The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section C, Page 3 WINFIELD CHAMBER ORGANIZED IN 1949 The Winfield Camber of Commerce had its beginning in The Winfield Journal Office, with former Editor Oscar RODEN and George THORNTON of The Pastime Theatre discussing the importance and advantages of Winfield's having a Chamber of Commerce, and continued over many cups of coffee in the cafes of winfield(sic) and on the streets as initial plans were made for the organization meeting held in January 1949. George THORNTON was made temporary chairman of the organization and Oscar RODEN, executive secretary, and the organizing committee was composed of Ivan HILL, M. L. LUCADS, M. C. HOLLIS, Jr., L. C. JOINER, Dr. R. L. HILL, and T. A. CARNES. Dr. R. L. HILL introduced the speakers at the organization meeting when twenty-eight business men and individuals became charter members of the Chamber. Fulmer HILL was elected the first president of the Winfield Chamber of Commerce; L. C. JOINER, vice president; Oscar RODEN, secretary; and Bob MOORE, Jr., treasurer. On the initial Board of Directors were: Ed HOLLIS, L. C. JOINER, Ivan HILL, Fulmer HILL, Wally BARTHOLOMEW, J. M. HIGHTOWER, Sr., Charles WHEELER, Bill ROBERTS, albert ERWIN, M. V. WHITE, Sr., M. L. LUCAS, T. A. CARNES, R. M. WILBANKS, Dr. M. C. HOLLIS and Bob MOORE, Jr. Many of the leading businessmen have served in the Chamber of Commerce official cabinet since that day in January 1949, and many worthwhile plans have led to great progress for Winfield and surrounding areas. The Chamber works in cooperation with the city council and the civic and social clubs to make Winfield more beautiful, a more desirable city, a more prosperous city by encouraging industry, cooperating to establish Winfield's modern hospital and other important projects.

The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section C, Page 3 OLDEST CHURCH OF MARION Hepsiba is said to be the oldest church in the county. The Rev. Bob DUNCAN preached a sermon there on its 105 anniversary in 1908. The church was torn down several years ago and the members moved to other churches. This church belonged to the Liberty Association of the Oiginal(sic) Order of Baptist. The two other churches in this county belonging to this association were: Lovejoy and Mount Joy. Other churches of this association in Mississippi were: Marietta, New Ramah, and Ebinezar. Those in Franklin County were Zions Rest and Bates Hill. The following are some of those who preached and served as pastors at Hepsiba: Henry CLARK, Bud STILL, James SUMNER, Wesley STIDHAM, John CARTER, Eli FREDERICK, Oscar HESTER, George STIDHAM, John GREEN, and R. C. DUNCAN. SHOTTSVILLE METHODIST CHURCH The first Shottsville church was made fro hewn logs. The roof was of cypress boards and wooden pegs were used for nails. It was located about two miles north of the present location and was called New Bethel. It was about twenty-four feet by twenty-four feet with a door on each side. Church services and school were held in the same building. The building was erected sometime around 1840. In 1836 the REEDS and STONES moved here from South Carolina. John STONE may have been the first member. Early residents were the EMERSONS, ROBINSONS, and SHOTTS. they came from Lawrence County and settled along Bull Mountain. The preacher was a circuit rider who preached at different churches every day. John ARNOLD was a local preacher who marked everyone off the church roll who had folks who went north after the Civil War. John COWDEN was the preacher around 1892 and stayed in Hamilton. Samuel REED was an early Class Leader. The Shottsville Cemetery was started in 1840 with the grave of John Stone's little daughter. His wife was buried there (sic) the church was moved to its present location beside the cemetery. It was a frame house. The people came to church in covered wagons drawn by steers. Some came from a long way for the Saturday night service and would spend the night in their wagons to be there for the Sunday service. Later many traveled by horseback. The ladies had side saddles and riding skirts. There were places at the church to tie the horses and blocks from which to mount. In 1908, a singled, two-story house was built. It also served as a school and an Odd Fellows Lodge. It was destroyed by fire and in 1936 the church was built by Rev. HANCOCK that served until the present building was erected.

The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section C, Page 6 THE TOWN OF HACKLEBURG WAS SETTLED BACK IN EARLY 1800 Hackleburg is an agricultural village settled in the early 1800's. the town was named by the sheep-drovers of Tennessee because of the think growth of thorny plants called hack burrs which were destructive to the fleece and fatal to the sheep as the sheep were driven through Hackleburg to the market at Tuscumbia. Hackleburg is situated at a point that was once the intersection of the Russellville Pipe and the Allen's Factory and Iuka stage coach road. Northwest of Hackleburg are traces of the old Jackson Military Road which branched from the Natchez Trace at columbia Tennessee, and crossed the Tennessee River at Muscle Shoals. Along the Jackson Military Road was strung one of the first telegraph lines in the South in 1848. U.S. 43 Highway then crossed rugged, rocky country scarcely covered with vegetation and mass. Southward were forested hills and broad lowland fields. Some of the first settlers were the FREDERICKS, COCHRANS, BOYDS, ROWES, and OSBORNS. The first post office near Hackleburg was called Chalk Bluff. It was about four miles south of town and was moved to what is known as old Hackleburg in 1885. W. W. FREDERICK was the first postmaster. W. W. OSBORN started the first store in 1884 at old Hackleburg. He also had a cotton gin, saw mill, and grist mill. the first church was the Congregational Methodist housed in a little log building about one mile south of town. some of the early members were John COLEMAN, B. P. CANTRELL, and W. W. FREDERICK. Later, from this church was organized the Methodist Church South. the building for the church was erected at town in 1889 and because of some large cedar trees the church was called Cedar Tree Methodist Church. The Baptist Church was organized July 5, 1908. Some of the charter members were: J. M. CONDEN and family, J. L. VANDIVER and family, and W. J. BRYAN and family. The Church of Christ was organized about 1912 and the Church of god about 1920. The first school was held in the little log house of the Congregational Methodist Church. When the Methodist Church was built at Cedar Tree, the school was moved there. School was held there until the school was erected on the Boyd place near the present site of the high school and elementary school in 1913. This building burned in 1921 and classes were taught in the churches until the building was erected across from J. S. WALKER residence in 1923, starting the first Hackleburg High School and Elementary School moved to the present site. The Illinois Central Railroad was under construction through Hackleburg in 1906 and the first trains 4an in 1908. During the construction of the railroad, an epidemic of small pox swept through the construction camps killing many of the men who were [then] buried in the fields aside the track. The Hackleburg depot was built in 1910 and the first depot agents were: Jess DOTY, Frank OSBORN and W. E. DOTY. The Doodle Bug, a one-coach train, became a popular transportation vehicle for the young and old. People rode the Doodle Bug to attend Fa So La singings on Sundays, to go to the doctor and dentist, shopping and to school. W. B. MIXON built the first store at the present site of Hackleburg in 1906. The post office was also moved to its present location and W. W. FREDERICK was still the postmaster. In the 1940's the Hackleburg Clinic was constructed. the earliest doctors were: Dr. BROOKS, Dr. J. B. GOGGANS, Dr. W. B. MIXON, and Dr. J. L. WILSON. Others were Dr. WISER, Dr. SHERMAN, Dr. MATTHEWS, Dr. Earnest WEST, Dr. PYLE, and Dr. Robert HOLCOMB. Hackleburg's water was supplied from the Big Cedar Tree Spring and Young had the first water wheel works on the former MIXON farm. In the late 1930's and early 40's, a convict camp was located a mile west of Hackleburg. These men helped to build the U. S. 43 Highway. On April 12, 1943, a tornado severely damaged the town of Hackleburg killing four persons, Mr. and Mrs. Bud POWELL and Mr. and Mrs. Walter MANN. Sonny JAMES of Hackleburg has become a famous and very popular country singer and musician. Among other settlers for Hackleburg were the GOWDERS, GREENS, HUDSONS, SPRAGINS, YEILDINGS, FINCHERS, HOLCOMBS, WIGINTONS, CANTRELLS, FORDS, ISOMS, MIXONS, WILSONS, PARAINS, LUNSFORDS, MILLERS, EVANS RAYS, ROBINSONS, BAKERS, GUNNINS, HOLLANDS, TAYLORS, BARNWELLS, BURELSONS, SPRATLINS, STELLS, KENNEDYS, JACKSONS, GOGGINS, INGLES, COLES, FOWLERS, MANNS, BREWERS, QUINNS, WALKERS, QUILLINS, CLARKS, CLAYS, WOODS, and CLEMENTS. The Kaolin plant was established about 1940 by the THOMAS brothers and today the plant is still known as the THOMAS Kaolin plant. there are 13 employees. The shirt factory was established in 1957 with bout 40 employees. Mid-South changed its name to Blue Bell in 1967 and there is some 450 employees today.

This is good early history,thank you for doing this. I can add a little info to this article after researching the Haley family mentioned here.Allen Haley,born 1802,Tn. was first married to Matilda Witherspoon,born 1804 Va.They had children; who married the following: Green Haley,mar.? Dickens,2nd Juliet Wright. Betty Haley,mar.Dave Reed,Everline Haley,mar.Wash Webster,Julia Ann Haley,married Frank Stewart,Polly Haley,married Sam Wright,June Haley married ? Dickens,Vardamen Haley,married Judy Rhea (Ray). The Allen Haley mar.a 2nd time to Lavina Hughs she was a widow,they had no children.She is buried at Pikeville. Green Haley,a son of Allen Haley,born 1820,died 1882,buried in the old Haley family cemetery near Haleyville Al.married first to ?Dickens,they had three children:Martha Haley,mar.Joe Underwood,Will Haley,mar.Lizzie Ring,James Vardamen Haley,mar.Clementine Howell,dau of Burell Howell,James and Clementine moved to Basque Co Texas,no children. Then Green Haley married a 2nd time to Juliet Wright,they had the following children: Matt Haley,mar.Angelina Crow Emerline Haley,mar.Monroe Howell Joseph C Haley,mar.Madora S McCaleb Walker Wallace Haley,mar.Martilia Taylor Susie Haley,married King Dave Tidwell. Charles Little Haley,mar.Martha Phillips,dau,of John R Phillips a famous man of the Winston co civil war era and is mentioned many times in Tories of the hills,and his own book the story of my life. Betty Haley,married Simieon Tidwell. note; for Juliet Wright Haley,2nd wife of Green Haley,it is said Juliet fell over dead at age 39,from heart problems. These Haleys are responsible for the naming of Haleyville Alabama,there is a huge picture of the Haley Home inside the Dixie Diner in Haleyville. Green Haley was mentioned also in the Tories of the Hills,he was a Church of Christ minister at the White House community church. At the Haleyville Library there is a reprint of the 1889 edition Haleyville news and it tells the story how the town was named in exchange for a suit of cloths,also has pictures of the Haleys and their familys. Hope this helps someone. Betsy

The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section C, Page 5 MANY WINFIELD PEOPLE SERVED IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMIES COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN JOHN BANKHEAD OF SULLIGENT, ALABAMA The area around Winfield furnished quite a number of troops to the Confederate Army. Captain John BANKHEAD, who lived then near Sulligent, commanded the troops from this section. They performed heroic service as soldiers in the Confederate Army, not only in those two great battles of Shiloh and Chattanooga, but other engagements of the War Between The States. Several families from this section of the state sent representatives to the great Shiloh battlefield north of Corinth, Missippi(sic), and one hundred and fifty miles to our northwest, seeking their dead and wounded in the second bloodiest battle fought on American soil. A roving band of Tories near the end of the War thought Dr. James Moody WHITLEY, who lived on the place today owned by Jim CLARK in East Winfield, had a good deal of money about the place. Several times they strung him up to the limb of a large tree in the yard, trying to get information from him as to the whereabouts of his money, but to no avail as the doctor refused to reveal the hiding place, and they finally left, allowing him to live after this violent threat of death. Water holes, springs and wells have played a great part in the early history of surrounding settlements and Winfield. Such was the case of the spring in Winfield. Such was the case of the spring in Winfield. In Civil War days, there was a road along approximately what is today Tenth Street in downtown Winfield. On a slope near this road, there was a spring (This spring was and is under the former building housing the Citizens Bank and can be verified by Bank officials who can tell quite a story of the trouble they have had piping the water from the basement, running the water into the city sewage system). Mustering the Confederate Soldiers out from service at the end of the Civil War was a sad yet important occasion for the Confederacy. Each section or community had its own ceremony. The boys from this vicinity were mustered out by their Commanding Officer, Capt. John BANKHEAD, on the spot by this spring which now runs under the bank. For these soldiers and heroes, this famous spring held memories to their dying days, memories of leaving their troop and returning to civilian life in land made desolate by war and the leaving of dead comrades on distant battlefields. After the store building was built over the old spring late in the last century, the pride of the town, from a watering standpoint, was a well with a pump, located in the center of the street. If you walk across the street today, you will notice the mark of a manhole. This manhole is directly over the location of the old well which furnished many people with water during the 1890-1920 era, quite a contrast to the modern filter plant which supplies the water needs of the city today. This old well figured in a great celebration upon one momentous occasion. On Armistice night, November 11, 1918, a huge throng gathered in town after sundown to celebrate the end of World War I. The people out on the farms came into town in wagons, buggies, horseback, and very few in Ford "flivvers" to join with the townspeople to sing patriotic songs and hear speeches. By the old well, Kaiser Bill was hung in effigy as Winfield people jubilantly celebrated the War to end all wars. However, we who attended this celebration have since, several times, witnessed many broken hearts watch their sons get on trains at the Winfield Depot, to go off and fight against Hitler and later to fight the Chinese and North Koreans, yet we still hope that this same peace that we celebrated for in 1918 can still reign supreme and that we will not have to witness our boys going away to fight in an atomic war. In 1900, Glen Allen was as large a town as Winfield and probably did more business. In 1823, when Pikeville (then the county seat of Marion County) was incorporated, it was a larger town than Chicago, Illinois. At one time, about three hundred people lived at Pikesville, making it the largest town in Marion County at that time. Two hotels were built and later burned on the site of Erwin Brothers store. A disastrous fire in 1922, wiped out practically the entire business section of Winfield on the west side of Tenth Street. Tenth Street was once a dead end street about the location of Dr. Aubrey SEWELL's. Many an exciting baseball game was played when home plate was near the building that recently housed PATE Chevrolet and left field was along about City Lumber Company. Later the field was moved to the location of the Holly ROBERTS residence, then to the school area. Pitching dollars out underneath the shade trees used to be big sport of the Winfield Merchants, between customers. The first automobiles of the town used to mire down in the mud of Main Street. A run-away team of horses furnished many an exciting moment for the Saturday crowds that came to town. Before being channeled in the twenties, the overflow of the Luxapallila from the big rains, would cross the street at the residence of Mrs. Mary SMITH. Within an eighteen mile radius of this section, there is a Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit, Moscow, Kansas, Bethlehem, Mt. Vernon, White House, and a Texas.

Hi, Thank you Monya for all of your work and time in sharing this very interesting newspaper with all of us. M. A. Springfield, Mayor 1893 is of interest to me. Wondering if someone can add information about him and his family. Was he a son of Robert Springfield? Thanks so much in advance. Karen Smith

EARLY BUSINESSES OF GUIN According to W. A. COLLINS, Mr steve CAUDLE had a water-powered sawmill in the Guin vicinity before the Railroad was built. Ed KNIGHT and Henry GUIN in 1894, also slasher-type mills located south of Guin of Purgatory Creek, near the spot now owned by the Hightower Box and Tank Company. There were two tan yards in the early years, one near the present Dennis Lumber Company, and one near the present location of GANN's TV and Radio Repair Shop. A negro, Old man Joe ENNIS had a shoe shop and served as a cobbler. Bill WRIGHT had the first Blacksmith shop in 1890, and O. C. LING also had a shop in those early years, as did Jim HARRIS. Clark WHITE, already listed, was believed to have had the first store after the railroad, but Dock WRIGHT stated that J. J. POPE also had one of the early stores. R. R. WRIGHT who came to Guin in 1905, said that the business houses there at that time, included: FRAZIER Hotel, PEARCE Hotel, R. F. BRADLEY, L. D. LITTLETON, Jim PEARCE and Company, S. J. BAIRD and company, N. W. HULSEY and Company, L. PEARCE, D. D. WRIGHT and Bros., Jim SPRINGFIELD, who owned and operated a Livery Stable, and FRAZIER and SHELTON Company. GUIN HAD FIRST BANK 1905 Guin had the first Bank in Marion County, first known as Bank of Guin, (organized by a Mr. BROWN of Ohio according to the GUINS) in 1905. R. R. WRIGHT opened the bank as Chasier(sic) and served by himself in the bank for ten years. The first directors of the bank, later known as the Marion County Banking Company, were Jim PEARCE, President; L. D. LITTLETON, vice-president; Judge Mack PEARCE and John ALLMAN, directors. It was also the first brick and stone structure in Guin, and is now housed by a handsome modern brick building erected only a few years ago. The Marion County Banking ompany(sic) now has a bank in both Guin and Hamilton. State Representative Rankin FITE currently serves as president of the banking company and J. L. HOLLOWAY is Cashier for the Guin Branch of the company. Also among the first brick buildings of Guin, were J. PEARCE and Company and the L. D. LITTLETON Company, both general merchantile(sic) businesses, and both were built the year that the bank building as erected. W. A. COLLINS believes that the PEARCE building was first erected. FIRST AUTO AGENCY R. R. WRIGHT opened the Ford Agency and Garage in 1913, and ran it and bank until his leaving the bank in 1915, the business known as Wright Motor Company, which he closed in 1933, going into his present business then. He remembers selling his Model T. in 1913 to Ivy THOMPSON, mail carrier of the Star Route from guin to Hamilton. Mr. WRIGHT also purchased one for himself at that time, but the title of the owner of the first car in Guin, accordiing(sic) to Mr. Wright, goes to a fellow named Gus HALLMARK, who had bought one in Birmingham, just one month before Mr. WRIGHT opened his business in Guin. OTHER FIRSTS IN GUIN Joel Woods GUIN was the first graduate of the Marion County High School in Guin, in 1912, the only one to graduate that first year. He died in California, where he had been a resident according to Paul GUIN, W. A. COLLINS and R. R. WRIGHT. Will STOKES was president (now called Captain) of the first football team, according to R. R. WRIGHT. Mrs. Forbus COLLINS, mother of W. A. COLLINS was the first person to be buried in the Gin Cemetery (land donated by Dr. Jerry GUIN). Mr.s COLLINS died in 1889 Mr. Bill WRIGHT, then Mayor, said he thought the town of Guin should start a cemetery and Dr. GUIN agreed to give the land, and it happened that Mrs. Forbus COLLINS was the first citizens(sic) to expire after the land was donated. Paul GUIN, who accompanied Will FORD of Hamilton on his tour of the county in the years that Mr. FORD was compiling his Marion County History, stated that in the early years, cotton didn't sell for over a nicle(sic) per pound. Guin's first water supply was a central town well, however in the years before the water system was installed in the 1930's a number of people had wells and pumps of their own. W. A. COLLINS said that he believed he was the first to install a Delco system in Guin, before the days of electricity and the present electrical power serving Guin. He installed his system i the 1920s and the plant served his home and furnished power for the Methodist Church.

EARLIEST TRAINS According to several of the early settlers, there were two passenger trains through guin, each day, and two local freights as well as some through-freights during the early years of the railroad. According to Mr. W. A. COLLINS, Will McDOUGALL was the first Railroad Agent in Guin. John WESTBROOKS, father of Mrs. Oscar GREEN of Boston, was the first Section Foreman. A complete list of the Railroad agents were not available but Glen McWHIRTER was known to have been the Agent in 1894, and Pete INGLE served for a time as did a Mr. RUSSENBACK and J. W. KELLEY was agent in 1905. KIRK, FIRST POSTMASTER Tom KIRK was the first Postmaster of Guin, according to W. A. COLLINS. He served in 1891, when he got killed during that year. It is not known exactly whether or not Merdith(sic) AKERS followed KIRK but he was remembered as serving in the year of 1894. James TIDWELL followed AKERS and White ANTHONY followed TIDWELL. Next in line were L. B. McWHIRTER and John W. HOLLOWAY. The present postmaster is Max BURLESON, and there may have been others who served during those years but only the above mentioned were listed by the people who aided in the early facts of Guin. White ANTHONY was also the first agent for Standard Oil in Guin, followed by Jim POLLARD. W. A. COLLINS was next agent and remembers driving a team of mules to carry the oil to the different places, even as far as Boston. In 1917, COLLINS bought the chassis of a Model T and put an oil tank on it, then in the fall of that year he purchased the first truck in Guin, A Republic truck, to carry his oil. This truck had solid rubber tires. WRIGHT TO WRIGHT, MAYOR STORY OF GUIN HISTORY According to W. A. COLLINS, the Mayorship of Guin, began with a Bill WRIGHT, the father of MRS. J. J. POPE, when the town was incorporated in 1888, and at the present time another WRIGHT, Mayor Rex WRIGHT, serves the town of Guin. Mr. COLLINS remembered J. A. SHAW as following Bill WRIGHT as the second Mayor and M. A. SPRINGFIELD held the position when the COLLINS left Guin, in 1893. During the years from 1893-1912, when the COLLINS returned, Mr. COLLINS did not know who served. The Journal Staff requested an official list which was not received, thus making the list a bit unofficial. Mat WESLEY is said to have served from 1925-1928 as Major of Guin. He was also a noted teacher in the early years having taught at any number of places including the Brilliant Schools. Mr. COLLINS, who was elected Mayor in 1932, said that Lloyd CAUDLE preceded him and White ANTHONY had served before Mr. CAUDLE. After Mr. COLLINS (W. A.) served as Mayor for twelve years, J. C. MATTOX followed, then Max BURLESON. Rex WRIGHT, in the beautiful new City Hall built during his administration. The modern City Hall also housed the Guin Water Works Office (headed by Ad ESTILL) and a modern City Jail. It had a large Council Room. GUIN HAD TOWN WELL Guin, also, had a town well in the middle of its first street, that furnished the early citizens with water until the City Water System was installed in the 1930's during the administration of W. A. COLLINS.

The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section B, Page 8 B. HARRIS OBTAINED FIRST LAND GRANT FOR GUIN IN 1820, STARTING A GROWING CITY Whether there were any settlers in the area of Guin, earlier than 1820, is not definitely known, but according to the abstract title of the property owned by Mr. and Mrs. W. A. COLLINS, who aided greatly in obtaining history of Guin, B. HARRIS obtained the first land grant from the United States Government, February 2, 1820. Evidently HARRIS kept the land until selling to Allen HALEY, who ran a Stage Coach line sometime in Guin, before 1870, as HALEY and his wife Lavina, sold the land to John T. MEADOR in 1870, according to the Abstract. Then in 1873, MEADOR sold the land to Dr. Jerry GUIN, who gave a great part of the land for the town of Guin, the right of way for the railroad, and the land for the Guin Cemetery. Dr. GUIN was the person for whom the town was named. After the land was donated, by Dr. GUIN, for the M & B R.R. in 1886, and the railroad was built, the land began to be purchased by many other early settlers including the BURLESONS, HULSEYS, BAIRDS, LITTLETONS, WEEKS, INGLES, LOGANS, CASHIONS and COLLINS and others also, but only the above names were listed in this particular abstract. According to Flint FRAZIER, his ancestors, the parents of Mr. M. FRAZIER moved from North Carolina to Columbus, in 1843, in a wagon, when Mr. Flint FRAZIER'S father was a mere infant. They moved, them, from Columbus to old Pikeville in 1859. M. M. FRAZIER was fourteen then, and when he was older he fought in the Civil War under Stonewalll(sic) JACKSON when the Yankees captured Gettysburg. He was put in the Yankee Prison for two years. Returning to Pikeville in 1868-9, he went into business with his Uncle J. T. MEADOR, then moved to Hamilton, where he served as County Sheriff and Tax Collector, then the same office but changed after his term of office. He was Sheriff at the time of the notorious outlaw, Rube BURROW, who was killed in Linden in 1890 for Robbery by the Burrow Gang. Mr. FRAZIER said that Rube BURROW, who was buried in Lamar County, had three different tombs that had been erected. Mr. FRAZIER said that his father did not come to Guin to live until 1894. Unable to get any history on B. HARRIS and his years in Guin, after his land grant in 1820, Mr. FRAZIER said that he sold to Allen HALEY who operated possibly a stage coachline and "HALEY's Stand," and that people traveling through the section near Guin, stopped over there for the night. HALEY had space for housing horses, cows, swine and other animals being transported by the people who stopped at his "stand". he also said that HALEY sold to his uncle J. T. MEADOR and that MEADOR sold to Dr. Jerry GUIN.(sic) who moved to Guin, January 26, 1873. MEADOR, a stepson of Judge TERRELL of Pikeville, had built a store in the area where Guin now stands, near the present residence of John HOLLOWAY, and Dr. GUIN operated the store along with his medical practice after buying MEADOR'(sic) interests in '73. In July of 1887, the day that the K.C.M. & B. Railroad was linked with the other branch, proved to be quite a memorable day at(sic) Pvt. John ALLEN of Tupelo made a big speech at the special ceremony linking the railroad which is now known as the Frisco, and a gold spike was driven as the last spike, near the tool house in Guin. Dr. GUIN had already had the agreement with the railroad that if he gave the right of way, a flagstop would be put in Guin. It was the [in] 1888 that the settlers began to move into Guin, after the town was officially started. W. A. COLLINS said that after Dr. GUIN'S coming, his father J. F. COLLINS and Jim KIRK wee the next two settlers, but he wasn't sure which came first. The COLLINS family lived where Claud GANN is living at the present time, his father having purchased forty acres of land, giving ten to the town space and keeping the remaining thirty. He said that Henry CLARK was Representative when guin was incorporated in 1888. FIRST STORE AFTER RAILROAD Mr. COLLINS thinks that Clark WHITE had the first store after the railroad was built and that the first business was located where the old Cotton Building stood. Mr. COLLIN's uncle Dr. J. W. COLLINS, also an early doctor, built the first hotel in Guin, Known as the Wall Hotel and operated by A. A. WALL. The FRAZIERS bought the hotel and continued to operated(sic) the hotel for many years. FIRST NEWSPAPER IN 1889 Jim CLEMENTS opened and operated the fist newspaper in Guin, know as The Guin Eagle, from 1889, where Mrs. HOLLOWAY'S residence stands today. As far as it [is] known, Guin had only one other newspaper, the one known as the Guin News printed at the Marion County News Office in Hamilton, for a short period by Frank McKENZIE, aided by the Rev. R. E. PATE. Guin has been and is still being covered by the Journal-Record the newspaper of Marion County. SALOONS IN 1887 Three SIDES brothers, Chris, Dock and Lee SIDES of Mississippi, had one of the first saloons in Guin, in 1887, near the turn of the century, when saloons were quite legal in this section, and they continued to [be] operated until in the 1890's when they were ruled illegal because of a famous shooting scrape near the saloon. However, reports were that during the days of the open saloons that Dee JONES, the first known police of Guin, came from Birmingham to "keep law and order" but that things became so quiet that he quit his post and returned to Birmingham, quite a contrast to the shooting scrape that ended the open saloons legality.

The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section B, Page 7 PEARCE'S BEGIN BUSINESS IN GUIN Agnes MONTS and Largus PEARCE were married, March 20, 1888, in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac MONTS in Lee County, Mississippi, and came to Guin, from Tupelo, Mississippi, on the Frisco Railroad. They went from Guin to Pearce's Mills where Mr. PEARCE had a job with his uncle, Jim PEARCE. Remaining at Pearce's Mills until the following October, Jim and L. PEARCE decided to go into the mercantile business in Guin, and L. PEARCE came a few days ahead of his wife to open the business, expecting her to join him shortly. After failing to get a ride by buggy, Mrs. PEARCE had to ride the sixteen-mile distance by horse back on a horse named Pine Springs. She followed two wagons filled with bales of cotton and drawn by six-horse teams that had to stop quite often for rest and water, make the trip take most of the day for travel. The drivers of the teams were Rosco REEL and Dan LINLEY. She recalled the few places of business in Guin as PEARCE and Company, located on the corner north of the Depot; CLARK and WHITE, BROCK, JONES and one saloon. There was a rooming house operated by Mrs. KIRK, where they had living quarters until they built a two-room house, and they had meals at a boarding house operated by a Mr. HARRISON. Some of the families included Dr. Jerry GUIN, J. D. WESTBROOKS, section foreman; Dr. Emmett MORTON, Forbus COLLINS, Dr. Will COLLINS, and Bill WRIGHT. There were no schools or churches at the time, Mrs. PEARCE said, but the PEARCES and the HUGHES, who lived nearby, began the organization of the Methodist Church in 1890, with fourteen members. Mrs. L. PEARCE was the last living charter member of the fourteen. Mrs. PEARCE and her late husband were the parents of nine children.

The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section B, Page 7 MARION COUNTY COURT HOUSE BURNS On a Wednesday night in late March, 1887 at about 1:30 a.m. the Courthouse in Hamilton was discovered on fire. Before any possible effort could be made to save anything in the courthouse, it was a solid mass of flames, and it took hard fighting to keep the fire from spreading to the adjacent building. All records dating back to the time when the county was established were lost in this fire. The courthouse, a wooden structure, cost the county a remarkable low amount, only about four thousand dollars. The County Library, said to have been one of the best and most complete in the State at the time was worth about fifteen hundred dollars on account of several of the books were almost out of print and valuable on account of their scarcity. The indictment record, and all the books, papers, etc. belonging to the offices of the Circuit Clerk, Sheriff, Tax Collector and Assessor and all the bonds and notes taken by Mr. LODEN as County Administrator were destroyed. In fact no books or records belonging to any of the offices were saved except those of the County Superintendent and the County Treasurer. Nothing was known as to how the fire started and nothing but theories and conjectures were advanced.

The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section B, Page 7 COURT ADJOURNS AT PIKEVILLE According to the memory of William Randolph WHITE, the youngest member of the Jury and Postmaster at Toll Gate, Alabama (now Hamilton), the following is a list of officials including the Judge, Sheriff, Lawyers and Jury, present at the last court held at Pikeville, Alabama the last week in October 1882. Circuit Judge - H. C. SPEAK of Huntsville, Alabama, Sheriff - Bob HUGHES, Pikeville, Alabama, Jury - I. B. ARNOLD, Bexar, Alabama, William CARNES, Toll Gate, Mack HALL, Buttachatchee, Meade CANTRELL, Pikeville, John r. PHILLIPS, Bear Creek, William Parker SHOTTS, Bexar, John McCarty SHOTTS, Shottsville, John SPEARMAN, Bexar, Unknown first name, TIDWELL, Bear Creek and William R. WHITE, Toll Gate. The lawyers were: Thomas B. NeSMITH of Lamar County, M. A. SMITH, Fayette County, Francis JUSTICE, Marion County, and J. D. McCLUSKEY, Lamar County. Mr. WHITE also remembered that on the first day of court William KING was shot by Ira STANFORD on a store front across the road from the courthouse and died. The Judge recessed the court for an inquest in the case. They were supposed to have been friends before the altercation.

I understand that there are three issues of this bicentennial paper. I have only one, and my issue does not have the same article as the one to which Janie refers. There is no picture of Jeremiah Guin in this issue. I hope others will do as Janie does and share corrections and additional material with the list. That way, erroneous information won't be perpetuated and perhaps some family connections can be made. Best regards, Monya >I have a newspaper copy of this story that carried a picture of >Jeremiah Guin. The placement of the article on the page was broken >up into several columns. All I can figure is that there was a >paragraph accidentally omitted from the text.

Hello, People have been very generous in their remarks about the history articles I'm transcribing from the 1976 Journal-Record newspaper. I greatly appreciate the kind comments and enjoy hearing about the connections you've found. However, since I'm also getting some fairly commonly asked questions, I think it best I give a more complete explanation of what I'm doing. A relative recently gave me this newspaper, knowing I'd be fascinated by the wonderful history it contains. When she gave it to me, I stayed up reading until the wee hours of the morning because I couldn't bear to put it down and go to sleep before I had a good idea of everything it contained. Fortunately, I've been blessed by a family that saves its history and, admittedly, my attic bears testimony to the fact that saver/collector DNA has continued through my generation. :) This newspaper has a low rag content and soon will fall apart. Hence my decision that I didn't want to loose these articles and would transcribe them for myself and other members of my family. I decided to expand that and share them with those of you who are members of these lists. So, once again I need to make clear that I am not the originator of these articles. All credit is due to the Journal-Record newspaper. I don't want anyone to think I'm researching and creating these articles, when 24 years ago they were the hard work of other writers. I'm just transcribing the information for genealogical purposes and take no credit for the content or writing. I'm trying to transcribe them (capitalization and punctuation included) EXACTLY as written. I do make typos but, hopefully, my spell-checker catches the majority of them. I've discovered a few cases where spell-checking has corrected some things I didn't want corrected. For those of you who already have asked and those who may inquire about republishing these articles in genealogy quarterlies, you need to know that I'm not the person to ask for permission. Please contact the newspaper directly. As I've said, all credit goes to them and I'm just transcribing the information for genealogical purposes. Another question has been about pictures the newspaper may contain. Yes, it has some wonderful old pictures, but they don't always relate to the published stories. Obviously people shared whatever old pictures they had for the Bicentennial Edition of this newspaper. I will make an index of them all and transcribe the cutlines so that anyone who would like copies of the pictures will be able to get them from the microfilmed copies of the newspaper which can be found at the Alabama Archives and other repositories. If you have missed some of the articles, they are available through the Rootsweb Archives for the Marion and Fayette Co. AL lists. Also, J. W. Johnson, who maintains the Marion Co. AL GenWeb page, will be posting them there so that future researchers will have access to them. Lastly, most of the people mentioned in these articles are not connected to my family line and, unfortunately, I have no further information about them. At the end of this message you will find the families to which I'm directly connected. I'm happy to try to help people with their research, but unless they ask for family information I've collected I'm frequently unable to be of assistance. I try, but.... For those of you who are hoping to find a family connection in one of these articles, take heart. I've a long way to go in transcribing all of the articles. As time allows, I'll keep plugging away until I'm finished. Hopefully, when I'm done there will be a little something for everyone. Lastly, some of you have shared wonderful tidbits of information after reading these articles. Please consider posting that information to the Fayette and Marion county lists. People will enjoy reading it, and you never know when you'll make another connection to your family! Best regards, Monya Fayette Co. AL list manager MUSGROVE surname list manager THOMPSON surname list manager ASTON surname list manager Researching: ANDERSON, ASTON, BISHOP, DODSON, FYLLINGSNES, GRANT, HARRIS, HOWELL, LESLIE, McDONALD, MILLIGAN, MORTON, MUSGROVE, OWEN, SMOOT, SOUTH, THOMPSON, and WEBSTER.

The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section B, Page 10 TOWN OF GUIN IS NAMED FOR EARLY DOCTOR GUIN Dr. Jerry GUIN came to Guin, before the town was begun in 1873, purchasing his land from John T. MEADOR. He was the first doctor in that area before the town and the Railroad days, and donated much of the land for the town of Guin, and for the Railroad right-of-way, and the town of Guin was named for him. He also donated the land for the Guin Cemetery in the 1880's. Dr. Jerry Guin, the man for whom the town of Guin was named, was the first doctor in the area around Guin, before the town was established. He owned a great part of the land on which the town was built and also deeded the right-of-way to the Railroad in 1883, and 1886. He had previously purchased the land from John T. MEADOR in 1873, the year he came to Guin. He also donated land for the Guin Cemetery. He figured into much of the town early history but since most of his relatives are gone from Guin, we were able to get only a small amount of information from his wife, the former Blanche COLLINS. Dr. Jerry GUIN and his wife, Elizabeth, had twelve children, nine sons and three daughters. Sarah was married to an ADAMS and lived in Nettleton,Mississippi, until her death in 1900. John lived near Guin, and he also died in early 1900. Jeremiah lived in Fayette County until his death in 1940. Henry remained in Guin until his death in 1920, as did Elias, whose death came in 1937. Ira followed his father as a doctor, but died in 1945 period. Dock and Newton both lived in Guin, until their deaths early in 1900, as did Lee who died in 1954. Jack left the country in the 1890's and was never heard from. Emma married a FLIPPO and lived in Steens, Mississippi until her recent death. Ella was married to Dan REEVES and lived in Sulligent until her death in 1954.

I have a newspaper copy of this story that carried a picture of Jeremiah Guin. The placement of the article on the page was broken up into several columns. All I can figure is that there was a paragraph accidentally omitted from the text. It said in one paragraph that the wife of Jeremiah was Blanche Collins and in the next she was Elizabeth. I believe the missing paragraph was saying the reporter talked to the widow of the past Mayor of Guin, Clarence (Paul) Guin. She is the former Blanche Collins. Blanche is a lovely woman who resides in Guin and is the author of "Guin, the Crossroads to NW AL." There are several errors in the dates on the death of the children of Jeremiah and Elizabeth that I would like to correct before they might cause possible confusion. Sarah didn't die in 1900. She was in the 1920 census for Nettleton, Monroe Co., MS. She was the wife of Willis G. Adams. I don't know, when she died, but would love to if anyone has that information. John Bryan Guin, the eldest child, died Oct. 26, 1898 rather than early 1900. Jeremiah, Jr. d. Nov. 2, 1942 rather than 1940. James (Henry) did die in 1920 on Nov. 24. Elias did die in 1937, in Sept. Ira died before his father on Nov. 28, 1889 rather than in 1945. It was felt that his sudden death possibly caused Jeremiah's stroke and subsequent death on Jan. 20, 1890. Emma died in Lowndes Co., MS on April 10, 1952. She married Egbert G. Flippo. Jack did flee after killing the town Marshal in Dec. 1890 and was never heard from again. Ella married James Daniel Reeves and did died in 1954 on Nov. 16. Monya: I am really enjoying the articles. Thanks for going to so much effort to make them available to us. Janie Spencer

In Monya's recent posting of transcribed article there was this town called Guin. It's making me wonder because my great uncle William Henry Pilgrim (raised by step father John Hubbert Trim in Fayette AL) married a Mary Ann Guin.  They moved first to Arkansas in 1870 and on to Texas where they died in the early 1900s in Dublin, Erath Co. TX.  I've not been able to get info on exactly where or when Wm. and Mary Ann married, but I know that Wm travelled from Fayette AL to Monroe AR with his wife.   Is anyone researching the Guin family from Fayette? Kapi Pilgrim Kizer 

Please forgive the crossposting here. Thanks in part to this list and ancestry. com, I found a lot of Price family members in Fayette and Marion counties I never even knew I had! I just got home to Texas from 4 days in that area and had a wonderful time meeting my oh so distant cousins. They were very generous and helpful and filled in a lot of gaps for me. Hopefully we'll have a Price family reunion next year. :-) Now I need help with something else. An uncle of mine is sure his mother was also from that area but I can't find out anything about her or her parents. Her name was Gladys Smith and her parents were Lex Monroe Smith and Faye Dunn. They had the following children, all with the last name Smith: Leonard (relocated to St. Louis, MO, we think) Louise Gladys (my paternal grandmother) RM (relocated to Ankeny, IA, we think) Laura Belle (relocated to Sikeston, MO, we think) Chester Bert Ilene (relocated to Sikeston, MO) Lois (relocated to Des Moines, IA) If anyone knows anything about these people, I would so appreciate hearing from you. I seem to have reached a dead end on this. Thanks, Denise Price Boyd

The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section B, Page 9 TOWN OF GUIN COULD HAVE BEEN NAMED HALEYVILLE, ALLMAN, MEADORVILLE OR OTHERS Guin could have easily been named Haleyville, Meadorville, or Allman, according to Pettus ALLMAN of Route 1, Beaverton (just out of Guin), who was a descendant of John ALLMAN. According to the history related by Mr. ALLMAN, Green HALEY lived where Guin is today until after the Civil War and sold to John MEADOR, who was Judge John Dabney TERRELL's stepson. Judge TERRELL had considered buying it for his grandson, John Mitchell ALLMAN, II. Later Dr. Jerry GUIN to Tuscaloosa County purchased it from MEADOR. John Mitchell ALLMAN, II was born in Pikeville, Alabama, December 28, 1859 and died February 26, 1939, in Guin, and was buried in the Terrell Cemetery in Old Pikeville. At the time of his death, he was the oldest person born of parents who were born in this county. His mother was Rosabella Antionette TERRELL and his father John Mitchell ALLMAN, I. John M. ALLMAN, II was married to Varina Lou Ella PEARCE, who was born January 29, 1867 and died April 13, 1938. Her parents were Augustus A. PEARCE and Adeline West PEARCE of Mantachee, Mississippi. John M. ALLMAN, II collected for Clark WHITE in Hamilton, and later became a partner in the J. Pearce and Company, one of the earlier Guin businesses. In 1912, he bought the firm. Varina L. PEARCE came to Alabama to teach and later was a clerk in the J. PEARCE and Company, where she met John ALLMAN. They were married on December 22, 1895. Pearce and Company became one of the largest firms in Northwest Alabama, serving Northeast Mississippi and three counties in Alabama. John ALLMAN was said to be the ramrod in the organization of the Bank of Guin, in 1905, which later became the Marion County Banking Company after a branch bank was established in Hamilton, also. He remained an official of this bank until his death in 1939. In 1911, when a high school could not be located in the County because there was an Agricultural School in Hamilton, John ALLMAN persuaded his close friend Lt. Governor Emmett O'NEAL to influence the legislature to change the law, and a high school was located in Guin in 1912. to show his appreciation for this favor, he stumped several counties in the O'NEAL race for Governor. John ALLMAN was a shrewd politician and usually his man was elected. He was a staunch friend of the BANKHEADs for two generations, and it has been said that he did more than anyone in electing William B. BANKHEAD to his first term in this district. John ALLMAN was considered the father of good roads in Marion County and Northwest Alabama. He succeeded in locating the Bankhead and Jackson Highways through Guin. This took unceasing effort, time and money, according to members of his family. He was also civic minded, and did much in getting the W. P. BROWN Lumber Company located in guin in 1916. He was a steward in the Methodist Church and an Alderman of the town at one time. He was also considered quite a historian and scholar, especially gifted in the fields of Biblical and Ancient History. To John M. ALLMAN, II and Varina L. PEARCE ALLMAN were born four children: Selma, a former English and Latin teacher, and later a farmer; Sales PEARCE, cashier of the First State Bank in Phil CAMPBELL and a farmer; Terrell PETTUS, real estate and farmer; and Erin, former teacher in Honolulu, who later taught in Birmingham Schools.

The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section B, Page 9 PEARCE'S MILL NOMINATED TO HISTORICAL SOCIETY What could be a better time for one of Marion County's favorite old landmarks to be nominated to the National Register of Historical Places than during the nation's Bicentennial Celebration year? That is exactly what has happened for Pearce's Mill. the nomination has yet to be approved by the U. S. Department of the Interior in Washington, D. C., but still it has been made. The Pearce's Mill area has long been noted for its historic significance to Marion County. Following the Civil War, James P. PEARCE returned to the mill his father had built in the 1840's on the Buttachatchee River and found a ravaged countryside. He gradually rebuilt the farm and turned it into both a mill and trading center. PEARCE became one of the largest land holders in Alabama and gained enough power and influence in local political affairs to represent his county at the State Constitutional Convention in 1901. By the early 1870's, PEARCES operation included the grist mill, a large two story frame general merchandise establishment with post office, a sawmill, planer, wheat flour mill, cotton gin and freight service. For many years he openly opposed the improvements of county roads fearing they would destroy his store and freight business. The Mill did begin to decline when the roads were improved. As railroads reached the towns and Hamilton, the county seat, they became more accessible as a trading center. Store operations ceased by 1930, while the mill continued in service until 1959. Mrs. Penny LONG and Mrs. William STRICKLAND now reside on the property.