June 2004:
Is there anyone out there who would be kind enough to get
me a copy of an obit for Bessie A. Aldridge, died August 20, 1967 in
Dora, AL, her residence in the SS index is shown as Cullman, AL.
Please respond directly to [email protected]
Edna Stephens 6-2-2004
Are you having a difficult time finding ancestors or their
descendents who may have been in the west central part of Alabama?
Queries are needed for the newspaper column "The Family Tree" maintained by
the Walker County, Alabama Genealogical Society, Inc. Send queries to
[email protected] or Walker County Genealogical Society, Inc., P.O. Box 3408,
Jasper, AL 35502-3408. Please include your name and mailing address with
your queries. You may view this column online each Friday on the Lifestyles
page of the Daily Mountain Eagle at
www.mountaineagle.com.
6-2-2004
Hello to everyone,
I have finally finished the story. Many thanks to all who contributed and
helped.
This story is a Civil War account of Winston County (mainly the Curtis
brothers who were killed), which builds up to Winston's Union soldiers and
sympathizers raiding the town of Jasper, releasing the prisoners in the old
jail (which I might add is EXTREMELY near where the jail is now!), and then
burning said jail. This event has been recreated just about the best it ever
will I'm afraid, and all the details have been combined into one factual
document. So as to not confuse anyone, this is what happened two months
BEFORE Wilson's Raid into Jasper, which finished burning and raiding Jasper.
To read this story, please visit http://wcgs.ala.nu and click on the
"Stories (And People)" link, and then click on "Free State Civil War Events
and the Jasper Raid."
Thanks,
Peter J. Gossett
6-2-2004
AARON-MINORI need information on the descendants of Charles
Aaron, born about 1796 in Orangeburg, S.C., who married Mary A.
Minor about 1818 in S.C. Mary was born 1800 in S.C. His family came from
Franklin, Ga., about 1834-35 and settled around Ryan's Creek that was
then a part of Walker County and later divided into what is now Cullman
County. Their known children were John born 1818, James D. born 1819,
who married Sally Sarah Chambers, William Green, born October 5, 1821,
who married first Margaret Powell, then Jane Catherine Key, Samuel C.
born October 29, 1829, who married Sarah Martha Jane Light, Charles M.
born July 7, 1833, who married Margaret Johnson, Elizabeth born 1835 and
Jasper Aaron born 1843. Contact Peggy A. Young, 377 Cooke Road,
Pontotoc, Miss., 38863 or
[email protected]. 6-21-2004
Does anyone have the cemetery listings for Walker Co.,
that would be willing
to do a lookup?
I'm trying to find what cemetery my gg-aunt and her husband are buried in
and the dates on their tombstone. I was told that she was buried in or
near
Cordova, but I'm not sure if her husband is buried there as well. This
is
the information I have for them:
Alice J Kelly/Kelley b. January 30, 1860 AL
Samuel J "Bud" Johnson b. Bet. 1854 - 1856 AL
Married on May 27, 1877
Alice was the daughter of William T Kelley and Mary S Roberson who lived in
Romulus, Tuscaloosa Co.
Thanks,
Richard Graham
OKC [[email protected]]
6-21-2004
I'm trying to locate the family of John F. and Mary A. Matson in the
1910 census. Mary died there in 1936. I would expect any Matson surname
listed in the census would be related to me and thus have an interest in any
Matson info you could supply.
Thanks
Doug Matson Austin, Texas 6-21-2004
Doug Matson [[email protected]]
I am seeking info on Volley Townley who
married Minnie Gill in possibly the early 1900s. Later, they lived in
or near Townley. They are possibly buried in Holly Grove Cem. Does
anyone have info on their descendants and, hopefully, their ancestors?
Thanks
Matt McDonald
[email protected]t
6-21-2004
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