Teacher, educational administrator. Born: December 30, 1881, Bellevue. Parents: James M. and Mary Henley (Spenser) Jack. Married: Alice Searcy Ashley, November 9, 1910. Children: Two. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., 1902, A.M., 1903; Harvard University, A.M., 1908; University of Chicago, Ph.D., 1915. Taught at Sewanee Grammar School at the University of the South, Tulane University, Harvard University, University of Chicago; alumni professor at Southern University, 1906-1916; Emory University, 1916-1933, where he served as dean of the Graduate School, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, and vice president of the university during that period; president, Randolph Macon Women's College, 1933-1952. Honors: Awarded LL.D. by Birmingham Southern College, Emory University, Tulane, University of Chicago, Lynchburg College, University of Alabama; awarded the D.Litt. by George Washington University and Wofford College.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 4.
Author: Sectionalism and Party Politics in Alabama (1816-1842). Menasha, Wis.: George Banta Pub. Co., 1919.
Joint Author: America Our Country. Chicago: John C. Winston Co., 1934.
The Story of America for Young Americans. Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1932-.
JACKSON, ALTO LOFTIN, 1914-
Attorney. Born: June 6, 1914, Clio. Parents: William Alto and Lula Jane (Loftin) Jackson. Married: Emma Pearl Norton, March 28, 1941. Children: Four. Education: University of Alabama, B.S., 1935, J.D. 1937. Admitted to the bar, 1937, and practiced law in Clio, 1937-1939 and 1945-; served in the U.S. Army 1942- 1945; town council of Clio, 1948-1952; chair, Barbour County Board of Education, 1954-. Member: Farrah Law Society, Wiregrass Historical Society, Alpha Kappa Psi, Methodist Church.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1975.
Author: Clio, Alabama: a History. Clio, Ala.: Author, 1979.
Editor: So Mourns the Dove: Letters of a Confederate Infantryman and His Family. New York: Exposition Press, 1965.
JACKSON, CARLTON LUTHER, 1933-
Journalist, teacher. Born: January 15, 1933, Blount County. Parents: Luther H. and Winnie (Forrester) Jackson. Married: Patricia Dow, 1954. Children: Four. Education: Birmingham Southern College, B.A., M.A., 1959; University of Georgia, Ph.D., 1963; graduate study at Exeter College, Oxford University. Served in the U.S. Air Force, 1951-1954; reporter for the Birmingham Post Herald, 1956-1957; taught in the Birmingham public schools, 1957-1959; taught at Western Kentucky University, 1961-. Fulbright lecturer, University of Bangalore, India and Quad-e-Azam University, Pakistan; visiting professor at William and Mary, Tufts University, University of Graz (Austria), and University of Maryland's overseas program at Upper Hayford A.F.B. in England.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 21R; The Dreadful Month.
Author: The Dreadful Month. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1982.
The Great Lili. Harrisburg, Penn.: Stackpole, 1978.
Hattie: the Life of Hattie McDaniel. Lanham, Md.: Madison Books, 1990.
Hounds of the Road. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1984.
J. I. Rodale: Apostle of Nonconformity. New York: Pyramid Press, 1974.
Presidential Vetoes, 1792-1945. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1967
Who Will Take Our Children. New York: Methuen, 1985
Zane Grey. Boston: Twayne, 1973.
Joint Author: Challenge to Change. River Forest, Ill.: Laidlaw Bros., 1973.
Foundation of Freedom. River Forest, Ill.: Laidlaw Bros., 1973
Two Centuries of Progress. River Forest, Ill.: Laidlaw Bros., 1974.
JACKSON, DOROTHY LOUISA GREENLEE, 1911-
Secretary, writer. Born: February 19, 1911, Hamburg, Iowa. Parents: Henry Oliver and Mattie (Landreth) Greenlee. Married: Fred Knox Jackson, October 3, 1944. Legal secretary, Auburn, Nebraska, 1927-1929; secretary, Kansas City, Mo., 1929-1933; correspondent for an agency, Washington, 1933-1936, and in Kansas City, 1936-1940; freelance court and contract reporter, St. Louis, 1940-1944, and in Prattville, Ala.; the Alabama Public Service Commission, 1948-; co-owner and operator of Prattville Quick Freeze, 1948-1963; owner of Quiet Acre, Cottonwood, Ala., 1968-1973. Member: National League of American Pen Women; Birmingham Opera Guild; Alabama Writers Conclave; and other state organizations.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1975.
Author: Fallen Leaves. Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1968.
Poody: Story of a Cat-Nothing But a Cat. S.l.: s.n., 1970.
Editor: Research 1970: an Annotated List of Research and Demonstration Grants, 1955-1969. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1970.
An Annotated List of Social and Rehabilitation Service Research and Demonstration Grants, 1955-1971. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Social and Rehabilitation Service, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1971.
JACKSON, GEORGE PULLEN, 1874-1953
Musician, linguist, teacher. Born: August 20, 1874, Monson, Me. Parents: George Frederick and Ann Jane (Pullen) Jackson. Married: Inez Emeline Wright, December 23, 1906 (died 1918). Married: Lois Diantha Barnes, December 18, 1926 (died 1939). Children: Two. Education: Royal Conservatory of Music, Dresden, 1897-1898; Vanderbilt University, 1900-1901; University of Chicago, Ph.B., 1904, Ph.D., 1911; postgraduate work, University of Chicago, University of Munich, University of Bonn. Employed by his father's company, Huston Biscuit Co., Birmingham, 1895-1900; taught German at Kansas State Agricultural College; Case School of Applied Science; University of Chicago; Oberlin College; Northwestern University; University of North Dakota; Vanderbilt University, 1918-1943. President, University Philharmonic Society, Grand Fork, North Dakota; founder of Nashville Symphony Orchestra; founder of Tennessee Music Teacher's Association; founder of Old Harp Singers of Nashville; member, board of advisors to the editors of Southern Folklore Quarterly; member South Atlantic Modern Language Association.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 3.
Author: Another Sheaf of White Spirituals. Gainesville, Fla.: University of Florida Press, 1952.
Down East Spirituals. New York: J.J. Augustin, 1943.
Spiritual Folksongs of Early America. New York: J. J. Augustin, 1937.
Story of the Sacred Harp. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1944.
White and Negro Spirituals. New York: J. J. Augustin, 1943.
White Spirituals in the Southern Uplands. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1933.
Editor: American Folk Music for High School and Other Choral Groups. Boston: C. C. Burchard, 1947.
JACKSON, JACQUELYNE MARY JOHNSON, 1932-
Gerontologist, teacher. Born: February 24, 1932, Winston Salem, N.C. Parents: James A. and Beulah N. (Crosby) Johnson. Married: Frederick A. S. Clarke, August 26, 1953; Murphy Jackson, May 15, 1962. Children: One. Education: University of Wisconsin, Madison, B.S., 1953, M.S., 1955; Ohio State University, Ph.D., 1960; further study at Tuskegee Institute, University of Colorado, Duke University, University of North Carolina. Taught, Philander Smith College, 1954-1955; Southern University, 1959-1962; Jackson State University, 1962-1964; Howard University, 1964-1966; Duke University Medical Center, 1968-; additional special annual appointment at Howard University, 1978-. Awarded fellowships from the John Hay Whitney, Ford, and National Science Foundations, and the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Has lectured and participated in colloquia, seminars or workshops at more than 175 colleges and universities in the U.S., 1965-1984; presented papers at several international Gerontological Association meetings. Associate editor and editor of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Journal of Minority Aging, Social Problems, International Journal of Aging and Human Development, and Journal of Social Service Research. Contributed articles to numerous periodicals and chapters to several books.
Source: Jacquelyne Johnson Jackson, Durham, N.C.
Author: Minorities and Aging. Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth, 1980.
These Rights They Seek. Washington, D.C.: Public Affairs Press, 1962.
Editor: Aging Black Women. Washington, D.C.: National Caucus on the Black Aged, 1975.
JACKSON, JOSEPH ABRAM, 1933-
Librarian, administrator. Born: October 7, 1933, Brewton. Education: Samford University, B.A., 1954; Peabody College, M.A.L.S., 1955. Employed by University of Alabama libraries as a cataloger, 1955-1963, as head of the science library, 1963-1969, acting dean of libraries, 1969-1972; University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, director of Libraries, 1973-. Member: Alabama Library Association; Southeastern Library Association; American Library Association, 1970-1971.
Source: Who's Who in Library and Information Services, 1982.
Author: Masonry in Alabama: a Sesquicentennial History, 1821- 1971. Montgomery, Ala.: Brown Printing Co., 1970.
JACKSON, RICHARD EUGENE, 1941-
Playwright, teacher. Born: February 25, 1941, Helena, Ark. Parents: Howard L. and Edna (Warren) Jackson. Education: Memphis State University, B.S., 1963; Kent State University, M.A., 1964; Southern Illinois University, Ph.D., 1971. Taught high school in Antwerp, Ohio, 1964-1965; taught at Wisconsin State University in Eau Claire, 1967-1968; San Francisco State University, 1968-1970; University of South Alabama, 1971-, chair, Department of Dramatic Arts, 1978-, director of local and university theater productions.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 109.
Author of Plays: The Adventures of Peter Cottontail. Denver: Pioneer Drama Service, 1981.
Animal Krackers. Denver: Pioneer Drama Service, 1983.
Coffee Pott and the Wolf Man. Schulenberg, Tex.: I. E. Clark, 1982.
The Crazy Paper Caper. Elgin, Ill.: Performance Publishing, 1976.
The Creepy Castle Hassle. Elgin, Ill.: Performance Publishing, 1975.
The Dancing Showman. Denver: Pioneer Drama Service, 1990.
Eight Plays for Youth. New York: P. Lang, 1991.
Ferdinand and the Dirty Knight. Denver: Pioneer Drama Service, 1968.
A Golden Fleecing. Denver: Pioneer Drama Service, 1980.
The Inn-Spectre. Elgin, Ill.: Performance Publishing, 1983.
The Invasion of the Killer Carrotts. Elgin, Ill.: Performance Publishing, 1983.
Little Red Riding Wolf. Schulenberg, Tex.: I. E. Clark, 1973.
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus. Denver: Pioneer Drama Services, 1988.
Pinocchio: a 2-Act Musical Play. Schulenburg, Tex.: I. E. Clark, 1988.
The Princess and the Goblin. Schulenberg, Tex.: I. E. Clark, 1983.
Rag Dolls. Schulenberg, Tex.: I. E. Clark, 1981.
Rumpelstiltskin is My Name. Schulenberg, Tex.: I. E. Clark, 1974.
School for Nerds. Denver: Pioneer Drama Services, 1989.
The Sleeping Beauty. Denver: Pioneer Drama Service, 1976.
Song of Hiawatha. Schulenberg, Tex.: I. E. Clark, 1988.
Superkid. Schulenberg, Tex.: I. E. Clark, 1980.
Triple Play. Chicago: Dramatic Publishing, 1974.
Unidentified Flying Reject. Schulenberg, Tex.: I. E. Clark, 1982.
Who Can Fix the Dragon's Wagon. Schulenberg, Tex.: I. E. Clark, 1973.
Wizard of Oz: a Two-Act Play. Schulenberg, Tex.: I. E. Clark, 1977.
Joint Author of Play:
Bumper Snickers. Schulenberg, Tex.: I. E. Clark, 1978.
Lyrics: Brer Rabbit's Big Secret. Denver: Pioneer Drama Service, 1979.
The Hatfields and the McFangs. Elgin, Ill.: Performance Publishing, 1982.
Lindy. Elgin, Ill.: Performance Publishing, 1981.
Snowhite and the Space Dwarfs. Denver: Pioneer Drama Service, 1982.
JACKSON, SIDNEY WARREN, SR., 1901-
Businessman, columnist. Born: August 19, 1901, Glenwood. Parents: Abner Dozier and Telitha Cumi (Henderson) Jackson. Married: Myra Petrey, March 7, 1924. Children: Three. Married: Allie Carroll Murphree, September 28, 1968. Education: Glenwood Public School; University of Alabama. Employed by the W.L. Petrey Wholesale Co., 1924-. His book is a selection of columns published over a twenty year period in the Luverne Journal, Luverne, Ala.
Source: Sid Jackson, Sr., Petrey, Ala.
Author: Here & There. S.l.: s.n., 1982.
JACKSON, WALTER MAHAN, 1898-1956
Teacher, educational administrator. Born: 1898, Kentucky. Children: Three. Education: Georgetown College, Kentucky, A.B.; Columbia University, M.A. Taught school in Selma, 1920- 1942; principal of Selma Junior and Selma Senior High School; acting superintendent of education, 1937; superintendent, 1938; chairman, Historical Commission of Selma, 1937; served in the U.S. Army, 1943-1946; superintendent of schools, Decatur, Ala., 1946-1956. Member: Alabama Education Association; instrumental in establishing Alabama State Teachers Retirement system, serving on its board; one of the founders of the North Alabama Historical Association.
Source: Files at the Alabama Department of Archives and History; Alabama's First United States Vice-President; The Story of Selma.
Author: Alabama's First United States Vice-President: William Rufus King. Decatur, Ala.: Decatur Printing Co., 1952.
The First Hundred Years: a History of the Selma Baptist Church of Christ, commonly known as the First Baptist Church of Selma. Selma, Ala.: s.n., 1942.
History of Alabama for Junior High Schools. Montgomery, Ala.: Dixie Book Co., 1938.
The Story of Selma. Birmingham, Ala.: s.n., 1954.
JACOWAY, WILLIAM VAN, 1873-1967
Teacher, postmaster, merchant. Born: July 30, 1873, Lebanon, Ala. Parents: Thomas Reed and Lucinda Jennie (Baxter) Jacoway. Education: college at Winchester, Tenn. Taught school several years; assistant postmaster and postmaster at Fort Payne; department store owner, Fort Payne, until 1960. Member: Fort Payne City Council; chairman, Dekalb County Democratic Party; founder, Dekalb County Fiddler's Convention; member, Civitan; member, Methodist Church. His "A Brief History..." was first published in the Fort Payne Times-Journal in August, 1925.
Source: Introduction to Early History of Northeast Alabama ....
Author: "A History of Dekalb County, 1836-1925," in Early History of Northeast Alabama, and Incidentally of Northwest Georgia. University, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1979.
JAMES, JOSEPHINE (Pseudonym)
See: Sterne, Emma Gelder
JAMES, POWHATAN WRIGHT, 1880-1956
Attorney, clergyman, teacher. Born: December 29, 1880, Virginia. Married: Jessie Jenkins Truett. Children: Three. Practiced law in Virginia before entering the clergy. Education: Seminary in Alabama, graduated 1913. Pastor of churches in Selma; Dallas, Tex.; Nashville, Tenn.; Lynchburg, Va.; and First Baptist Church, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; taught English Bible, University of Alabama; served as president, Bethel College, Ky. Editor, Kappa Alpha Journal; member, Board of Trustees of Baptist Bible Institute, New Orleans, La.
Source: Files at Alabama Department of Archives and History.
Author: Fifty Years of Baylor University Hospital. Dallas?: s.n., 1953.
George W. Truett, a Biography. New York: Macmillan, 1939.
Reasons for Christian Education. Waco, Tex.: Education Board, Baptist General Convention of Texas, 1915.
Editor: The George W. Truett Library. 4 vols. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1980.
JAMES, ROBERT LESLIE, 1897-1977
Teacher, botanist, historian. Born: March 2, 1897, near Russellville. Parents: Aaron A. and Ollie Virginia (Bendall) James. Education: Florence State Teachers College, 1929. The plant genus Jamesianthus was named after him in honor or his botanical work. Contributed articles on botany to numerous periodicals, and the material on which his book is based was originally printed in the Alabama Historical Quarterly in 1945.
Source: Collier Library, University of North Alabama; files at Alabama Department of Archives and History.
Author: Colbertians: a History of Colbert County, Alabama and Some of Its Pioneer Citizens Before 1875. Florence, Ala.: Natchez Trace Genealogical Society, 1980.
JAYNES, BESSIE WEBB, -1944
Poet, composer. Born: England. Parents: Francis and Amelia (Wheeler) Webb. Married: Charles B. Jaynes and moved to Alabama. Children: June Webb. Education: acquired in Chicago. Wrote music, lyrics, and poems, which were published in standard magazines and papers.
Source: Anthology of Alabama Poetry, 1928.
Author: Alabama Writers Clubs: a Brief History with Membership. Birmingham, Ala.: Author, 1937.
JEANE, D. GREGORY, 1945-
University professor. Born: June 12, 1945, DeRidder, La. Parents: Gilmer B. and Lillian Marie Jeane. Married: Karen Lee, November 27, 1971. Children: Two. Education: Louisiana State University, B.A., 1968, Ph.D., 1974; graduate study, University of Georgia. Taught, Auburn University Geography Department, 1974-. Honors: Certificate of commendation from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for contributions in cultural resources management in the Mobile District, 1981; certificate of commendation from the American Association for State and Local History for research and writing in architectural legacy.
Source: Dr. Gregory Jeane, Auburn, Ala.
Editor: The Architectural Legacy of the Lower Chattahoochee Valley in Alabama and Georgia. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1978.
Inventory and Evaluation of Engineering Cultural Resources: Montgomery to Gadsden, Alabama, Coosa River, Alabama. Mobile, Ala.: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, 1981.
JEMISON, E. GRACE
Accountant, banker, administrator. Born: Near Cheaha Creek in Talladega County. Parents: Robert Mims and Mary C. (Howard) Jemison. Education: Talladega schools; business college. Worked for Talladega National Bank, 1905-; Talladega Fertilizer Company; administrator, Citizens Hospital; cashier and office manager, Samoset Cotton Mills; accountant, Bemis Brothers Bag Company. Talladega's centennial celebration in 1913 wakened a longtime interest in local history.
Source: Grove's Library of Alabama Lives.
Author: Historic Tales of Talladega. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1959.
JENKINS, FERRELL, 1936-
Clergyman, teacher. Born: January 3, 1936, Huntsville. Parents: B. M. and Vera (Mann) Jenkins. Married: Elizabeth A. Williams, December 16, 1954. Children: Two. Education: Florida College, A.A., 1957; Harding Graduate School of Religion, M.A., 1971. Church of Christ minister, St. Louis, Mo., 1958- 1962; Bowling Green, Ky., 1962-1964; Indianapolis, Ind., 1965- 1966; Akron, Ohio, 1966-1967; professor of Bible, Florida College, 1969-; editor and member of the board of directors, Cogdill Foundation publishing company, 1969-. Member: Evangelical Theological Society; American Schools of Oriental Research; Near East Archaeological Society. Contributed to periodicals, books, and The New Smith's Bible Dictionary. Led study groups to the Middle East after 1967.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 57.
Author: The Old Testament in the Book of Revelation. Fairmount, Ind.: Cogdill Foundation, 1973.
The Theme of the Bible. Fairmount, Ind.: Cogdill Foundation, 1969.
JENKINS, FLORENCE SMITH, 1901-
Businesswoman. Born: May 21, 1901, Selma. Parents: R.A.P. and Ernestine (Blue) Smith. Married: George Lewis Jenkins, II, November 8, 1921. Children: Two. Assisted her husband for twenty years in running a game preserve on the old James plantation at Letohatchee, Ala., and wrote a dozen stories during this time which were published in Field and Stream and later collected into a book. After her husband's death, became a field underwriter for New York Life Insurance Co. Member: board of directors, Montgomery Association of Life Underwriters; secretary, Montgomery Estate Planning Council; member, Central Alabama Chapter, American Society of Chartered Life Underwriters.
Source: Files at Birmingham Public Library.
Author: Dog Stories. New York: Vantage, 1967.
JENKINS, IREDELL, 1909-
Philosopher, teacher. Born: August 12, 1909, Blue Ridge Summit, Md. Parents: James Iredell and Mary (Dobie) Jenkins. Married: Isabel Lawson Cook, December 27, 1934. Children: Two. Education: University of Virginia, A.B., 1933, A.M., 1934, Ph.D., 1937. Taught philosophy at Tulane University, 1937-1946; Yale University, 1946-1949; University of Alabama, 1949-, where he served as chair of the Department of Philosophy; served as philosopher in residence, Yale School of Medicine, 1971; American Council of Learned Societies fellow, 1952-1953; Hill Family Foundation Lecturer at Macalester College and Hamline University, 1955; senior fellow in law and behavioral sciences, University of Chicago Law School, 1959-1960; visiting professor, Northwestern University, 1964-1965; lecturer, National Law Institute, University of Notre Dame, 1973. Rockefeller Foundation Research Grant, 1957-1958. Member: American Philosophical Association; American Society of Aesthetics; Metaphysical Society of America; other American and international philosophical societies. Contributed to periodicals and anthologies.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1974; Who's Who in America, 1978.
Author: Art and Human Enterprise. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1958.
Social Order and the Limits of Law, a Theoretical Essay. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1980.
JENKINS, NELLE MORRIS, 1894-
Teacher, educational administrator. Born: 1894, Old Morrisville in Calhoun County. Parents: Elbert Green Morris, Jr., and Jennie (Yarbrough) Morris. Married: Bertram Andrews Jenkins of Emelle, Ala., June 29, 1923. Children: Two. Education: Jacksonville State College, 1915; University of Alabama. Taught at St Clair County High School; Choctaw County High School; principal of Elementary and Junior High School in Panola; Elementary and Junior High School at Emelle; vice-chairman, Sumter County Board of Pensions and Security. Honorary life member of the Tuscaloosa Presbyterial Board of the Presbyterian Church; member, National League of American Pen Women; Alabama Writers' Conclave; Alabama Genealogical Society, and other historical and genealogical societies.
Source: Grove's Library of Alabama Lives.
Author: Abstracts From Orphans' Minutes Book #1, 1833-1839, Sumter County, Alabama, Vol. 1. Emelle, Ala.: typescript, 1961.
Marengo County, Alabama: Marriages, 1818-1828. Pass Christian, Miss.: Willo Institute of Genealogy, 1967.
Morris Genealogy, 1605-1959. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Willo Pub. Co., 1961.
Pioneer Families of Sumter County, Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Willo Pub. Co., 1961.
JENKINS, WILLIAM HARRISON, 1905-
Teacher, educational administrator, legislator. Born: May 29, 1905, Decatur, Ala. Parents: George Luckey and Myrtis (Schuessler) Jenkins. Married: Margaret Payne, September 15, 1933. Children: Four. Education: Birmingham Southern College, A.B., 1927; Emory University, M.S., 1931. Taught at Selma High School, 1931-1937; principal, Waverly School, 1937-1941; principal, Greensboro Schools, 1941-1948; principal, Decatur High School, 1948- ; legislator from Chambers County, 1938-1942. Member: Pi Kappa Alpha; Omicron Delta Kappa; Kappa Phi Kappa; Rotary Club; Masonic Order; Democratic Party; Methodist Church.
Source: Grove's Library of Alabama Lives.
Joint Author: The Story of Decatur, Alabama. Decatur, Ala.: Mayor and Council of Decatur, 1970.
JENSEN, MARY FASSETT
See: Hunt, Mary Fassett
JERNIGAN, MARY SAMFORD, 1922-
Born: August 13, 1922, Opelika, Ala. Parents: Richard Lewis and Ione (Barnes) Samford. Married: Charles H. Jernigan, October 5, 1940. Children: Two.
Source: Mrs. Charles Jernigan, Opelika, Ala.
Author: Good! Good! Good!: Selected Recipes for Party People, Collected, Tried, and Found Good, Good, Good. Auburn, Ala.: Printer's Pride, 1977.
JOHANSEN, MARGARET ALISON, 1896-
Born: November 7, 1896, Richmond, Ala. Married: Carl Christian Johansen from Halbeck, Denmark, 1923 and moved to Austin, Tex. Education: Converse College; Columbia University. Her husband's background inspired her to write about the Norsemen. Collaborated with her sister, Alice Alison Lide, on many of her books, and write a series of books for boys under the pseudonym Hugh McAlister.
Source: Owen's The Story of Alabama; Authors of Books for Young People; Birmingham News, January 15, 1939.
Author: From Sea to Shining Sea: How Americans Have Lived. New York: Washburn, 1960.
Hawk of Hawk Clan. New York: Longmans Green, 1941.
Voyagers West. New York: Washburn, 1959.
Joint Author: Dark Possession. New York: Appleton Century, 1934.
History of St. Paul's Parish, Carlowville, Alabama. S.l.: s.n., 1924.
Lapland Drum. New York: Abingdon Press, 1955.
Magic Words for Elin. New York: Abingdon Press, 1955.
Mystery of the Mahteb. New York: Longmans Green, 1942.
Ood-le-uk the Wanderer. Boston: Little Brown, 1930.
Pearls of Fortune. Boston: Little Brown, 1931.
Secret of the Circle. New York: Longmans Green, 1937.
Thord Firetooth. Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1937.
Wooden Locket. New York: Viking Press, 1953.
Written under Pseudonym of Hugh McAlister:
Conqueror of the High Road. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Pub. Co., 1930.
Flaming River. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Pub. Co., 1930.
Flight of the Silver Ship. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Pub. Co., 1930.
Sea Gold. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Pub. Co., 1931.
Stand By. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Pub. Co., 1930.
Steve Holworth of the Oldham Works. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Pub. Co., 1930.
That Boy at Roaring Brook Farm. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Pub. Co., 1931.
Viking of the Sky. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Pub. Co., 1930.
JOHNS, JOHN EDWIN, 1921-
Teacher, educational administrator. Born: November 25, 1921, Ozark, Ala. Parents: Thomas Maxwell and Susan (Spires) Johns. Married: Martha Mauney, August 23, 1947. Children: Three. Education: Furman University, A.B., 1947; University of North Carolina, M.A., 1948, Ph.D., 1959. U.S. Army Air Force, 1942- 1945; taught at Stetson University and was business manager and president, 1948-. Received the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart, and three Battle Stars. Member: Florida Historical Society; Southern Historical Association; Southern Association of College Business Officers.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 9R.
Author: Florida During the Civil War. Gainesville, Fla.: University of Florida Press, 1963.
JOHNSON, DAVID EDSEL, 1927-
Mathematician, engineer. Born: August 16, 1927, Chatham, La. Parents: Dave Ernest and Bessie (Morris) Johnson. Married: 1959. Children: Four. Education: Louisiana Technical University, B.S. and B.A., Auburn University, M.S., 1952, Ph.D., 1958. Draftsman, Louisiana Power and Light Co., 1949-1950; mathematician, National Bureau of Standards, 1952; taught, Louisiana State University, 1954-1983; National Science Foundation faculty fellow, Stanford University, 1961-1962; Birmingham Southern College, 1984-.
Source: American Men and Women of Science, 1982.
Author: Introduction to Filter Theory. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1976.
Joint Author: Basic Electric Circuit Analysis. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1978.
Digital Circuits and Microcomputers. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1979.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House. New York: Beaufort Books, 1983.
Graph Theory with Engineering Applications. New York: Ronald Press, 1972.
A Handbook of Active Filters. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1980.
Mathematical Methods in Engineering and Physics. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1965.
Operational Amplifier Circuits Design and Applications. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1982.
JOHNSON, DOROTHY SCOTT, 1931-
Business person, historian. Born: February 21, 1931, Putnam County, Mo. Parents: Clark Scott and Mildred D. (Ward) Scott. Married: Walter H. Johnson, November 30, 1963. Children: Two. Education: Wichita Business College; University of Alabama in Huntsville. Held executive secretarial positions with oil, insurance, and aerospace firms in Wichita; owner and operator, Johnson Historical Publications; editor, Valley Leaves, quarterly of the Tennessee Valley Genealogical Society, six years.
Source: Mrs. Johnson, September, 1985.
Author: Cemeteries of Madison County, Alabama: a Record of the Tombstone Inscriptions in all Known White Cemeteries in the West Half of Madison County .... Huntsville, Ala.: Johnson Historical Publications, 1971.
Cemeteries of Madison County, Alabama: a Record of the Tombstone Inscriptions in all Known White Cemeteries in the Northeast Portion of Madison County .... Huntsville, Ala.: Johnson Historical Publications, 1978.
What Would Peace Do? Orlando, Fla.: Peace Publishers, 1976.
Compiler: 1896 Confederate Census: Limestone, Morgan, & Madison Counties, Alabama. Huntsville, Ala.: Johnson Historical Publications, 1981.
Madison County, Alabama Deed Books: A, B, C, D, E, 1810-1819. Huntsville, Ala.: Johnson Historical Publications, s.d.
Madison County, Alabama Orphans Court Minutes, 1810-1817. Huntsville, Ala: Johnson Historical Publications, 1972?
JOHNSON, EUGENE HARPER
Artist, illustrator, violinist. Born: Birmingham, Ala.: Married: Anita, 1945? Children: Three. Education: Birmingham schools; music and art study in France in the studio of Gene Paul Lawrence; Academie Julian in France; Art Institute of Chicago; National Academy School of Fine Arts, New York; Pratt Institute. Toured Europe and Africa playing the violin until an accident in which he suffered a broken wrist ended his violin career; freelance illustrator, portrait painter, muralist, lecturer, and singer.
Source: Illustrators of Books for Young People, 2nd ed.; Illustrators of Childrens Books, 1957-1966.
Author: Kenny. New York: Holt, 1957.
Kinakhy the Great. Nashville: T. Nelson, 1962.
JOHNSON, GOLDA WATSON, 1915-
Teacher. Born: June 17, 1915, Joppa, Ala. Parents: Samuel and Alice (Humphries) Watson. Married: Kermit A. Johnson, March 21, 1932. Children: Judith Kay. Education: University of Alabama, B.S., 1950, M.A., 1958. Taught elementary school in Garden City, Ala.; Kate Duncan Smith D.A.R. School in Grant, Ala.; Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Mountain Brook, Ala.; critic teacher in Tuscaloosa for the University of Alabama Laboratory School. First lady of the University of Montevallo while her husband was its president. Member: Delta Kappa Gamma Society, International; president, Mountain Brook Educational Association. Honors: Mother of Alabama in 1979; received the Award of Merit of the Alabama Historical Commission. Her book led to the preservation of the Kingswood home of the Edmund King family.
Source: Unidentified by request.
Author: The Lives and Times of Kingswood in Alabama, 1817-1890. Montevallo, Ala.: University of Montevallo, 1976.
JOHNSON, JAMES RALPH, 1922-
Writer, illustrator. Born: May, 1922, Fort Payne, Ala. Parents: James Andres and Vera Sue (Small) Johnson. Married: Burdetta Faye Beebe, October 11, 1961. Education: Howard College, B.S., 1943. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps, 1943-1945; field executive for the Boy Scouts of America in Anniston, Ala., 1946-1951; U.S. Marine Corps, 1951-1964; retired, 1964, and devoted full time to writing and illustration; lives in Santa Fe, N.M. He and his wife, who wrote under the name of B. F. Beebe, collaborated on many wildlife and adventure books for young people.
Source: Something About the Author, Vol. 1; Contemporary Authors, Vol. 2NR; Writer's Directory, 1984.
Author: Advanced Camping Techniques. New York: McKay, 1967.
American Bears. New York: McKay, 1965.
Animal Paradise. New York: McKay, 1969.
Animals and Their Food. New York: McKay, 1972.
Anyone Can Backpack in Comfort. New York: McKay, 1965.
Anyone Can Camp in Comfort. New York: McKay, 1964.
Anyone Can Live Off the Land. New York: McKay, 1961.
Best Photos of the Civil War. New York: Fawcett, 1961.
Blackie, the Gorilla. New York: McKay, 1968.
Everglades Adventure. New York: McKay, 1970.
Horsemen Blue and Gray. New York: Oxford University Press, 1960.
The Last Passenger. New York: Macmillan, 1956.
Little Red. New York: McKay, 1966.
Lost on Hawk Mountain. New York: Follett, 1954.
Moses' Band of Chimpanzees. New York: McKay, 1969.
Mountain Bobcat. New York: Follett, 1953.
Pepper, a Puerto Rican Mongoose. New York: McKay, 1967.
Photography for Young People. New York: McKay, 1971.
Ringtail. New York: McKay, 1968.
Secret World, the Southern Swamps. New York: McKay, 1970.
Utah Lion. New York: Follett, 1962.
The Wolf Cub. New York: McKay, 1966.
Zoos of Today. New York: McKay, 1971.
Joint Author: American Wild Horses. New York: McKay, 1964.
Big Cypress Buck. Chicago: Big Cypress Buck, 1957.
Camels West. New York: McKay, 1964.
Wild Venture. New York: Follett, 1961.
Illustrator: African Apes. New York: McKay, 1969.
African Elephants. New York: McKay, 1968.
American Desert Animals. New York: McKay, 1966.
American Lions and Cats. New York: Mckay, 1963.
American Wolves, Coyotes, and Foxes. New York: McKay, 1964.
Animals South of the Border. New York: McKay, 1968.
Appalachian Elk. New York: McKay, 1962.
Assateague Deer. New York: McKay, 1965.
Chesnut Cub. New York: McKay, 1963.
Coyote for Keeps. New York: Follett, 1965.
Little Dickens, Jaguar Cub. New York: McKay, 1970.
Ocelot. New York: McKay, 1966.
Run, Light Buck, Run! New York: McKay, 1962.
Yucatan Monkey. New York: McKay, 1967.
JOHNSON, JAMES WILLIAM, 1927-
Rhetorician, teacher. Born: March 1, 1927, Birmingham, Ala. Parents: J. Terry and Maude Belle (Brown) Johnson. Married: Nan Heffelfinger, October 5, 1957. Children: Two. Education: Birmingham Southern College, A.B., 1950; Harvard University, M.A., 1950; Vanderbilt University, Ph.D., 1954; post-doctoral study, University College, London. Taught at Vanderbilt University, University of Rochester; fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies (1949-1950 and 1966-1967), the Fulbright Foundation (1954-1955), the Folger Library (1963), and the Guggenheim Foundation (1970-1971). Member: Modern Language Association; English Institute; Phi Beta Kappa; and others.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 53.
Author: The Formation of English Neo-Classical Thought. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, s.d.
Logic and Rhetoric. New York: Macmillan, 1962.
Rhetoric: a Handbook for Writers. Belmont, Calif.: Dickenson Pub. Co., 1967.
Editor: The Plays of John Dennis. New York: Garland, 1980.
Utopian Literature: a Selection. New York: Modern Library, 1968.
Compiler: Concepts of Literature. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1970.
Prose in Practice: a Rhetorical Reader. New York: Harcourt, 1971.
JOHNSON, JOHN BOWMAN, 1921-
Clergyman. Born: July 2, 1921, Georgiana, Ala. Education: Howard College; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Pastor of many Baptist churches in Alabama, including those in Aliceville, Warrior, Ozark, Abbeville, Jacksonville, and Pine Apple. Head of Howard College's Extension Division for North Alabama.
Source: Files at the Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: A Saint, A Sinner, and A Savior. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Printing Co., 1942.
The Sin of Being 50. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1964.
JOHNSON, JOHNNY RAY, 1929-
Engineer. Born: December 19, 1929, Chatham, La. Parents: Dave Ernest and Bessie (Morris) Johnson. Married: Betty Ann Moore, October 21, 1960. Children: Three. Education: Louisiana Technical Institute, B.S.; Auburn University, M.S., 1953, Ph.D., 1959. Electronic engineer for Pitman-Dunn Laboratories, Frankfort Arsenal, 1953-1954; U.S. Army, 1954-1956; taught, Louisiana Technical Institute, 1958-1962; Appalachian State College, 1962-1963; Louisiana State University, 1963-1983; University of North Alabama, 1984- ; General Dynamics; Boeing Company; adjunct professor, University of Florida, one year.
Source: American Men and Women of Science, 1982; Who's Who in America, 1982.
Author: Introductory Electric Circuit Analysis. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1981.
Linear Systems Analysis. Melbourne, Fla.: Krieger, 1975.
Joint Author: Auditing: Concepts, Standards, Procedures. Houston, Texas: Dame Publications, 1983.
Basic Electrical Circuit Analysis. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1978.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House. New York: Beaufort Books, 1983.
Graph Theory With Engineering Applications. New York: Ronald Press, 1972.
A Handbook of Active Filters. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1980.
Mathematical Methods in Engineering and Physics. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1965.
JOHNSON, MARIETTA LOUISE PIERCE, 1864-1938
Teacher. Born: 1864, St. Paul, Minn. Parents: Clarence D. and Rhoda Matilda (Morton) Pierce. Married: John Franklin Johnson, June 6, 1897. Children: Two. Education: State Normal School, St. Cloud, Minn., graduated 1885. Critic and model teacher, St. Paul Teachers' Training School, 1890-1892; critic teacher and department supervisor, Moorhead State Teachers College, 1892- 1895; department supervisor, State Teachers College, Mankato, 1896-1899. Moved to Alabama and founded the School of Organic Education, Fairhope, 1907; director until 1938; director, Edgewood School, Greenwich, Conn. and conducted summer schools there and in Fairhope, Ala. Founder, Progressive Education Association and honorary vice-president.
Source: Biographical Dictionary of American Authors.
Author: Thirty Years With an Idea. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1974.
JOHNSON, MARY ELIZABETH, 1944-
Writer, editor. Born: September 5, 1944, Brewton, Ala. Parents: James Wallace and Helen Louise (Pearson) Johnson. Education: University of Alabama, B.S., 1966, M.S., 1970. Writer for Simplicity Pattern Co., 1970-1971; editor, Coats & Clarke, Inc., 1972-1973; associate editor, Reader's Digest General Books, 1973-1975; senior editor, Oxmoor House, 1976-1979; editor in chief, Decorating and Craft Ideas Magazine, 1979-.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1982.
Author: Country Quilt Patterns. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1977.
A Garden of Quilts. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1976.
Pillows, Designs, Patterns, Projects. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1978.
Prize Country Quilts: Designs, Patterns, Projects. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1977.
Joint Author: Naturecrafts: Seasonal Projects from Natural Materials. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1980.
Needlecraft Designs From Our Best Quilts: 20 Favorite Quilt Designs Graphed for Needlework. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1979.
Rugs: Designs, Patterns, Projects. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1979.
Editor: Times Down Home: 75 Years with Progressive Farmer. Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1978.
JOHNSON, ROBERT ERWIN, 1923-
Historian, teacher. Born: February 3, 1923, Coos Bay, Or. Parents: Franz Oscar and Agnes (Sandquist) Johnson. Married: Vivian Ellis, December 19, 1959. Education: University of Oregon, B.A., 1951, M.A., 1953; Claremont Graduate School, Ph.D., 1956. U.S. Coast Guard, 1941-1946; active duty U.S. Naval Reserve, 1951-1952; taught, University of Alabama, 1956-. Member: American Historical Association; Society for Nautical Research; Naval Historical Foundation; United States Naval Institute; Phi Beta Kappa.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 37R.
Author: For China Station: the U.S. Navy in Asian Waters, 1800- 1898. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1979.
Guardians of the Sea: History of the United States Coast Guard, 1915 to the Present. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1987.
Rear Admiral John Rodgers, 1812-1882. Annapolis, Md.: U.S. Naval Institute, 1967.
Thence Round Cape Horn: the Story of the United States Naval Forces on Pacific Station, 1818-1923. Annapolis, Md.: U.S. Naval Institute, 1963.
JOHNSON, SAMUEL LAWRENCE, 1909-
Clergyman. Born: August 16, 1909, Tyne Dock, England. Parents: Samuel and Florence Ann (Woody) Johnson. Emigrated to the United States, 1910; naturalized, 1930. Married: Alice Martha Dunan, November 11, 1935. Children: Three. Education: Carleton University, B.A., 1930; Andover Newton Theological School, B.D., 1933; Piedmont College, D.D., 1954; ordained, Congregationalist Church, 1933. Minister, Salem, Mass., 1933-1941; Chicago, Ill., 1941-1951; Detroit, Mich., 1951-1960; Kokomo, Ind., 1960-1965; Pilgrim Congregationalist Church, Birmingham, Ala.; 1965- retirement. Member: Board of Directors, Ministry to University of Alabama in Birmingham; Board of Directors, United Community Services.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1976.
Author: Captain Ducky & Other Children's Sermons. Nashville: Abingdon, 1976.
Cats and Dogs Together, and Other Children's Sermons. Nashville: Abingdon, 1975.
The Cross-Eyed Bear and Other Children's Sermons. Nashville: Abingdon, 1978.
The Mouse's Tale and Other Children's Sermons. Nashville: Abingdon, 1978.
The Pig's Brother and Other Children's Sermons. Nashville: Abingdon, 1970.
The Squirrel's Bank Account, and Other Children's Sermons. Nashville: Abingdon, 1972.
JOHNSON, THOMAS EARLE, 1904-
Teacher. Born: 1904. Education: University of Wisconsin, Madison, M.A., 1945. Taught, University of Alabama, 1928-1969, first chair, Dept. of Speech, 1931-1969. Director, Blackfriars, University of Alabama; Member: executive council, Speech Association of America; editorial board, Journal of Speech.
Source: Files at the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
Author: Introductory Phonetics. University, Ala.: s.n., 1941.
JOHNSTON, GEORGE BURKE, 1907-
Poet, teacher. Born: September 8, 1907, Tuscaloosa, Ala. Parents: George Doherty and Eleanor (McCorvey) Johnston. Married: Mary Tabb Lancaster, 1936. Children: Four. Education: University of Alabama, B.A., 1929, M.A., 1930; Columbia University, Ph.D., 1943. Taught, University of Alabama, 1935-1941, 1946-1950; U.S. Army, 1941-1946, then served in the reserves, retiring as lieutenant colonel; taught, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1930-1933, 1950-1974. Member: Modern Language Association; Shakespeare Association of America. Received the Whitney Memorial Prize; Keats Memorial Sonnet Prize; Duff Memorial Prize from the Poetry Society of Virginia.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. Perm-1.
Author: Banked Fire, Poems, 1929-1976. Blacksburg, Va.: White Rhinocerous Press, 1976.
Ben Jonson: Poet. New York: Columbia University Press, 1945.
Reflections. Blacksburg, Va.: White Rhinocerous Press, 1965.
Such Stuff as Dreams are Made On. Blacksburg, Va.: White Rhinocerous Press, 1965.
The Unbelievable Birthday. Blacksburg, Va.: White Rhinocerous Press, 1981.
Editor: Poems by William Camden. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1975.
Poems of Ben Jonson. New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1954.
JOHNSTON, HARDEE, 1873-1950
Physician, poet. Born: November 1, 1873, Selma, Ala. Parents: William H. and Kathleen (Gage) Johnston. Married: Helen Eugenia Lewis. Children: Six. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., 1893; University of Virginia, M.D., 1895; interned at Bellevue Hospital, New York. Physician, 1st Alabama Volunteer Regiment during the Spanish-American War; practiced medicine, Birmingham, Ala., 1899-1950.
Source: Poems, by Hardee Johnston.
Author: Poems. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Publishing Co., 1952?
JOHNSTON, HENRY POELLNITZ, 1908-
Journalist, broadcaster. Born: January 26, 1908, Uniontown. Parents: Charles Poellnitz, Jr. and Eloise Simms (White) Johnston. Married: Margaret Louise Feagin, December 26, 1948. Children: Two. Education: Culver Military Academy; Washington and Lee University, A.B., 1929. President and publisher, Huntsville Times; Vice-President and local advertising manager, Birmingham News-Age Herald; Managing Director, WSGN; Executive Vice-President, Birmingham News Co.; President, Alabama Broadcasting System, Inc.; Managing Director, WAPI, WAFM, WABT- TV; President, Alabama Telecasting Corp. Active in civic and welfare organizations; member, advisory committee of Voice of America, fourteen years. Member: National Press Club; Rotary Club; Society of Cincinnati; Sons of American Revolution; and others. His hobby interest in genealogy inspired several of his books.
Source: Grove's Library of Alabama Lives.
Author: Around the World in Forty-Two Days. Birmingham, Ala.: Featon Press, 1967.
The Gentle Johnstons and Their Kin. Birmingham, Ala.: Featon Press, 1966.
Little Acorns from the Mighty Oak. Birmingham, Ala.: Featon Press, 1962.
Me and My Gals. Birmingham, Ala.: Featon Press, 1970.
Pioneers in Their Own Rights. Birmingham, Ala.: Featon Press, 1964.
JOHNSTON, HEWITT, 1879-
Physician. Born: 1879, Oakman, Ala. Parents: Allen H. and Mariah Louise (Thompson) Johnston. Education: Florence Normal College, graduated, 1900; Nashville Medical College, M.D., 1906; University of Louisville Medical School; post-graduate work in New York City, at University of Pennsylvania Medical School, and at the University of Vienna. Practiced medicine in Oakman and Bessemer, Ala.; served in France in the U.S. Army during World War I; Walter Reed General Hospital; practiced in Orlando, Fla., 1922-1957.
Source: Salmagundi.
Author: Salmagundi, a Century and a Half. S.l.: Glade House, 1957.
JOHNSTON, MARGUERITE SPRADLING, 1917-
Journalist. Born: August 7, 1917, Birmingham, Ala. Parents: Robert C. and Marguerite (Spradling) Johnston. Married: Charles Wynn Barnes, August 31, 1946. Children: Four. Education: Birmingham Southern College, A.B., 1938. Reporter, Birmingham News, 1939-1945; Washington correspondent, Birmingham News, Birmingham Age-Herald, London Daily Mirror, 1945-1946; columnist, Houston Post, 1947-. Received Theta Sigma Phi Woman of the Year in Journalism award, 1954; Houston Committee of Alcoholism Award of Merit, 1955; American Society of Safety Engineers, Gulf Coast Chapter, Certificate of Merit. Member: Phi Beta Kappa; Episcopal Church.
Source: Who's Who of American Women, 1961.
Author: A Happy Worldly Abode: Christ Church Cathedral, 1839- 1964. Houston: Cathedral Press, 1964.
JOHNSTON, MARY, 1870-1936
Writer. Born: 1870, Buchanan, Va. Parents: John William and Elizabeth Dixon (Alexander) Johnston. Education: at home, due to frail health; finishing school in Atlanta. Moved to Birmingham, Ala. about 1886; took charge of the household at her mother's death in 1889; accompanied her father on European trips in 1890 and 1893. Wrote her first historical romance, Prisoners of Hope, in 1898 to bolster the family fortunes.
Source: American Authors and Books.
Author: Audrey. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1902.
By Order of the Company. London: Constable, 1900.
Cease Firing. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1912.
Croatan. Boston: Little Brown, 1923.
The Exile. New York: Harper & Bros., 1927.
Foes. New York: Harper & Row, 1918.
The Fortunes of Garin. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1915.
1492. Boston: Little Brown, 1922.
The Goddess of Reason. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1907.
The Great Valley. Boston: Little Brown, 1926.
Hagar. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1913.
The Laird of Glenfernie. London: Constable, 1919.
Lewis Rand. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1908.
The Long Roll. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1911.
Michael Forth. New York: Harper & Bros., 1919.
Pioneers of the Old South: a Chronicle of English Colonial Beginnings. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1921.
Prisoners of Hope: a Tale of Colonial Virginia. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1926.
The Reason Why. National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1909.
Silver Cross. Boston: Little Brown, 1922.
Sir Mortimer. London: Constable, 1904.
The Slave Ship. Boston: Little Brown, 1924.
Sweet Rocket. New York: Harper, 1920.
To Have and to Hold. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1928.
The Wanderers. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1917.
The Witch. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1914.
JOHNSTONE, KATHLEEN YERGER, 1906-
Dance teacher, writer. Born: August 19, 1906, Mobile, Ala. Parents: Arthur Warren and Kathleen Hughes (Williamson) Yerger. Married: Henry Inge Johnstone, June 24, 1930. Children: Three. Education: Mississippi State College for Women, B.A.; Columbia University; Denishawn School of Dance; Art Students League of New York. Taught dance at Lausanne School, Memphis, Tenn., 1928- 1929; Arlington Hall, Arlington, Va., 1929-1930. Member: Board of the Mobile Public Library; Board of the Council of Social Agencies; Board of the Community Chest; American Malacological Union; Audubon Society; Alabama Ornithological Society; Historic Mobile Preservation Society; Friends of the Mobile Public Library; Junior League of Mobile; Colonial Dames.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 9R.
Author: Collecting Seashells. New York: Grossett & Dunlap, 1970.
Sea Treasure: a Guide to Shell Collecting. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957.
JOINER, HARRY MASON, 1944-
Political scientist, teacher. Born: August 30, 1944, Paducah, Ky. Married: 1969. Children: Two. Education: DePauw University, B.A., 1965; University of Kentucky, M.A., 1966, Ph.D., 1971; Institute for International Studies, graduated, 1969. Taught, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1970-1971; Athens State College, 1969-.
Source: American Men and Women of Science, 1978.
Author: Alabama, Then and Now. Athens, Ala.: Southern Textbook, 1986.
Alabama's History: the Past and the Present. Athens, Ala.: Southern Textbook Publishers, 1980.
American Foreign Policy: the Kissinger Era. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode Publishers, 1977.
Communism Today. Athens, Ala.: Southern Textbook Publishers, 1981.
JONES, ABIGAIL ROBERTS, 1932-
Poet. Born: December 1932, Ozark. Married: Eddie K. Jones. Children: Three. Education: Alabama State University, B.S., 1953. Teacher, Pike County Elementary School, 1953-. Member: Alabama Education Association; Civil Women of Troy; Gamma Lambda Chapter of the Iota Phi Lambda Sorority.
Source: Files at Alabama Public Library Service.
Author: Where I Have Walked. Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1974.
JONES, ALLEN WOODROW, 1930-
Historian, teacher. Born: August 14, 1930, Andalusia. Married: 1953. Children: Three. Education: Auburn University, B.S., 1951, M.A., 1953; University of Alabama, Ph.D., 1964. Taught for the overseas branch of the University of Maryland, 1955-1956; Montgomery Center, University of Alabama, 1959-1960; Furman University, 1960-1966; Auburn University, 1966-; Archivist, Auburn University, 1969-. Member: Board of Advisors, Alabama Historical Commission; Southern History Association; Society of American Archivists; Organization of American Historians; Oral History Association; American Association for State and Local History; contributor to historical journals.
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 1977.
Author: Auburn University Through the Years, 1856-1973. Auburn, Ala.: Auburn University, 1973.
A History of the Direct Primary in Alabama, 1840-1903. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: s.n., 1964.
Location and Classification and Dates of Military Events in Alabama, 1861-1865. Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission, 1961.
JONES, CLEON JOSEPH, 1942-
Athlete. Born: August 4, 1942, Mobile. Education: Mobile County Training School; Grambling College summer baseball program; Alabama A & M University. Played football at Mobile County Training School and at Alabama A & M, with an outstanding record. Played baseball with the New York Mets, 1966-. Named to the National League All-Star team, 1969.
Source: A. S. Young, The Mets from Mobile.
Joint Author: Cleon. New York: Coward-McCann, 1970.
JONES, EZRA EARL, 1939-
Clergyman, teacher. Born: December 30, 1939, Birmingham. Parents: Ezra Elith and Eunice (Minor) Jones. Married: Mary Elizabeth Slaughter, September 11, 1960. Children: Two. Education: Birmingham Southern College, B.A., 1960; Duke University, B.D., 1963; Drew University, Th.M., 1964, further study, 1966-1968; Northwestern University, Ph.D., 1971. Piano and choral instructor, 1956-1960; ordained, United Methodist Church, 1964; Methodist minister in Alabama churches, 1958-1960, 1964-1966; North Carolina churches, 1960-1964; New Jersey churches, 1966-1968; taught, Garrett Theological Seminary, 1969- 1970; Associate Director of Research, United Methodist Board of Global Ministries, New York, N.Y., 1970-. Member: American Sociological Association; American Religious Research Association.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 57.
Author: Analysis of Significant Relationships in the Attitudes of United Methodist Clergy and Laity Toward Social and Political Issues. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms, 1972.
The Church and Extremism. New York: National Division of the Board of Missions, United Methodist Church, 1970.
The Management of Ministry. New York: Harper, 1978.
Methodism in Santa Fe, New Mexico. New York: Dept. of Research and Survey, etc., 1973.
Ministry of the Laity. New York: Harper & Row, 1986.
New Church Development in the Eighties: Some Perspectives from the Seventies. Cincinnati: Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church, 1976.
Planning for the Future: the United Methodist Churches, Madison, Wisconsin, 1973. Cincinnati: Office of Research and Survey, National Division, Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church, 1973.
Sources and Shapes of Power. Nashville: Abingdon, 1981.
Strategies for New Churches. New York: Harper, 1976.
A Study of Grace United Methodist Church, Kokomo, Indiana, 1974. Cincinnati: Office of Research and Survey, National Division, Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church, 1974.
What's Ahead for Old First Church. New York: Harper, 1974.
Where Methodism Stands on Extremism. Cincinnati: Women's Division of the Board of Missions, United Methodist Church, 1971.
Joint Author: You Are the Target. Cincinnati: Board of Missions, United Methodist Church, 1971.
JONES, JOHN MAXWELL, JR., 1921-
Historian, linguist, teacher. Born: 1921, Atmore. Education: University of Alabama, B.A., 1942, M.A., 1954; University College of North Wales, Bangor; University of Brussels; Institut de Touraine, Diplome d'Etude Francaises. Served in an anti-aircraft battalion in Europe in World War II; taught foreign languages in high schools in Alabama, the Carolinas, and Delaware until 1968; taught, Glassboro State College, 1968-.
Source: History and Genealogy of the Jones and Brooks Families....
Author: Academic Freedom and the Secondary-School Teacher, and Other Heretical Essays on Education. Philadelphia: G. H. Buchanan Co., 1966.
A Critical Study of the Novels of W. Leslie Richards. Philadelphia: s.n., 1970.
History and Genealogy of the Jones and Brooks Families of Escambia County, Alabama: .... Camden, N.J.: Jones, 1977.
Slavery and Race in Nineteenth-Century Louisiana-French Literature. Camden, N.J.: Jones, 1978.
Joint Author: The Carillon Satires: November 2, 1873-May 17, 1874. Camden, N.J.: Jones, 1978.
JONES, MADISON PERCY, JR., 1925-
Writer. Born: March 21, 1925, Nashville, Tenn. Parents: Madison Percy and Mary Temple (Webber) Jones. Married: Shailah McEvilley, February 5, 1951. Children: Five. Education: Vanderbilt University, A.B., 1949; A.M., 1951; University of Florida, post-graduate study, 1951-1953. U.S. Army, 1945-1946; taught Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, 1953-1954; University of Tennessee, 1954-1956; Auburn University, 1956-. Sewanee Review fellow, 1954-1955; Rockefeller Foundation fellow, 1968; Guggenheim Foundation fellow, 1973. Member: Board of Directors, Alabama Council on the Arts and Humanities; South Atlantic Modern Language Association.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1980; Writers Directory, 1980.
Author: A Buried Land. New York: Viking, 1963.
A Cry of Absence. New York: Crown, 1971.
An Exile. New York: Viking, 1967. (Also printed as I Walk the Line)
Forest of the Night. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1960.
History of the Tennessee State Dental Association. Nashville: Tennessee Dental Association, 1958.
The Innocent. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1957.
Last Things. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1989.
Passage Through Gehenna. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1978.
Season of the Strangler. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1982.
JONES, MARGARET JEAN, 1936-
Journalist. Born: March 27, 1936, Cullman County. Parents: Selmer B. and Alma Ruth (Ford) Jones. Education: Fairview High School; correspondence courses in journalism. Stricken at the age of seven with myosistis ossificans progressiva, her back and arms became paralyzed, and by age eighteen, her legs as well. Treated unsuccessfully at the National Institutes of Health, she became one of the organizers of a vocational workshop for the handicapped, the Margaret Jean Jones Adult Activities Center, and was president of the board for two years. Won two Freedom Foundation medals for published essays; for nine years wrote a column, "Through the Looking Glass," for the Cullman Times; Outstanding Young Women of America, 1970.
Source: The World in My Mirrow; jacket of Combing Cullman County.
Author: Combing Cullman County. Cullman, Ala.: Modernistic Printers, 1972.
Cullman County Across the Years. Cullman, Ala.: Modernistic Printers, 1975.
The World in My Mirror. Nashville: Abingdon, 1979.
JONES, MARY MARTIN, 1916?-1983
Born: about 1916. Married: Lynn Jones. Education: Anniston High School; Huntingdon College. Moved away from Anniston for some time, but returned for three years in the 1950's and worked at Anniston Memorial Hospital. In 1954, moved to California.
Source: Obituary in Anniston Star, November 3, 1983.
Author: The Adventures of Butch and Pillow. New York: Vantage, 1971.
JONES, MOLLIE HAL HOLLIFIELD, 1884-1963
Teacher. Born: September 14, 1884, Auburn. Parents: Henry Addison and Mary (Teague) Hollifield. Married: Herman Douglas Jones, August 22, 1925. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1905; graduate work in botany at University of California, 1915, and Columbia University, 1920 and 1927. Taught Latin and French in high schools. Member: National League of American Pen Women; Alabama Writers' Conclave; Poetry Society of Alabama; Methodist Church.
Source: Grove's Library of Alabama Lives.
Author: Auburn, Loveliest Village of the Plain. Auburn, Ala.: Bulletin Publishing Co., 1955.
JONES, ROBERT (BOB) REYNOLDS, 1883-1968
Clergyman. Born: Oct. 30, 1883, Skipperville, Ala. Parents: William Alexander and Georgia (Creel) Jones. Married: Bernice Sheffield, Oct. 24, 1905. Married: Mary Gaston Stollenwerck, June 17, 1908. Children: One. Education: Southern University, 1901-1904. Licensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1898. Active as an evangelist, 1902-1968, in every state and thirty foreign countries; made weekly radio broadcasts in the U.S. and abroad. Founded Bob Jones University in Cleveland, Tenn. and Greenville, S.C. Founder, International Association, Young People's Fellowship Clubs and the Gospel Fellowship Association; president, Interdenominational Evangelistic Association; editor and publisher, The Fellowship News; contributor to many newspapers. Awarded the D.D. degree by Muskingum College, 1921; LL.D. by John Brown University, 1941.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 4; Owen's The Story of Alabama.
Author: Comments on Here and Hereafter. New York: Loiseaux, 1942.
Things I Have Learned. New York: Loiseaux Bros., 1944.
JONES, SAMUEL B., JR., 1933-
Botanist, Teacher. Born: Dec. 18, 1933, Roswell, Ga. Education: Auburn University, B.S., 1955, M.S., 1961; University of Georgia, Ph.D., 1964. Taught at South Cobb High School (Ga.), 1958-1959; Auburn University, 1959-1961; University of Southern Mississippi, 1964-1967; University of Georgia, 1967-; Director, Botanical Garden, University of Georgia, 1981-. Recipient of a Callaway Foundation Research Grant. Member: Botanical Society of America; American Society of Plant Taxonomists; International Association of Plant Taxonomists; Sorrey Botanical Club.
Source: American Men and Women of Science, 1982.
Joint Author: Checklist of the Vascular Flora of Clarke County, Georgia. S.l.: s.n., 1980?
Conspectus and Index to Families--Tribe Vernonieae. Chicago: s.n., s.d.
Field Museum of Natural History, 1980. S.l.: s.n., s.d.
Gardening with Native Wild Flowers. Portland, Ore.: Timber Press, 1990.
List of Georgia Plants in the University of Georgia Herbarium. Athens, Ga.: Dept. of Botany, Univ. of Georgia, 1979.
Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast, Landscaping Uses and Identifications. Portland, Ore.: Timber Press, 1989.
Plant Systematics. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979.
JONES, THOMAS G.
Clergyman. Born: Ozark, Ala. Married: Laura Elizabeth Carr. Children: Four. Education: Troy State Teachers College; Southern University. Worked as farmhand, logger, teacher, then became a Methodist minister and served as a pastor for over forty years. His churches were at Luverne, Lapine, Abbeville, Opp, Elba, Wetumpka, Clanton, Demopolis, Hartford, Florala, Opelika, Greenville, Dothan, Panama City. Retired by 1961. Executive secretary, State Commission on Alcoholism.
Source: Files at the Alabama Dept. of Archives and History.
Author: The Charms of Winning. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Printing Co., 1939.
Dash for Freedom. New York: Exposition Press, 1951.
JONES, VIRGIL (PAT) CARRINGTON, 1906-
Journalist. Born: June 7, 1906, Charlottesville, Va. Parents: Alonzo Lewis and Virginia (Graves) Jones. Married: Geneva Carolyn Peyton, 1934. Children: Two. Education: Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1924-1926; Washington and Lee University, B.A., 1930. City editor, Huntsville (Ala.) Times, 1931-1937; reporter, Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Va., 1937-1941; reporter, Evening Star, Washington, D.C., 1941-1945; staff writer, Washington, Wall Street Journal, 1943-1945; office manager, Curtis Publishing Co., Washington, 1945-1961; administrative assistant to Congressman William M. Tuck of Virginia, 1963-. Member: National Press Club; Masons; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Delta Chi. District of Columbia Civil War Round Table gold medal for meritorious writing. Used the pseudonym, Pat Jones, for some writing.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 1R.
Author: Birth of Liberty. New York: Holt, 1964.
The Civil War at Sea. New York: Holt, 1960-1962.
Eight Hours Before Richmond. New York: Holt, 1957.
Gray Ghosts and Rebel Raiders. New York: Holt, 1956.
The Hatfields and the McCoys. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1948.
100 Years After. Washington, D.C.: Bicentennial Commission, 1965.
Ranger Mosby. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1944.
Roosevelt's Rough Riders. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1971.
The Story of Mooresville. Decatur, Ala.: North Alabama Historical Association, 1968.
True Tales of Old Madison County (Alabama): .... Huntsville, Ala.: Johnson Historical Publications, 1970.
U.S.S. Cairo: the Story of a Civil War Gunboat, .... Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 1971.
JONES, WALTER BURGWYN, 1888-1963
Attorney, judge. Born: Oct. 16, 1888, Montgomery, Ala. Parents: Thomas Goode (later governor of Alabama) and Georgene Caroline (Bird) Jones. Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1906-1907; University of Alabama Law School, L.L.B., 1909. Active in elective, appointive, and volunteer positions in state and civic organizations. Appointed Judge of the 15th Judicial Circuit, Montgomery County, 1920; presiding judge, 1935-. Began a weekly column, "Off the Bench" for the Montgomery Advertiser in 1924; chairman, Board of Trustees, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 1945; fellow of the American Bar Association; member, American Law Institute; president, Alabama State Bar, 1954-1955; founder, Jones Law School, Montgomery, 1928; founder, Alabama Lawyer, official publication of the Alabama State Bar, 1940. Member: St. John's Episcopal Church, Montgomery, and senior warden and teacher of the Young Men's Bible Class. Awarded an honorary L.L.D., University of Alabama, 1955.
Source: Grove's Library of Alabama Lives.
Author: Addresses and Papers of Judge Walter B. Jones. Montgomery, Ala.: s.n., 1944.
Alabama Circuit Judges Handbook. Montgomery, Ala.: s.n., 1953.
Alabama Jury Instructions, with Forms. 2 vols. St. Paul, Minn.: West, 1953.
Alabama Lawyers Handbook. Montgomery, Ala.: Junior Bar of Alabama, 1944.
Alabama Pleading and Practice at Law. Montgomery, Ala.: s.n., 1961.
Alabama Practice and Forms: .... St. Paul, Minn.: West, 1947.
Citizenship and Voting in Alabama: .... Montgomery, Ala.: American Citizens Press, 1947.
Equity Pleading and Practice. S.l.: s.n., 1954.
Huntly Cabin Papers. Montgomery, Ala.: s.n., 1955.
A Student's Equity Pleading. Montgomery, Ala.: s.n., 1923.
Editor: Confederate War Poems. Montgomery, Ala.: s.n., 1959.
JONES, WILLIAM GLOVER, JR., 1922-
Journalist. Born: Apr. 24, 1922, Woodville, Ala. Parents: William G. and Amanda Graham (Flanagan) Jones. Married: Vera Jean Baird, May 28, 1950. Children: Three. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., 1943. U.S. Army, 1942-1945; newspaper reporter and editor, 1945-1960; printing and supply business, 1960-1963; Press Secretary to Governor George Wallace, 1963-1965?; administrative aide to U.S. Representative Carl Elliott.
Source: Files at Alabama Dept. of Archives and History.
Author: The Wallace Years. Northport, Ala.: American Southern, 1966.
JONES, WILLIAM McKENDRY, 1927-
Communications consultant, teacher. Born: Sept. 19, 1927, Dothan, Ala. Parents: William M. and Margaret (Farmer) Jones. Married: Ruth Ann Roberts, Aug. 14, 1952. Children: Three. Education: University of Alabama, B.A., 1950; Northwestern University, Ph.D., 1953. Taught English, Wisconsin State College at Eau Claire; University of Michigan; University of Missouri. Folger Shakespeare Library research fellow, 1955. Member: Modern Language Association of America; Renaissance Society of America; Shakespeare Society of America.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 33R.
Author: Fiction: Form and Experience. Boston: Heath, 1969.
John Steinbeck. Charlottesville, Va.: Samkar Press, 1982.
Living in Love: a Guide to Realistic Christian Marriage. Atlanta: John Knox, 1976.
The Present State of Scholarship in Sixteenth-Century Literature. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1978.
Protestant Romances: Patterns of Reality in the Prose of Sir Giovanni Francesco Blondi. Lawrence, Kan.: Coronado Press, 1980.
Speaking Up in Church. Nashville: Broadman, 1977.
Stages of Composition. Boston: Heath, 1964.
Survival: a Manual on Manipulating. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1979.
Two Careers -- One Marriage. New York: AMACOM, 1980.
Joint Author: Guide to Living Power. Atlanta: John Knox, 1975.
JONES, ZELON B., 1909-
Teacher. Born: Oct. 2, 1909, Alexander City, Ala. Parents: George and Flossie (Cannon) Bailey. Married: David A. Jones, Sept. 20, 1930. Children: Three. Education: Jacksonville State University. Taught first grade at small schools and at Sylavon, B.B. Comer, and Main Avenue Schools in Sylacauga, retiring in 1965. Wrote down anecdotes and convinced by friends to put them in book form.
Source: B.B. Comer Memorial Library, Sylacauga, Ala.: Shirley K. Spears, Director.
Author: So It Was. Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1975.
JORDAN, WEYMOUTH TYREE, 1912-1968
Historian, agriculturalist, teacher. Born: Oct. 31, 1912, Hamlet, N.C. Parents: William Daniel and Etta Mary (Utley) Jordan. Married: Louise Elizabeth Riggan, Aug. 11, 1935. Children: Three. Education: North Carolina State College, B.S., 1933; Vanderbilt University, M.A., 1934, Ph.D., 1937; postdoctoral study, Graduate School, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1947, and Iowa State College, 1948. Taught in Kentucky, North Carolina, and at Judson College, 1938-1940; Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1941-late 1940s; Florida State University, late 1940s-. Received research grants for the study of pre-Civil War plantation practices, plantation medicine in the old South, and on Southern agriculture. Authored a number of articles and reviews. Member: Organization of American Historians; American Studies Association; American, Southern, Mississippi Valley, Alabama, and Florida historical associations; and others.
Source: National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 57.
Author: Ante-Bellum Alabama: Town and Country. Tallahassee, Fla.: Florida State University, 1957.
George Washington Campbell of Tennessee: Western Statesman. Tallahassee, Fla.: Florida State University, 1955.
Herbs, Hoecakes, and Husbandry: the Daybook of a Planter of the Old South. Tallahassee, Fla.: Florida State University, 1960.
Hugh Davis and His Alabama Plantation. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1948.
North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: a Roster. Raleigh, N.C.: State Dept. of Archives and History, 1966.
Rebels in the Making: Planters' Conventions and Southern Propaganda. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1958.
The United States, 1783-1861: From Revolution to Civil War. New York: Pageant Press, 1964.
JORDAN, WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER, 1834-1923
Legislator, farmer. Born: July 10, 1834, Talbotton, Ga. Parents: Thomas George and Mary Lovicy (Chambliss) Jordan. Married: Anne Thornton, Feb. 14, 1856. Children: Thirteen. Education: Tutored by sisters and neighbors; Male Institute, Glenville, Ala., 1858-1862. Family moved to Alabama and lived in Society Hill, Eufaula, and Midway. Became overseer of his father's farm near Midway at eighteen; served in the Confederate States Army; Alabama Legislator, 1884-1889.
Source: Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol. 3.
Author: Some Events and Incidents During the Civil War. Montgomery, Ala: Paragon Press, 1909.
JULICH, DOROTHY LOUISE MILAM, 1912-
Executive secretary. Born: Jan. 1, 1912, Decatur, Ala. Parents: Eugene Edward and Perkins (Stroup) Milam. Married: Jule M. Julich, June 11, 1936. Children: Three. Education: Blackwood Davis Business University, Oklahoma City; John Calhoun Junior College, Decatur, Ala.; University of Alabama Extension Center in Huntsville. Executive Secretary, Oklahoma Natural Gas Corp., Oklahoma Dept. of Public Welfare, Office of Price Administration, and Kansas State Superintendent of Education, all within the period 1931-1946; Chief Clerk, Selective Service, Topeka, Kan., 1946-1948; Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Topeka, 1948-1950; Redstone Arsenal, Ala., 1950-1971, as secretary and administrative assistant to the resident engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, secretary and personal assistant to the deputy commanding general, and to the commanding general, U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency, and executive secretary, U.S. Army Missile Command. Retired, 1971.
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. 3.
Author: Alabama Kinfolks. Cullman, Ala: Gregath Co., 1983-
Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers and Patriots in Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.: Parchment Press, 1979.