – AFT. 1931)
REV. WASHINGTON WILKES (1822 – 1894)
CHARLES GIBSON (1800 -1883)
ROBERT A. MORRIS (1867 -1928)
WALTER KENNON MCADORY (1868 -1963)
FRANK YARBOROUGH ANDERSON (b. 1851 MD. d. Aug. 1932 AL)
CHARLES WALDRON BUCKLEY(1835 – 1906)
Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers included in volume 6
Judge Daniel Arthur Greene (1863 – 1923)
John Coleman Carmichael (1861 – 1930)
Eli Forrest Denson, MD. (1853-1910)
Henry Bramlette Gray (1867 GA – 1919)
Andrew Jackson Tarrant (1832 – 1922)
Dixon Hall ( 1755 VA – d. 1820 AL)
Dr. John S. Gillespy (1859 AL – aft. 1910)
Judge Mitchell Porter (1825 AL – 1916 AL)
Judge Charles W. Ferguson (1855-aft. 1904)
Capt. Charles Drennen, M.D. (1842-1913)
Walter Melville ‘Mel’ Drennen (1851 – aft. 1924)
Sumter Bethea (1861- 1931)
William Marion Bethea (1857- 1905)
Newcomb Frierson Thompson (1844 – 1923)
William Everette Berry (1847-aft. 1910)
Thomas Hunter Molton (1853 – 1931)
Charles Hooks (1768-1843) Revolutionary War Soldier
Paul Jerome Morris Acker (1870- 1953)
William P. Acker (1868-aft. 1918)
Theodore Ackland (1833-1870)
Asa Castellow Alexander (1760 – 1834) Revolutionary War Soldier
Charles Alexander (1862-aft. 1918)
George Lee Alexander (1839-1862)
Jeremiah Alexander (1763-1847) Revolutionary War Soldier
John Davidson Alexander (1829 -1901)
Olin M. Alexander ( 1868 -1930)
William Anthony Alexander (1837-1914)
William Burford Alexander (1853-1931)
William Jasper Alexander (1842)
John Finley Gillespie (1858)
James Bass Cobbs (1856-1925)
Griffith Rutherford Harsh (1860 – 1934)
Dr. Joseph Riley Smith (1818 – 1905)
Robert Patton McDavid (1867-1915)
Hon. Littleberry James Haley, Jr. (1865-1927)
Aaron A. Gambill (1865-1933)
Hon. Felix Edward Blackburn (1867-1937)
Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers included in volume 7
William R. Gunn (1864-1910) Jefferson
John Jasper Altman (1851-1905) Jefferson & Sumter
Richard Powell McNally (1871-1928) Jefferson
Charles Whelan, M.D. (1841 – 1898) Jefferson
Henry Adolph Stockmar ( 1861-1935) Jefferson
Julia Zitella Cocke (1840-1929) Perry county
George Keyes ( 1792- 1833) Limestone County, Alabama
Olin C. Maner (1873-1958)
Judge Juluis Ceasar Richardson (1852- 1910) Butler County, Alabama
John B. Fuller(1841-1927)Montgomery
David Taliaferro Blakey(1832-1902) Montgomery
David Johnston (1847-1908) Macon , Montgomery
John McElderry Chilton (1848-1915)Macon, Montgomery, Lee
Ray Rushton (1868-1940) Montgomery
William Hardwick Ruth (1868-1958) Montgomery
Charles A. Griffith (1865-1950) Montgomery
William Hayne Parks (1834-aft. 1910) Pike and Montgomery
Dr. Thomas Duncan (1866-1938) Montgomery
James Toole ( 1867-1925) Montgomery
Charles Pollard Jones ( 1858-1907) Montgomery
Edmund Richardson McDavid (1870-1948) Madison
William N. Cox (1849-1915) Montgomery
Asher Graham Edwards (1863-1938)Jefferson County, Alabama
Frank Ogden Walsh (1873-1958) Montgomery
Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers included in volume 8
WILLIAM WALLACE SCREWS (1839 – 1913)
BENJAMIN HARRISON SCREWS (1843 -1905)
ALBERT TAYLOR GOODWYN (1842 -1931)
ROBERT TYLER GOODWYN (1870 -1949)
GEORGE WILLOUGHBY HAILS (1847 -aft. 1910)
GEORGE GRANBERRY MILES (1853 – 1912)
JOHN EMBRY MILES (1839 – 1918)
JOSEPH MASON KENNEDY (1853 – aft. 1910)
REUBEN FRANCES KOLB (1839 – 1918)
WILLIAM J. MCGEE (1872 – aft. 1920)
KNOX BOOTH (1870 – 1915)
DANIEL BOONE BOOTH (1839 -1920)
DR. THOMAS JAMES MITCHELL (1778-1843)
REV. COL. BENJAMIN B. LAMAR(ca. 1796 – 1835)
THOMAS BARTON (1768 – 1826)
JOHN KEYES BARTON (1812 -1886)
JOHN KEYES BARTON, JR. (1847 – 1925)
THOMAS HAYNES (ca. 1770)
ROBERT J. WARE (1759 -1827)
DR. ROBERT J. WARE (1800 – 1867)
GREEN MACK WOOD (1792 – 1866)
DR. MILTON LE GRAND WOOD (1855 – 1924)
PEACHY RIDGWAYD GILMER (1784 – 1861)
WILLIAM B. S. GILMER (1796 – 1863)
JAMES JACKSON GILMER (1807 -1873)
CHARLES LEWIS GILMER (1798 -1851)
FRANCIS MERIWETHER GILMER (1810 – 1892)
JAMES NICHOLAS GILMER (1839 – 1961)
MORGAN SMITH GILMER (1846 – 1914)
JOHN FRANKLIN GABLE (1867 – 1946)
JOSEPH A. GABOURY (1852 – 1915)
JOHN ‘JACK’ GADDIS (1796 -1868)
WILLIAM PEACE GADDIS (1841 – 1899)
