Report from Washington, D. C., October 19, 1918, on Pandemic...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Report from Washington, D. C., October 19, 1918, on Pandemic Posted by Donna R Causey on 21 December, 2020 During the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918-1920 the death toll worldwide reached 20 million including 548,000 Americans in 10 months. Compared to 20 million soldiers and civilian deaths in all of WWI. It reached all parts of the globe, annihilating Eskimo villages in Alaska and one out of every 5 people in Western Samoa. The […] Read more → PATRON + Pioneer Talladega, Its Minutes and Memories Chapter 21 – More sketches of early bar members (continued) Posted by Donna R Causey on 21 December, 2020 PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XXI (Continued) J. T. MAY J. T. MAY was a Methodist preacher who studied law and was admitted to practice late in life. He removed from a county south of here to Talladega in the sixties. He was tall, with a deep, sonorous voice, […] Read more → PATRON – Houses being built, citrus grower meetings, and a birth filled the news in Irvington, Ala. 1915. Posted by Donna R Causey on 21 December, 2020 IRVINGTON NEWS AND NOTES GATHERED BY CORRESPONDENTS (Transcribed from The Grand Bay News, Grand Bay, Alabama, October 1, 1915) Events Of The Past Few Days Occurring Within The Limits of Grand Bay’s Very Busy And Growing Sister City Irvington, Ala. Sept. 29. The Irvington Ladies’ Library Association gave an ice cream social Saturday evening on […] Read more → PATRON+ MONDAY MUSINGS: Do you know anything about these photographs? Posted by Donna R Causey on 21 December, 2020 While browsing the Alabama State Archives, I have frequently run across some really interesting old photographs of Alabamians with absolutely no information about them. I always thought it was a shame that some family tried to save the photo for posterity by giving it to the Archives, but it is sad that we do not […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Cudjoe Kazoola Lewis – the last known survivor of the Atlantic slave trade died in 1935...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Cudjoe Kazoola Lewis – the last known survivor of the Atlantic slave trade died in 1935 Posted by Donna R Causey on 20 December, 2020 Cudjoe Kazoola Lewis (c. 1840 – 1935), or Cudjo Lewis, was the last known survivor of the Atlantic slave trade between Africa and the United States. He was on the Clotilda, the last known ship to bring slaves to the United States. The ship landed in Mobile in 1860. He lived near Mobile in Africa Town. […] Read more → PATRON + First White Settlers in River Bend, Bibb County, Alabama, the Pratts & Fletchers Posted by Donna R Causey on 20 December, 2020 W. P. Wallace wrote a series of articles in The Centreville Press about Bibb County, Alabama’s history. This one of his transcribed articles transcribed from The Centreville Press, Centreville, Alabama August 5 & 17, 1899 FIRST WHITE SETTLERS of Bibb County By W. P. Wallace William Fletcher was son-in-law of Richard Pratt and brother-in-law to […] Read more → PATRON – Notes found on the 1850 census of Perry County, Alabama Posted by Donna R Causey on 20 December, 2020 NOTES FOUND ON THE 1850 CENSUS OF PERRY COUNTY, ALABAMA J. Hugh LeBaron 100 South Rosebud Lane Starkville, MS 39759 HLeBaron@aol.com 1 JOHN LOCKHART was a member of Siloam Church in Marion, Alabama. [Lovelace, History of Siloam] 2 EUGENIA LOCKHART married E. H. BERNHARD and graduated from Judson Institute in 1849. [History of Judson College] […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

This Alabama County changed it’s name over the issue of slavery [Many settlers surnames included]...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward This Alabama County changed it's name over the issue of slavery [Many settlers surnames included] Posted by Donna R Causey on 19 December, 2020 (Many people in Alabama changed their views on slavery as this story reveals)The Alabama County of Calhoun was created by the legislature December 18, 1832, from the land ceded by the Treaty of Cusseta, executed March 24, 1832. It lost part of its original territory by the formation of Cleburne, December 6, 1866, and Etowah […] Read more → PATRON + The early days of the home county of Auburn University Posted by Donna R Causey on 19 December, 2020 EARLY LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA Lee County was named in honor of Gen. Robert E. Lee, commander-in-chief of the Confederate Armies, and later president of the Washington and Lee University. The county was created by an act of the legislature of December 15, 1866. The territory from which this county was formed was taken from portions […] Read more → PATRON – Florence, Alabama Advertisements from 1888 Posted by Donna R Causey on 19 December, 2020 The following Business Advertisements were in a Catalog published in 1888 entitled, Florence, Lauderdale County and North Alabama by Leftwich bros. and Curtis, Florence, Ala. (Library of Congress) They reveal the names of many early businessmen in Florence, Alabama. ALABAMA REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS VOLUME II After the Revolutionary War, free bounty land was offered by […] Read more → PATRON + SATURDAY SECRETS – Stop floors from squeaking and more Posted by Donna R Causey on 19 December, 2020 This is an excerpt from the book Vinegar of the Four Thieves SIMPLE HOME REPAIRS FROM THE PAST Stop floors from squeaking by sprinkling talcum powder over them. Sweep the powder into the cracks between the boards By dipping a new broom in hot salt water before using, will toughen the bristles and make it […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

The earliest records of this Methodist church from 1822 were lost...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward The earliest records of this Methodist church from 1822 were lost Posted by Donna R Causey on 18 December, 2020 History of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Greensboro.1 (Published in 1908) The earliest records of this church were lost, and have never been in the possession of the present generation, nor that of the one this generation succeeds. This fact is borne out by the following statement taken from the minutes of the Quarterly […] Read more → UPDATE: Alabama Pioneers biography book – Volume one – has been revised with pics and links Posted by Donna R Causey on 18 December, 2020 Revised with direct links to many sources and burial sites! This book includes the genealogy of and biography of William Barrett Travis of Alamo fame and Elisha Cottingham, the Alabama descendants from the Tapestry of Love, Historical Fiction Series by Donna R. Causey –Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume 1 now available in paperback […] Read more → PATRON + The first public school in Greensboro was outside the corporate limits across Caldwell Creek Posted by Donna R Causey on 18 December, 2020 Greensboro Public School1 Published in 1908 In 1858, Miles Hassell Yerby, a graduate of the State University at Tuscaloosa, came to Greensboro and taught the first public school near the town of which any record can be found. The schoolhouse was situated outside of the corporate limits, northeast of Greensboro, across Caldwell Creek. The school […] Read more → PATRON – A young child's death and news from Rutherford —- February 1909 Posted by Donna R Causey on 18 December, 2020 (Personal excerpts transcribed from Phenix-Girad Journal (Girard, Alabama) February 6, 1909) DEATH OF A LITTLE CHILD George Daniel, the little eighteen-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Jackson, died at the home of his parents, 270 Fifth street, Phenix, Wednesday night at 11 o’clock after a short illness of stomach trouble. The funeral took […] Read more → PATRON + FUNNY FRIDAY: How to check a bank run Posted by Donna R Causey on 18 December, 2020 (Transcribed from The Shelby Guide, Oct 1, 1868) How to check a bank run O’Connell is said to have checked a panic on the National Bank of Ireland, of which he was the director, by making the cashier roast the gold that was given in exchange for notes. The people thought they were coining money […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe