Sunday as a sacred day from early days in Mississippi Territory...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Sunday as a sacred day from early days in Mississippi Territory Posted by Donna R Causey on 8 September, 2020 SUNDAY OBSERVANCE IN ALABAMA Sunday, the first day of the week, has been recognized as a sacred day since the very earliest days of the Mississippi Territory. On March 12, 1803, the Legislative council and House of Representatives of that Territory, of which the present State of Alabama was then in part the eastern half, […] Read more → PATRON + Six family of settlers in Washington and Clarke County were led by Daniel Boone Posted by Donna R Causey on 8 September, 2020 Early Permanent Settlers in Washington and Clarke County, Alabama Early permanent settlers came from Georgia, colonized in 1733, from the Carolinas, colonized between 1640 and 1670, from Virginia, the first English settlement commenced from Kentucky, settled by six families led by DANIEL BOONE in 1773, and joined by forty others from POWELL’S Valley, who constituted […] Read more → PATRON – Original Court records of Montgomery County, Alabama 1817 Posted by Donna R Causey on 8 September, 2020 ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY (From Original Volume filed in Montgomery County Court House) June Term Orphans Court 1817 On the third Monday in June in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and Seventeen the Honourable the Orphans Court for the County of Montgomery Mississippi Territory of the United States met […] Read more → PATRON + TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Curious tombstones from Tennessee and New York Posted by Donna R Causey on 8 September, 2020 Block Island, N. Y He’s done a catching cod And gone to meet his God. From Tennessee She lived a life of virtue and died of the Cholera morbus, caused by eating green fruit in hope of a blessed immortality. Reader, go thou and do likewise. ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Confrontation:: Lost & Forgotten Stories Prior to […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

New 68,000-gallon water tank collapsed in Gordo, Alabama...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward New 68,000-gallon water tank collapsed in Gordo, Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 7 September, 2020 The people of Gordo were shocked when their new water tank containing 68,000-gallons crashed to the earth on April 23rd, 1935 as the following newspaper article reveals. Tuscaloosa News April 23, 1935 (Special To The News) GORDO, Ala., April 23—With a deafening roar, the new Gordo water tank of 68,000-gallon capacity crashed to earth here […] Read more → PATRON + Two men died in Birmingham while being initiated in Loyal Order of the Moose Posted by Donna R Causey on 7 September, 2020 LOYAL ORDER of the MOOSE Loyal Order of the Moose was a secret, beneficiary society, paying sick and funeral benefits. It was founded in 1888 by Dr. J. H. Wilson, at Louisville, Ky., followed by the organization of the grand lodge of Kentucky the same year. In 1889 the Supreme Lodge of the World, Loyal […] Read more → PATRON – Personal mentions of Calera, Alabama citizens in 1890 Posted by Donna R Causey on 7 September, 2020 Click to learn how to Become a Patron! (Extract Transcribed from THE SHELBY NEWS, Calera, Alabama, January 16, 1890) PERSONAL MENTION Mr. John Ozley, of Longview, with his family, will soon move to Calera. Superintendent J. M. Bridges, of the E. T., V. & G. railroad, was in the city a short time last Saturday […] Read more → PATRON + MONDAY MUSINGS: Southern traditions Posted by Donna R Causey on 7 September, 2020   "Only a Southerner knows instinctively that the best gesture of solace for a neighbor who’s got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl of cold potato salad.  If the neighbor’s trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add a large banana puddin!" "Only Southerners grow up knowing […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

This serendipity moment told the whole story...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward This serendipity moment told the whole story Posted by Donna R Causey on 6 September, 2020 Recently, I asked readers to send in their personal serendipity moment to Alabama Pioneers. This is William W. McCollum’s moment.  Donna Serendipity Moment told the whole story by William W. McCollum My McCollum ancestors descend from a Scottish exile who arrived in the colony of East Jersey in 1685. His descendants made their way south […] Read more → PATRON + Women in Alabama became interested in golf at the turn of the century Posted by Donna R Causey on 6 September, 2020 In 1898, Birmingham was growing rapidly and an idea of “having a club to show off prize horses and shiny rigs expanded to include a tennis court, golf links, baseball diamond, ten-pin, bowling alley, and a bicycle course.” The 77 original men signed incorporation papers for the Birmingham Country Club and 12 prominent Birmingham businessmen […] Read more → PATRON – A 'possum and turkey supper, plus local news of Calera, Alabama 1890 Posted by Donna R Causey on 6 September, 2020 Click to learn how to Become a Patron! (Extract Transcribed from THE SHELBY NEWS, Calera, Alabama, January 16, 1890) AN ELEGANT SUPPER One of the most delightful entertainments it has been our pleasure to attend during the holiday season was a ‘possum and turkey supper given by our esteemed and popular townsman, Mr. W. N. […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

North Carolina party risks all to travel to Alabama...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward North Carolina party risks all to travel to Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 5 September, 2020 This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Exploration: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 1) available at Amazon.com Tennessee settlers had lived independently of North Carolina or the United Colonies till 1788 when their country was ceded to Congress and they became a part of the state of North Carolina. Americans, so soon as […] Read more → PATRON + Dowling Family – Early history and settlers of SE Alabama written in 1899 Posted by Donna R Causey on 5 September, 2020   EARLY HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMAi By W. L. Andrews 1899 THE SOUTHERN STAR, MAY 31, 1899 The Dowling family History first dawns on the Dowling family in Virginia and dates back seven generations to Robert Dowling. The idea was obtained that he came to this country from Ireland in the 17th century but it […] Read more → PATRON – Kellett-Gilbreath nuptials and reopening of Agricultural and City schools were in the local news in Albertville, Alabama in January 1903. Posted by Donna R Causey on 5 September, 2020 (Transcribed from THE GUNTERSVILLE DEMOCRAT, January 15, 1903, Guntersville, Alabama) CORRESPONDENCE ALBERTVILLE ITEMS Henderson Walker is visiting friends at Anderson, Tenn. Miss Ira Vanzant of Crossville spent Sunday with Misses Lillie and Lola Luther. Mrs. Dora Petty and family have moved here from Collinsville, and are occupying the Franklin residence. Ollie McNaron is in Anderson, […] Read more → PATRON +SATURDAY SECRETS – Removing scratches from furniture Posted by Donna R Causey on 5 September, 2020 Old Tips on Removing Scratches from Wood Furniture Rub the meat of walnuts into walnut wood. Fill cherry or mahogany wood by applying iodine with a cotton swab or toothpick See books by Donna R Causey Rub Camphor oil into scratches to fill light or dark wood. The darker the wood, the more you need. […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe