TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Funny tombstones and epitaphs...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Funny tombstones and epitaphs Posted by Donna R Causey on 28 September, 2021 Some funny tombstones from Topeka, Kansas: “Here lies Sheriff Tim McGrew who said he would arrest Bill Hennessy or die… He was right.” “Here lies Michael Horton who was not such a fast gun as he thought.” “Here lie the remains of Charley Greene, His holster was dirty; but his gun was clean. Some Funny […] Read more → Biography: Vassar Lyle Allen born September 28, 1868 Posted by Donna R Causey on 28 September, 2021 Click http://www.alabamapioneers.com/honor-your-ancestor-on-alab…/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! VASSAR LYLE ALLEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1868-1962) Lee, Macon and Jefferson County, Alabama Vassar Lyle Allen was born at Tuskegee September 28, 1868, the son of George W. and Margaret (Wheat) Allen. His parents resided for many years at Lafayette but […] Read more → An interview with John Davis Esquire before 1852 about Mrs. Caffrey's capture by Native Americans Posted by Donna R Causey on 28 September, 2021 The story of the Thompson family and capture of Mrs.Caffrey in early Alabama is mentioned several times by early Alabama Historians. Here is another account of the events that transpired before 1852 from an interview with eighty-two-year-old John Davis, Esquire when he was questioned about the Native Americans. Warning: The exact words and spellings have been […] Read more → Essential book for WWI genealogy research in Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 28 September, 2021 This KINDLE book includes all the deaths from World War I, listed by the county where they last resided, over 60 pages of names. ALABAMA DEATHS FROM WW I Download this Kindle book to your Kindle in less than 30 seconds or to your PC, iPAD, iPhone, MAC or Android device with FREE Apps (below) […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Four Ebooks combined into one paperback!...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Four Ebooks combined into one paperback! Posted by Donna R Causey on 27 September, 2021 Four Volumes combined into ONE! As we conducted research for interesting stories to publish and/or post on Alabama Pioneers website, we continually found buried genealogy information, such as marriages, deaths, etc. that would be of great benefit to family researchers, but it was hidden so well that most search engines would not find it. We […] Read more → BIOGRAPHY: Captain Daniel Wright born September 27, 1759 – Revolutionary War Posted by Donna R Causey on 27 September, 2021 This biography is included in the Books Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable  Alabama Pioneers Volume II and First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume I   CAPTAIN DANIEL WRIGHT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (September 27, 1759- 1838) Lawrence County, Alabama Daniel W. Wright (b. ca. 1796) was the first County Clerk. His father Capt. Daniel Wright settled in […] Read more → Curb Market Day – Do you remember this time? Posted by Dorothy Graham Gast on 27 September, 2021 (Saturday was an important day for grocery shopping in Alabama’s past.) Curb Market day in Tuscaloosa, Alabama ca. 1935 Allen Jemison building is visible in background Long before daylight the cars and trucks traveled Saturday was curb market day.  Long before daylight cars and trucks loaded with produce would travel down gravel roads to the […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Are any of these men your ancestor?...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Are any of these men your ancestor? Posted by Donna R Causey on 23 September, 2021 BIOGRAPHIES OF NOTABLE & SOME NOT-SO-NOTABLE ALABAMA PIONEERS VOLUME VII is the seventh book of Alabama pioneers biographies.    A good deal of the information comes from source books written when the subjects were still living. Additional information and/or documentation on any of the subjects has been included at the end of each biography. The biographies included in […] Read more → The first church in Perote was named Mt. Olivet Posted by Donna R Causey on 23 September, 2021 SECOND MT. OLIVET REMINISCENCES OF PEROTE IN BULLOCK By A Native Catharine Elizabeth (Hixon) Rumphi (This transcribed excerpt was written before 1958) First Church in Village (Perote) The first Church in the village was completed in 1851, Frank Kennedy (or Canida) being the contractor. It was built on the spot where the residence of D. […] Read more → Biography: Nathaniel Brown Linder born September 23, 1822 – photograph Posted by Donna R Causey on 23 September, 2021 Click http://www.alabamapioneers.com/honor-your-ancestor-on-alab…/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! NATHANIEL BROWN LINDER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1822-1908) Talladega County, Alabama Nathaniel Brown Linder was a well-to-do planter of Oxford, Alabama. He was born at Spartanburg, S. C., on September 23, 1822. He descended from some of the oldest families of the Palmetto […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Biography: John McRae Alford born September 21, 1861...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Biography: John McRae Alford born September 21, 1861 Posted by Donna R Causey on 21 September, 2021 Click http://www.alabamapioneers.com/honor-your-ancestor-on-alab…/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! JOHN McRAE ALFORD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1861-1928) Geneva County, Alabama John McRae Alford, of Hartford, Geneva County, Alabama, was born at Carolina, Marion County. S. C, Sept. 21, 1861, son of Paisley and Martha (McRae) Alford who served in the Confederate […] Read more → TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: This brother-in-law knew the true story Posted by Donna R Causey on 21 September, 2021 A Monument in Horsley-Down Church, Cumberland, England, bears the following singular and admonitory inscription (1768): Here lie the bodies Of Thomas Bond and Mary his wife. She was temperate, chaste, and charitable; But She was proud, peevish, and passionate. She was an affectionate wife, and a tender mother; But Her husband and child, whom she […] Read more → Do you know anything about Thomas McAfee born 1837? Posted by Donna R Causey on 21 September, 2021 Alabama Pioneers Patron query: Do you know anything about Thomas McAfee born 1837? Thomas McAfee, born 1837. Have been seeking the name of his parents for years. Lived most of his life in Franklin County, Alabama. I believe he was born in Tennessee. He married Martha McKinney. Some in the family think he was adopted; […] Read more → Helen Keller – [rare films] of Helen Keller with her teacher Anne Sullivan and love of her life, Peter Fagan Posted by Donna R Causey on 21 September, 2021 Helen Keller, even though she was unable to hear or see,  was famous from the age of 8 until her death in 1968. Her wide range of political, cultural, and intellectual interests and activities ensured that she knew people in all spheres of life. Leading personalities were her friends She counted leading personalities of the […] Read more → UPDATE – More Lost & Forgotten Stories of Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 21 September, 2021 Did you know that we have stories from this website plus additional previously unknown stories now in soft cover and Ebook form? Thanks to your support, the first book,  ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS – Exploration – A collection of lost & forgotten stories of Alabama, was in the top five on Amazon books for a week when it was launched. We […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe