Sixth part of a transcribed serial article published in the Southern Star, Ozark, Ala., beginning May 10, 1899. EARLY HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA By W. L. Andrewsi THE SOUTHERN STAR JULY 11, 1899 August 23, 1848, a Baptist church was instituted by Rev. U. Parker at the residence of William Andrews two miles east of […]
The Buttahatchee River is a tributary to the Tombigbee River having its source in Winston and flowing to Marion County, then flowing southwestwardly, through Marion and the northern extremity of Lamar County, to its junction with the Tombigbee, about 20 miles above Columbus, Mississippi. Flows through Marion and Lamar Counties The Buttahatchee River rises in […]
THE CAMP MEETING by By HON. E. A. POWELL (from FIFTY-FIVE YEARS IN WEST ALABAMA printed in the Tuscaloosa Gazette August 12, 1886) The leading instrumentality in building up the Methodist Church, and as for that matter assisting all other denominations, was the Camp Meetings. At these meetings large crowds would gather, the preaching would […]
Many pioneers from the Eastern states of the United States traveled to Alabama during the Great Migration West after the Mississippi Territory was opened to settlers. Some stayed in Alabama, but others moved further west after the Civil War. Several of Tod Robinson’s descendants moved to Texas, North Carolina, and California. They became prominent citizens […]
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(Transcribed from The Centreville Press April 5, 1900, Centreville, Alabama) CITRON CREAM Make a custard of one pint milk, the yolks of three eggs, one cup of sugar and one teaspoonful of corn starch. When cold add one pint of cream, one-half cup finely chopped citron, the beaten whites of three eggs; tint a pale […]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! JOHN JAMES HUNTER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1857-aft. 1904) Dallas, Clarke, Elmore and Talladega County, Alabama and Florida John James Hunter, of Sylacauga, Alabama, was born at Wetumpka, Elmore county, Alabama, Oct. 20, 1857. He was the son of Charles D. and Mary E. D. (House) Hunter. Charles D. Hunter was born in Clarke […]
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