Tuesday, August 11, 2020

The Old Tooth Pullers – when you’re desperate – this is what you had to do...

 
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The Old Tooth Pullers – when you're desperate – this is what you had to do

The "Old Tooth Pullers" by Hylott L. Armstrong, Jr. Sometime in the 1920's my Grandfather, William Henry ("Bill Henry") Crawford, moved from Edgewater (a mining town near Ensley) to the unincorporated Town of Shelby, Shelby County, Alabama. Accompanying him was his daughter (my Mama), Emma Dell Crawford. His first wife, Emma Theodosia Merrell-Crawford, had died […]

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PATRON + Richardson, Dellet, Parsons, Dale & more early pioneers of Monroe County

Photograph of Samuel Dale, Monroe County, Alabama (Transcribed excerpt is from The Monroe Journal, Monroe County Alabama, December 5, 1935) PICTURESQUE PERSONALITIES OF MONROE by Miriam Brewer Richardson, Montgomery Advertiser Frank Epps Richardson Captain Frank Epps Richardson is a picturesque memory of Monroe, which he represented in the Legislature of 1857. He had charming manners, […]

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PATRON – Bessemer, Alabama wanted to form a new county on December 20, 1888

ABOUT TOWN (Transcribed extracts from the Herald-Journal (Bessemer, Alabama) Dec. 20, 1888) A wrong impression having gone abroad, Dr. S. W. Talley, the dentist, wishes to announce that he has not moved from Bessemer. "He still has rooms in the Charleston Bl—-, where he can be found daily. Snow fell early Tuesday morning, so says […]

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PATRON + TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Three interesting tombstones from around the United States

From Maryland Elizabeth Scott lies buried here. She was born Nov. 20th, 1785 according to the best of her recollection. Burlington, Va. Died when young and full of promise Of whooping cough our Thomas.   In a Pennsylvania churchyard Eliza, sorrowing, rears this marble slab To her dear JOHN, who died of eating crab Alabama […]

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