Happy Birthday! WILLIAM BOYD, JR. BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY (1783-1855) Madison County, Alabama By Lavone Johnson Anglen William Boyd was a Junior he was born March 22, 1783, in Laurens District, SC. He died February 21, 1855, in Alabama. At the age of fifteen, William Boyd Jr. ran away from home and he went to fight […]
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V JOHN ASA ROUNTREE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1867 AL d.1936) Morgan and Jefferson County, Alabama John Asa Rountree, the president and manager of the Rountree Publishing company, of Birmingham, Ala., is a native of the State of Alabama. He was born […]
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM HARRISON BARNARD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1864-1949) Cherokee, Jefferson, and Talladega County, Alabama William Harrison Barnard, by reason of his connection with business in various lines, and by virtue of his long service as chief of police, was well known in and around Pratt City. He was the son of William M. Barnard, […]
Happy Birthday! AMOS MERRILL ELLIOTT BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1829 – 1890 ) Shelby County, Alabama Amos Merrill Elliott, a merchant, was born about ten miles south of Columbiana, March 22, 1829; attended such schools as the vicinity afforded, and was early initiated into the mysteries of merchandising. In 1855, he began selling goods on his […]
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