Alabama

Sketches of Alabama

****** Sketches of Alabama

by Mary Gordon Duffee (1844-1920), Historian

No index. Page numbers are from the papers and documents where they appeared, book itself is not numbered.
This is a listing of articles as they appear in the book, odd pg # and all.  The book itself is not on this site, it will need purchased elsewhere.

Being an account of the journey from Tuscaloosa to Blount Springs through Jefferson County on the old stage roads.

Page 368, Mrs. Rufus Calvin Ware (Amanda Chambers)

*****Alabama Portraits Prior to 1870
compiled by the Historical Activities Committee
Mrs. Orville Lay, State Chairman for the
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Alabama

Pg 368
Mrs. Rufus Calvin Ware (Amanda Chambers) 1832-1870, of Uniontown, AL, dau of James Bishop Chambers (born Hancock Co, GA) and Rebecca Adams Chambers, who lived in Perry Co.

Page 351, William Edgar Torbert

*****Alabama Portraits Prior to 1870
compiled by the Historical Activities Committee
Mrs. Orville Lay, State Chairman for the
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Alabama

Pg 351
William Edgar Torbert 1855-1931 of Greene Co (now Hale), AL, son of Cyrus Torbert & Elizabeth Melton Torbert, was Probate Judge of Hale Co.

Page 302, Mrs. Reuben Saffold (Mary Phillips)

*****Alabama Portraits Prior to 1870
compiled by the Historical Activities Committee
Mrs. Orville Lay, State Chairman for the
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Alabama

pg 302
Mrs. Reuben Saffold (Mary Phillips), of Dallas Co, AL, dau of Colonel Joseph Phillips & Jane Walker Phillips of Morgan Co, GA, had 12 children.

Page 300, Mrs. John Watson Rutland (Hannah Maria Barton)

*****Alabama Portraits Prior to 1870
compiled by the Historical Activities Committee
Mrs. Orville Lay, State Chairman for the
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Alabama

Pg 300
Mrs. John Watson Rutland (Margaret Ann Barton) 1813-1855, of Buzzard Roost, near Cherokee, AL, dau of Dr. & Mrs Hugh Barton.

Mrs. John Watson Rutland (Hannah Maria Barton) 1815-1891, of Dickson, AL, lived at “Barton Hall”, home of brother, Armstead Barton, until marriage.

Page 288, Mrs. William Andrew Quarles ( Alice Vivian Prince)

*****Alabama Portraits Prior to 1870
compiled by the Historical Activities Committee
Mrs. Orville Lay, State Chairman for the
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Alabama

Pg 288
Mrs. William Andrew Quarles ( Alice Vivian Prince) 1837-1870, of Washington Co, AL; TN, NY, half-sister of Sidney T. Prince, Mobile. Friend of Augusta Evans Wilson, who wrote her obit.

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Prince Photos

  • Oscar Lee Ashby Torbett and Emma Esther (Schneider) Torbett
  • Sulser family
  • Herman Prince family
  • people in antique car
  • Beason family