Albertville, Marshall County, Alabama was inhabited by the Cherokee Indians until their removal to Oklahoma in the 1830s. The first non-indigenous settlement in what is today Albertville began in the 1850s, and the settlement was named for Thomas A. Albert, an early settler who moved from Georgia and was a town leader until his death […]
(Transcribed from THE GUNTERSVILLE DEMOCRAT, January 15, 1903, Guntersville, Alabama) FIRE! FIRE! The handsome residence of Mrs. E. P. Alford lies in ashes. It was after eleven o’clock Tuesday night when the omnipresent and indispensable Mr. Arendell discovered smoke issuing from the southwest corner of the house, as he was returning home from Wyeth City. […]
January 3, 1855, Pickens County, doctors, schools, lawyers (Extract from Pickens County Herald and West Alabamian (Carrollton, Alabama Jan 3, 1855) CARROLLTON FEMALE ACADEMY The Trustees of this Institution take pleasure in announcing to its patrons and the public, that they have secured the services of MISS MATTIE J. CRAVENS, late of the Monroe Female […]
Times were hard after the Civil War, but people still kept their sense of humor. Here are some humorous and ridiculous tips for life from 1868 Transcribed from The Shelby Guide, Columbiana, Alabama May 7, 1868 PRACTICAL AND USEFUL RECEIPTS To remove freckles cut them out with a razor and throw them away! They will […]
This story is an excerpt from A Collection of PERRY COUNTY ALABAMA PIONEERS BIOGRAPHIES & GENEALOGIES VOLUME I ARCHIMEDES M. MAHAN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY Tennessee and Cahawba & Perry County, Alabama Three Mahan brothers, of Irish descent, served in the Revolutionary War. John Mahan, served as an officer and married Mary Scott, the daughter of […]
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