Biography: John McRae Alford born September 21, 1861...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Biography: John McRae Alford born September 21, 1861 Posted by Donna R Causey on 21 September, 2021 Click http://www.alabamapioneers.com/honor-your-ancestor-on-alab…/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! JOHN McRAE ALFORD BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1861-1928) Geneva County, Alabama John McRae Alford, of Hartford, Geneva County, Alabama, was born at Carolina, Marion County. S. C, Sept. 21, 1861, son of Paisley and Martha (McRae) Alford who served in the Confederate […] Read more → TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: This brother-in-law knew the true story Posted by Donna R Causey on 21 September, 2021 A Monument in Horsley-Down Church, Cumberland, England, bears the following singular and admonitory inscription (1768): Here lie the bodies Of Thomas Bond and Mary his wife. She was temperate, chaste, and charitable; But She was proud, peevish, and passionate. She was an affectionate wife, and a tender mother; But Her husband and child, whom she […] Read more → Do you know anything about Thomas McAfee born 1837? Posted by Donna R Causey on 21 September, 2021 Alabama Pioneers Patron query: Do you know anything about Thomas McAfee born 1837? Thomas McAfee, born 1837. Have been seeking the name of his parents for years. Lived most of his life in Franklin County, Alabama. I believe he was born in Tennessee. He married Martha McKinney. Some in the family think he was adopted; […] Read more → Helen Keller – [rare films] of Helen Keller with her teacher Anne Sullivan and love of her life, Peter Fagan Posted by Donna R Causey on 21 September, 2021 Helen Keller, even though she was unable to hear or see,  was famous from the age of 8 until her death in 1968. Her wide range of political, cultural, and intellectual interests and activities ensured that she knew people in all spheres of life. Leading personalities were her friends She counted leading personalities of the […] Read more → UPDATE – More Lost & Forgotten Stories of Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 21 September, 2021 Did you know that we have stories from this website plus additional previously unknown stories now in soft cover and Ebook form? Thanks to your support, the first book,  ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS – Exploration – A collection of lost & forgotten stories of Alabama, was in the top five on Amazon books for a week when it was launched. We […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

BIOGRAPHY: John Johnston Webster born 1743 Revolutionary War Soldier...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward BIOGRAPHY: John Johnston Webster born 1743 Revolutionary War Soldier Posted by Donna R Causey on 17 September, 2021 BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY Revolutionary War Soldier (1743 Virginia d. 1839 Alabama) Tuscaloosa, Alabama John Webster was born in Caroline county, Virginia., in 1743. Early in the struggle for independence he enlisted in the Continental army and served under General Washington He was with the American army at Yorktown, and witnessed the surrender, of Cornwallis. In […] Read more → Nicholas Baggett was born in NC in 1721 & has descendants in Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 16 September, 2021 Nicholas Baggett was born in North Carolina May, 1721 in North Carolina to Nicholas Baggett, Sr. and his wife Mary Hardy died in January, 1762 in North Carolina. The book, SOME DESCENDANTS OF NICHOLAS BAGGETT, Jr. (1721-1762) follows Nicholas and Martha’s (Wood) Baggett’s son Joel Baggett to early Alabama. Don’t waste time by repeating research […] Read more → A community in Greene County, Alabama was first known as "Mesopotamia." Do you know which one? Posted by Donna R Causey on 16 September, 2021 A community in Greene County, Alabama was first known as “Mesopotamia.” This name is perpetuated in the title of “The Mesopotamia Female Academy.” In 1838 the county seat was moved from Erie, on the river, to the high ground near “Mesopotamia,” the land being donated by the citizens. Eutaw Female Academy, also known as the […] Read more → Biography: John Felix McLaughlin born September 16, 1842 Posted by Donna R Causey on 16 September, 2021 Click http://www.alabamapioneers.com/honor-your-ancestor-on-alab…/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! JOHN FELIX McLAUGHLIN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1842 d. aft. 1900) Jefferson County, Alabama John F. McLaughlin, of Birmingham, Alabama was a veteran of the Civil war and tax assessor of Jefferson County. He was a native of Jefferson County, Alabama, […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

BUY ONE GET ONE FREE! Four Alabama Footprints books have been combined into one book...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward BUY ONE GET ONE FREE! Four Alabama Footprints books have been combined into one book Posted by Donna R Causey on 15 September, 2021 BUY ONE GET ONE FREE! Four Alabama Footprints books have been combined into one book Alabama Footprints Volumes V-VIII: Four Books in One – ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Immigrants ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Statehood ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Banished Interesting History retold as real life. Many pioneers traveled to what would become the State of Alabama at an […] Read more → The old county of Cahawba became Bibb County – here are some pioneers Posted by Donna R Causey on 15 September, 2021 With the removal of the Indians in 1814 by Andrew Jackson and his men, settlers began to migrate to the fertile Cahawba land that later became Bibb County, Alabama, even before the Federal survey of the land was completed. Compiled records of BIBB COUNTY, ALABAMA PIONEERS VOLUME II Farm clearings named after rivers and creeks […] Read more → Biography: John Davidson Alexander born September 15, 1829 Posted by Donna R Causey on 15 September, 2021 Click http://www.alabamapioneers.com/honor-your-ancestor-on-alab…/to see how to honor your ancestor as a Notable Alabama Pioneer Happy Birthday! JOHN DAVIDSON ALEXANDER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1829-1901) Marengo County, Alabama John Davidson Alexander was born September 15, 1829, in Mecklenburg County, N. C, and died February 24, 1901, at Faunsdale, Alabama. He was the son of Joseph McKnitt Alexander and Nancy […] Read more → Power of the internet solves a family's 20-year-old mystery in 15 minutes Posted by Donna R Causey on 15 September, 2021 On the site Metafilter, a user posted a photo of a card that their grandmother had filled with the random letters once she became unable to speak in the final days of battling brain cancer. Within 15 minutes the code was deciphered, solving a 20-year mystery. My grandmother passed away in 1996 of a fast-spreading […] Read more → RECIPE WEDNESDAY: Two old recipes from the past – old-fashioned apple sauce and Molasses Pudding Posted by Donna R Causey on 15 September, 2021 A simple recipe for Old-fashioned applesauce Pare and chop a dozen medium-sized apples, put them in a deep pudding-dish; sprinkle over them a heaping coffee-cupful of sugar and one of water. Place them in the oven and bake slowly two hours or more, or until they are a deep red-brown; quite as nice as preserves. […] Read more → Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II has now been updated with many direct links to burial sites. Posted by Donna R Causey on 15 September, 2021 Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume II has now been updated with many direct links to burial sites.  Did you know that all Alabama Pioneer E-books can be downloaded immediately from Amazon.com – Read eBooks using the FREE Kindle Reading App on Most Devices? Click below to see how.   Pioneers included in Biographies of Notable […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

A personal story about life in 1866 Opp, Alabama...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward A personal story about life in 1866 Opp, Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 14 September, 2021 FOURTH LETTER WRITTEN FOR THE OPP MESSENGER by J. E. Hughes (Transcribed from The Opp Messenger (Opp, Alabama) September 2, 1921 published by Mrs. J. C. Foster, editor) I married my first wife two miles on the south side of Lake Jackson on the 26th day of April, 1866. She tucked up her apron and […] Read more → TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Some people believed in engraving their trades on their tombstones. Posted by Donna R Causey on 14 September, 2021 These people must have been proud of their trades Epitaph to blind woodsawyer in Georgia: “While none ever saw him see thousands have seen him saw.” Elkhart, Indiana, epitaph on tombstone of teacher: “School is out Teacher has gone home.” Epitaph to fireman in Wilmington, North Carolina “William P. Monroe Died 1878, Aged 38 He […] Read more → Biography: Dr. Franklin Davis DuBose born September 1845 – photograph Posted by Donna R Causey on 14 September, 2021 DR. FRANKLIN DAVIS DuBOSE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1845-1905) Lowndes, Autauga and Shelby County, Alabama Dr. Franklin Davis DuBose was a prominent physician with a successful practice at Shelby, Alabama. He was the grandson of Elisha DuBose and Susanna (Leonard) DuBose, who were both natives of Georgia, where they resided until death. Their son, the father […] Read more → Do you have an ancestor who resided in Southeast Alabama in 1908? Posted by Donna R Causey on 14 September, 2021 Find your southeast Alabama ancestor in THE DOTHAN EAGLE, HOUSTON COUNTY, ALABAMA 1908 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS Dothan was a railroad hub for Southeast Florida and the editor of this newspaper mentions each visitor and their relation to local citizens. Farmhouse old Dothan – by Carol Highsmith 2010 (Library of Congress) Download and read THE DOTHAN EAGLE, […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe