Genealogy

Photo of John Independence Hassell prompts family story

A friend shared with this writer a photo of an older gentleman this week. The subject was John ...

Genealogy

Thomasson Cemetery is memorial to Cornelius S. Thomasson

As a spin off from last week’s column featuring the Thomasson Boarding House, a history of the Thomasson ...

Genealogy

Boarding house has a long, colorful history

The practice of operating boarding houses to accommodate temporary or extended residential service seems to have been discontinued ...

Genealogy

DuBose cousin writes eulogy for Charles Linton Carroll

It is a unique honor to be asked to write a tribute to be a part of someone’s ...

Genealogy

Eiland family descendants claim Welch ancestry

The Eiland family of Covington County, Ala., was introduced and covered to some extent in an earlier column. ...

Genealogy

Oakey Streak’s Dr. Robert Lewis Jernigan had rich heritage

The Jernigan family is still another which settled in the Pigeon Creek and Oakey Streak communities of Southern ...

Genealogy

Nix family settled in the Pigeon Creek and Oakey Streak area

Another family which settled in the Pigeon Creek community near Oakey Streak in Southern Butler County, Ala., were ...

Genealogy

Ingram descendants left Oakey Streak for Covington County

The Ingram family of Butler and Covington Counties is another with roots in the Oakey Streak community. Their ...

Genealogy

Owen family ancestors settled in the Pigeon Creek community

Another family which migrated to the Oakey Streak and Pigeon Creek communities of Butler County, Ala., was the ...

Genealogy

Shine descendants settled in the Oakey Streak community

Some members of the Shine family which settled in the Oakey Streak community of Butler County, Ala., intermarried ...

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