These are obituaries of Autauga County, Alabama residents with the last name of Debardelaben. When a clipping can be made of the actual obituary it is included with the listing. Most of these were extracted from The Prattville Progress, but some more recent ones, were culled from online obituaries of local funeral homes.
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The following are obituaries of Autauga County, Alabama, residents with the last name of Apperson. When a clipping can be made of the actual obituary it is included with the listing. Most of these were extracted from The Prattville Progress, but some more recent ones, were culled from online obituaries of local funeral homes.
Judge William F. Wilkinson, of Prattville, was born in Autauga County, Ala., in October 1849. His father, Joseph B. Wilkinson, was a native of Blount County, Tenn., born in 1813, and came to Autauga when a youth. Here he married Miss Elizabeth A. Nicholson, a native of the county, born in 1820. He began life a poor man, but was a skillful farmer and merchant, and became quite well to do. He was a great reader and became one of the best-informed men in the county. He served as county commissioner a number of years and was active in politics
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