Stafford Plaza in 2009 stands on old site of first Alabama Female Academy in Tuscaloosa, Alabama ALABAMA FEMALE INSTITUTE (First called Alabama Female Academy then 1885 became Stafford School – After it was demolished in 1955, the Stafford Hotel was built on the site at 9th Street and 22nd Ave. Now it is the Stafford […]
Carbon Hill is located in the northwestern part of Walker County, Alabama about 15 miles west of Jasper. It was settled in 1886 and started as a small mining town. John T. Anderson was the first Postmaster in 1887 and the Carbon Hill United Methodist Church was the first church. Today there are approximately 30 […]
Happy Birthday! ROBERT HENRY BOYKIN (1839-1871) (submitted by Noel H. Haynes) Robert Henry Boykin’s Grave outside Seale, Al. Highway 164 on the old Boykin home place. Robert Henry Boykin was born on March 11, 1839, and died May 12, 1871. His father was Sterling Robert Boykin and his mother was Sarah Hurt (of the Joel […]
Happy Birthday! WILLIAM FARRINGTON ALDRICH BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1853-aft. 1904) Shelby County, Alabama At Aldrich, Alabama was one of the handsomest residences in the State, lived the Hon. William F. Aldrich, president of the Montevallo Coal Mining company and ex-congressman of the fourth congressional district. Mr. Aldrich was born at Palmyra, N. Y., March […]
JOSHUA BURNS MOORE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1826-1897) Franklin and Colbert Counties, Alabama Joshua Burns Moore was a lawyer and Alabama State senator. he was born on March 11, 1826, in Russellville, Franklin County, Alabama the son of William Moore, a soldier in the War of 1812, who died in 1849. He was the grandson of […]
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