> Can anyone provide me with a source for obits for Clarke County? Any idea if > they might be available for 1846? I am assuming there would not be death > records for that period. > Betty I also would be interested in that. My first year of interest is 1844 (during which one set of g-g-g-g-grandparents died w/in two weeks of each other). There are also several in the 1860s I am particularly interested in, not to mention that of my g-g-grandmother in 1902. Nancy Harwood

This is from the AL Dept of Archives and History: http://www.archives.state.al.us/newsp/clarke.html These newspapers are available on microfilm for interlibrary loan The Clarke County Democrat (Grove Hill), 1856 January 31 - 1995 June 29 The Clarke County Journal (Grove Hill), 1862 November 13 - 1866 November 15 Missing issues: 1862 December - 1866 October; 1898 January - July The South Alabamian (Jackson), 1887 October 1 - 1994 December 29 Missing issues: 1890 October -1898 August; 1904-1905; 1918 October-1930; 1963-1964; 1982; 1990 July-December The Thomasville News (Thomasville), 1983 January 6 - 1994 December 29 The Clarke County Post (Suggsville), 1836 May 9 - 1837 August 25 Information about interlibrary loan of newspapers on microfilm

Anyone else researching these? BUXTON CLEMONS DANIELS DASH GILCHRIST HAWKINS McLEAN / McLAIN MONCRIEF MOTT SHORT TARVER

Can anyone provide me with a source for obits for Clarke County? Any idea if they might be available for 1846? I am assuming there would not be death records for that period. Betty

Donna The State of Alabama began recording deaths in 1908, it is possible Clarke recorded deaths prior to that time. Does anyone know? -- Lee of the Stockman Family Newsletter Web pages at: http://www.zianet.com/stockman_allen/

Good Morning Everyone, Can someone please refresh my memory on when Clarke County began recording death certificates? I am hoping that they may be available for the following individuals: Martha Elizabeth Thornhill Hardy - - - died 20 Feb 1918 infant son of W.C. & M.E. Hardy - - - born and died on 12 Jan 1918 Thanks to any and all that try to help. Sincerely, Dona

Two of my great-grandfather's brothers married women named Hosea in Clarke County. I am assuming that they were sisters, but don't know for sure. The brothers were James Madison Davis, born 19 July 1835 in Baldwin County, died 20 March, 1895 in Clarke County, and Joshua Alonzo Davis, born 10 September 1843 in Clarke County, died 18 February 1894 in Bashi, Clarke County. J.M. Davis married Mary E. Hosea, born 1844, Alabama, died August 1898, also in Alabama. J.A. Davis married Martha Hosea, born 1850, Alabama, died 1900, Alabama. Children of J. M. and Mary Davis were Alice (1866) William Nimrod (1868), Harriet (1870), Laurence J. (1873), Irene (1878, and Beulah S. (1883). Laurence married Irma Pearl Carleton, and Beulah married Thomas J. Hosea and J.E. Hunter. Children of J.A. and Martha Davis were Leonidas (1868), Belle (ca 1869), William Irby (1872; Minerva 91874), Henry Donaldson (1875), Ollie (1879), Mamie (ca 1880, Joshua Alonzo Jr. (1880), Iola H. O1883), Zula Lorena (1885), Louisa E. (1888), and James (ca 1889).William Irby married Della chance; Minerva married William J. Hosea, Henry married Della Lee Jones, Ollie married Forest E. Cooper, Mamie married G.E. Wilson, Joshua A. Jr. married a Mrs. Donavan and then Zereda Hunt, Iola married George W. Goodwin, Zula married E.C. Persons, and Louisa married Mobley N. Barnes. I'd be interested to know if Mary and Martha Hosea were sisters, who their parents were, and also what their relationship, if any, was to Thomas J. Hosea and William J. Hosea. I'd be interested in corresponding with anyone researching any of these connected families. Nancy Davis Harwood Houston, TX

My husband's father's family is from Clarke and Wilcox counties. I am beginning to research the Duke branch and would appreciate any assistance or leads anyone can send me on who were the parents of James H. Duke and his wife Anne E. Clarke. Any other information on their descendants would also be welcome. I believe James' parents may have immigrated from GA or SC. The name Hardiman Duke has been mentioned, but I have no concrete information. The earliest ancestor we know is g-g grandfather James H. Duke b ca. 1829 in Peach Tree, AL. Date of death is unkown. He married Ann E. Clarke 10 Dec. 1846 in Clarke Co.. She was born ca. 1828 and her date is death is also unkown. James is listed on the 1860 census for Clarke county. Their children were Susanna J. Duke, b ca 1848 James H. Duke, Jr., b ca 1850 Olivia C. Duke, b ca 1852 g-grandfather Charles William Duke, (b. 16 May 1854, d 21 April 1928 in Grove Hill) Emma Duke b ca. 1857 Thomas L. Duke, b ca. 1859 David A. Duke b. 1860 Nancy Duke b. 16 May 1862 m. Robert E. Lee Capell, Sarah E. Duke, b. 21 Sep. 1862 d. 24 Jan. 1910 G-grandfather Charles William Duke m. Nancy Jane Kirk b. 9 Mar 1851 d. 1 Feb 1940 in Camden, Wilcox Co. Their children were Grandfather Warren Cornelius Duke, a dentist in Wilcox Co., b 8 Aug 1879 in Peach Tree, d 14 Nov 1957 in Selma, m. 1 Lucy Capell, m. 2 Elizabeth Mae Williams of Eufala, AL James Wilburn Duke m. Daisy ? Clara Duke Alma Eleanor Duke, b 7 Oct. 1877 d. 24 Oct 1959 unmarried Any help is welcome. Cordially, Cheryl Duke ctdvagene@aolcom

I found a clipping with this wedding story today. I do not recognize the Grayson names, although I am sure they are some of the Marengo/Clarke County Alabama Graysons. I do recognize the name of one member of the wedding party, Albert Johnson of Thomasville (AL); his mother was Susan Emma Evans, daughter of my great-grandmother, Harriet Elizabeth (Lizzie) Grayson, by her first marriage to Lewis G. Evans of Marengo Co. I also do not have a date or location for this clipping, but perhaps it may be of interest or help to some Grayson or Clarke County researcher. Evans-Grayson Wedding-- A pretty wedding took place Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock at the Government Street Methodist church, Rev. C.A. Rush officiating in the solemn ceremony which made Miss Hilda Abernethy Grayson and Dr. Walter Green Evans of Oklahoma, man and wife. The church was prettilly decorated in palms and white oleanders -- the color tone of the wedding, white and blue finding expression in the lovely white blossoms which beautified the sacred edifice and the blue in the bride's costume, a touch of the same color being let to the toilet of the maid of honor. Mr. McClellan Vaughan, organist of the church, presided at the organ and previous to the arrival of the bridal party Miss Ida Nettie Gibson and Miss Eugenia Thompson each rendered a lovely solo. As the bridal chorus from Lohengrin sounded its first notes, the bridal party entered the church led by the ushers, Messrs. J.B. Chancler and S.T. Johnston. The bridesmaids, Miss Lyla Byrd Grayson, and the groomsman, James W. Chandler, followed, the fair young bride coming with her maid of honor, Miss Irene Grayson, and meeting the groom and his best man, Mr. Albert Johnson of Thomasville, Ala. at the altar, where Rev. Rush tied the love knot. The bride, a lovely blonde, was married in a gown of Copenhagen blue rajah silk trimmed in messaline satin with coat and hat to match her stylish going-away gown. Her bridal bouquet was of lilies of the valley and bride's roses. The maid of honor and bridesmaids, who were both sisters of the bride, wore dainty lingerie gowns and white lace hats, the maid of honor's having a touch of blue in its trimmings and the bridesmaid's a touch of pink. They both carried white oleanders. From the church the bridal party was driven to the train, Dr. Evans and his bride leaving via the Mobile and Ohio Railroad for Sulligent, Ala.

I recently found a newspaper clipping of the obituary for Horatio Capel Grayson, older brother of my great-grandmother Harriet Elizabeth Grayson Davis. Perhaps other Clarke County researchers may be interested. H.C. Grayson was the son of Young W. Grayson and Emeline Capel Graysonof Marengo County; the older brother referred to was James William Grayson, and the widowed sister-in-law was Emeline Vance Grayson, who was still living in Rockdale, TX in 1908. H.C. Grayson is buried at Choctaw Corner. > It is my assumption that this obituary appeared in the Clarke County (AL) Democrat. H.C. Grayson died at the home of his niece, Mrs. Irby E. Terry, in Bashi. The Rev. E. I. Tucker of "the Elam church," officiated at his funeral. Hon. H.C. Grayson Horatio Capel Grayson was born in Marengo county on April 26th, 1831 and died at Bashi, Clarke county, Alabama, on the 18th day of October, 1912. In his early manhood his mother's family removed to a plantation in Bashi, Clarke county. There he was married in 1860 to Miss Josephine Carleton, a young lady of the highest intellectual culture and Christian character. In 1861 at the beginning of the war between the states, he enlisted and became a Lieutenant in the 24th Alabama Regiment and fought it through bravely to the end. His only child, little Arthur Carleton Grayson, died during the war. Returning at the close of the war, he settled with his wife at Choctaw Corner and studied law and in due time was admitted to the bar. In 1866 his good wife sickened and passed away as righteous a person as mortals are ever permitted to be, as all believed. Mr. Grayson became a member of the Methodist church with his good wife and during all these years her good influence lingered with him and it is believed aided him in reaching with her and their little boy at last an everlasting home in that home not made with hands eternal in the Heavens. He soon afterwards opened a law office at Grove Hill and e'er long became County Solicitor for Clarke county and in due time was elected a member of the Legislature. He discharged his duties as Solicitor and as a Legislator with success and acceptably. He was a man of no ordinary ability. As an advocate at the bar and as a stump speaker he ranked up with his compiers, and that was high. He was a Bright Mason and Master of the Lodge at Choctaw Corner until he voluntarily declined the further honor. Just before the war between states his oldest brother died leaving a widow with several young children to be raised, cared for and educated and to them he devoted his life and about 1883 or 84 he moved with them all to Texas where he practiced law until the children were all reared to honorable manhood and womanhood and settled in life and when he had lived out the allotted time of three score and ten years he yearned to return to Bashi to spend his last days with much loved relatives and that his body might rest near that of his only and beloved wife and little boy. He was ever courteous to all persons but never seemed to seek the honors of men or the plaudits of the multitude. He was entirely content to do his duty to God and man as he was given to see it. His enemies were few indeed, if any; his friends were all good and honest people who knew him well and they were bound to him with sincere devotions. He was a modest man and highly moral in his life; he thought and acted on moral and religious lines always; he sought to do good and not evil; his heart was full of charity for all mankind and the world was bettered by his having lived in it. His attachment to his friends no man ever questioned; there was no hypocracy in his nature. Many men have had their names written in history and have lived in song and in story who were not the equals in ability, moral excellence of life, and genuine good character and good graces of H.C. Grayson. The writer of this article knew Mr. Grayson well for much more than fifty years and it is not pretended that this notice tells all that should be said; it could not be done in a column of a newspaper. All in all, his friends think that it could be said with much truth of him that his life was a pathetic one and that he for himself could have said: "I live for those who love me, For those who know me true, For the Heaven that shines above me And waits my coming too; For the cause that needs assistance, The wrings (sic) that lack resistance, The future in the distance And the good that I can do." --Jno. Y. Kilpatrick

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I have a couple of questions which I hope someone on the list can answer about the Davis family of Clarke Co. AL: 1. For Enoch Davis, Sr. two sources I found have differing parent info. One source (the ANCESTORS & KIN book I posted on my site) has Samuel & Mary ? Davis as his parents (John & Sarah ? Davis as his grandparents); another has William Sr. as his father. Also, William Sr. would have been ~50 when Enoch Sr. was born. 2. My research turned up a George W. Davis (b. 1820 AL) who married a ? Larimore (b. ca 1829 AL) in 1849 in AL. Does anyone know the parentage of George W. Davis & his bride and/or the bride's first name? Does anyone have any info. confirming one of the sources for Enoch Davis' parentage and for the marriage & ancestry of George W. Davis? Thanks, Dave Larrimore

Can someone, perhaps a member of the Historical Society, please give the location within the Clarke County Historical Society Quarterlies of the several stories on the 'Salt Works' in Clarke Co., AL? I'm researching the importance of this source of salt to the Indians and would like to obtain copies of these stories. First I need to find them all. Thank you very much. ...... Ray Revette ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Revette Genealogy and History: http://digital.net/~rrevette/ Florida Lakefront Property: http://www.revette.net/fl-land/

In the Clarke County Historical Society Quarterly are stories on the salt oozes in Clarke Co. Can anyone give the information on the locations for this information please? Are there other writings on the salt oozes one could access? Thanks ... .... Ray Revette/FL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Revette Genealogy and History: http://digital.net/~rrevette/ Florida Lakefront Property: http://www.revette.net/fl-land/

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