Category: A – C

Biography: College Administrator. Born– June 6, 1884, Hamilton. Parents– Henry Turner and Missouri Ann (Carpenter) Clark. Married– Lillie Pearce, 1911. Children– One. Education– Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1907; Vanderbilt University, M.A., 1910; Harvard University, A.M., 1911; New York University, Ph.D., 1926; graduate work at Columbia, Michigan State and University of Chicago. Principal of schools in…

Biography: Metallurgist; poet. Born– August 30, 1897, Lamar County. Parents– Brian A. and Sara Virginia (Trull) Cash. Married– Ovella Clara Sherrill, May 4, 1926. Children– Three. Education– State Secondary Agricultural School in Hamilton, 1921; attended Troy State College; graduated from the University of Alabama, 1935. “Ran away” when he was eighteen years old; volunteered for military…

Biography: Lawyer. Born– August 24,1886,  Estill Springs, Tenn. Parents– W. W. and Bettie (Freeman) Anderton. Married– Elizabeth Chew, November 11, 1915. Children– five. Education– Cumberland University, Bachelor of Laws. Practiced law in Birmingham after 1914. Served as a city judge in Birmingham; special assistant to the Attorney General of Alabama. Ran as a Democratic candidate for the…

Biography: Teacher; genealogist. Born– September 11, 1891, Kelly’s Chapel, Washington County, Va. Parents– William Keys and Annie Ryburn (Smyth) Kelly. Married– Fred Allison, August 24, 1915. Lived in Auburn 1922-1990. Children– Two. Education– Emory and Henry College. Taught in the schools of Virginia. Died April 9, 1990. Source: Files at Ralph Brown Draughon Library, Auburn…

Biography: Civic leader; volunteer. Born– October 7, 1903. Parents– R. DuPont and Maude (Massey) Thompson. Education– Agnes Scott College. Married– John M. Akin, Sr. Children– Three. Worked as Parent Education Chairman of the Birmingham PTA Council; taught English to internationals at Southside Baptist Church in Birmingham. Member of the Alabama Writers Conclave and of the…

Biography: Anthropologist; college professor. Born– April 1, 1935, Shreveport, Louisiana. Parents–Ottis W. and Fern Clark Ainsworth. Married– Winnie Tew, January 20, 1964.   Children– Three. Education– Northwestern State University, A.B., 1959, M.A., 1964; University of Alabama, Ed.D., 1975; University of Washington, Ph.D., 1982. Served as Latter Day Saints missionary to Brazil, 1959 to 1962; grade school teacher…

Biography: Geologist; professor of geology and mineralogy.  Born– August 17, 1870, Lena, Illinois.  Parents–  Howard Brooks and Ruth Ann (Harris) Adams.  Married– Bertha Barin, 1914. Education– Kansas State Normal School, Emporia, graduated 1889; University of Kansas, B. A., 1893, M.A.,. 1895; Princeton University, Doctor of Science, 1896; postdoctoral study in Munich, Germany, 1897-98., and at…

Biography: Writer. Born– February 19, 1860, Montgomery. Parents– James R. and Mary (Smythe) Powell.  (James R. Powell was one of the founders of the City of Birmingham and its first elected mayor, 1873-75.) Education:  taught at home by her mother, formerly a teacher at St. Wilfrid’s Episcopal School in Marion.  Lived in Europe for several…

Biography: Banker. Born– September 21, 1913, Mobile. Parents– John Forniss and Sarah Catherine (Van Antwerp) Aldridge. Married– Sarah Redfield Plumb, July 13, 1944. Children– Two. Education– University of Alabama, 1935; degree from the School of Banking at Rutgers University, 1955. Began work at the Merchants National Bank in Mobile in 1935. Belonged to the Alabama…

Biography: Writer, editor, publisher. Born– April 16, 1921, Lost Creek, Ky. Parents– Claude Neuman and Nellie Geneva (Strode) Akens. Married– Helen Morgan, August 21, 1953. Education– University of Miami, A.B., 1951; University of Alabama, M.A., 1956. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Taught in Lost Creek, Ky., 1947-1949; edited Benham Magazine for International…

Biography: Teacher. Born– October 22, 1909, Fort Payne. Parents– Cazzie Nathaniel and Bessie Lee (Austin) Tullis. Education– DeKalb County High School; Jacksonville State University, diploma for completion of the two year course, 1937, B.S, 1953. Married– Mitchell Adams, 1935. Children– Two. Taught school in Alabama, 1937-1969; sponsored the Ider High School Poetry Society, 1960-1972; compiled…

Biography: Investment banker; historian; civic leader. Born– October 22, 1897, Birmingham. Parents– Walter Claybrook and Louise (Rucker) Agee. Married– Margaret Dixon Minge, March 27, 1927. Children– Two. Education– University of Alabama, B.S., 1919. U.S. Army, WWI. A principal in the investment securities firm Sterne, Agee and Leach, Inc. from 1919.  Member and leader of many…

Biography: Literary scholar; professor of English. Born– April 2, 1898, Bonham, Tex. Education– Southern Methodist University, A.B., 1921; Columbia University, A.M., 1929. Taught English at Southern Methodist, 1921-1926; Columbia University, 1927-1928; Auburn University, 1928-1946; Georgia Institute of Technology, 1946 until his retirement. Died October 3, 1973. Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1969. Publication(s): Elements of…

Biography: Baptist minister; denominational executive.  Born– February 24, 1842, Camden. Parents– Henry Tally and Matilda Smith (Bryan) Crumpton. Married– Ellen Cochran, 1872; Florence Harris, 1910. Education– Georgetown College, Kentucky, for two years.  Served in Co. H., 37th Mississippi Infantry, CSA. Ordained into the Baptist ministry, 1870; Corresponding secretary; Baptist Mission Board of Alabama for twenty…

Biography: School administrator, teacher. Born– January 13, 1883, near Tuskegee. Parents– John Perry and Harriet Blanche (Parkinson) Howard. Married– Howard Ulmer Crumpton. Children– Two. Education– Graduated from Alabama Conference Female College, 1900; Peabody College, A.B., 1924; M.A., 1925. Supervisor of Walker County Schools, 1925-1935; supervisor Marengo County Schools, 1935-1938; taught at Carlowville High School, 1935-1947.  Died…

Biography: Herpetologist, ecologist, college professor.  Born– June 16, 1909, Mobile. Parents–Archibald and Louise Deadrick  Carr. Married–Marjorie Harris, 1937.  Children–five. Education– University of Florida, B.S., 1933, M.S., 1934, Ph.D., 1937. Associate of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 1937-43. Taught biology at the University of Florida after 1933. Principal investigator, National Science Foundation marine turtle migration…

 Biography: Teacher, genealogist. Born– December 30, 1924, Andalusia. Parents– William R. and Mary Clyde (Pelham) Middleton. Married– Hamilton Albaugh, Jr., October 9, 1949. Children– Three. Education– University of Montevallo, B.M., 1947; attended Julliard School and Columbia University. Taught at Comer High School in Sylacauga, 1947-1949.  Researched and wrote articles on historical and genealogical subjects.  Regent of her…

Biography: Methodist clergyman; teacher; college professor. Born– August 29, 1895, Opelika. Parents– Albert Edward and Mary Hannah (Banks) Barnett. Married– Lucie Rebecca Browder, December 29, 1929. Education– Southern University in Greensboro, Ala., 1916; Emory University, Candler School of Theology, B.D., 1921; University of Chicago, M.A., 1928, Ph.D., 19??. Licensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal…

Biography: Building contractor. Born– August 6, 1873, Brooklyn, N.Y. Parents– Alexander and Hannah (Farnell) Blair. Married– Caroline Livingston Singleton, June 15, 1898 (died 1905). Married– Adele Blue, July 14, 1908. Children– Three. Education– Macon, Ga. high school, graduated 1888. Contractor in Montgomery; in charge of many government contracts;built over 200 postoffices and numerous military installations.  Director…

Biography: Teacher; journalist.  Born– August 31, 1855, Atlanta, Ga. Parents– Wiley Person Mangum and Hannah Page (MacIntyre) Cozart. Education– Florence Normal College, 1893; Cook County Normal, Chicago, 1893; Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, 1901. Taught in public schools of Troy and Montgomery, Ala.; Aberdeen, Mississippi. Newspaper work: Montgomery Times from 1910-1913.  Active in several historical and…

Biography: Housewife, civic leader. Born– Nashville, Tenn., January 17, 1858.  Parents– William Hooper Harris and Virginia Martin Harris. Married– Erwin Craighead, December 12, 1878. 1878. One child. Education– Mary Sharpe College, Winchester, Tennessee; graduate of Patapsco Institute, Baltimore.  Moved to Mobile in 1882; became a leader in many civic and charitable organizations. Helped organize the Shakespeare Club and…

Biography: Lawyer; genealogist. Born– December 5, 1880, Dayton. Parents– John Bennett and Annie (Perryman) Boddie. Married– Emma McCall, January 10, 1907 (died 1947). Children– Four. Married– Pearl D. Davis (died 1951).  Married– Lillian Orr Williams, 1953. Education– University of Virginia, 1900-1902; Kent College of Law in Chicago, LL.B., 1911. Entered the army during the Spanish-American…

Biography: Chemistry instructor; Criminologist. Born– November 4, 1917, West Liberty, Ky. Parents– A. O. and Florence (Davis) Allison. Married–(1) Amy Lee Henry, March 1940.  Children-one. (2) Jessie Hudson, December 16, 1947. Children– Four. Education– Fort Union Military Academy; Cumberland College; Georgetown College (Kentucky) , A.B.; University of Alabama, M.S.; further study at  Louisiana State University. Captain,…

Biography: Professor  of physiology and biology;  university administrator. Born– March 3, 1912, Montclair, N.J. Parents– Harry and Marion (Booth) Barker. Married– Justine Rogers, July 31, 1934. Education– University of Vermont, B.S., 1932; Yale University, 1932-1934; Cornell University, Ph.D., 1936. College of Medicine of the University of Tennessee, medicine fellow, 1936-1941, instructor in physiology, 1941-1944; taught at…

Biography: Newspaper editor, teacher. Born– March 15, 1852, Lexington, Ky. Parents– Marcus Henderson and Matilda Washington (Chrisman) Cruikshank. Married– Mary Rachel Smith, October 7, 1887. Children– Two. Education– Peabody Institute, Talladega; Southwood Academy, and Synodical College, B.A.. Taught at Talladega; principal of State Institute for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind for six years. Editor for Talladega…

Biography: Born– October 10, 1908, Laurel, Miss. Parents– Eugene and Donnie (Howse) Saul. Married– Grady Brown, October 3, 1938. Children– One. Education– Junior college in Ellisville, Miss. Worked as a laboratory technician at a Hattiesburg hospital. Won story contest sponsored by Birmingham Age-Herald; published several children’s stories and poems. Used the pseudonym “George Saul.”  Lived…

Biography: Genealogist; historical researcher. Born– June 7, 1925, Russellville, Ark. Parents– Edward E. and Mabel Louise (Cook) Matthews. Married– Eugene Guyland Cowart, June 24, 1946. Children– Two. Education– University of Alabama three years, Edited; Valley Leaves, the Tennessee Valley Genealogical Society Quarterly for two years; lecturer on Federal Land Records and genealogy. Member of the…

Biography: University professor. Born– April 8, 1908, Charleston, S.C. Parents– William H. and Annie Pierce (Rast) Abernethy. Education– Birmingham Southern College, A.B., 1930; University of North Carolina, M.A., 1935; Vanderbilt University, Ph.D., 1940. Taught at West End High School in Birmingham, 1931-1935; University of Alabama, 1937-1938; Birmingham Southern College after 1939. Member of the Modern…

Biography: Writer. Born– November 19, 1911, Birmingham. Parents– John Saunders and Nettie Young (McCrory) Counselman. Married– Horace B. Vinyard, November 13, 1941.  Children– One. Education– Alabama College for Women for one year; University of Alabama for two summers; correspondence courses in journalism from the Newspaper Institute. Reporter for the Birmingham News; instructor in creative writing…

Biography: Methodist clergyman. Born– January 8, 1882, Flatwoods, Tenn. Parents– William B. and Mary (Gillham) Chappell. Married– Cecil Hart, April 15, 1908. Children– Two. Education– Duke University, 1902-1903; Harvard, 1904-1905. Principal of E. W. Grove High School, Paris, TN, 1906-08. Ordained a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1908; served as pastor of churches…

Biography: Reporter, correspondent; journalism educator. Born– July 3, 1910, Birmingham. Parents– Edward Ware and Lewis Robertson (Butt) Barrett. Married– Mason Daniel, November 25, 1939. Children– Two. Education– Princeton University, A.B., 1932; attended University of Dijon in France; Bard College, LL.D., 1950. Began his career in 1933 as a reporter for the Birmingham Age-Herald, which his…

Biography: Newspaper editor, writer, civic leader. Born– April 14, 1852, Nashville, Tenn. Parents– James B. and Ellen Kirkman (Erwin) Craighead. Married– Lura Harris, December 12, 1878. Children– One. Education– University of Nashville, B.Litt., 1872.  Travelled and studied in Europe, 1872-77. Admitted to the Tennessee bar, 1876. Worked as an editor for New Orleans newspapers 1880-1882; editor of the…

Biography: Physician. Born– August 2, 1863, Ft. Gaines, Ga. Parents– Francis Tenneille and Harriet Emma (Coachman) Cullens. Married– Annie Laura Davis, September 17, 1891. Children– Six. Education– Tulane University, 1895-1896; Memphis Hospital Medical College, 1896-1897 and 1899. Licensed to practice medicine, 1897; established practice at Ozark; served as coroner, 1913-. Member of the Democratic Party,…

Biography: Educator; professor of education. Born– January 7, 1890, Luverne. Parents– James Hausford and Mary Jane (Larkin) Cowart. Married Gladys Godbey, June 28, 1920. Education– Luverne and Goshen public schools,  Troy State Normal School (graduated 1910); University of Alabama, B.S., 1914;  Columbia University, M.A., 1921; additional graduate study at Columbia, the University of Michigan, and…

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