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PATRON – Interesting corrected story from Hayneville, May 31, 1871...

 
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PATRON – Interesting corrected story from Hayneville, May 31, 1871

(Transcribed from The Citizen-Examiner (Hayneville, Alabama) May 31, 1871 THAT EYE The following correction of our local last week is in justice to SAM FOSTER. We may comment on it next week: Editor of The Examiner: Your article in last week’s paper headed "the Value of an Eye," no doubt refers to the case of […]

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Biography: Rev. R. W. Brooks

(Transcribed and unedited (with misspelled, capitals and grammatical errors) excerpt from a story written by WPA (Works Projects Administration) writer Annie L. Bowman, Escambia County, Alabama, January 18, 1940 information gathered from interviewing old time residents) REV. R. W. BROOKS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY Interviewed by Annie L. Bowman January 18, 1940 Rev. R. W. Brooks, […]

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PATRON + Train crashed and circus animals escaped in Escambia, County, Alabama

“I (Rev. R. W. Brooks) am not only a retired Baptist minister but also a Justice of the Peace, railroad agent, Express agent, Postmaster, Editor and writer. I can tell many amusing incidents that came along and lives in my memory that most folks would have forgotten,” he told me. “My mother, Mary Walker, was […]

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Many Revolutionary War soldiers received land grants in Perry County, Alabama

Many Revolutionary War Soldiers received land grants in Alabama. Perry County, Alabama was settled by many of these old soldiers and their families. Pioneers included in this volume include: JAMES CRAWFORD; JOHN T. BOYD; JOHN WASHINGTON MACKEY; MALCOM DEMUS CANNON; ELIAS ENOS TRAMIL. A Collection of PERRY COUNTY ALABAMA PIONEERS VOLUME III Biographies & Genealogies includes […]

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PATRON – Local names & politics in news in Headland, Alabama June 11, 1914

(Transcribed from Wiregrass Farmer, Headland, Alabama June 11, 1914) D. A. COE SENT TO THE ASYLUM Has Been in Toils of Law On Many Charges in Past Few Weeks D. A. Coe, recently acquitted of a charge of burglarizing the city whiskey store room on N. Foster Street, now under sentence in Mayor’s court for […]

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