AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF JOEL MURPHREE OF TROY, ALABAMA 1864-1865 Introduction “by H. E. STERKX (Dr. Sterkx was a member of the history faculty, Troy State Teachers College) Part I The great adventure for many mid-Nineteenth Century Southerners was participation in the American Civil War. In later life some were inspired to publish […]
Humor is timeless as these two anecdotes from 1883 newspaper reveal. (Excerpts from The Shelby Chronicle, Columbiana, Alabama, Nov. 22, 1883) Brilliant trade? “Doctor,” said a man to his physician who had just presented a bill of $50 for treatment during a recent illness, “I have not much ready money. Will you not take this […]
First Senator Met Alone And Voted On Bills When Mississippi became a state in the Federal Union on December 10th, 1817, the territory east of the new state became the Alabama Territory. By an act of Congress, dated March 1, 1817, the Mississippi Territory was divided. Another act, bearing the date March 3, organized the […]
(News clippings from The Centreville Press, April 5, 1900) ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume VI Table of Contents Introduction DEATH & MARRIAGE NOTICES From Missing Issues of Autauga County Newspapers ca. 1850s – 1870s NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS from The Times Daily, Florence, Alabama July 14, 1894 MEXICAN WAR VETERANS from Greensboro, Alabama MARENGO COUNTY, ALABAMA Marriages from […]
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