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Genealogy

Cordell Law resided in Wing, Ala., and crafted ax handles

Today’s column will be a review of an earlier feature published in the Andalusia Star-News on August 12, 2000. In that story Cardell Law’s practice ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Friday, September 4, 2020 4:19 pm

Genealogy

Pruitt family came from Eclectic and settled in Adellum community

Today’s story will be a continuation on coverage of the family of Samuel Blake Pruitt who settled in Covington County, Ala., in 1920. His father, ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Friday, August 28, 2020 5:23 pm

Genealogy

Pruitt Families migrates from Maryland and Virginia to Georgia and Alabama

Several years earlier a reunion was held by the Pruitt family in Andalusia, Ala., and it was covered in this column. Those attending the reunion ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Friday, August 21, 2020 11:28 pm

Genealogy

Gillam Thomas Hicks’s family thrives in Covington County, Ala.

Today’s story will conclude the series of five columns devoted to the Gillam Thomas Hicks family. His early ancestry, immigration to America landing at the ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Friday, August 14, 2020 6:25 pm

Genealogy

Hicks family migrates from Georgia to Covington County, Ala.

At the end of last week’s column, a notable member of the featured Hicks family, Gillam Thomas Hicks, had died in 1895 in Heard County, ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Friday, August 7, 2020 7:04 pm

Genealogy

Gillam Hicks was a veteran of the War Between the States

In the two previous columns, the Hicks family, originally from England, who had descendants to eventually settle in Covington County, Ala. was featured. Today’s story ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Friday, July 31, 2020 4:19 pm

Genealogy

Hicks descendants began a migration south from Virginia during late 1700s

Today’s story will feature the family of the second generation of the ancestor named Samuel Hicks. His early ancestry and parents were covered in last ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Friday, July 24, 2020 8:22 pm

Genealogy

Hicks ancestor immigrated from England to Plymouth Colony in 1621

This writer was fortunate recently to be lent some extensive genealogical data on the Hicks family of Covington County. This included the records of a ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Friday, July 17, 2020 6:52 pm

Lifestyles

Radford family ancestors migrated from State of Virginia

The Radford family of Covington County ties into the Livingston family which was featured in last week’s column. This family appears to be of English ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Friday, July 10, 2020 5:22 pm

Lifestyles

Preston S. Thomasson was youngest of 11 children in family

Preston Sylvanus Thomasson was the youngest child of Jefferson Sylvanus Thomasson and Rebecah Butler. He was born in 1892 at the Thomasson homeplace in the ... Read more

by Curtis Thomasson, Friday, June 26, 2020 7:28 pm

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