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Hale County
Alabama
Biographies
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ABERNETHY, THOMAS YOUNG. Methodist
minister, waa born October 13, 1851, at Spring Hill, Marengo
County; son of William Henry and Susan Rebecca (Grayson)
Abernethy, the former also a native of Spring Hill, a practicing
physician for sixty-three years, local medical examiner for the
Confederacy, on account of being a cripple was debarred from
active service; grandson of Thomas Smith and Martha (Lucy)
Abernethy, and of Young and Emeline (Moore) Grayson, all of
Marengo County; great-grandson of Henry and Rebecca (Frith)
Abernethy, who with the former's father, John Abernethy.
Immigrated from Scotland to Brunswick County, Va. and of William
James and Susan (Williams) Grayson. He received an old field
school education and read medicine prior to hearing the call to
preach. He taught school for three years In Wilcox County before
receiving his license with the Itinerant Methodist ministry, 1873.
In which he has served for forty-three consecutive years. He was
for fifteen years a circuit rider, fifteen years on stations and
eight in districts. He has been secretary of the Conference
mission board for a number of years; Is a Mason and a Democrat.
Married: April 19. 1876. to Lizzie, daughter of J. Leslie and
Margaret Elizabeth (Bradley) Johnson, of Johnson's Wood Yard.
Monroe County; granddaughter of John and Mary Ann (Leslie)
Johnson, and of John and Margaret (Munnerlln) Bradley. The
Johnsons and Bradleys were of Irish origin and removed from South
Carolina to Alabama in 1816. Children: 1. Thomas
Young: 2. Lizzie J., m. Earnest Henry Archibald.
Castleberry; 3. Mysie. m. William Ray Chester, Pensacola,
Fla.; 4. Florence Almlra, m. Walter Richards Bennett, Pensacola,
Fla.; 6. Mary Owen, Camden; 6. William Henry, m. Lilly Belle
Triggs. Spring Hill; 7. Floyd Lamar, Flomaton; 8. Rufus Gautler,
Tuskegee. Residence: Greensboro.
Source: History of Alabama and Dictionary
of Alabama Biography, By Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen,
Published by The S. J. Clarke publishing company, 1921;
Transcribed by C. Anthony
BATTLE, ALFRED, planter was born 1801,
near Nashville, Nash County, N. C. and died January 4, 1877, near
Carthage; son of Capt. William and Mary Ann (Williams) Battle, the
former a native of Nansemond County, Va., and a soldier In the
Revolutionary War; grandson of William and Mary (Capell) Battle
who lived on a plantation in Halifax County, N. C . and of
MaJ. John and Frances (Bustaln) Williams of Halifax County, N. C.
the former a commissary officer in the Revolutionary War;
great-grand-son of Joseph and Martha (Drake) Williams;
great-great-grand son of Richard Drake, of Isle of Wight County.
Va. He was educated in the country schools of Nash County and
moved to Alabama and settled at Tuscaloosa where he became owner
of extensive plantations. He was influential in securing the first
railroad through Tuscaloosa. He moved to his plantation in Hale
County, in 1872 and resided there until his death. He was a member
of the Methodist Church.
Married: January 10, 1822, Millicent Bealle of Georgia,
who died June 23, 1872 in Tuscalloosa. Children: 1. William
Augustus, b. 1823 in Tuscaloosa, d. 1909. at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Clay, In Huntsvllle, m. Susanna Clay Withers of
Huntsvllle, a niece of Gov. C. Clay, had one son, Alfred, m.
Jennie Bealle and had three children; 2. Willie, b. July 16. 1863.
d. December 5, 1908, in Birmingham, m. Mattie Battle, a distant
cousin, had one child, Kate Harrison; 3. Millicent Bealle. b.
1854, d. July 30, 1884; 4. Katie Withers, d. July 23, 1884; 6.
Suasnna Clay. m. June 26, 1906, William Lewis
Clay of Huntsvllle, who d. September 5, 1911, had one child,
William Lewis. Last residence: Hale County.
Source: History of
Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, By Thomas McAdory
Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen, Published by The S. J. Clarke
publishing company, 1921; Transcribed by C. Anthony
BAXLEY, JAMES ANGUS, teacher, was born
March 9, 1871, at Dothan, Henry, now Houston County; son of James
and Martha Jane (Newton) Baxley, who lived In what is now Houston
County for more than sixty-one years, the former, a native of
White Pond, Barbour County, fought In the War of Secession;
grandson of John and Harriet (Ayre) Bailey, who came
from near Wilmington. N. C. and settled in Geneva County, and of
Constentlne and Elisabeth (Sykes) Newton, who also came from near
Wilmington. N. C, to Alabama, and settled in Henry County, the
former who served as a private in the Mexican War. His early
schooling was obtained in and around Dothan, from John Richardson,
W. S. Neal, and A. M. Scott; and he was graduated from Southern
University, Greensboro, A. M., 1898. He attended Harvard
University during the summer of 1900. Mr. Baxley began to teach
school in 1899 in Greensboro, and has continued In that
profession, now occupying the position of principal of a grade
school in that city. He is a Democrat: a Methodist, serving as
steward in the church; a Knight of Pythias: and a member of Phi
Delta Theta college fraternity. Married: November 6, 1900, in
Greensboro, Loula Virginia Hosmer, daughter of Rev. S. M. and
Frances Luvenia (Parsons) Hosmer, D. D., (q. v.), who lived in
Jefferson and Tuscaloosa Counties; grand-daughter of Silas and
Esther Anne (Cowley) Hosmer, and of Louis and Susan (Rogers)
Pareons, both grandfathers serving in the War of Secession. Her
paternal grandparents came from Massachusetts. Children: 1.
Frances Virginia. Residence: Greensboro.
Source: History of
Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, By Thomas McAdory
Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen, Published by The S. J. Clarke
publishing company, 1921; Transcribed by C. Anthony
BLUE, OLIVER RUFUS. Methodist
minister, was born March 24, 1822, in Montgomery, died January 8,
1893, in Greensboro, and is buried in Oakwood cemetery,
Montgomery; son of Neil and Eliza (Powers) Blue (q. v.). "He was
educated In Montgomery, and when seventeen years of
age Joined the Methodist church In that city. His conversion,
October 9, 1839, was of that positive, clear, and Joyous type so
often found among the older Methodists."
(General Conference
Minutes, 1893.) He was licensed to exhort, March 23, 1843, and to
preach, October 12, 1843. On January 6, 1844, ho was "admitted on
trial" Into the Alabama conference. His first appointment was the
Lafayette circuit, but before the end of the year he was
transferred to the Montgomery station. While still an
undergraduate he served the Montgomery, Mobile, Talladega, and
Eufaula stations, and In 1850 was appointed presiding elder of the
Montgomery district. He served as a mlnUter for forty-nine years
filling "the most prominent stations and districts In the
conference." "During that long period he maintained his prominence
in the conference, and his life and labors contributed as much as
those of any one man to the progress of Methodism In Alabama, both
in Its spiritual work and In the institutions, educational and
benevolent, which It established and maintained." (Minute, supra.)
He represented the Alabama conference in seven General
conferences. Twice, in the absence of the bishop he was elected to
preside over the Alabama annual conference. Married: In 1848 at
Columbus, Ga., to Ann Ellis Howard, bom December 3, 1825, and died
October 22, 1891. Children: 1. John Howard, m. Mary Wood Cook,
parents of Dr. John Howard Blue (q. v.); 2. Annie Judy, d. at the
age of 18: 3. Marie, d. young; 4. Eliza, d. In Infancy. Last
residence: Greensboro.
Source: History of Alabama and
Dictionary of Alabama Biography, By Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie
Bankhead Owen, Published by The S. J. Clarke publishing company,
1921; Transcribed by C. Anthony
BOARDMAN, VOLNEY, Jeweler, silversmith
and circuit clerk was born August 22, 1810, at Worthington,
Richmond county, O., and died May 29, 1890 at
Greensboro; son of Jeremiah and Jemima (Church) Boardman of
Hartford, Conn. The Boardman family are of English stock.
Volney Boardman received his education in the common schools of
Worthlngton; was apprenticed by his father at the age of eighteen
to learn the business of a Jeweler and silversmith, and entered
upon the practice of his profession In Greensboro, In 1832; one
year later be removed to Tuscaloosa, but In 1836 he returned to
Greensboro where he made his permanent residence; was circuit
clerk of Hale County for twenty years and resigned in 1889 on
account of his health; was major In a militia regiment prior
to 1861. He was an old line Whig until the beginning of
hostilities, after which he was a Democrat. He was a Presbyterian
and a Mason. Married: (1) in 1840, at Greensboro, to Margaret,
daughter of James and Catharine (Cowan) Locke, who lived near
Statesvllle, Rowan County, N. C; (2) June 8, 1846, to Harriett
Earle, daughter of Richard and Catherine (Sloan) Harrison, the
Utter related to the noted Williams, Daniel and Earle families of
the South. Children by first marriage: 1. James Locke; 2. Margaret
E.; by second marriage: 3. Henry; 4. Laura, m. W. S. Askew,
Decatur, Ga.; 6. Kate Sloan, Greensboro; 6. Elena; 7. Emma, a
missionary to Hangchow, China; 8. Florence Lee; 9. Richard Isam.
Last residence: Greensboro.
Source: History of Alabama and
Dictionary of Alabama Biography, By Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie
Bankhead Owen, Published by The S. J. Clarke publishing company,
1921; Transcribed by C. Anthony
BRITTON, WILLIAM GILLASPIE, farmer,
soldier and public official, was born February 16, 1842, at
Greensboro, Hale County; son of William Worrell and Margaret
Isabella (Gillasple) Britton, the former a native of Edgefield
District, S. C, who removed early In life to Alabama; grandson of
Benjamin Brltton, who lived at Edgefield and of Daniel and
Margaret (NeSmlth) Glllasple, of Lowndes County. His early
education was obtained at Pleasant Ridge, Greene, now Hale County,
under the instruction of A. A. and E. A. Archibald. While
attending Oglethorpe university, Ga., he left the sophomore class,
January, 1861, to Join the Confederate Army, and was 1st sergeant,
Co. D, Greensboro guards, 5th Alabama Infantry regiment, Battle's
brigade, Rodes' division. He was so severely wounded, September
19, 1865, at Winchester, Va., that his right arm had to be
amputated; captured, and sent to Point Lookout, Md. He engaged in
farming after the war, and was tax collector of Hale County,
1874-82. He Is a Presbyterian; Knight of Pythias; Odd Fellow; A.
O. M. W., and a captain of the Ku Klux Klan. Married: (1) April
26, 1865, In Greene County, to Mary Henrietta, daughter of John
and Mary Long, of Cooksville, Miss.; (2) January 21. 1871. to Mary
Susan, daughter of Robert Randolph and Mary Redding, who lived at
Hollow Square, Hale County. Children: 1. William Lee, deceased; 2.
Isabella Monk, deceased; 3. Mary Alice, m. Alonzo Bernard Gewln,
Cedarvllle; 4. John Gordon, m. Lucy Burton, Pratt City; 5. Laura
Porter, m. Bestor Bernard Livingston, Akron; 6. Bettle Scott, m.
Noah Gideon Harris, Akron; 7. Edwin Rodes. Greensboro; 8. Thomas
Baxter, Demopolis; 9. Daniel Elijah, Demopolis. Residence:
Greensboro.
Source: History of Alabama and
Dictionary of Alabama Biography, By Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie
Bankhead Owen, Published by The S. J. Clarke publishing company,
1921; Transcribed by C. Anthony
CARSON, SHELBY CHADWICK, physician,
was born in Greensboro, then Greene County but now Hale County,
January 26, 1846; son of Thomas Kelley and Lucretia Adelaid
(Chadwick) Carson; the former a native of Concord, Mecklenburg
County, N. C; and for fifty years a prominent merchant of
Greensboro. Ha was liberal toward the Confederacy, was an officer
In the Presbyterian church, and highly respected by all. His
parents were Richard and Mary (Pickens) Carson, residents of
Concord, N. C, and the latter a representative of a very prominent
family of North and South Carolina and a relative of Gov. Israel
Pickens of Alabama. Dr. Carson's maternal grandparents were John
and Keren (Shortridge) Chadwick, of Catlettsburg, Ky. The former
came from England and was a close friend of General Shelby, under
whom he served In the Revolutionary war, hence the family
name of Shelby. His wife belonged to the same family as Gov.
Shortridge, and her sister married William Hampton of Kentucky, of
the same family as Wade Hampton of South Carolina. The Doctor's
grandfather, John Chadwick, died at the age of ninety years,
leaving a large family and numerous descendants In Kentucky and
West Virginia school for boys taught by Edward
Sexton, from Massachusetts, before the War of Secession: later was
a student at Southern University, Greensboro, two years: and the
University of Alabama a portion of 1863-4, when he "deserted" to
join the C. S. Army. He was given his A. M. degree by the latter
university in 1898. He attended Louisville Medical College,
1873-4, and Tulane University, New Orleans, one term, graduating
in 1891, with the M. D. degree. Since 1874 he has engaged in
practice as a physician and surgeon; first at Sprlngville, St.
Clair County, Ala., 1874-8; at Burton Hill, Greene County,
1878-88: at Bessemer, Jefferson County, 1888-98; and since then at
Greensboro. In 1902 he built and equipped a private sanitarium In
Greensboro, which he has since conducted. He has been president of
the Greene County Medical Society; member of board of censors of
Jefferson County Medical Society; twice president of the Hale
County Medical Society: member of the Alabama State Medical
Association for thirty-five years; of the American Medical
Association twenty-five years; Mississippi Valley Medical
Association sixteen years; and American Association for
Advancement of Science five years. He was a member of the school
board of Bessemer about 1895; Is a Democrat and an elder in the
Presbyterian church. In 1864 he Joined the Shockley Escort
Company, which acted as escort for Gen. Gideon Pillow for some
time, and later for Gen. Daniel Adams; and was paroled at
Gainesville. Ala., in May, 1865. In a hand to hand engagement at
Plantersvllle, Ala., he received a saber cut on the shoulder, at
the same time Gen. Forrest was protecting himself against the
sabers of several of the enemy, three of whom he shot with his
pistols. Married: June 22. 1869, ten miles below Kutaw In Greene
County, to Annie Burt Ridgway. For five years Dr. Carson
attended a select daughter of Bradley Holley and
Elizabeth Bell Rldgway, the latter a native of Columbia, S. C.,
and the former of Winchester. Ky., and a large planter in the
canebrake and very prominent as an active, progressive citizen.
Residence: Greensboro, Ala.
JACK, JAMES M., planter,
was born April 11, 1828, in Greene County, and died May 22, 1897,
at Greensboro; son of James and Ann (Gray) Jack (q. t.). Be waa
reared In Hale County and educated at the Green Spring school
under Prof. Henry Tutwller. He left school when he waa twenty-one
years of age and began to farm, continuing that pursuit until
1884. He was elected to the State legislature from Hale County In
1876, and served one term. He waa elected tax assessor of Hale
County In 1884 and held the position until May 20, 1897. He moved
to Greensboro In 1889. He entered the C. S. Army In 1861, as a
private in Co. D, Fifth Alabama Infantry, and lost his right leg
at Malvern Hill. He was discharged, returned home, and served as
captain of the home guards. He was a Methodist EpiscopalIan.
Married: In 1867 at Tuscaloosa, to Mary Spencer of Tuscaloosa
County, daughter of James Campbell and Martha Ann Houston (Potts)
Spencer, the former a member of the State legislature from
Tuscaloosa County at the time of his death in 1861. Children: 1.
Edwin Spencer (q. v.); 2. Houston Campbell, a graduate of Southern
university, resides in Oklahoma; 3. Annie Gray, m. James
Pennington Borden, resides In Greensboro; 4. James Patrick, m.
Bessie Cundtff, resides at Christianburg, Va.; 5. Theodore Henley,
m. Alice Ashley. Last residence: Greensboro.
Source: History of Alabama and Dictionary
of Alabama Biography, By Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen,
Published by The S. J. Clarke publishing company, 1921;
Transcribed by C. Anthony
LOCKE, ANNIE REES, author, was born in Greensboro, Hale County;
daughter of James Whitehead and Helen (Gayle) Locke, the former a
student at Princeton college when the War of Secession broke out,
left school and joined Co. D, 5th Alabama infantry regiment, C. S.
Army, afterwards a planter, residing in Greensboro; granddaughter
of John and Anne Eliza (Rees) Locke, the former sixth in descent
from Sir Francis Locke of England whose son, Matthew Locke,
emigrated to America during the Colonial period, settled in
Pennsylvania, and shortly afterwards removed to Rowan County, N.
C., where he supported the Revolution, being a member of the house
of commons of North Carolina, in 1775, and of the convention that
framed the constitution of 1776, brigadier-general State troops,
served thirty years in the legislature, had four sons in the
Revolutionary War, of whom Col. George Locke was cut to pieces on
the King's highway, near Charlotte, by Carleton's dragoons to
whose memory the Mecklenburg chapter, D. A. R., in recent years
erected a monument, and of Gov. John and Clarissa Stedman (Peck)
Gayle (q. v.). Miss Locke received her education at the Female
academy, Greensboro. She prepared herself for the profession of
librarianship and holds that position in the public library of
Greensboro. Author: "The Flower of Fort Louis," which ran for one
year as a serial in "Advance." She has also written numerous short
stories and articles published in periodicals north and south.
Unmarried. Residence: Greensboro.
Source: History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama
Biography, By Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen, Published
by The S. J. Clarke publishing company, 1921; Submitted by Barb
Ziegenmeyer
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