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Index to the Tuskaloosa Gazette 1875-1876

Genealogists and local historians will find a wealth of information in old newspapers. The weekly “gossip” columns, wedding and death announcements, court and legal documents, and even the classified advertisements are filled with the names of old Tuscaloosa area residents. The names can be compared with census records and can help family historians document the lives of their relatives. The local businesses, clubs, schools and churches of post-Reconstruction Tuscaloosa were especially important social services, and the newspaper accounts of their activities and memberships are invaluable research sources. The usefulness of a Gazette item to genealogists can vary from zero to …

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Bethel Baptist Cemetery, Jones, Alabama

Bethel Baptist Cemetery Records, Jones, Alabama

This cemetery is on the east side of Road 83 in the town of Jones Alabama. Bethel Cemetery was established in 1961. It is owned and maintained by the Bethel Baptist Church of Jones AL. The sign on the gate says: “Spigner Cemetery Memorial, 1961” Location County Road 16Jones, Alabama, 36749 USA Transcription Carroll, Aaron Seth, d. Apr 29, 1994, infantChandler, Chester L., b. Apr 8, 1913, d. Apr 13, 1996Chandler, Jeanette W., b. Sep 9, 1920, d. Aug 27, 1990, s/w & w/o Chester LChandler, Nubern E., b. Apr 11, 1917, d. Sep 3, 1995 (liked to fish and …

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Memorial record of Alabama

Biography of Washington L. Ellis

Washington L. Ellis, contractor, etc., for the Pratt Gin company, was born near Prattville, Alabama, October 22. 1834, the son of Elisha and Mary (Blackwell) Ellis, born, respectively, in North Carolina in 1803 and in South Carolina in 1812. Elisha Ellis came to Alabama in 1827, a single man, the Blackwell family having preceded him by many years. Mrs. Mary Ellis was a Methodist in her religious belief, and died in 1885. Elisha Ellis still survives, is a Baptist, and was a farmer until after the close of the late war. Barney Ellis, a brother of Elisha, died in Autauga …

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