Vicki's Close Cousins, Long Lost Cousins, Kissing Cousins, Distant Cousins, Great-Great and more Great Grandparents, In-laws, Out-laws, and Allied Lines. That's a cameo of great great Grandpa Simon Prince to the left, born in 1850.
Hawkins
High Cotton: The Antebellum Alabama Plantation Mistress and the Cotton Culture
This document describes the life of the wives of plantation owners, with their constant need to help in the fields, make clothes for both blacks and whites, keep everyone fed, and run the plantation with the help of overseers and slaves when their husbands were traveling. There is mention of Williamson Hawkins and his wife Betsy on page 98, with footnotes indicating manuscripts available at Samford and the Birmingham Public Library, Clement Comer Clay, Sr (served as governor of Alabama) and his wife Susanna on page 99, and Henry Watson of Greensboro and his wife Sophia on page 99.
AL Jefferson - Deeds - Wills - Administrations 1833-1844
The Birmingham Public Library has made available online a document of abstracts prepared by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1937. It includes deeds, wills, and administrations from the years 1833-1844. It contains literally hundreds, if not thousands, of surnames, which can be searched using Adobe Reader.
Click here to download the pdf - Deeds - Wills - Administrations of Jefferson Co, Alabama
Gray, Frances Victoria, d.1955
The Birmingham News
Monday November 7, 1955
pg 15
Mrs. Frances Gray,
of Dixiana, dies
Funeral services for Mrs. Frances Victoria Gray, 81, who died yesterday at her home in Dixiana, Ala, will be held Wednesday.
Services will be held at 2 pm at the Bradford Baptist Church with the Rev. Jasper Kelly and the Rev. Oscar York officiating. Burial will be in Hopewell Cemetery, Brown-Service, Norwood, directing.
Mrs. Gray is survived by her husband, Durbin Gray; two sons, E. H. and Lofton Gray, of North Carolina; four daughters, Mrs. Leona Watson, Mrs. Ruby McCombs, Mrs. Reva Glass and Mrs. Geneva Hawkins, 18 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Gray, Durbin I., d.1959
Birmingham News
Sunday, September 20, 1959
pg B2
Mr. Durbin I. Gray, age 91, of Bradford, Ala, passed away Friday pm at the residence. Survived by 4 daughters, Mrs. Otis McCombs of Pinson, Ala, Mrs. Leona Watson of Bessemer, Mrs. Otis Glass of Bradford, Mrs. Clarence Hawkins of Flat Creek, 2 sons, Hubert Gray of Bradford, Ala, Lofton Gray of Amherst, VA, 18 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren. Funeral Services will be held Sunday 2:30 pm from Bradford Baptist Church, interment Hopewell Cemetery, the Rev. Jasper Kelley, the Rev. R. J. Cash and the Rev. D. W. Akins officiating. Remains to lie in state at the church from 1:30 until 2:30 pm. Brown-Service, Norwood, directing.
Gray, Marvin Lofton, d.1972
The Birmingham News
Tuesday Feb 15, 1972
pg 21
Gray, Mr. Marvin Lofton, age 65, of Rt 1 Box 63 Pinson, passed away Sunday pm at the residence. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Josephine Gray; one daughter, Tresa Ann Gray; one brother, Herbert Gray, all of Pinson; four sisters, Mrs. Leona Watson of Bessemer, Mrs. Otis McCombs and Mrs. Otis Glass, both of Pinson, Mrs Clarence Hawkins of Flat Creek; a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Wednesday 2pm at Roebuck Chapel. Rev. Lester Bullard officiating, Interment Hopewell Cemetery, Ridout's Brown Service, Roebuck Chapel, directing.
Watson, Leona, d.1972
The Birmingham News
Wednesday, August 30, 1972
Pg 75
Mrs. Leona Watson, 79, of 1621 Berkley Ave, Bessemer, died Monday. An Alabama native, Mrs. Watson lived in Bessemer more than 50 years. She was a member of Bessemer First Baptist Church and Larkspur Garden Club. Funeral was today at Brown Service Bessemer with burial in Cedar Hill. Survivors include two sons, Charles T. and Fred G. Watson, both of Bessemer; two daughters, Mrs. J. L. Hurst, Panama City, Fla, and Mrs. James Molleson, Homewood; and three sisters, Mrs. Otis Glass, Mrs. Otis McCombs and Mrs. Clarence Hawkins, and a brother, Herbert Gray, all of Pinson. (obit has photo)
