Bell Factory is located in Madison County, Alabama and is the site of the earliest important textile mill of any consequence in the South. The first cotton mill was established there in 1819. It was Alabama’s second textile mill and Madison County’s first non-agriculture industry. First to manufacture for commercial use Though cotton had been […]
Rev. William Lynch Cochran left many descendants in Alabama – here are a few Micajah Cochran was born 12, September 1780 in Bedford, Virginia, USA and died 19 April 1811 in Pendleton District, South Carolina. He had a son, William Lynch Cochran, who was a Baptist minister and pioneer in early Alabama. Brierfield Baptist Church, Hwy […]
Strange Coincidences About United States Presidents A Newspaper extract from Voice of Sumter, Livingston, Alabama May 17, 1836 There have been many circumstances related of our revolution and the great men who projected and carried it through, which were they not so well attented, (sic) would almost induce a suspicion of their truth; but the […]
Many Alabama pioneers settled in Perry County including John Frederick Shaeffer who was born Aug. 17, 1774 John Frederick Shaeffer was born Aug 17, 1774 in Lexington District, SC and died October 24, 1859 in Perry County, Alabama. He married Magdalina Eichelberger in South Carolina. After her death in South Carolina, he moved to […]
It is hard to imagine now, but in 1937 Alabamians feared death from malaria during the summer. Transcribed From the Tuscaloosa News June 22, 1937 MALARIA VICTIMS DUE TO INCREASE Cases Usually Gain Through Summer; Decline Begins Early in October Montgomery, Ala., June 22 UP – "Unless 1937 proves to be different from previous years, the […]
JAMES GALLAGHER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1800- ca. 1843) Lawrence and Mobile County, Alabama Judge James Gallagher was the third probate judge of Lawrence county and was a younger brother of John Gallagher, circuit clerk. He was an Irishman and was the son of James Gallagher, Esq., of Swilly View, near Letterkenny, Ireland. He was […]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! JOSEPH A. ADAMS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1843-1887) Chambers and Dale County, Alabama Joseph A. Adams was an editor and publisher. He was born October 15, 1843, at Oak Bowery, Chambers County, and died February 4, 1887, at Ozark; son of William S. Adams and Jane (Adams) Adams, the children of first cousins, the […]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! WILLIAM ALEXANDER CURRY BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1842-1901) Bullock County, Alabam William Alexander Curry, planter, and merchant was born in Union Springs, Bullock County, Alabama, Oct. 15, 1842. He died there Oct. 1, 1901. Mr. Curry was the son of John C. Curry, a pioneer planter, who was born in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N. […]
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