Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part VII...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part VII Posted by Donna R Causey on 12 December, 2020 Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part VII 1 William H. Davis Pickens County William H. Davis was born in York District, South Carolina, in 1814. Moving to Pickens County, Alabama, in 1833 and establishing himself as a school teacher, Davis continued in this capacity until he volunteered to fight for the […] Read more → PATRON + Schools closed in December 1918 when the Spanish flu was raging in Elmore Co., Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 12 December, 2020 INFLUENZA SITUATION GRAVE (Transcribed from The Weekly Herald (Wetumpka, Alabama, December 12, 1918) The spread of Influenza in our town and county is becoming alarming, so many of our people are suffering and casualties are being reported. At one time our county was practically clear but this re-visitation of the disease is more alarming in […] Read more → PATRON – October 13, 1905 – Local information about residents of Goodwater, Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 12 December, 2020 (Excerpts transcribed from Goodwater Enterprise (Goodwater, Coosa County, Alabama October 13, 1905) LOCALS CONTINUED Mrs. Henderson of Jackson’s Gap, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. W. Freeman. Miss Kelley McLeod left Wednesday for Sylacauga, where she will visit relatives. J. D. McKelvy and daughter, Miss Carrie, of Hackneyville, were in our city Wednesday. Mr. E. […] Read more → PATRON + SATURDAY SECRETS: Sewing tips from the past are still useful Posted by Donna R Causey on 12 December, 2020 SEWING TIPS FROM THE PAST To sharpen scissors in an emergency, cut aluminum foil several times. Talcum Powder can be used for hem markers. Slivers of soap can be used for marking hems on washable fabrics Silk thread is the best type to use in sewing wool. After lowering the hem on a wool garment, […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

BIOGRAPHY: Jehu Wellington Vandiver (1850 – 1934)...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward BIOGRAPHY: Jehu Wellington Vandiver (1850 – 1934) Posted by Donna R Causey on 11 December, 2020 JEHU WELLINGTON VANDIVER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY September 17, 1850 – August 16, 1934 Talladega, Alabama Lawyer, editor, lecturer, Mr. Vandiver was born September 17, 1850, at Alexandria, Calhoun County; son of John Harrington and Mary Eliza Emma (McAfee) Vandiver, the former who was born in Spartanburg District, S. C., practiced medicine, was selected as electoral […] Read more → Ole Joe Had Real 'Ligion Posted by Donna R Causey on 11 December, 2020 Former Patron story – (WARNING! This WPA interviewer made an attempt in this interview to capture the dialect of this former slave and may be offensive to readers today. We have transcribed the words exactly as written. Please consider the time and culture of the day and do not read if you are offended.) W.P.A. […] Read more → PATRON + The author of 'The Great Gatsby', F. Scott Fitzgerald married an Alabamian, Zelda Sayre Posted by Donna R Causey on 11 December, 2020 Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald an American novelist and the wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in Alabama. Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald 1921 She was an icon of the 1920s—dubbed by her husband “the first American Flapper.” After the success of his first novel, This Side of Paradise (1920), the Fitzgeralds became celebrities. The […] Read more → PATRON – Crouch-Walker wedding, former residents and Bible class were in the news on February 6, 1909 Posted by Donna R Causey on 11 December, 2020 (Excerpts transcribed from Phenix-Girad Journal (Girard, Alabama) February 6, 1909) APPROACHING MARRIAGE The following invitations have been received by the many friends of Miss Mayme Crouch: Mrs. Lenna Crouch-Hood requests the honor of your company at the marriage of her sister Miss Mayme Crouch-Hood to Mr. Robt. West Walker, on Wednesday evening, February the seventeenth […] Read more → PATRON + FUNNY FRIDAY Are there angels in New York? Posted by Paul Hancock on 11 December, 2020 Angels and Otherwise in New York City "What do you mean you can't find it?  We HAVE to find it." I whisper-yelled at my wife, Jane.  Customarily I would have used my loud yell, but an undetermined number of strangers and eighty-five other Shades Mountain Baptist Church (SMBC) singers and instrumentalists, were well within ear […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Traders Used Pack-horses To Transport Their Merchandise...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Traders Used Pack-horses To Transport Their Merchandise Posted by Donna R Causey on 10 December, 2020 This is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS – Settlement: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 2) CONTINUED BELOW… The Wheat and Mounger families lived near St. Stephens and are considered by many historians to have been the first Whig families that settled among the Royalists. It is probable, however, that there were at the […] Read more → PATRON + Magnolia Grove, Greensboro, the old home of Richard Pearson Hobson of "The Sinking of the Merrimac" fame Posted by Donna R Causey on 10 December, 2020 Magnolia Grove, located at 1002 Hobson Street in Greensboro, Alabama is a historic site and museum located in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama that is overseen by the Alabama Historical Commission. On a knoll far back from the head of Main Street of Greensboro stands this majestic old Hobson home known as Magnolia Grove. This is […] Read more → PATRON – On May 5, 1937 – when legal liquor sales returned in Alabama after 22 years, fire trucks were summoned Posted by Donna R Causey on 10 December, 2020 On May 5th in 1937, anyone wanting to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with liquor in Alabama had the opportunity in 1937 because legal liquor sales returned after 22 years of prohibition. A crowd of 75 to 100 people turned out for purchases. New York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, right, watching agents pour […] Read more → PATRON + GOOD OLE DAYS – Old receipts and treatments in medicine from Alabama Doctors Posted by Donna R Causey on 10 December, 2020 OLD PRACTICE IN MEDICINE1 In the private memoranda left by Judge A. A. Coleman, a distinguished citizen of Alabama from the founding of the State until his death in Birmingham in 1910, was found a number of such prescriptions including the following: Cough Mixture & Croup Tine of Lobelia one part Paregoric one part Honey […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Tips for identifying people in old photographs...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Tips for identifying people in old photographs Posted by Donna R Causey on 9 December, 2020 Are you having difficulty identifying people in photographs? Here are some tips to help… Unidentified Men at Camp Council Meeting, May 1939, Farmersville, CA by Dorothea Lange (Library of Congress)  In the 19th century, it was a normal practice to list negatives of photographs in ledger books that also described the subject and date the […] Read more → PATRON + Blount County, Alabama was named for Willie G. Blount of Tennessee Posted by Donna R Causey on 9 December, 2020 HISTORY OF BLOUNT COUNTY, ALABAMA (Written in 1921) Blount County, Alabama was created by the Territorial Legislature, February 7, 1818. Its original territory was of vast extent, and included the present county of Jefferson, and that part of Walker east of the Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior. It was almost wholly in the Creek […] Read more → PATRON – In Goodwater, Coosa County, Alabama – Local news included lots of visiting among friends & relatives Posted by Donna R Causey on 9 December, 2020 (Excerpts transcribed from Goodwater Enterprise (Goodwater, Coosa County, Alabama October 13, 1905) LOCALS Mrs. S. H. Pope spent Saturday in Alex City. Fletcher Brown has returned from Columbus. Will Bridges of Dadeville, was here Wednesday. J. A. McKay of Stanley, was in our city Saturday. Dr. Pope spent a day or two last week in […] Read more → PATRON + RECIPE WEDNESDAY: Buckwheat Cakes recipe from 1870 Posted by Donna R Causey on 9 December, 2020 BUCKWHEAT CAKES (Transcribed from The Times-Argus, Selma, Alabama January 27, 1870) Dissolve half of yeast in a little warm water, and mix with a quart of buck-wheat and a tablespoonful of meal, stir in lukewarm water, till a stiff batter is formed; add a little salt and put in a warm place to rise. When […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe