Not much in the way of geneaology information here, but a glimpse into the issues that affected the livelihood of many of our families. Monya The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section B, Page 1 FROM BROON(sic) SEDGE, BRIERS, AND GULLIES, BILL COTNEY RELATES ABOUT THE FARMER'S The Upper Coastal Plain Substation, usually referred to locally as the Experiment Station, is one of eight such branch stations in the Alabama Experiment Station System of the Alabama Polyechnic(sic) Institute -- one being located in each of the major soil areas of the state. This station was created by an act of the 1943 Alabama Legislature. Work was started on January 1, 1945. It contains 735 acres of land of which about 475 acres are in crops of all kinds. Some seventeen different soil types are found on the station, being one of the main reasons for the selection of this particular block of land for the station. The land was bought and donated to the Alabama Experiment Station of Fayette County. Funds for the operation of it come from an annual appropriation made by the Alabama Legislature to the Alabama Polytechnic Institute for this particular station, and from the sale of products produced and sold from it. At the time operation was started, some two-thirds of the open land was idle and producing only broom sedge, briers and brush. Some of it was badly gullied. As funds, facilities, and labor would permit, this has been reclaimed and planted to the crop or crops thought best for the particular area involved. Results of this have brought some surprises. Some of the land, once considered very poor, when brought into cultivation, reasonably well fertilized and with winter legumes included in the rotation, is now producing fairly high yields of cotton, corn, oats, and other crops. Hillside land, once producing sedge and brush, is now producing good services for hay and grazing. Bottom land have been cleared, fertilized and limes, planted to permanent pasture crops, and are now producing excellent grazing for cattle. Other areas have ben left in timber. All of this brings to our attention the fact that all of the land in the Upper Coastal Plain soil area, when planted to adapted crops, fertilized and limed as needed, and with reasonable management, will produce additional imcome(sic) to add to the agricultural wealth of the area. A few years ago, cotton brought in most of the cash income to farms in this area. In planning the work on this station, it was felt by those in charge, that cotton faced a decline in acreage. this happened to the extent that in 1953, with no acreage controls, only about fifteen percent of the open land in the Upper Coastal Plain soil area was planted to cotton. This year, with cotton acreage controls, it is even less. This simply means that additional income must be gotten from those acres not in cotton if we are to have a reasonably decent income. On most farms this means adding livestock and livestock products suited to the farm feed production program to convert this feed into ta salable product. With this in mind, most of the work on this station has been directed toward the development of feed production programs that would support the production of hogs, milk, eggs and beef. For instance, work on this station has established that about an acre of good alfalfa and an acre of crimson clover is sufficient to furnish grazing most of the year for a sow and her two litters of pigs per year grown out to market size. Other crops, such as white clover, oats, kudzu, etc., in their session will do about as good job. Earlier work on other stations had already established the fact that good green grazing would reduce the corn required to grow a market hog by nearly one-half. Also work on this station has shown that corn can be efficiently hogged off in the field. On the other hand, tests have shown that grain sorghum is not hogged off efficiently, but should be combined and fed to hogs. In the production of milk, it has been found that much hillside land planted to sericea can be used profitably for hay and grazing. At the same time it has been found that sericea is not too good as a grazing crop for milking cows during the summer and fall dry periods. During these periods it needs supplementing with sudan grass, kudzu alfalfa, or other grazing crops to help maintain milk production. However, beef cattle will maintain themselves on sericea during these dry periods better than dairy cattle. Work with poultry has established the fact that more than seventy percent of the feed that laying hens will eat can be home-grown in the form of oats and corn. Other work being done included the continuous testing of new and old varieties of cotton, corn, oats, wheat, grain, sorghum, alfalfa, pasture and other crops to find those varieties best suited to this area. Also fertilizer and lime tests are conducted to determine kinds and amounts of fertilizers best to use. Tests with winter grazing crops are under way to determine those crops or combinations of crops giving the earliest and most winter grazing. Three years work on cross-breeding hogs is just being concluded. Many other tests are under way to determine practices that will improve production and income of farms. What are some of the results? Some five thousand to seven thousand farmers visit this station each year to see and discuss work under way. These are brought there in organized groups by County Agents and other agricultural works and are from twelve to fifteen counties in this area. In addition, many farmers visit the station individually for some specific information needed. However, this station is only one member of a team in the agricultural workers, farmers, bankers, and interested businessmen. With this continued team effort, and with reasonable weather conditions, this area has a bright future for continued growth toward a balanced crops and livestock agricultural.

The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section B, Page 1 "DODDLE BUG" WAS ONCE THE ONLY TRANSPORTATION When you mention "Doddle Bug" in the presence of anyone who grew up around Haleyville, Hackleburg, Hodges, Vina or any of the way stations between Haleyville and Corinth, the term evokes a nostalgic memory, especially during this Bicentennial year, when memories bring back the past 200 years of the Nation's history. The area was always railroad-oriented, because a good number of the men worked for the Illinois Central. Beginning in 1903, when the first Illinois-Central train puffed across the Brushy Creek Trestle north of Hackleburg, and ending in 1941 when the little local ceased being listed in the timetable of the I.C., the "Doodle Bug", as it was affectionately known to the people, served a multiple purpose. It was made up in Haleyville, and began its run at 7 a.m. Once a week, Dr. John ROBINSON, a Haleyville dentist, rode it to Hackleburg and spent the day working. (His son Fred, remembers going with Dr. John, and trembling with fear as the train slowed and swayed across the 200-foot wooden trestle.) Along the route, children flagged the train and rode it in to Hackleburg to attend school, catching it back home on its late-afternoon return trip. Twice a year, spring and fall, mothers took their children up to Corinth to outfit them with clothing. Business-men rode up to Corinth to do their banking, there being no easily-accessible bank nearer. Cotton-growers took samples to the brokers in Corinth, and sick people rode up to see doctors there. Not all the traffic was of a business-type, however. Whole school classes caught the "Dood" and went on class-picnics. One local lady in Hackleburg recalls riding two miles out to Wiginton in the morning, spending the day with a friend, and riding back in the evening. Couples would go up to Corinth on a fine Sunday, eat lunch, stroll around town or otherwise entertain themselves until time for the return-run at 5 p.m. Mrs. Margaret PARKER of Fayette now 90 years young, whose husband was engineer on the train, says that her daughters and their friends were considered most fortunate, because they were allowed to ride the train on into the yards where it was run onto the round-table to be turned about for its return-run. And Bill BEDFORD, a Russellville attorney, remembers being allowed to ride in the cab of the engine when he was about two years old: a highpoint, he assures you. Other faster, more luxurious trains ran the I. C. rails, such as the Seminole, and the city of Miami. But the little "Doodle-Bug", with its engine, mail and baggage car, and its passenger car is the one everyone remembers with undying affection. The Illinois Central has merged with the Gulf, becoming the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad; the long wooden trestle has been long-since replaced with one of steel; and paved roads and modern automobiles have obviated the necessity of the local. The ICG's press representative says that no pictures of the little local exist in his files; but there are many mental pictures in the minds of those who rode it.

The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section B, Page 2 EDUCATION HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES IN MARION COUNTY Education had made great strides of progress in all the sections of Alabama and Marion County and this is certainly true in Winfield, also, as is evidenced in the buildings and methods of teaching today compared to the first schools in Winfield. No record is available as to where the very first settlers attended school, but after the railroad was built in 1887, and more families began to migrate to the small town of Winfield, almost immediately the few citizens saw the need of providing schools for their children. It seems well established that Mrs. Mattie EARNEST, under the principalship of a Mr. GARRETT.(sic) She began her teaching career in 1889 as Miss Mattie WESSON, after completing her college work at the Florence Normal. The former Miss WESSON and Mr. GARRETT taught in the old school south of the Methodist Church, near the home of Mrs. Mary SMITH, and Miss WESSON served as assistant principal along with her classroom teaching. Some of the first students in this school were also some of the earliest settlers who were then in their teens or some above that age. Included were: Mr. and Mrs. Newt WHITEHEAD, Mrs. M. W. HARRIS (Then Jo WHITEHEAD), Bob WHEELER, Cora WARD, and Jesse COUCH, who later became principal of the Brilliant and Winfield Schools. Lynwood EARNEST, who was also a student of "Miss Mattie", later married his teacher, then went to medical school and returned to practice in Winfield for many years. He was the son of Dr. J. F. EARNEST, one of the earliest doctors of Winfield. Miss Mattie resigned from teaching after her marriage and later wrote for a number of magazines and other publications. She died on January 14, of this year, after reaching the age of eighty-four. This first school was a plank building, one large room, that was built with funds raised by the citizens, according to Mrs. Newt WHITEHEAD. John WINDOM was believed to be the next teacher in the same building until the time it burned in 1893. After this time, school was held in the churches and among the teachers in those year were Professor ZEIGLER, Professor Hass SHERER, according to Mr.s R. E. MOORE, Sr. and Dr. R. K. SHIREY taught in the Church of Christ. Others were: (If more are membered). Continuing in the churches until the early 1900's, the next school was built next to where Mrs. VANN now lives. John McKENZIE and also Professor J. H. COUCH taught there according to Mrs. R. E. MOORE, Sr. The third school building was built near the home of Albert HOLT and the Chiropractic Clinic of Dr. Boyd JACKSON in South Winfield. Mrs. MOORE said that J. H. COUCH, Humphrey BISHOP, and C. R. WELDEN were there with Mr. WELDEN as principal. Al the teachers in that school were not available but a list taken from the School Booklet printed in 1812-13-14 listed C. R. WELDEN as principal; C. D. HUGHES, assistant principal; Mrs. Fannie BEEKER, Second assistant; Miss Corinne TUTHILL, Primary Department; and Miss Anice BOYSTON, Music department. The Board of Education during that year included: J. R. COCHRAN, Chairman; Dr. R. L. HILL, secretary and treasurer; T. C. McCLESKEY, M. S. ASTON, and R. F. WHEELER. In this same school, Mrs. R. E. MOORE, Sr., then Miss Jennie Lee REESE, began her teaching career in Winfield in 1908, after she had received her degree from the Florence College in 1906 and taught in Walker County for two years. Mrs. MOORE taught in this school from 1908 to 1912, the year of her marriage to Mr. MOORE, then of Brilliant and Engineer on the Illinois Central Railroad. Mrs. O. W. ODEN, then Miss Nora EZZELL of Belgreen, also began her teaching in this same school in 1914, and taught for two years and until her marriage to O. W. ODEN who was connected with the drugstore. Principal WELDEN was instrumental in getting the larger school built where the Winfield Manufacturing Company now has its factory. This school served the children of Winfield from 1916 until the time it was almost completely destroyed by fire on the night of January 8, 1951. According to Mrs. MOORE, the principals who served this school, included C. R. WELDEN, Humphrey BISHOP, John KUYKENDALL, a Mr. MILLICAN, William MOORE, J. H. COUCH and Gordon CRAWFORD, the principal who was serving at the time the building burned and is the principal in the new ultra-modern Winfield Elementary School which was enlarged the summer of 1955. After the building burned in 1951, the grades were again taught in churches and the small remaining part of the school which did not burn. The new building was built in 1951 and opened for the first school term in August of 1952. It contained one of the most modern and well-equipped of lunchrooms, large beautiful entrance, principal's office and teacher's lounge, nice rest rooms, library music room, and classrooms for the six grades and small private piano room which was used by the Kindergarten during the past year. The addition of four classrooms and possibly another was completed during summer 1955. These new rooms housed the three first grade classes had Kindergarten with separate bathrooms for the different rooms which indeed was an asset to the growing school. Mr. William MOORE, who came to Winfield in 1923 and served as principal of the Elementary and High School for a period of twelve years. He was instrumental in getting the present Winfield High School built in 1925 and served as the first principal, and Miss Zora ELLIS, a past A.E.A. president, taught English in the school during its first term. The High School principals since Mr. MOORE, have been: C. C. EDMONDSON, R. J. LAWRENCE, A. C. WALKER and J. S. BRINDLEY. Additions have also been made to the high school since its original structure was built in 1925, including the Home Economics Department, a gymnasium. On the present school board are Sam COUCH; Olen CUNNINGHAM, Homer HOOPER, Parker SPANN, and Billy GILBERT. A most sentimental part of the Winfield Education system is the fact that many of the present faculty members are descendants of some of the very first families in the town of Winfield. And another important factor in the Progress of Education in Winfield, is the great support of the City Governing body and the cooperative citizens who designate special taxes earmarked for the improvement and progress of the schools, such as was evidenced in the program for meeting the city funds for much of the recent building. The Estes Hudson Stadium is another example of public spirited cooperation and support of the citizens as the Winfield Stadium is one of the most modern in this section and the support which has been given to the Winfield High School Band. LOAN FUNDS There will be no shortage of loan funds in he(sic) Southeast this year, but lenders will be concerned about the ability of borrowers to repay and will supervise loans closely. Following the pattern in all of the U. S., interest rates on farm loans will stay high.

The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section B, Page 2 W. A. COLLINS WAS EARLY STANDARD OIL DEALER Note: This article has border that overprints part of the text. W. A. COLLINS was born August 12, 1880, and came to Guin with his father, J. ?. COLLINS in 1888. His father bought thirty acres of land and two hundred dollars and built the second house there after the town was started. Dr. Jerry GUIN having had the first and Jim KIRK the next after Mr. COLLINS. This thirty acres is a part of the acreage that the town of Guin is built on today. Dr. __ J. COLLINS bought forty acres just north of Guin, somewhere around the same period and built the first hotel known as Wail Hotel. Leaving Guin in 1893, the COLLINS family returned in 1912, the year that the Marion County High School came into being. Mr. COLLINS remembers that D.r John B. CLARK was the first principal and J. B. HODGES was on of the teachers. He also remembered Clark WHITE and Company's opening the first store and that Tom KIRK was the first postmaster. Mr. and Mrs. COLLINS were married in 1901, on December 21, and have lived most of their years in Guin. Mr. COLLINS became the third agent for Standard Oil, White ANTHONY being the first and Jim POLLARD next in line before Mr. COLLINS. For a time, Mr. COLLINS delivered oil by mules and wagon, but in 1917, he bought the chassis of a Model T, and equipped it with a tank. In 1917, in the fall of the year, Mr. COLLINS bought a Republic Truck, with solid tires all-round, for use as an oil truck. He stated that he believed this to be the first truck in the county at that time. The COLLINS family put in a Delco System in 1920, the first electrical system in Guin, and the one unit furnished power for the COLLINS home and for the Methodist Church of Guin, the church in which the COLLINS have been most active. Mr. COLLINS had served forty-four years as a Steward in the church and twenty-five years as Superintendent of the Sunday School. He also was a member of the Guin Lions, the Masons of Guin and Guin O.E.S. Mr. COLLINS was elected Mayor of Guin in 1932 and served for a period of twelve years. he was in power at the time that the City Water System was installed. Mr. COLLINS was very interested in al civic, religious and educational movements toward the betterment of Guin and surrounding communities. Mrs. COLLINS had been most interested in making a home for her husband and children. but she was also active in the Methodist Church, S. C. S., Guin Chapter of Order of Eastern Star, Guin Garden Growers, having been a charter member in some of the organizations. Their children include: Cecil G. COLLINS, who is in business in Guin; H. F. (Jack) COLLINS, a businessman of Talladega; Dana COLLINS of Pensacola, Florida; and Mr.s Paul GUIN (Blanche COLLINS) who lives in Guin. Mrs. Paul GUIN has also been most helpful in securing valuable information from the family of her husband, regarding this edition.

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I am researching the family of James and Margaret Townsend of Fayette County, AL. They are in the 1860 census with children Ben, Josiah, and Mary. Ben was killed in the Civil War at the battle of Richmond, VA and is buried in the Hollywood Cemetery there. James Jr and William moved to Arkansas in late 1869/1870. I can find no data on Josiah after the War. Mary J. Townsend married J. C. Jenkins on Oct. 2, 1890. The Townsend family has Aston's Store listed as their Post Office. William married Milly Freshour, daughter of George and Priscilla Williams Freshour of Fayette County. James Jr's wife was named Sarah but I do not know her maiden name. I would like information on the area of Aston's Store as well as information on the Townsend family. ANYTHING you can contribute will be appreciated. emmaparker10@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

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The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section B, Page 4 THE BOSTON AREA DATES BACK AS FAR AS THE 1880'S Many of the communities in the areas around Boston, date way back in the 1880's and maybe before, such as the Goldmine, Piney Grove, Mt. Joy, Old Salem, Popular Springs, Center, Pearce's Mills, Mt. Pleasant, Bethel, Sunny Home, Brock's, Burleson, Mount Brook, Gum Springs, etc. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. GIBBS and Mr. and Mrs. John MOORE of Route 1, Brilliant, between Goldmine and Piney Grove, were most helpful to the Journal Staff in establishing some facts in churches and schools in those early days. Sam BOWEN, husband of Bette GIBBS BOWEN and father of the late Sterling BOWEN, taught one of the first schools in the area north of Boston, known as Mt. Joy, in 1888. John Jesse GIBBS, father of Wilburn GIBBS, Maude GIBBS BYNUM, and the last Willie GIBBS HINZ, taught the next schools in the section, a number of years at the Old Salem School and then many years at the Goldmine School. He taught his youngest brother, J. T., Mr.s J. T. GIBBS, and even his own wife Amanda BEAUCHAMP GIBBS, before their marriage. He had previously prepared himself for the teaching positions by attending High School and Glen Allen and Guin, and had his higher learning at the old Agricultural College in Hamilton. In these little one-teacher schools in the early years, the teachers were paid around twenty to twenty-five dollars per month, by the County, and they taught anywhere from one hundred to two hundreds(sic) students in the little ill-equipped schools of one room. as (sic) far as it is known, the students attended school because they were strictly eager to learn, and J. T. (Jim) GIBBS learned the same math and algebra under his brother's techings(sic), and since that time, until he was able to solve any difficult problems that his children brought home in all their high school and college years. it is almost incredible when one thinks of a lone teacher being actually able to teach the large number of students ranging from the beginners to sixth grades, all ages, but the older students were able to helpout(sic) in holding some of the classes of the lower grades, and so the full school dya(sic) progressed and the students learned much. Even after Jim GIBBS was out of school, he and Tuck ASHMORE, another student who finally went on to study medicine and practice in Eldridge for many years, exchanged any hard arithematic(sic) or algebra problems they happened to run across in their later years in the effort to "stump" one another with difficult problems. They both usually kept figuring until they came up with the correct answer which they proudly returned to the sender. According to Jim GIBBS and his wife, the former Minnie Belle BEAUCHAMP, Kel FITE followed John Jesse GIBBS as the second teacher of the Goldmine School, and then in line after Mr. FITE, were: bill CANTRELL, Sally THORN, Letha THORN, John CLARK, Jim LOGAN, Anderson GAY and the last was Elsie WHITEHEAD HAWKINS. The Piney Grove School, established several years, later, was first taught by Charlie BURGESS, then Sally THORN, and in line after Miss THORN, were: Beatrice MIDDLETON, Nanny SANDLIN, Lee PALMER, Carrie WAKEFIELD McCALEB, Nerva WILLIAMS GAY, Augusta HOLLEY, Autie CAGLE, and Edith COUCH, the last teacher, taught for many years and up to the time that the school was consolidated with the Brilliant Elementary School. Miss COUCH taught in Winfield after leaving the Piney Grove School, and is currently on the staff of the Wilson School. John MOORE of Route 1, Brilliant, attended the Mt. Pleasant School back in those early years and a list of teachers there were Mat WESLEY, John CONNER, Will LETSON and Mrs. WILSON, and he also attended the Webb School taught by John CONNER and Charlie FRANKS. Mr. MOORE's wie(sic), the former Velma INGLE went to the Gum Springs School. Her teachers were Jesse GORDON, Dave LAMBERT, Albert YOUNG, Miss Fildie HUGHES and Gus BURGESS, present Postmaster of Winfield Post Office, and after Mr. BURGESS, Lena WEST, who taught in the Brilliant Elementary in later years, followed by Mr. BURGESS and a Miss BOTTOMS of Hamilton, a Mr. BEASLEY and Mr. Bull WESLEY followed by Miss WEST. Sterling and Bob UNDERWOOD were the noted fiddlers of the communities, Jack FOWLER; could beat a snappy drum, and John COCHRAN would team with them as leader of the band at the school functions in the Goldmine School. At the end of the school term, it was the custom for the students to march in line for the final ceremonies. Sterling and Bob UNDERWOOD at the "fiddles", Jack FOWLER at the drums, and John COCHRAN leading with the United States Flag, would head the line of students in the School parades and marches. The great sport of the young crowd, back then, was baseball. Jim, tim and John Jessee GIBBS, Lewis Harm FOWLER, Billy, John and Ellie BEAUCHAMP, and Sterling BOWEN wee among the players of the team that played at the STOKES place. They also played a game known as "Town Ball" in which the ball was knocked with a paddle-like bat. Among the other forms of recreation included "Base", "Mumble-Peg," and of curse, the old "Huskin' Bees," but the greatest and most interesting form of recreation, which was in a way very serious, was debating. Debates were held in alternating places in Old Salem, Goldmine, and Piney Grove, and among the debates weer Jim GIBBS, Bill COCHRAN, Charlie BURGESS, Jim COCHRAN, Henry RAWLS, Young and Lum GREEN, and others. The debates covered a varied field of subjects, and of curse politics, and were held on Friday and Saturday night after week-long research had been done in preparation for both the affirmative and negative sides of the questions. Thee were three judges for each debate and Jim GIBBS expressed the opinion that these debating sessions were the assemblies that really brought the audiences. Among the earliest families in those years included: The UNDERWOODS, HUSTONS, GIBBS, BEAUCHAMPS, BOSTICKS, LOGANS, GILBERTS, HANEYS, STOKES, THOMASES, ASHMORES, MILSES(sic), HALEYS, LAMERTS, ESTESES, HUGULEYS, MOORES, INGLES, GREENS, McGUIRES, WHITES, STANFORDS, WHITMANS, COCHRANS, BURLESONS, FOWLERS, RAWLSES, and TIDWELLS. The Goldmine Community had two churches in those early years, the people of early Boston having come to Goldmine before the churches were established in Boston. There were the Methodist Church and the Church of Christ located at Goldmine (The church(sic) of Christ is till(sic) there today). The Free Will Church was located at Mt. Joy, the Primitive Baptist at Popular Springs, and the Missionary Baptist had churches at both Old Salem and Red Dirt. All denominations could use the Piney Grove Church except Mormans. There was a period of years when the Piney Grove church was inactive, then in the 1930's Mrs. J. J. (Amanda) GIBBS, the REv. L. G. ALVERSON, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew MILES, Mr. and rs.(sic) Samuel GAY and other interested families held an assembly to reorganize the Methodist Church. The Rev. ALBERSON, Pastor of the Brilliant Methodist Church and for a number of years Principal of the Brilliant School, served as the pastor of the Piney Grove Church, Mrs. Amanda GIBBS led the singing, and also taught Sunday School; Samuel GAY served as Superintendent, Mrs. GAY, Mrs. Andrew MILES, Mrs. Bufa CAGLE, Miss avonnah(sic) LITTLE and Miss Rachel GIBS(sic) taught sunday(sic) School Classes, and the little group of Methodists grew until at the present time, a modern church has been erected south of the original church held in the old School building. The Church of Christ, which also reorganized shortly after the Methodist, held services in the same school building until they built a modern church just northwest of the old school on the property of Albert Gibbs, Among the early members of the Church of Christ wee the CORKRENS, DICKINSONS, GREENS, FARRISES, BURLESONS, and DOSSES, The family of tim and Mary GIBBS became members at the time they moved from the Burleson community, and many other added since. The Bethel Church and the BROCK Church have both had churches of Christ for long periods. Among the leaders of the Bethel Church have been the HOLDTS, MILESES, CAULDES, LAMBERTS, DICKINSONS, CORKRENS, and LOGANS, etc. and at the BROCK Church are the BROCKS, DIKESES, BURLESONS. Among the Goldmine leaders are the SELFS, GILBERTS, LOGANS, McCALEBS, MILESES, GREENS, CORKRENS, BERRYHILLS, etc. At the Gum Springs Free Will Baptist, there are the John MOORES, Trellis MOORES, Mr. and mrs.(sic) Max GIBBS, the SEXTONS, the HALCOMBS, the MCKAYS, and the TUCKERS among the regular members.

The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section B, Page 4 Winfield was incorporated as a town in Marion County, Alabama located on the Frisco Railroad sometime between 1887 and the 1900s, the exact date is not definitely recorded because of several different fires including the one in the Marion County Courthouse that destroyed the county records, and even the state records also were destroyed by fire. From the Winfield City Hall, full records from May 1928 on to the present time were available. Ez TRULL, well-known builder and contractor in Winfield, stated that his father, W. Jasper TRULL, who came to Winfield in November 1891, became the first Mayor of Winfield in 1902 and served several terms during those early pioneer days after the railroad was built in 1887 and the town grew to the position of needing a governing body. W. R. LODEN followed Mr. TRULL as the second Mayor. Several people including Ez TRULL, M. L. LUCAS and Mrs. R. E. MOORE, Sr. agreed that somewhere around 1910, Tom A. ROBERTS was in the Mayor's office as the third head of the town. That was the term that the present Town Hall was built. On the Board of Aldermen, under Mr. ROBERTS, were J. P. EARNEST, W. A. BLAKNEY, W. M. CURL, H. K. CADDELL, and R. K. SHIREY, who served as clerk. Under this administration, J. E. (Birt) SMITH was town marshall. Up to this time, the town had had several people who served in the capacity of "Keeping the Peace." Mrs. R. E. MOORE, Sr. had learned from several of the earliest citizens that Calvin WEATHERLY was said to have served as the first policeman, Shirl ASTON [David Sherill "Sherl" ASTON] had served for many years as Constable and a Bill MOORE had also been an early policeman but the definite years wee not known when each served. Mrs. R. C. SIZEMORE, a former City Clerk, stated that the corner stone of the Winfield City Hall bears the date, September 1, 1912, and lists the Mayor T. A. ROBERTS and the above aldermen and S. T. CARROLL as the Contractor who built the building that still remains today. T. B. WARD said that he followed his uncle, Tom ROBERTS, as Mayor of Winfield for two terms. Mr. LUCAS remembered J. B. WHITEHEAD as following Mr. WARD. It also seems well-agreed that Walter C. CURL followed WHITEHEAD as Mayor from 1924-26, during the period that the first streets of Winfield, were paved. Up until this period the streets had been quite muddy and, Mr. Ez TRULL tells the amusing story about Mr. John WHITE hooking up his old mule, known as "Aberdeen", and plowing main street from the depot to First Avenue. The merchants would donate sacks of salt and all the citizens would tramp the salt until smooth to form a crude form of "paving" to keep down the mud and dust. W. C. CURL succeeded himself as Mayor in 1928, and in his cabinet, according to the City Hall Records, wee R. E. KIRKLAND, George W. McDONALD, R. C. SIZEMORE, W. L. ROBERTS, and J. E. CADDELLE. W. T. PATE was in charge of street and marshall work, and J. H. HILL was listed as Town Marshall. J. W. WESTBROOKS was also listed as serving sometime during that administration as marshall. Several interesting items were listed in the books of this administration including the Mayor's salary which was fixed at $50.00 and the marshall's pay was $75.00. In May 1928, Winfield's first traffic guides were bought by the CURL administration of $27.50, and also purchased was the one hundred and sixty-five gallon electric pump which was installed in the city well on main street, which furnished water for the town until the franchise was granted to Warrior Water Works September 17, 1928, to furnish water for the townspeople. During this period, in cans and garbage was picked up in wagons on Fridays, and if weeds near the street were not cut and cleared by the property owners, the town did the clearing of the unsightly brush and charged the property owner for the service. In August of 1928, Fourth Avenue and Eleventh Street were graded and gravelled at sixty-three cents per yard. On August 6, 1928, the Town Board voted to fix the speed limit at twenty miles per hour, and the fine for violating this limit was to be not less than one dollar nor more than twenty-five dollars. This was later changed to fifty dollars. In September, the board also passed the ordinance that all business houses on blocks 10, 11, 14, 15, be built of block, stone or brick, and that any dwelling houses on these blocks should cost no less than one thousand dollars. FIRST SPEED LIMIT IN WINFIELD CITY ELECTION SEPTEMBER 17, 1928 (sic) Of course there were city elections before this time, but since the records were destroyed, this was the first election recorded in the City Hall Books. T. C. McCLESKEY, W. R. ROSE, H. M. WEBSTER [Houston Monroe WEBSTER] wee listed as managers and N. S. WHITEHEAD and George McDONALD, clerks. Following this election, H. M. COUCH was sworn in as Mayor, October 1, 1928, by former Mayor CURL, and Aldermen were Wyman BOWLING, J. T. BEEKER, G. W. McDONALD, and R. C. SIZEMORE. Earnest FITE of Hamilton was named Winfield City Attorney. R. C. SIZEMORE was appointed clerk and J. P. EARNEST, treasurer. A new ruling was made fixing the following salaries: Clerk, $180.00 per year; treasurer, $120.00 per year; aldermen, $50.00 per year. J. W. WESTBROOKS was appointed Day Marshall at $100.00 per month and Jim H. HILL, Night Marshall, at $75.00 per month. FIRST FIRE DEPARTMENT The First fire department, then called fire club, was organized February 18, 1929, and March 17, Solon WHITEHEAD was appointed Fire Chief and Kelley MILES, assistant. During this first term of the "Bucket Brigade", WHITEHEAD and MILES were paid $25.00 per year and exempt fro the five-dollar street tax. In 1930, however, the rule was changed to $50.00 per year for WHITEHEAD, and MILES was paid two dollars per fire. END OF USE OF PUBIC WELL Probably quite a sentimental day for many old timers was the boarding-up of the old town well on November 18, 1929. by vote of the town council, W. T. PATE hauled old railroad ties and boarded the well that had been used since the beginning of the town, and on January 6, 1930, the pump which had been removed, was sold t the highest bidder (the town board had stated that at least fifty dollars must be gotten for the pump.) There was no record as to who bought the famous old pump. The well-known well was located in the spot where the large round manhole can be seen on Tenth Street, walking across from the ODUM's 5 and 10 to the Citizens Bank. M. L. LUCAS TAKES OVER In the election of 1930, J. Holley ROBERTS and Gat CARPENTER served as clerks, and A. W. McDONALD, Houston WEBSTER and P. W. WEBSTER, managers, M. L. LUCAS was elected to the Mayorship and sworn in by outgoing Mayor COUCH on October 6, 1930. His cabinet included: R. C. SIZEMORE, Kelley MILES, Albert MAY, Solen WHITEHEAD and J. Morris HIGHTOWER, Sr. and Kelley MILES as clerk and R. C. SIZEMORE as treasurer. Foster BEASLEY was named Day Marshall and James BURNETTE, who had been hired at the last of Mayor COUCH's term, as appointed night policeman, with their salaries lowered to seventy-five and fifty per month, respectively. FIRST WINFIELD TOWN BUDGET M. L. LUCAS, a former member of the Winfield City Council, said that it was during this term as Mayor in 1930, that the town of Winfield had its first budget or financial statement. Mr. LUCAS and his cabinet realized that the town was growing rapidly and that the methods of deriving income necessary to meet the expenses of the town's advancement was far below what it should be to make "the finances balance." In fact, the town owed about thirty thousand dollars at the beginning of the LUCAS administration, according to Mr. Lucas, and the administration borrowed three thousand dollars from the Winfield State Bank to operate on, and began figuring new ways to bring in income to the town. At the end of the LUCAS administration in 1934, the town was only thirteen thousand in debt and all current expenses had been met. Through city tax, street tax, fine money, privilege license, paving and bridge funds, the financial statement totalled receipts in the amount of $30,784.38, and expenses including salaries, utilities, fire department, street work, bonds and notes inherited from previous years, the total disbursements amounted to $30, 784.38, and expenses including will be place in the Journal Window as, according to Mr. LUCAS, the first to be printed in the record of the town. (sic) The move to new ways of income got underway on October 20, 1930 when the administration moved to adopt the ordnance fixing the rate of taxation and levy assessment on all property within the corporate limits of Winfield. The tax was fifty cents on each one hundred dollars worth of property. FIRST CITY TRUCK Seeing the need for a City Service Truck, Mayor LUCAS suggested on November 3, 1930, that the city purchase a truck, and the council deliberated over the suggestion for two days before deciding in favor or(sic) the actual buying of this truck. The Privilege License ordinance was passed in Winfield on January 5, 1931. FIRST TOWN SEAL As far as is known, the first official Town Seal of Winfield, was purchased from ROBERTS and Sons in Birmingham, January 29, 1931, for the sum of $5.56, according to City Records. On March 2, 1931, the town bought from Eurica Hose Company, over five hundred dollars worth of Fire Hose. The public had made up money shortly before that time to purchase the first fire truck of Winfield (a record of this project was not available but it seems that a great deal of credit was due the general public and a number of citizens who took the lead in the behalf of the project). Some of the ordinances passed in this period that have been continued to the present time, and some that greatly affected the health and progress, of Winfield, included: Sanitation rules on June 1, 1931; ordinance requiring dogs to have Rabies shots on April 4, 1932; the law prohibiting cafes to operate with out certified approval of County Health Department. CHANGE OF OFFICIAL SALARIES In August 1932, the Mayor's salary was advanced to $300.00 per year; the town clerk, $120.00 annually; and the town treasurer, $90.00 annually; aldermen, $50.00 annually. Following the election of October 3, 1932, M. L. LUCAS returned as Mayor and Councilmen were J. M. HIGHTOWER, Sr. Clarence HUBBERT, C. C. COUCH; R. C. SIZEMORE, clerk; and R. G. CARPENTER, treasurer. H. F. BEALSEY(sic) served as Day policeman, and Julius ESTES, nigh police (at sixty and forty dollar salaries, respectively). Leon TERRY was added to the fire squad as the third man. Bud WESTBROOKS was also rehired as policeman in 1933. BEGINNING OF SEWAGE SYSTEM On August 18, 1933, the town of Winfield authorized J. B. McCRARY Engineering Corporation to prepare plans for the Winfield Sewage System, the actual work of which was done later. AIRPORT PLANNED A special meeting of the Winfield Town Board was called on December 19,m 1933, for the purpose of locating an Airport near Winfield. Marvin PEARCE read the telegram from Sumpter SMITH about the airport project and explained how it was to be handled in connection with C.W.A. and Board motioned to lease or purchase the land. JAMES McDONALD TAKES OVER On October 1, 1934, Mayor James McDONALD was sworn in for this first term as Mayor of Winfield, and on his Board of Alderman wee: C. C. COUCH, R. C. SIZEMORE, J. G. PEARCE, R. W. HARRIS, Jr. and C. A. HOSCH. Mayor McDONALD was voted a salary of $500.00 per year (paid by month) and was required to donate at least fifty percent of his working day to the town and assumed the duties of clerk and treasurer. Morgan HAWKINS was named City Attorney and on December 3, 1934, was appointed to make improvements on Jail and remodel the City Hall with money to be publicly subscribed. CIGARETTE AND GASOLINE TAXES November 19, 1934 was the beginning date of the first cigarette and gasoline taxes levied by the Town of Winfield. Plans were also gotten underway for much of the present paving on this date (Federal Relief Administration furnished labor and matched city money for paving). Also in connection with F.A.P. was the curb and guttering in October 1936. NEW ORDINANCES OF PROGRESS October 29, 1936, the Winfield speed limit was coordinated with the Alabama Highway Code for through traffic on First Avenue; Ordinance prohibiting loitering, idling and loafing on streets and sidewalks, November 1936; ordinance to define and enforce traffic signals and fine was set at not less than one dollar plus cost.(sic) and not above one hundred dollars. October 1937, Ordinance raising licenses twenty-five percent thus giving approximately one thousand dollars extra town income; present electrical code was recommended and approved by Alabama Power; Special meeting on April 14, 1941, granting J. N. COX and H. W. VAUGHN and Associates a franchise to construct and maintain a telephone system in the town of Winfield, under the name of Alabama Telephone Company; decision to pave the sidewalks, 1937, under the W.P.A. project (the minimum cost was twenty-five cents per foot); ordinance taking Hill Addition into city limits, september(sic) 19, 1938; December 1938, bought land from J. D. CANTERBURY for City Park for seven hundred and fifty dollars; March 20, 1939, Marvin PEARCE, W. C. CURL and J. H. HILL elected to Tax Equalization Board. Also during this period Richard WHITE was appointed night policeman, a nd Furman COUCH retained as day policeman. On June 19, the city requested the Hon. R. L. HILL, Representative, and Sen. Z. L. WEATHERFORD to pass local law rearranging the corporate limits of Winfield, and a map of the town was made by C. R. FRANKS. NEW FIRE TRUCK RECEIVED On April 2, 1941, a special meeting was planned for the receiving and accepting of the New Winfield Fire Truck, by Mayor James McDONALD, and Aldermen: Ivan HILL (chairman and treasurer of fire truck purchase); G. F. TIDWELL, M. V. WHITE, Sr., R. W. HARRIS, Jr., and Rayburn WEBSTER. The truck which serves the people of Winfield, today, was purchased from Peter PUSCH and son in Kinosha, Wisconsin for $3100.00 and the company allowed fifty dollars on the old hose, and the down payment was donated by money from citizens of Winfield. Jack HUGHES was made Fire Chief; Joe Edd McCONNELL and Hershell ROBERTS, assistants. Also a 500-gallon pumping engine was bought in 1941.

Looking for information on John William Roberson, born 4 Sep 1864, Fayette County, died 11 Mar 1946, Marion County. He married Rebecca Melvina McGuire (daughter of Timothy and Dicy Engle McGuire). His father died before he was born and by the time he was school age, his mother had died and he and his siblings were farmed out - possibly to an uncle in Mississippi. He had 2 sisters: Francis Louisa (Fanny), b. 1852, died Aug 1939, Marion County, who married George Washington Burleson (son of Ezekial and Lavina Kelly Burleson) and Sarah, b 1854, who married John Crow. There was one brother, Martin Columbus, born 1860, died 1917, who married Rosa Ann Linley. Cheryl Johnson

Hi List, I'm seeking info on Jemima Horn b about 1828 NC who married Alvin T Rushing. They are buried in Kennedy Ala Cemetary. They were married Aug 5, 1850 in Union Co NC.Her grand daughter, Eliza , was married in the home of G.W. Horne. Was G. W. a relative ? Does anyone have anything on the Horn(e) family ?

The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section B, Page 4 DR. S. D. BEVILL IS THE FIRST SURGEON IN TOWN OF GUIN Dr. S. D. BEVILL was the first surgeon to locate in Guin in the early years of the town. Dr. BEVILL formed a partnership with Dr. Will COLLINS, one of the town's first medical doctors. they both practiced there in the 1890 era. Mrs. BEVILL, his wife, was the daughter of John W. INGLE, pioneer citizen of Mrion County, and Mrs. BEVILL spent over seventy-nine years in the County. She and Dr. BEVILL did not have any children.

The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section B, Page 4 HARMONY GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH IS ORGANIZED IN 1859 Harmony Grove Baptist Church was organized in a log building i 1859 with ten members. Ten years later with Brother M. C. OWING Pastor and Mr. J. J. DICKINSON serving as church clerk, they went into North River Association with about 23 members, the church was know(sic) as Harmony Grove Baptist Church of Christ. In 1892 they went into Harmony Grove Association with 60 members with Pastor R. COLBURN and church clerk D. I. MEADS meeting once a month. Still in1903 meeting once a month with Pastor J. A. TRIM and clerk M. C. BOWLING membership had grown to 101. In 1925 they went into the Marion County Association with Pastor F. M. HOLLY with his annual salary $77.10 with 140 members. Repairs on the building for year was $27.20. Serving as church clerk W. T. PATE. IN the last 30s still meeting once a month with Pastor W. M. REEVES, is salary $91 a year. In the late 40's, Pastor T. L. GRIFFIN of Fayette was pastor, with about 201 members. Then in the 1950s Brother Ray GREEN served as Pastor, serving as clerk was Louis NORRIS. In 1955 Pastor Glenn HOULDITCH and Junior Ray MARKHAM was church lcerk with Pastor's salary $720 a year. In 1964 they called a full time pastor Brother Art HERFORD and built a Pastorium. In 1968 the Harmony Grove congregation built their fifth building with Brother C. W. BOX as Pastor and serving as clerk was Presley COUCH. We have has (sic) one Preacher ordained to the ministry who serves today as paster, Brother C. W. BOX, with membership of approximately 250.

The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section B, Page 4 JOHN WHEELER ORGANIZES FIRST METHODIST CHURCH In 1860, on the eve of the War Between the States, this section of Alabama was sparsely settled. There was no railroads and the only means of transportation were roads not much better than mere trails. Widely scattered farm house, with considerable distance between them, dotted the landscape. This is was some years before Winfield came into existence, not even Birmingham had become an incorporated town. The only nearby towns were Fayette and Pikeville, the latter being the county site(sic) of Marion County. In that year, 1860, John S. WHEELER and his neighbors organized a church, located in the Goodwater community and named it Wheeler's Chapel Methodist Church. For several years, the church met in the WHEELER home and during the 1860's built a church near the present location of eastside Baptist Church. Around the year 1881, the congregation built another church building near the first location. With the completion of the Frisco Railroad in 1887, quite a number of towns sprang to life and Winfield became an incorporated town. Wheeler Chapel congregation decided to move within the incorporated town and built a church, thus becoming the parent church of Winfield Methodists. This church building constructed in 1890, had for its first pastor, Rev. E. H. PRICE, with Dr. T. G. SLAUGHTER being the presiding elder. In 1910 the original building was torn down and replaced by a new frame building. This structure served the organization until 1937, when a brick building was erected, being the third church building on the same location. Rev. Martin SWILLING was the pastor then and on May 12, 1946, this edifice was dedicated by Bishop Coston J. HARRELL, the Rev. A. C. BLACKBURN being the pastor. Pastors of the church since Rev. BLACKBURN are as follows: Wallace LOVETT, Allen MONTGOMERY, Henry GARY, John Miller SHORES, W. W. WOODBURN, Maynard HARPER, Jimmy SHORT Robert SANDERSON, Charles HOWARD and Hugh BARBER. In the early 1960's the membership began to realize that the last building was inadequate and began thinking about a new church plan. In 1962, some plans were formulated to build and(sic) education building adjoining the church and do some extensive renovating to the old structure. But sentiment grew among the membership to move to a new location for better all around facilities. A building committee was appointed on January 27, 1966 and empowered to acquire property. On May 22, 1966, the membership in a church conference, voted by a substanial(sic) majority, t build a new church on a new site, which later was obtained. On September 29, 1968, the church membership officially approved the plan for a new church structure and authorized a bond sale to finance the project. The bonds were sold in September 1969, with a large group of enthusiastic workers completing the project in a short time. During the next month actual work was started on the building which was completed in October 1970. The church located on the property, which was the former homestead of Dr. R. L. HILL, held the first service on October 25, 1970. Homecoming has been celebrated on the anniversary of the opening in 1974 and 1975, with sermons being preached by Rev. Charles HOWARD and Rev. Wallace LOVETT.

The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section C, Page 4 WINFIELD'S DOCTORS - FROM DR. WHITLEY IN PAST TO PRESENT DAY The first doctor to practice here was the Dr. WHITLEY who had wanted the depot located near his home. As stated he lived two miles east of here and two mile then was "equal to ten" now in the time it took to travel it. So doctors began moving into town. A Dr. IVEY was here for a very sort time. A Dr. WHEELER and Dr. J. R. EARNEST had an office together at one time. Dr. EARNEST came here from Mississippi. He rode a mule in making calls that had one white foot. He did this for a number of years. He son, Lynwood, studied medicine and then practiced here for years. He and his father served this section until their deaths. People called the son "Dr. Lynwood" to distinguish him from his father. He was the husband of Mrs. Matie EARNEST the teacher. Dr. J. F. EARNEST's son-in-law, Dr. Vanderva HILL practiced medicine here for a few years before moving to Oklahoma. Dr. John RANDOLPH came here from Fayette and practiced several years. Dr. W. J. McCRAY came to us from Guin. There was a Dr. MORTON here for a short time. Then we've had Dr. R. L. HILL, Mr. MC. (sic) HOLLIS, Dr. R. H. BARNES, Dr. Edwin COUCH, deceased, and Dr. R. J. SMITH. In 1952, Dr. HILL, Dr. HOLLIS, and Dr. COUCH wee our doctors. In 1949 a small modern hospital was built. The people of the town built it. Those who could, put large sums of money into the building of the facility. Some individuals furnished rooms;clubs and church organization(sic) furnished rooms; a lot of men donated work and when finished we were proud of it. Now there is a newer and more modern hospital in Winfield, Rankin Fite Memorial. The formal opening was July 1964. The Clinic building was built in 1953 and opened in January of 1954. Since that time Winfield has another clinic behind the hospital facility. Dr. James GABA, Dr. Edwin COUCH, Dr. Wm. GABA, Dr. Henry M. LABICHE and Dr. Aubry L. SEWELL were the staff around 1964 or 65. Dr. Aubry L. SEWELL is the only one of these that remains with today's medical staff in Winfield. Dr. James SHAMBLIN, Dr. John OVERTON, Dr. R. K. SEGHAL, and Dr. Ajay PARGHI make up the rest of the medical staff at present.

The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section C, Page 4 FIKES' MAKE UP DENTAL TEAM FOR WINFIELD CITY Winfield has had several dentists throughout the years. The first one was Dr. CHISHOLM. After that Dr. WOODBERRY, Dr. HARKINS, Dr. Marcus HILL, Dr. Murray CURL, Dr. BUSBEE, Dr. J. L. CLINE, Dr. Frank SHIREY and Dr. MANN. Dr. MANN practiced in the dental profession for sixteen years before his sudden death in April of this year. At present Winfield has two dentists, R. E. FIKES D.D.S. and Jerry A. FIKES, D.M.D. Dr. Jerry FIKES is the son of Dr. R. E. FIKES and the two practice in the building located beside HOLLIS Pharmacy in Winfield. The son has often been referred to as "Dr. Jerry" to distinguish him from his father.

The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section C, Page 4 NEWSPAPER MAN AT BANQUET The newspapers of Marion County, forerunners of the present one, were built up to a high level by the WILSON editors. Three of the WILSON men once were editors of local papers. Jim WILSON was a prominent editor in the 19th century following in the footsteps of his father who was editor of the paper in the late 1800's. the Jim WILSON's son Steve WILSON followed the steps of his father and grandfather. Steve WILSON was an honored guest at the Hamilton alumni banquet held in Hamilton last Saturday and Saturday (sic) night. WILSON left Hamilton and went to work at a Fayette newspaper where he worked for 18 months. Later he left Fayette and went to work with The Birmingham News where he carried out various assignments for some 40 years. Mr. WILSON's wife, formerly of Dadeville, Ala., accompanied him to the Saturday night banquet. There were many of Mr. WILSON's old friends at the banquet including Judge J. E. SHOTTS, Clyde McKENZIE, Stone CRANE and Mrs. May DUNN HODGES.

The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section C, Page 4 THE JIM PEARCE FAMILY OPERATED THE FIRST WATER MILL LOCATED IN MARION COUNTY Jim PEARCE was the son of John M. W. PEARCE who settled first in Georgia, his ancestors coming from the French colonies of the Carolinas, then came on to settle at the area today known as Pearce's Mills in 1846. He was a farmer and also operated the first water mill in that section and the first in the county of Marion, and left behind him a valorous military record as a Veteran of the Mexican War and won the title of Captain through gallantry in the Confederate army in the War between the States. Captain Jim PEARCE was born in Georgia in 1843 and came to Pearce's Mills with his father at the age of three. As he grew older, he brought much activity to the place which bore his father's name, including merchandising and other industry such as grist, flour and saw mills and was an extensive farmer. He served many years as Postmaster of Pearce's Mill and owned thirty thousand acres of land in that area and Marion County at the time of his death in 1915. He was one of the earliest Masons of Marion County. He was married to Delia Elizabeth CLARK who was born in what is known today as Hamilton, in 1846, and they had three children, Clovis, who died at the age of ten, Augustus, who was a merchant of Carbon Hill until his death at the age of forty; and Marvin, who died later in Winfield, Alabama. The PEARCES are said to have owned the first slaves in this section back in the plantation days and up to the time that slaves were freed. Marvin PEARCE was born at Pearce's Mills in 1879, had his early schooling in Marion County and attended both the University of Alabama and Alabama Polytechnic Institute, starring in football in both schools, his team winning the hotly contested S.I.A.A. in 1897 in football. After his college, he was associated with his father in the many businesses until his father's death in 1915. Marvin was married to Minnie LILLICH, daughter of Lewis and Fannie GIBSON ROBINSON LILLICH of Carbon Hill, and they lived for a time at the PEARCE farms in the hamlet of Texas, between Winfield and Carbon Hill, and later moved to Winfield. Mr. PEARCE was vice-president of the Marion County Banking Company, continued farming interests, and established a umber of businesses in Winfield, including the ice company and the famed P. P. Chevrolet Company. He served on the Winfield City Council, and was a member of the State Highway Commission of Alabama for three years. He was also active in civic clubs of Winfield. Mr. Marvin had the first car in the county of Marion, a Cadillac in 1910, and citizens all over Marion County have unanimously agreed his was the first. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin PEARCE had two sons, Jim and Clark who also won great fame in the athletic fields, having been stars in their college years at Alabama and A. P. I. Mrs. Marvin PEARCE continued to live in Winfield, since her husband's death and continued his business interests with the help of her sons who made frequent visits from their homes in Birmingham and Mississippi. Mrs. PEARCE had been active in many clubs also and continued active in the Booklovers Club, however she modestly said that "We were not among the early pioneers of Winfield as we came here much later, but the PEARCES are pioneers of Marion County."

The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section C, Page 4 BOSTON DATES BACK Mr. and Mrs. Lee BEAUCHAMP were among the members of the earliest Primitive Baptist Church at Popular Springs. Singing Schools were also important events of the summer seasons in these earlier years. the LAMBERTS, Mr. Felix HOLT, and others were among the Singing School Teachers, and Mrs. Jim GIBBS remembers going to Professor SHOWWALTER, Author of the Rudiment still used by Singing Schools in this section, when he taught a singing school in the Bethel Community when she was a young girl. Farming constituted the occupation and means of finances for most of the pioneer citizens, and Mrs. John MOORE remembers that her family grew all their meat and other foods except flour, sugar, and coffee, when she was a child. They bought these items from the store of Bill and Johnnie BACCUS at Rock City.