(Transcribed from Short Sketches of Jackson County, W. P. A. story from Alabama Department of Archives and History,) THE HUGHES FAMILY by Jennie Sue Williams WPA author Jackson County Bridgeport, Alabama 12/20/1938 THE HUGHES FAMILY Merdith Hughes is a tenant farmer on the S. A. Gentry estate, which is located five miles south of Bridgeport […]
Excerpt transcribed from The Etowah Observer, Alabama City, Alabama March 17, 1932 SPEAKERS VOICE CONFIDENCE IN TRI-CITIES AREA Many Attend "Pep Meeting" of Clubmen in Gadsden This Noon Optimism was the keynote of the big Tri-Cities pep meeting held this noon at Hotel Reich, with more than 100 business and professional men and women participating. […]
THE AUBURN MALE COLLEGE LAYING THE CORNERSTONE ITS ORGANIZATION Auburn, Ala., August 18, 1857 Published in The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 02, Summer Issue 1956 Mr. Sayre: No doubt both your readers and yourself would be glad to peruse some account of the great gala day, that came off here last Wednesday, on […]
During my genealogy research, the size of families always amazes me. Evidently, the number of children was also noticed in the past as evidenced by the following tombstones. Canterbury, England: "Mary Ann Phillips Of children in all, she bore twenty-four; Thank the Lord, there will be no more." Tennessee epitaph of the early part […]
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