FYI --- the information below concerning the Reconstruction Period in Alabama is not very well known; the biographical briefs shown will be of interest to Civil War and post-war period family researchers of Walker & Colbert counties. -----Original Message----- From: Joel Mize [mailto:home@joelmize.com] Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 10:16 PM To: 'Wanda Sawtelle'; 'allamar@rootsweb.com' Subject: RE: [ALLAMAR] Confederates move to Brazil Thank you for the Brazilian colonist update. Some other CSA loyalists went to Mexico (including at least one CSA officer's family from Tuscumbia). I also hope that the Lincoln era exhibit correctly pointed out that the "carpetbagger" government of Alabama consisted of native Alabamians. Examples: (A) Name: 1st Provisional Gov of Alabama Lewis Eliphalet Parsons Sex: Male Father: Erastus Parsons (Feb 20 1789 - ) Mother: Hepburn Jennette (Aug 30 1795 - ) Individual Facts Birth Apr 28 1817 Broome Co NY Living 1840 (age 23) moved from NY to Talladega Co AL Occupation 1859 (age 42) Alabama State Legislature; Montgomery AL; from Talladega Occupation 1863 (age 46) State Legislature; Montgomery AL (opposed State Militia) Occupation Apr 1865 (age 48) Ordered all men in Ala State Govt to stay at their positions; Served under direction of Genl James H. Wilson Misc Aug 31 1865 (age 48) Presided over Constitutional Convention; Repealed secession, slavery, & war debts Death Jun 8 1895 (age 78) Talladega Co AL (B) Name: USV, Refugee William Hugh Smith Gov. of Alabama Sex: Male Father: Unionist; War 1812 soldier; Refugee Jeptha Vinen Smith (Dec 4 1795 - Apr 25 1863) Mother: Nancy Campbell Dickson (Dec 2 1802 - Aug 14 1895) Individual Facts Birth Apr 28 1826 Fayette Co GA Living 1839 (age 13) moved with parents from Fayette Co GA to Randolph Co AL Education 1850 (age 24) Studied law under John T. Heflin of Wedowee; Randolph Co Ala Misc 1860 (age 34) opposed secession; was a Douglas elector; AL Military 1861 (age 35) CSA service; saw faultiness in "the cause"; decided to be Unionist Living 1862 (age 36) Crossed behind Union lines in Huntsville, AL ; went north until June, 1865 Occupation 1866 (age 40) Apptd Judge of 10th Judicial Circuit; AL (by Gov Lewis Parsons) Occupation 1868 (age 42) 21st Gov of State of Alabama; Montgomery, AL Occupation bet 1868-1870 (age 42) Governor of Alabama; 1st Republican to serve in that office.; Montgomery Co Ala Occupation 1873 (age 47) Gov David Lewis reappointed to Circuit Court Judgeship; Montgomery, AL Occupation bet 1881-1885 (age 55) Judge for north and middle AL; AL Occupation bet 1886-1899 (age 60) Attorney; Birmingham , Jefferson Co AL Death Jan 1 1899 (age 72) at his residence, Birmingham, Jefferson Co AL Burial Smith family cem, Jeptha, Randolph Co AL (C) Name: Unionist Governor of Ala David Peter Lewis Sex: Male Father: Peter C. Lewis ( - ) Mother: Mary Smith Buster ( - ) Individual Facts Birth abt 1820 Charlotte Co VA Occupation bet 1840-1884 (age 20) Attorney & Judge; AL Living 1843 (age 23) Huntsville AL/ Lawrence Co AL Property 1860 (age 40) Owned 34 slaves & had $62,000 in property; Lawrence Co AL Occupation 1861 (age 41) Elected to Provisional Confederate Congress; resigned on Apr 29th of 1861; organized a secret "Peace Society" Misc 1861 (age 41) Opposed Secession; later signed document; Montgomery Co Ala; a delagate to the Constitutional Convention Misc 1868 (age 48) Changed politics from Democrat to Republican; Huntsville, Madison Co AL Occupation bet 1872-1876 (age 52) Gubernatorial candidate; elected "Scalawag" Governor; Montgomery Co Ala Death Jul 3 1884 (age 64) of Lawrence Co AL Military fall, 1864 ordered into military service; declined & went thru lines to Nashville, TN Hope the list finds this information informative. Joel Mize -----Original Message----- From: allamar-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:allamar-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Wanda Sawtelle Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 9:18 PM To: allamar@rootsweb.com Subject: [ALLAMAR] Confederates move to Brazil Beville State at Walker College campus currently has the Lincoln Exhibit. Speakers have presented programs on different aspects of life as it was during the Lincoln era and after the Civil War. I had not realized that 4,000 confederates from the deep south states of MS, AL, GA, TX moved on to southern Brazil to land granted them by the Brazilian gov't. They brought better quality of education and plows to Brazil and maintained their Confederate identity. When Jimmy Carter was governor of GA he made a trip to Brazil and did visit with decendants of the Confederate Colonists there. I knew there was migration from AL to TX during the period right after the Civil War but to Brazil is new to me. Does anyone know of family members who joined in this move to Brazil? or good sources that recorded these years from 1865 to 1885 as this movement took place? ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALLAMAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message