Continued from Part II (This has been transcribed from The Alabama Historical QuarterlyThe Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 33, Nos. 03 & 04, Fall and Winter 1971 – The diary was shared by Edith Grace Jemison and Lucretia Hutton. Both are great-granddaughters of Robert Seaborn Jemison. Edith Grace Jemison was also a noted historian and author of the […]
Once Gen. LaFayette agreed to the invitation of Governor Israel Pickens to visit Alabama, Gov. Pickens began to make preparations for his visit by dispatching letters to his Generals. Gen. Chambers kept Governor Pickens informed of Gen. LaFayette’s travels. The Governor writes that: 12th. Saturday night by express, 12th March 1825. Reed, intelligence of Genl. […]
Patron – General News around the State of Alabama and United States, January 6, 1887 GENERAL NEWS (Excerpt from The Tallapoosa New Era, Dadeville, Alabama, January 6, 1887) Real estate in Dadeville is on the advance, and in demand. Sylacauga is on a big boom. Birmingham has a $25,000 bridge company. Anniston real estate is […]
Some people believe in engraving their trades on their tombstones in the past. Epitaph to blind woodsawyer in Georgia: “While none ever saw him see thousands have seen him saw.” Elkhart, Indiana, epitaph on tombstone of teacher: “School is out Teacher has gone home.” Epitaph to fireman in Wilmington, North Carolina “William P. […]
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