History of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Greensboro.1 (Published in 1908) The earliest records of this church were lost, and have never been in the possession of the present generation, nor that of the one this generation succeeds. This fact is borne out by the following statement taken from the minutes of the Quarterly […]
Revised with direct links to many sources and burial sites! This book includes the genealogy of and biography of William Barrett Travis of Alamo fame and Elisha Cottingham, the Alabama descendants from the Tapestry of Love, Historical Fiction Series by Donna R. Causey –Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 1 now available in paperback […]
Greensboro Public School1 Published in 1908 In 1858, Miles Hassell Yerby, a graduate of the State University at Tuscaloosa, came to Greensboro and taught the first public school near the town of which any record can be found. The schoolhouse was situated outside of the corporate limits, northeast of Greensboro, across Caldwell Creek. The school […]
(Personal excerpts transcribed from Phenix-Girad Journal (Girard, Alabama) February 6, 1909) DEATH OF A LITTLE CHILD George Daniel, the little eighteen-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Jackson, died at the home of his parents, 270 Fifth street, Phenix, Wednesday night at 11 o’clock after a short illness of stomach trouble. The funeral took […]
(Transcribed from The Shelby Guide, Oct 1, 1868) How to check a bank run O’Connell is said to have checked a panic on the National Bank of Ireland, of which he was the director, by making the cashier roast the gold that was given in exchange for notes. The people thought they were coining money […]
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