(This was published in THE CAHAWBA JOURNAL Fall 1985) BRIERFIELD LETTER The following letter was written by Robert L. McCalley to a Huntsville newspaper and was published in the BIBB BLADE on May 19, 1881. McCalley was the son of Thomas S. McCalley of Huntsville and the son-in-law of C. C. Huckabee. He served in the Army […]
NOTE: Coosa County was a large county in 1877. It included the present-day counties of Elmore, The physical features of Coosa differ very much in different parts. A description of these varying parts will be attempted. A high range of hills, almost mountains, rises out of the narrow level bordering the river in which the […]
These newspaper abstracts and more are also available in the book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume VIII MARRIAGES FROM DALLAS COUNTY, ALABAMA From Marriage Record of Dallas Co., Alabama for the years 1818-45: 177: JAMES M. DUNAWAY to JULIA ROBERTSON 16 July 1840, by REV. J. RIVES. 276 GEORGE W. BATES was married to SARAH […]
A marble-cutter, inscribing the words, – "Lord she was thine" upon a tombstone, found that he had not figured his spaces correctly and he reached the end of the stone one letter short. The epitaph therefore read: "Lord, she was thin." Another marble-cutter, not having sufficient room upon the stone for the desired epitaph, – […]
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