The Club helped sponsor the building of sidewalks from town to school. All four were buried in the Joel E. Mathews family cemetery near Cahaba. Sessions, S.C. McMurphy and A.J. The present agricultural building is located at the rear of the gymnasium. In the homes of the wealthy, these furnishings were often shipped great distances, from Eastern seaboard cities such as Boston or Philadelphia, through the ports of Mobile or New Orleans, making their way by ship over sea and river to rooms in Alabama, Mississippi, or Louisiana. In the beginning a cultured society was maintained. I am a grandson of the founder and would appreciate any referrals. Also on tour is the original Alabama Baptist Newspaper building first published in 1843. Years later, I finally met Ms. Gaston in Greenville where she and Judy Taylor of the Butler County Historical & Genealogical Society helped me locate the Hawthorne plot in Magnolia Cemetery. Mr. Jeff Mansell, Natchez National Historical Park Historian, Guest Speaker. I want to thank all the people who have helped me in my endeavor to uncover the past, including Martha Grimes Lampkin, Margaret Jane Gaston, Judy Taylor, Woody Hawthorne, Judson Hawthorne, Stacey Hathorn of the Alabama Historical Commission, and many cousins! I have taken several tours in Monroe County in the past, but only learned of the Wilcox tours today. Everybody is invited to come early Friday night. She had no connection to Sturdivant, but Cade donated the portrait in 1960 and Sturdivant uses the portrait to represent antebellum life in the Black Belt. Holiday Inn Express & Suites, Greenville, AL, 100 Paul Stabler Dr, Greenville, AL 36037, CAMDEN, ALABAMA 25 minutes from Pine Apple, 1. She lived to see the fifth generation of her offspring. Co-sponsored by Senator Lister Hill of Alabama, the Act provided funds to communities with a need for adequate hospitals and the means to sustain them. Dr. and Mrs. Watson had also as their guests, Mrs. Cross and Mrs. Denson of Birmingham, and Mr. Cecil Cross of Luverne. However, we can only accommodate a limited number of guests at certain events. Thank you all for joining the WHS! I have a genealogy book that says John Jared Roach is buried there but I notice his grave is not listed on FindAGrave. Congratulations, students, on being elected Whos Who and for being honored in this manner by classmates and fellow students. [6], A Tale of Two Plantations, Richard S. Dunn, Harvard University Press, Nov 4, 2014, Alabama Historical Quarterly (Summer, 1930), p. 109; Dubose, "Chronicles of the Canebrake,", Alabama Historical Quarterly (Winter, 1947), p. 492; Dubose, "Chronicles of the Canebrake,", COLONEL THOMAS T. MUNFORD AND THE LAST CAVALRY OPERATIONS In 1978 she published My Family History and Memoirs for our family after years of genealogy research and the year she died, 1989, she completed a History of Pine Apple Wilcox County, Alabama 1815-1989 with Robert A. Smith, III. Please help us make the Tour a great success by volunteering! Roland Cooper State Park -Only 5 cabins left as of February 7th! Several miles further Wilcox County Road intersects with AL Hwy 10. Kandace was born in Germany, 1978, and was seven weeks premature. Mrs. Pitts grandmother was Helen C. Norris Shamburger. Email us at wilcoxhistoricalsociety@gmail.com. ft., two bedrooms, with a queen bed in one room and two sets of bunk beds in the other room. I have to thank our Vice President, Garland Smith, for meeting me in Montgomery to help pitch the concept to the Council. Peter died in 1856 at age 39. This time the name New Century Club was selected. The name J. Paul Jones is as familiar to most folks in Wilcox County as Kay Ivey is to Alabamians. He was from a grand tradition of physicians that included his grandfather, father and two uncles in a longstanding practice of rural medicine that is seemingly unparalleled in todays terms. He is regularly quoted in national publications and was a regular garden contributor on the Today Show and Good Morning America. Eschewing fashion, Mr. Smith identifies and sensitively accentuates the natural gifts of the landscape, imparting balance, harmony and beauty in the classic tradition of Palladio, Brown, and Repton. This being election day, there are a goodly number of the farmers present from the prairies, who assure me that the worm is equally destructive with them. On July 7, 1871 Dr. Miller retired as principal of the Institute. Following marriage and the rearing of three children, she earned a degree in nursing and served as a nurse in Camden and Pensacola, Florida. Frank Cade Jr. moved back into Rosemary in 1968 until his own death in 1987. We had not one, but two families contribute $10,000 each last month to start our first matching fund campaign for the Female Institutes Restoration. The amt. The later boats were often stern-wheelers which were considerably more dangerous in the unpredictable river waters. That it will be the maker and molder of life in Wilcox County for many years to come is a fore-gone conclusion. Mr. Hearst did not go to Birmingham hospital as was reported. He went on to be a prominent lawyer in Nacogdoches, Texas and then to Austin, Texas, where he helped to write many of the state bylaws. Thank you all for honoring his legacy. Fontaine was my husbands grandfather. Here is a link to my websitehttps://www.jerrysiegel.com/Black-Belt-Color-2001-present/1/thumbsand I have attached a few images from my last visit. Email us at wilcoxhistoricalsociety@gmail.com. He went back out to his truck and saw a text on his phone from me that I would be there that Thursday 4 days notice! 18 in 1851. Moriah Baptist Church, located on the Wilcox and Butler County border. Mrs. T.M. In his community he served various organizations through the years. Refreshments will be served and the house will be decorated for the season in preparation for a Victoria Magazine photo shoot the following week. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Slavery Document, Shell Creek Plantation Estate, Wilcox Co Alabama, 1855 at the best online prices at eBay! Welcome Reception at Wakefield begins at 6:00 pm. He returned home to Furman and later served in the Alabama House of Representatives. In Mobile, he opened a book and stationery store and worked with African American churches. We have received this award two years in a row. Thanks are due Mrs. Georgia Jackson for her work in raising the standards and general oversight of the library. I have five grandchildren ages 4 to 13. We would also love for you to follow us on Facebook and Instagram! In 1963 a move began to tear the old building down and make way for a modern vocational building. Editors Note: President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelts visit to Montgomery was on Saturday, January 21, 1933. Thank you for any help you can provide. Neita is a native of Camden, and is the granddaughter of Mrs. W.H. There is a collection of old Alabama maps at MapGeeks.org I was at first alarmed at his antics, afterwards amused.. In the hills of Wilcox County where she was born a slave 114 years ago, Mrs. Ida Dumas will be buried at 1 p.m. Sunday after services at Canaan Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Arlington. My 3x great grandmother, Maggie, was married to Junious Harris. She has already reached out to two sources to help us raise the needed funds. One of our young men, who is on the carpet says that in every one hundred letters written by the fair sex, 99 of them have postscripts, are written on the margins and across the lines. Patterson, Claude Hardy, W.R. Mills, J.F. After college I moved to Birmingham and worked in the AmSouth Trust Department for several years later moving to Daphne, Alabama and working for real estate developer, Tonsmeire Development Corporation. of subscribed capital required by law has been secured and cash paid in capital of $15000.00 has been secured mostly by local parties. Maggie, born Margaret Lorena Seale, was the daughter of John Wilson Seale and his wife Gracie Stallings. The Furman historic district was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. Dont forget! I stumbled on it recently driving around and shooting photos in the area. Oldest son George William Mathews (1807-1880) is buried beneath a large monument in the Camden Cemetery with his wife Lucy Mayhew. Several options for lunch will be available in Pine Apple on Saturday with vendors set up at the Moore Academy Gymnasium. Please plan on volunteering for a two-hour shift that Saturday. It has been in existence for 123 years and is still in the original location. She traveled on the road one winter as a professional director with Empire Productions of Kansas City. Some of the families were: Dr. Oats, Redden Tyler, several families of Sheffields, Dr. Williams, Alfred and Gus Bright, Mr. Joe Bryan, the Hamp Jordan family, the Griffins or Griffiths (who moved to Texas), J.R. Davis, and his sister, Alice, Rev. It was about this time though that Edward, Prince of Wales first met Mrs. Wallis Simpson, which relationship led to his abdication in 1936 and put Elizabeth in direct line of succession to the throne. Email us at wilcoxhistoricalsociety@gmail.com or send via snail mail to P O Box 464, Camden, AL 36726. We needed a larger home and Garland told us about the Beck-Darwin-Hicks home, c. 1846. After the death of Mrs. Mathews in 1891 The Mathews Place was inherited by nephew Frank Cade in 1897. The Pecan on Broad will be providing all the hor doeuvres, wine, and other refreshments. To date, he is the author of six bestselling books, host and producer of one of PBSs most successful and award-winning television shows, he runs a media enterprise focused on garden design and health, he is a speaker at many of the countrys important architectural and historic homes (and opens his own home to the public each Spring and Fall). S. Beverly. The population density was 15 people per square mile (6/km2). , Gift memberships are now available! That was the beginning of over a year long restoration of the house. Our state was still dominated by King Cotton when the giants of coal and iron were aroused from their beds, mined, forged, and cast into the mighty muscles of tens of thousands of lesser giants of mechanized industry. A special and exclusive whistle, a sort of trade-mark for each boat, elicited great pride and envy among captains and pilots, while a calliope if the boat were prosperous enough to own one furnished gay tunes for dockings and farewells or any festive occasion. Stabler in Greenville and Bryan Whitfield in Demopolis in 2018. The Wilcox Historical Society has been a big part of this positive change. Payment may also be made with PayPal. For a number of years, the Reciprocity meetings were held on the lovely grounds of Dr. and Mrs. H.O. Page 2 of 3. He confessed faith in Christ at an early age and was called to the ministry while young. The result for his clients are timeless gardens and landscapes. The group also had the opportunity to tour the original Alabama Baptist Newspaper building, c 1830s, that was moved to Furman from the campus of Judson College in Marion, Alabama. A town like a person develops a character uniquely its own and mirrors the character of those who founded and developed it through the years and so it was with Camden, the county seat.