In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her husband died, she was left penniless and she toured Alabama for four years as one of the first newspaperwomen in America. She wrote letters to her friends about Alabama and the […]
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, the city’s oldest mail carrier from a viewpoint of service, according to Postmaster H. A. Cathey, has an enviable record since he began delivering for Uncle Sam, Sept. 1, 1902. Among […]
On October 5, 1853, Autaugaville citizens were planning to elect Officers for their town (Transcribed extracts from Autauga Mercury, Autaugaville, Alabama, October 5, 1853 – Note: This paper is very faded an hard to read) As an election for Corporation officers will no doubt, soon be ordered, the following….(faded) gentlemen have been suggested as […]
Happy Birthday! 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., was born at Midway, Alabama, July 17, 1874. His parents were Rev. William H. Wild, of Macon, Ga., and Julia A. (Slaughter) Wild of Chambers County, Ala. The former […]
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