Category: A – C

Biography: Dancer; calligrapher. Born– about 1928, Vienna, Austria. Parents– Josef and Olga (Pomaisel) Macalik. Married– William E. Butterworth, July 12, 1950, came to the United States in 1955; naturalized in 1958. Children– Three. Member of the Corps de Ballet of the Vienna State Opera Company, 1936-1944. Attended the University of Vienna, 1945-1950; beginning in 1947,…

Biography: Writer, journalist. Born– October 9, 1923, Crenshaw County. Parents– Jessie Wilson and Martha E. (Wallace) Kimbro. Married– Leon Broughton Butler, October 12, 1940. Children– Three. Education– Dozier High School, 1939. Wrote for the Tallassee Tribune, Wetumpka Herald, and the Alabama Journal. Also wrote commercials for radio. Honors; Stories won first place in Creative Writers…

Biography: Methodist clergyman. Born– March 24, 1932, Wetumpka. Parents– Walter Matthew and Caroline (Johnson) Albritton. Married– Louise Eudene Brown, June 1, 1952. Children– Five. Education– Auburn University, B.S., 1954; Emory University, B.D., 1953. Ordained a deacon in the United Methodist Church, 1956 and an elder, 1958. Pastored churches in Alabama and Florida, 1953-1954; 1958-1963. Edited…

Biography: Born– 1895, New York, N.Y. Parents– John and Mary (O’Neill) Deering. Married– Andrew Richard Bliss, Jr., August 20, 1918. Education– Ursuline Academy, Hunter College, Cox College, and Columbia University. Served as vice president of the Women’s Auxiliary to the National Council of the Episcopal Church from the Diocese of Tennessee. Died January 8, 1970.…

Biography: Journalist, public relations executive. Born– September 14, 1912, Mobile. Parents– Oscar N. and Marian (Hunter) Barney. Married– Mary Bacon, October 31, 1936. Children– Four. Education– University of Missouri, Bachelor of Journalism, 1934. Served in the U.S. Navy, WWII. Worked for the Kansas City Journal Post, 1934-1935; Mobile Press Register, 1935-1943; Merchants National Bank of Mobile, 1943-1947. Founded Barney…

Biography: Journalist, book dealer. Born– August 24, 1913, Albertville. Parents– Van A. and Lula (Montgomery) Bradley. Married– Patricia Elaine Thompson, November 5, 1939. Children– Three. Married– Sharon Luedke, December 3, 1966. Children– One. Education– Harding College, 1930-1932; University of Missouri, B.J., 1933. Worked for the Nashville Tennessean (1934-35), Omaha Bee-News (1935-37), Chicago Herald Examiner, Chicago…

Biography: Historian, educator. Born– April 26, 1926, Shawmut. Parents– Leland Norcross and Dorothy (Whitaker) Allen. Married– Catherine Ann Bryant, August 24, 1963. Children– Two. Education– Auburn University, B.S., 1948, M.S., 1949; University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D., 1955. Served with U. S. Army, 1944-46.  Taught at Eastern Baptist College in St. Davids, Pa., 1952-1961;  at Samford University,…

Biography: Lawyer. Born– July 28, 1887, Brooksville. Parents– Patrick Griffin and Sophia (Haden) Alldredge. Married– Mildred Chilton, 1907 (died 1927). Children– Two. Married– Edna Eley, 1927. Education– Central Alabama Agricultural School during 1907; Jones Law School (Montgomery), LL.B. Taught for two years; traffic manager for a manufacturer for nine years; secretary and traffic manager for…

Biography: Writer, playwright, stage director. Born– 1955, Birmingham. Education– University of Alabama, B.A., 1977; University of Iowa, Writer’s Workshop, M.F.A., 1979. Reporter for Time Houston Bureau, 1979-81. Published articles in many journals; closely associated with George and frequently published in Rolling Stone. Fellow of the Hoover Institute at Stanford, 2002.  Co-host of “Batchelder and Alexander”…

Biography: University professor of education. Born– January 29, 1950, St. Louis, Mo. Parents– William F. and Mabel B. Armstrong. Married– Naomi, 1973. Children– One. Education– University of Central Florida, B.S. in psychology; University of Florida, M.Ed., 1974, Ph.D. in special education, 1981. Member of the faculty of North Georgia College, 1979-1982; Department of Special Education,…

Biography: Musician, espionage agent; political consultant, author. Born– July 16, 1916, Birmingham. Parents– Miles Axe and Leonore (Armstrong) Copeland. Married– Elizabeth Lorraine Adie, September 25, 1942. Children– Four. Worked as a jazz trumpeter and arranger  in the 1930’s; played with several leading bands including the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Served in the U.S. Army in World War II;…

Biography: Historian of religion; university professor. Born– December 5, 1929, Miami, Fla. Parents– Thomas and Frankie (Calhoun) Armour. Married– Mary Anne Crum, May 30, 1957. Children– Three. Education– Baylor University, B.A., 1950; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, B.D., 1953; Harvard University, S.T.M., 1956; Th.D., 1963.  U.S. Army Chaplain, 1953-55.  Taught at Stetson University, 1960-73; at Auburn University…

Biography: Writer. Born– April 2, 1860, Mobile. Parents– Jacob Shaw and Ann Louise (Gold) Shipman. Married– William Shankland Andrews (later justice of the New York state supreme court), December 31, 1884. Children– One. Education– local schools in Lexington, Ky.; studied at home with her father who was an Episcopal priest and later a bishop at…

Biography: Attorney. Born– May 9, 1879, Detroit, Mich. Parents– Francis X. and Carolyn (Van Buskirk) Busch. Married– Jeanette Morrision, 1903 (died 1912). Children– Four. Married– Jean Mapes Lucas, April 28, 1933.  Education– Illinois College of Law, LL.B., 1904, LL.M, 1905; DePaul University, LL.D., 1912. Admitted to the Bar, 1901; practiced as an attorney in Chicago, 1901-1954.…

Biography: Educator; state representative. Born– September 3, 1887, Delmar, Winston County. Parents– William Riley and Rebecca (Lovett) Burns. Married– Nelsie Victoria Thomas, July 8, 1909. Children– Three. Education– West Alabama Agricultural School at Hamilton and G. R. C. College at Henderson, Tenn., graduating in 1904. Taught in the rural schools for ten years; then served…

Biography: Educator. Born– July 1, 1907, Cullman. Parents– John Henry and Lexer (Grant) Burns. Married– Dorothy Reinstadier, August 27, 1936. Children– Two. Education– University of Alabama, B.S.(1936), M.A. (1941); Columbia University, Ed.D. (1948). Taught in Cullman County Schools, 1930-44;  principal of Jackson County High School in Scottsboro, 1944-45; director of guidance at the University of Alabama,…

Biography: University professor. Born– Demopolis, July 8, 1879. Parents– Malcolm and Annie Burke. Education– University of Alabama, A.B., 1899; Harvard University, A.B., 1901; University of Munich, Ph.D., 1908. Taught Greek at the University of Alabama, 1901-1905, 1908-1917. 1st Lt., Corps of Interprs, WWI. Served in the U.S. Consular Service in Hamburg, Germany. Died March 20,…

Biography: University professor of dairy science, editor. Born– January 1893, Wheeling, W.Va. Parents– Thomas Carrol and Anna (Little) Burke. Married– Marguerite Oltcalt, February 1, 1921. Education– University of Wisconsin, B.S., 1916; Ohio State University, M.S., 1920, additional study, 1927-1929. Dairy inspector in Huntington, W.Va., 1916-1917; taught at Ohio State University, 1919-1920, Oklahoma A & M…

Biography: Teacher. Born– October 5, 1916, Hartselle. Parents– Chester Irvin and Lucia Davenport (Barcliff) Lee. Married– Carl Theodore Burkart. Children– Four. Education– Alabama College at Montevallo, degree in public school music, 1938. Taught in Hanceville for three years. Active in the Lutheran Woman’s Missionary League. Died February 9, 2007. Source: Mammy Barcliff’s Scrapbook; Obituary, Cullman…

Biography: Artist, writer. Born–August 27,  1903, Stillwater, N.Y. Parents–George H. and Emma Bunce.   Married-  Florence Navada McBryde, August 19, 1931. Education– Columbia University; New York School of Design.  Staff Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, WWII.  Supervising draftsman and artist on the TVA-WPA archaeological survey of the Chickamauga Basin and a participant in the National Writers Program that…

Biography: Writer, tutor, interpreter. Born 1878– Fair Hill Plantation at Boligee, Greene County. Spent her childhood in Mobile and in Washington, D.C. Parents– James Madison and Anna Mary (Garrow) Bullock. Married– George Bullock-Willis, October 3, 1905.  Education– Private tutors; studied in Paris; George Washington University, bachelor’s degree, master’s degree and post graduate study; American University,…

Biography: Army officer. Born– January 15, 1861, Youngsboro. Parents– Daniel and Susan (Mizell) Bullard. Married– Rose Douglas Brabson (died 1921). Four children. Married– Ella Rieff Wall, 1927.   Education– Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, B.S.; United States Military Academy, graduated 1885; Pennsylvania Military College, D.M.S. Commissioned First Lieutenant, 1892; served on the Mexican Border, in…

Biography: Chemist, educator. Born– November 2, 1913, Lincoln, Neb. Parents–William and Ollie H. Carlson. Married– Virginia Whiteside. Education– University of Nebraska, B.S., 1933, M.S., 1935; attended Iowa State University, 1935-1936; Ohio State University, Ph.D., 1939. Toulmin fellow at Ohio State University, 1937-1939; fellowship at the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, Pittsburgh, 1939-1948. Employed by the…

Biography: Office assistant, poet. Born– December 11,1871, Brundidge. Parents–Moses Napoleon and Ella B. Carlisle. Married–Vera Harris.  Children–two.   Taught in Alabama schools; principal of Center Point School;  aide in the U.S. Capitol Architect’s office for twenty-odd years.  Published many poems in the Congressional Record. Died November 27, 1957. Source: Files at Alabama Public Library Service. Publication(s): Poems of…

Biography: Historian; University professor. Born– September 24, 1908, Mechanicsburg, Pa. Parents– Harry and Hattie (Altland) Brunhouse. Married– Mildred Adams, 1940. Education– Dickinson College, A.B., 1930; University of Pennsylvania, A.M., 1936, Ph.D., 1940. Taught history at Dickinson College, 1930-35, University of Pennsylvania, 1935-37; Elizabethtown (NJ) College, 1940-42; Drew University, 1942-68; University of South Alabama, 1968-78.   Member…

Biography: Publicist, editor. Born– December 3, 1892, Griffin, Ga. Parents– Richard E. and Vara (Hightower) Carlisle. Married– Susan Cecile Bryan, January 15, 1924. Children– One. Education– Emory University, A.B., 1915. Publicity manager, American Cast Iron Pipe Company, 1915-1957. Editor of the Acipco Pipe Progress and the Acipco News. Member of the Alabama Historical Association, and the…

Biography: University professor, folklorist. Born– October 16, 1893, Cortland, N.Y. Parents– Willis Griswold and Mary (Lamson) Carmer. Married– Doris Gere, 1914; Married– Elizabeth Black, December 24, 1928. Education– Hamilton College, Ph.B., 1914, Ph.M., 1917; Harvard University, M.A.,1915. U.S. Army, WWI and WWII.  Taught at Syracuse University, 1915-16; the University of Rochester, 1919-21; University of Alabama, 1921-27;…

Biography: Writer; celebrity personality. Born– September 30, 1924, New Orleans, La. Parents–Archulus and Lillie Mae Persons;  adopted by his stepfather Joseph G. Capote. Education– Trinity School; St. John’s Academy in New York and the schools of Greenwich, Conn. Reared mostly by relatives in Alabama, New York and New England until the age of nine.  Began work sorting cartoons…

Biography: Historian, educator, editor. Born– September 30, 1927, Bethel, N.C. Parents– Ollen and Eva E. (Highsmith) Burnette. Married– Elizabeth Tull, August 15, 1951. Children– Five. Married Jeanne A. MacRitchie, June 10, 2000.  Education– University of Richmond, B.A.; University of Virginia, M.A., 1948, Ph.D., 1952. U. S. Navy, 1945-47. Taught at Petersburg, Virginia, High School, 1948-1949,…

Biography: Reporter, teacher, writer. Born– February 6, 1909, Demopolis. Parents– Wyatt Childs and Maud (Lurton) Blassingame. Married– Gertrude Olsen, 1936 (died 1976); children–two.  Married Leonora Jeanne Toman. Education– Howard College, 1926-1928; University of Alabama, A.B., 1930, graduate work 1931-1933; New York University, 1951-1952. Military service–U.S.Navy, 1942-45.  Reporter for the Montgomery Advertiser, 1930-1931; teaching fellow at…

Biography: Librarian. Born– Sept. 23, 1906, Caroleen, N.C. Parents– James Volney and Sarah Nancy Florence (Hull) Cantrell. Married– Ethel Marie Williams. Children– One. Education– University of North Carolina, A.B., 1933, A.M., 1936, M.S.L.S., 1937; post-graduate work at West Virginia University, 1941-1942; University of Illinois, Ph. D., 1960. Worked in various capacities in the libraries of …

Biography: University professor, home economist, television hostess. Born– October 21, 1918, Morgantown, W.Va. Parents–Emil and Philomena Purificato Ferrara. Married– Robert Y. Cannon, June 10, 1948. Children– Three. Education– West Virginia University, B.A., 1940; University of Wisconsin, M.S., 1944, postgraduate work, 1944-1948. High school home economics teacher in Osage, W.Va., 1941-1944; nutrition researcher in the School…

Biography: University professor. Born August 13,1897,  Davilla, Tex. Mother– Eva G. Doggett. Education– Simmons College, A.B.; University of Illinois, Ph.D.; studied at the University of Colorado, the University of Oklahoma and the State University of Iowa. Captain, U.S. Army Air Force, WWII. Professor of Spanish at the University of Alabama after 1938. Died December 1,…

Biography; Geologist.  Born– September 18, 1863, Portville, N. Y.  Parents– William and Eliza Jane (Southworth) Butts.  Married Mellye Arledge, November, 1902 (died 1907).  Married Ella Virginia Rickles Pearson, November 30, 1909.  Education–Alfred University, B.S., 1899; M.S., 1900.  Employed by the United States Geological Survey, 1901-1933; by the Virginia Geological Survey, 1933-46.  An authority on the…

Biography: Clerical worker;  businesswoman.  Born– September 27, 1896, Citronelle. Parents– Cyrus and Emma Estella (Hester) Chastang. Married– Stewart R. Barnett, August 31, 1924. Children– Three. Education– public schools of Citronelle; Huffstetler Business College. Secretary for Mobile Tractor Company; clerk for Southern Pacific Railroad in New Orleans; chief clerk for Central of Georgia Railroad in New Orleans;…

Biography: Reporter; college English instructor. Born– February 23, 1925, Fayette. Parents– Alfred McKelvey and Bess (Graham) Cook. Married– Betsy Blanton, 1957. Education– University of Southern California, A.B.; San Francisco State College, M.A. Military service; U.S. Navy, 1942-45. Worked as a reporter for the United Press in Miami; the Commercial Appeal in Memphis; the New York…

Biography: Educator; college president. Born– January 16, 1895, Birmingham. Parents– Rufus Alexander Cook and Vashti Rosala Edwards Cook. Married– Delene Mims, August 28, 1924. Children– One. Education– Birmingham Southern College, B.A., 1925; University of Alabama, M.A., 1931. Served as principal of Fairfield High School;  became professor of economics and sociology at the State Teachers’ College…

Biography: Businessman; Newspaper columnist; local historian. Born– August 12, 1914, Phenix City. Parents– Harrison T. and Vera Coulter. Married– Barbara Mary Stewart, December 20, 1940. Children– Two. Military service:  U.S. Navy, World War II; awarded the Cross of Military Service. Official Russell County historian. Wrote column “Garden Tips” beginning in the 1930’s and beginning on June…

Biography: Educator; rehabilitation counselor; consultant. Born– March 20, 1937, Winfield, Marion County. Parents– Ferman Hill and Bertha (Milner) Couch. Married– Helen Gibbs Daniel, March 11, 1959. Children– Three. Education– Attended Florence State College (now University of North Alabama), 1955-1957; Alabama College at Montevallo (now the University of Montevallo), A.B., 1960, M.A.T., 1962; further study at New York University and…

Biography: Reporter, editor; political aide. Born–February 26, 1981, Sylacauga. Parents:  James M. and Anne Hollingsworth Cannon.  Married–Cherie Dawson, May 17, 1952.  Children– two.  University of Alabama, B.S., 1939.  Served in the US Army, World War II.  Reporter for the Potsdam (N.Y.) Herald-Recorder, the Gloverville (N.Y.) Leader-Republican, and the Baltimore Sun.  Contributing editor for Time magazine,…

Biography: Writer; business executive; art collector. Born– September 18, 1893, Mobile. Parents– John and Suzy (March) Campbell. Education– Studied at Valparaiso University, 1913-1914; studied law at the University of Alabama, 1915-1916. Served In the US Marines in World War I;  wounded and gassed and never completely recovered from his wounds. Received the Navy Cross, the…

Biography: Professor of pharmacy and university administrator. Born– June 5, 1932, New Orleans, La. Parents– George Alexander and Nell Ruble Campbell.  Married– Bettye Bryan, June 10, 1961.  Children– two. Education– Mississippi State University, B.S., 1954; University of Mississippi, M.A., 1964, Ph.D., 1967. U.S. Navy, 1955-58.Taught at the University of Tennessee at Martin and at Arkansas College; Auburn…

Biography: Grocer. Born November 29, 1889.  Parents– Nora and George Campbell. Married–Flora Beach, November 14, 1914 (died 1928). Children–one. Married–Eva Winn, 1939. –  Education–Georgia Military Academy; Graduated from Mercer University; attended Eastman Business College in Poughkeepsie, New York. Manager of the Chattahoochee Grocery Company of Columbia; established a wholesale grocery business in Hollywood, Fla., worked as a sales…

Biography: Journalist; advertising executive. Born– August 19, 1901, Opelika. Parents– August and Margaret (Meadors) Burghard. Married– Lois Baker. Children– Two. Education– Attended Mercer University, 1921-1925; Northwestern University, 1937-1939; Emory University, 1941; University of North Carolina, 1942-1943. Began his career with the Ft. Lauderdale News; worked with the Ft. Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce; president of August…

Biography: Playwright and advertising writer. Born–April 17, 1896, Montgomery. Parents– Charles L. and Myrtle (Booth) Campbell. Grew up on Sayre Street in Montgomery. Education– Attended Lanier High School; Princeton University, 1916. Worked as a reporter for the Journal of Commerce; served in the U.S. Army during both World Wars, holding the rank of colonel in…

Biography: Printer; archaeologist. Born– May 6, 1920, Dellwood, N.C. Parents– John Franklin and Carrie (Campbell) Cambron. Married– Doris Damron, March 9, 1945. Children– Two. Education– Public schools of Buncombe, N.C.  Military service WWII. Employed in the printing business. Active as an avocational archaeologist. Served as president of the local archaelogical society chapter and of the…

Biography: Literary scholar, University professor, administrator. Born– July 3, 1901, Pittsboro, N.C. Married– Palmer Daugette. Children– One. Education– Virginia Military Institute, A.B., 1920; Harvard University, A.M, 1922, Ph.D., 1929. Taught at Washington & Lee University, 1922-1923, at University of California at Los Angeles, 1924-1926; Williams College, 1928-1930; Jacksonville State University, 1933-1973, where he served as…

Biography: Journalist, writer, editor. Born– October 1, 1883. Parents– Arigan Elia and Mary McMillian Calloway. Married– Effie Pierce, October 21, 1914. Worked as reporter and editor for the Birmingham Ledger and the Birmingham News.  Wrote about 400 stories, novelettes, and serials, published in  Hollands, Country Gentleman, All Story, the Chicago Tribune, and other magazines and newspapers. Wrote more…

Biography: University professor. Born Sept. 9, 1906,  Syracuse, N.Y. Parents– Lewis J. and Grace (Aylsworth) Brittin. Married– Florence Mellor, March 1, 1929 (died 1951). Children– Two. Married– Ruth Harris Lowe, 1951. Education– Syracuse University, A.B., 1927, A.M., 1930; post-graduate work at the University of California, 1934-1937; University of Washington, Ph.D., 1947.    Taught English at the…