Journalist, writer. Born: Feb. 7, 1932 in Ocean City, N.J. Parents: Joseph Francis and Catherine (DePaulo) Talese. Married: Nan Ahern, June 10, 1959. Children: Two. Education: University of Alabama, B.A. Served in U.S. Army, 1953-1955; reporter for New York Times, 1953-1965; pioneer of "new journalism" by applying techniques of fiction to non-fiction; left Times in 1965 to become full-time writer.
Source: Current Biography Yearbook, 1972; Contemporary Authors, Vol. 9NR.
Author: The Bridge. New York: Harper & Row, 1964.
Fame and Obscurity: Portraits. New York: World, 1970.
Honor Thy Father. New York: World, 1971.
The Kingdom and the Power. New York: World, 1969.
New York: a Serendipiter's Journey. New York: Harper, 1961.
The Overreachers. New York: Harper & Row, 1965.
Thy Neighbor's Wife. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1980.
Unto the Sons. New York: Knopf, 1992.
TANNER, JOHN THOMAS, 1820-1899
Businessman, public servant. Born: Aug. 25, 1820 in Madison Co., Ala. Parents: Samuel Tanner and ________. Married: Susan Owen Wilson, Nov. 26, 1846. Children: Seven. Education: attended school in Athens, Ala. Clerk in Athens; in cotton business in New Orleans and Shreveport, 1842-1847; merchant in Athens, 1847-1861; for 25 years with North and South Railroad (L&N); U.S. revenue collector, 1866-1867; real estate and immigration agent; mayor of Athens; on board of trustees for Athens Female College; nominated 1886 as Prohibition candidate for governor, and in 1888 for vice president.
Source: Tanner's History of Athens....
Author: History of Athens, and Incidentally Limestone County, Alabama, 1825-1876. University, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1978.
TARRY, ELLEN, 1906-
Journalist, educator, civil servant. Born: 1906 in Birmingham. Married. Children: One. Education: attended Writer's Laboratory in New York City. Worked as journalist, teacher, social worker, and administrator in Dept. of Housing and Urban Development; worked with civil rights movement.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 73.
Author: Hezekiah Horton. New York: Viking, 1942.
Janie Belle. Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Publishing, 1940.
Katharine Drexel: Friend of the Neglected. New York: Farrar, Straus, 1958.
Martin de Parres, Saint of the New World. New York: Vision Books, 1963.
The Other Toussaint.... Boston: St. Paul Editions, 1981.
The Runaway Elephant. New York: Viking, 1950.
The Third Door: the Autobiography of an American Negro Woman. New York: McKay, 1955.
Young Jim: the Early Years of James Weldon Johnson. New York: Dodd, 1967.
Joint Author: My Dog Rinty. New York: Viking, 1946.
TATE, ALBERTA HINDS
Art educator. Born: in Albertville, Ala. Parents: Thomas J. Hinds and _______. Education: attended Lulie Compton Seminary and Martha Washington College. With sister Gladys Hinds opened in Birmingham the Hinds School of Music, Drama and Dancing; both also worked at Maxwell Field in Montgomery.
Source: SCRIPSIT.
Joint Author: Howdy Soldier! (Letters from the Gal Back Home). New York: M. S. Mill Co., 1944.
TATUM, EDITH BRITTAIN CRENSHAW, 1877-1955
Musician, writer. Born: Sept. 2, 1877 in Greenville, Ala. Parents: Edward and Sarah Edith (Brittain) Crenshaw. Married: George Hamlet Tatum, Feb. 21, 1900. Children: One. Education: studied in homes of her father and her aunt; studied voice and piano under William Battenhausen; did further study with German master, Ignaz Maschles.
Source: Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol. IV.
Author: The Awakening of Iseult. Atlanta: Oglethorpe University Press, 1933.
Designs for Living. Dallas, Tex.: Kaleidograph Press, 1947.
Hills of the Spirit. Dallas, Tex.: Kaleidograph Press, 1945.
In a Chinese Garden and Other Poems. Dallas, Tex.: Kaleidograph Press, 1937.
Orchestra of Space, Wind and Trees. Atlanta, Ga.: Banner Press, Emory University, 1954.
Patteran. Atlanta, Ga.: Banner Press, Emory University, 1931.
Through a Window toward the South. Dallas, Tex.: Kaleidograph Press, 1950.
When the Bugle Called. New York: Neale Pub. Co., 1908.
TAYLOR, CLEMENT ALLEN, 1900-
Variously employed. Born: in 1900 in Pratt City, Ala. At age of 12 worked as miner, later as soda jerk, garage mechanic, singer and performer on Broadway, in vaudeville, and on radio; worked with U.S. Bureau of Engraving; finally became bartender for Childs Restaurant chain.
Source: Birmingham News, June 16, 1954.
Author: Diamond in the Coalpit. New York: Vantage Press, 1954.
TAYLOR, HANNIS, 1851-1922
Attorney, educator, diplomat, writer. Born: Sept. 12, 1851 in Newbern, N. C. Parents: Richard Nixon and Susan (Stevenson) Taylor. Married: Lenora Le Baron, May 8, 1878. Children: Five. Education: attended Lovejoy's School for Boys; attended University of North Carolina; studied law in Mobile with firm of Anderson and Bond; admitted to bar, 1869; practiced before Alabama Supreme Court (1872) and U.S. Supreme Court (1885). First position was as solicitor for Baldwin Co., Ala.; served several times as president of Alabama Bar Association; taught law at George Washington University in 1892; minister to Spain, 1893- 1897; special U.S. counsel before Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, 1903. Received several honorary doctorates.
Source: Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol. IV.
Author: Cicero, a Sketch of His Life and Works. Chicago: A.C. McClurg, 1918.
A Comparative Study of Roman and English Law in the Old World and the New. New Orleans: L. Graham and Son, 1899.
The Constitutional Crisis in Great Britain.... Concord, N.H.: The Rumford Press, 1910.
Due Process of Law and the Equal Protection of the Laws.... Chicago: Callaghan and Co., 1917.
The Freedom of the Press. Washington, D.C.: Judd, 1892.
Jurisdiction and Procedure of the Supreme Court of the United States. Rochester: The Lawyer's Co-operative Pub. Co., 1905.
Legitimate Functions of Judge-Made Law. Richmond: E. Waddey Co., 1905.
A Memorial in Behalf of the Architect of Our Federal Constitution, Pelatiah Webster of Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1908.
The Origin and Growth of the American Constitution. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1911.
The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1889.
The Real Authorship of the Constitution of the United States Explained. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1912.
Rule of Treaty Construction. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1913.
The Science of Jurisprudence.... New York: Macmillan, 1908.
A Treatise on International Public Law. Chicago: Callaghan and Co., 1901.
TAYLOR, HUGH LEE, 1898-
Educator. Born: Nov. 11, 1898 in Kelso, Tenn. Parents: James Knox and Mary Jane (Ratliff) Taylor. Married: Ida Pickens Greenhaw on June 5, 1922. Education: attended Florence Normal School; University of Alabama, B.S., M.A. Taught at Hurricane, Ala., 1916-1920, and at Hatton, Ala., 1920-1923; principal in Catherine, Ala., 1923-1926; Pine Hills, 1926-1936; Florala, 1936- 1942; superintendent Florala schools, 1936-1942 and of Covington Co. schools, 1942-1943 and after 1944; U.S. Army, 1943-1944.
Source: Owen's The Story of Alabama, Vol. 4.
Author: Some Early Settlers: Lawrence County, Alabama. Northport, Ala.: s.n., 1969.
Joint Author: Some Early Sheltons: Lincoln County, Tennessee. Northport, Ala.: Authors, 1972.
TAYLOR, JOSEPH JUDSON, 1855-
Clergyman, educator. Born: Nov. 1, 1855 in Henry Co., Va. Parents: Daniel Gray and Martha (King) Taylor. Married: Anna Hinton in 1882. Education: University of Richmond, A.M.; attended Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; ordained, 1876. Pastor in Lexington, Ky., 1881-1887; Mobile, 1887-1899; Norfolk, Va., 1899-1903; Knoxville, Tenn., 1907-1915; and Savannah, Ga., 1915-1918; president Georgetown College (Ky.), 1903-1907; vice president Home Mission Board of Southern Baptist Convention, 1884-1887. Awarded several honorary D.D.s.
Source: Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1.
Author: Chinese Missions. New York: W. Neale, 1928.
Daniel G. Taylor: a Country Preacher. Louisville, Ky.: Baptist Book Concern, 1893.
The God of War. New York: Fleming and Revell, 1920.
My Lord Christ: a Tribute. New York: George H. Doran, 1926.
Radiant Hopefulness. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1922.
The Sabbatic Question. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1913.
TAYLOR, LILY ROSS, 1886-
Archaeologist, educator. Born: Aug. 12, 1886 in Auburn, Ala. Parents: William Dana and Mary Forte (Ross) Taylor. Education: University of Wisconsin, A.B.; studied at American Academy of Rome; Bryn Mawr, Ph.D. Taught at Bryn Mawr 1908-1909, 1910-1912, and 1922 until retirement in 1952; Vassar College; with American Red Cross in Italy 1918-1919. Received several honorary doctorates; member Archaeology Institute of America, American Association of University Women, American Numismatic Society, American Association of University Professors, American Historical Association, Society for Promotion of Roman Studies, and Phi Beta Kappa.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1950.
Author: The Cults of Ostia. Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Bryn Mawr College, 1962.
The Divinity of the Roman Emperor. Middletown, Conn.: American Philological Association, 1931.
Local Cults in Etruria. Rome: American Academy in Rome, 1923.
Party Politics in the Age of Caesar. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1949.
TAYLOR, ROBERT WOODY
Farmer, forest manager. Born: Jan. 19, 1902. Education: graduated from 7th Dist. Agricultural School in Albertville; Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S. Was farmer, cattleman, agronomist, and forest manager. Moved to Guntersville in 1974; published in Progessive Farmer.
Source: SCRIPSIT.
Author: Don't Waste the Juice: Bits of History, Recollections and Comments. Albertville, Ala.: Thompson Printing Co., 1971.
TAYLOR, THOMAS JONES, 1829-1894
Educator, surveyor, politician. Born: July 2, 1829 in Talladega. Parents: Mai and Ann Johnston (McCartney) Taylor. Married: Lockey Thompson Douglas. Taught school; elected Madison Co. surveyor; Confederate soldier, captured; Madison Co. surveyor, 1868-1871; elected tax collector, clerk of county court; probate judge, 1886-1894.
Source: From introduction to The Early History of Madison County and Biographical Dictionary of Southern Authors.
Author: The Early History of Madison County and Incidentally of Northern Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Confederate Pub. Co., 1976.
TEAFORD, RUTH E. ROMINE, 1927-
Businesswoman, educator. Born: Aug. 7, 1927 in Townley, Ala. Parents: Luther N. and Mary (Atkins) Romine. Married: Cecil Files, Oct. 15, 1942. Children: One. Married: Paul Teaford, Dec. 23, 1947. Education: University of Alabama, B.S., two M.A.s. Employed by Arrow Co., 1960-1964, Paul's Automotive Service, 1964-1974; teacher and principal in Walker Co. schools after 1968; free-lance writer. Won homemaking, art, and service awards; Alabama's Favorite Teacher 1980, and Alabama's Teacher of the Year 1982.
Source: Ruth E. Teaford, Jasper, Ala.
Author: Southern Homespun. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1980.
TEN HOOR, MARTEN, 1890-1967
Educator, writer. Born: Apr. 21, 1890 in Franeker, Netherlands. Parents: Foppe Marten and Elizabeth Petranella (Kok) ten Hoor. Married: Marie Magdalen Schanz, Dec. 31, 1920. Education: attended Calvin Jr. College in 1909; University of Michigan, A.B., A.M., Ph.D. Came to U.S. in 1896; private teacher, 1909- 1911; 1911-1944 taught successively at Washington College and the Universities of Michigan, Illinois, and Tulane; U.S. Army, 1918- 1919; professor of philosophy and dean of College of Arts and Science at University of Alabama, 1944-1960. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies (chairman, 1955- 1958; on board of directors after 1958); awarded several honorary doctorates.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1962-1963.
Author: Education for Privacy. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1960.
Freedom Limited: an Essay on Democracy. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1954.
A Handbook for Teachers in Hospital Schools. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1962.
The Problems of Thinking and Knowing. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards Brothers, 1933.
The Role of Music in Culture. Ann Arbor: University of Mich., 1961.
THOMAS, ALFRED BARNABY, 1896-
Educator, writer. Born: Apr. 14, 1896 in Belt, Mont. Parents: Gethin C. and Alaice Josephine (Barnaby) Thomas. Married: Muriel Merle Goodburn, July 5, 1924. Children: Three. Education: University of California, A.B., M.A., Ph.D. Taught at University of California, 1923-1927; University of Oklahoma, 1927-1937; University of Alabama after 1937; served in U.S. Naval hospital unit, 1917-1918. Received University of California traveling fellowship to Spain 1925-1926; Guggenheim fellowship in Spain 1929-1930; member American Association of University Professors, Quivira Society, Asociacion de Escritores y Artistas Americanas--Cuba, and Instituto Panamericano de Geografia e Historia--Mexico.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1950.
Author: After Coronado: Spanish Exploration Northeast of New Mexico, 1696-1727.... Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1935.
The Chirichua Apache, 1695-1876. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1959.
Forgotten Frontiers: a Study of the Spanish Indian Policy of Don Juan Bautista de Anza, Governor of New Mexico, 1777-1787. University of Oklahoma Press, 1932.
The Jicarilla Apache Indians: a History, 1598-1888. New York: Clearwater Publisher, 1973.
Latin America, a History. New York: Macmillan, 1956.
The Mescalero Apache, 1653-1874. New York: Clearwater Pub., 1973.
The Plains Indians and New Mexico, 1751-1778. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1940.
Report on Documentary Evidence Bearing on Early Colonial Structures in the Historic District. S.l.: Dept. of State Historic Pensacola Preservation Board, 1971.
Spanish Activities in the Lower Mississippi Valley, 1513- 1698. New Orleans: Louisiana Historical Society, 1939.
Teodoro de Croix and the Northern Frontier of New Spain, 1776-1783. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1941.
The Yavapai Indians: History in California, Arizona and New Mexico, 1582-1848. New York: Garland, 1974.
Editor: Alonso de Posada Report, 1686.... Pensacola, Fla.: Perdido Bay Press, 1982.
Map: Spanish Exploration Northeast of Santa Fe, 1696-1727. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1935.
THOMAS, CHAMINTNEY ELIZABETH, -1979
Musical educator. Born: in St. Clair Co., Ala. Married: Ralph Cage Thomas. Children: Four. Education: graduate of Maryville College (Tenn.). Taught grade school for 2 years; taught piano, organ, cello, and guitar in public school and privately. Several times named Woman of the Year by Russellville, Ala.; elected to Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1986.
Source: Tutwiler Collection, Birmingham Public Library; Anniston Star, Apr. 1, 1986.
Author: Hear the Lambs A-Crying. University, Ala.: Portals Press, 1975.
THOMAS, DANIEL HARRISON, 1904-
Educator. Born: Dec. 6, 1904 in Wetumpka, Ala. Parents: Walther Elihu and Lucy (McCoy) Thomas. Married: Margaret McWhinney, May 28, 1939. Children: One. Education: University of Alabama, A.B., M.A.; postgraduate work at University of Chicago; University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D. Taught history in public and private schools in Alabama, 1925-1930; Butler University, 1930-1931; University of Alabama, 1935-1936; University of Pennsylvania, 1936-1938; Temple University, 1938- 1940; University of Rhode Island after 1940; visiting summer professor at University of Alabama, Emory University, and University of Pennsylvania. Member American Historical Association, New England History Teachers Association, Phi Alpha Theta, and Phi Beta Kappa.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 15R.
Author: Fort Toulouse, the French Outpost at the Alibamos on the Coosa. Montgomery, Ala.: Alabama State Dept. of Archives and History, 1960.
Editor: Guide to the Diplomatic Archives of Western Europe. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1959.
THOMAS, DANIEL HOLCOMBE, 1906-
Attorney, jurist. Born: Aug. 25, 1906 in Prattville, Ala. Parents: Columbus Eugene and Augusta (Pratt) Thomas. Married: Dorothy Manning Quiana, Sept. 26, 1936. Married: Catherine J. Miller, Oct. 25, 1979. Education: University of Alabama, LL.B.; admitted to Alabama bar 1928. Practiced law in Mobile, 1929- 1951; assistant solicitor of Mobile Co., 1932-1939; became U.S. district judge in Mobile, 1951; served in U.S. Naval Reserve, 1943-1945; various offices in Mobile Area Council, Boy Scouts of America; trustee of Alabama State Dept. of Archives and History. Member: American Bar Association, Phi Delta Theta, and Phi Delta Phi.
Source: Who's Who in America, 1984.
Joint Editor: Guide to the Diplomatic Archives of Western Europe. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1959.
THOMAS, JOAB LANGSTON, 1933-
Botanist, educator. Born: Feb. 14, 1933 in Holt, Ala. Parents: Ralph Cage and Chamintney Elizabeth (Stovall) Thomas. Married: Marly A. Dukes on Dec. 22, 1954. Children: Four. Education: Harvard University, A.B., A.M., Ph.D. Cytotaxonomist at Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, 1959-1961; taught at University of Alabama and directed its Herbarium, 1961-1976; director of its Arboretum, 1964-1976, and assistant dean of College of Arts and Sciences, 1964-1965 and in 1969; dean for student development, 1969-1974; vice president for student affairs, 1974-1976; president of university in 1981; chancellor North Carolina State University, 1976-1981. Named outstanding professor at University of Alabama, 1964-1965; Member Alabama Academy of Honor, 1983.
Source: American Men and Women of Science, 1982; Who's Who in America, 1984.
Author: A Monographic Study of the Cyrillaceae. Cambridge, Mass.: Gray Herbarim of Harvard University, 1960.
Joint Author: Wild Flowers of Alabama and Adjoining States. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1973.
Joint Editor: The Rising South. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1973.
THOMAS, MABEL CLARE RANDALL, 1887-
Journalist. Born: Jan. 18, 1887 in Livingston, Ala. Parents: Newton Fox and Clare (Brown) Randall. Married: James Manning Wrenn, July 31, 1906. Children: Two. Married: Frank L. Thomas, Apr. 25, 1917. Children: Three. Education: attended Alabama Normal College and Holbrook Normal College. Columnist for Birmingham News, Montgomery Advertiser, Opelika News, Our Southern Home of Livingston, Alabama, and the Fort Worth Star Telegram; storyteller and reviewer of children's books on WTAU, College Station, Tex., and chairwoman of the city's Park Board; contributed stories, plays, and songs to several publications. Member DAR, UDC, Pan Am Round Table, Poetry Society of Texas, Alabama Writers Conclave, and Delta Kappa Gamma.
Source: Who's Who of American Women, 1970.
Author: Sunlight and Shadows. San Antonio, Tex.: Naylor Co., 1966.
THOMAS, MARGARET F. 1909-
Librarian. Born: May 7, 1909 in Birmingham. Education: Birmingham Southern College, A.B.; Emory University, A.B. (Lib. Sci.); studied summers at Columbia University, 1936-1940. Assistant or head library at Ensley Public Library; Walker Co. Library; Ensley High School; Birmingham Army Air Base; Robbins Field (Georgia), Howard College; Joint Universities Library; Randolph-Macon Womans College, and Ferrum Jr. College; assistant editor Alabama Librarian, 1951-1952; indexer of Vol. 4 of Alabama Review.
Source: Biographical Directory of Librarians in the United States and Canada, 1970.
Compiler: Musical Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1925.
Joint Compiler: Reading List for Birmingham Chapter of AAUW. S.l.: s.n., 1958.
THOMAS, MARY MARTHA HOSFORD, 1927-
Educator. Born: Nov. 11, 1927, in Dallas, Tex. Parents: Hemphill Moffett and Gladys (Garstang) Hosford. Married: Philip B. Thomas, Apr. 12, 1949. Children: Five. Education: attended University of Arkansas; Southern Methodist University, B.A.; University of Michigan, M.A., Emory University, Ph.D. Taught history at Northern Michigan University, 1964-1968, Jacksonville State University after 1971. Member: Organization of American Historians, Southern Historical Association, Alabama Education Association, and National Education Association.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 53.
Author: Riveting and Rationing in Dixie: Alabama Women in the Second World War. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1987.
Southern Methodist University: Founding and Early Years. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1974.
THOMAS, RONNIE
Sports publicist. Born: Piedmont, Ala. Married: Jo Anne Morrison. Children: One. Education: attended Jacksonville State University and University of Alabama. Worked in Sports Publicity Offices at University of Alabama; on sports staff of Gadsden Times, 1963; sports editor for Florence Times Tri-Cities Daily, 1965-1970; after 1970 sports information director for University of North Alabama.
Source: Victory after the Game.
Author: Man to Man. Russellville, Ala.: Franklin Newspapers, Inc., 1978.
Victory after the Game: the Harlon Hill Story. Florence, Ala.: Popular Books, 1977.
THOMAS, ROSCOE A., 1928-
Educator. Born: Dec. 4, 1928 in Washington, D.C. Married: Margie Loretta. Children: One. Education: Catholic University, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Taught in Washington, D.C., 1959- 1961 and 1962-1965; later taught modern languages at Alabama State College and at Air University at Maxwell AFB. Received Smith-Mundt Education Grant to Tunisia 1961-1962.
Source: Precious Poverty.
Author: Precious Poverty. New York: Vantage Press, 1969.
THOMAS, WILLIAM HOLCOMBE, 1867-1945
Attorney, jurist, writer. Born: July 10, 1867 in Chambers Co., Ala. Parents: William Erasmus Crawford and Emma Jane (Avery) Thomas. Married: Lula Marian McCurdy, June 4, 1891. Children: One. Education: Emory University, A.B. Practiced law, 1888- 1902 and 1910-1915; judge City Court of Montgomery, 1902-1910; justice Supreme Court of Alabama, 1915-1945. Member: Child Labor Committee, Alabama Historical Society, American and Alabama Bar Associations, executive committee of Alabama Reform School for Juvenile Negro Delinquents, and Phi Beta Kappa; trustee of Huntingdon College; received several honorary doctorates.
Source: National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 37; Who Was Who in America, Vol. 2.
Author: Birth and Growth of the Constitution of Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1900.
Contemporary Pagan Witness of Early Christians. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1909.
Governor Samford's Last Christmas: Occasional Poems. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1910.
Jesus Christ and the Commandments. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1910.
The Layman in Religious Life. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1908.
The Negro and Crime. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1912.
The New South--An Inside View. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1908.
THOMASON, MICHAEL VINCENT R., 1942-
Educator. Born: June 20, 1942 in W. Palm Beach, Fla. Education: University of the South, B.A., M.A.; Duke University, Ph.D. After 1978 taught at University of South Alabama and was director of its photographic archives. Had photographic exhibits in Mobile, 1977 and 1980; Birmingham, 1981.
Source: Who's Who in American Art, 1982; Trying Times.
Author: A New Day Coming: Alabama since 1930. Troy, Ala.: Troy State University Press, 1978.
Trying Times. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1985.
Joint Author: The Image of Progress: Alabama Photographs 1872-1917. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1980.
Mobile: American River City. Mobile, Ala.: Easter Pub. Co., 1975.
Mobile: Life and Times of a Great Southern City. Woodland Hills, Calif.: Windsor Pub., 1981.
THOMPSON, FANNIE LEE MCCONDICHIE
Educator. Born: Eurman, Ala. Married: William Ward Thompson. Children: One foster child. Education: received degrees from Huntingdon and Howard Colleges; further study at University of Alabama, Birmingham Southern College, and Peabody College. Taught in public schools of Alabama for 50 years. Awarded honorary D.H.L. degree by London Institute of Applied Letters; sponsor of Red Cross and March of Dimes.
Source: Book jacket to Presentations for Children.
Author: Presentations for Children: the Fun of Reading. Hicksville, N.Y.: Exposition Press, 1960.
THOMPSON, HENRIETTA MARY
Educator. Born: New Orleans, La. Parents: George P. and Alphonsine (Walz) Thompson. Education: Newcomb College, A.B.; Columbia University, M.A. Taught at Lewisburg College, 1917- 1919; University of Georgia, 1919-1922; Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1923-1928; University of Alabama after 1928; with South Carolina Extension Service (Winthrop) in summer 1926 and U.S. Bureau of Home Economics (Winthrop) in summer 1928; visiting professor at Teacher's College, Columbia University summer of 1926; contibuted to educational and scientific periodicals.
Source: Who's Who of American Women, 1968.
Joint Author: Clothing for Children. New York: Wiley, 1949.
THOMPSON, JAMES JOSEPH, 1924-
Educator. Born: May 1, 1925 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Education: Wagner College, B.A.; Columbia University, M.A.; University of Florida, Ed.D. Taught music in Florida public schools, 1951-1960; University of Florida, 1962-1963; Indiana State University, 1963-1967; University of South Alabama after 1967. Member: Association of Educational Communication and Technology and the Alabama Instructional Media Association.
Source: Leaders of Eduction, 1974.
Author: Beyond Words: Nonverbal Communication in the Classroom. New York: Citation, 1973.
Instructional Communication. New York: American Book Co., 1969.
THOMPSON, LUCILLE KEY, 1892-
Educator, writer. Born: May 11, 1892 in Troy, Ala. Parents: John George and Sarah E. (Carroll) Key. Married: Ara W. Thompson, Nov. 14, 1920. Children: Three. Education: attended Troy State College. Taught art at Troy State College, 1912-1914. Received Alabama Writers Conclave Book Award 1958; member National League of Pen Women, Alabama Writers Conclave, and Pike County Historical Society.
Source: Who's Who of American Women, 1964.
Author: Blue Flags Waving. Atlanta, Ga.: Banner Press, Emory University, 1951.
Gracious Interlude. Atlanta, Ga.: Banner Press, Emory University, 1943.
Love in a Certain Season. Atlanta, Ga.: Banner Press, Emory University, 1958.
THOMPSON, WESLEY SYLVESTER, 1907-
Clergyman, educator, writer. Born: June 14, 1907 in Marion Co. Parents: Lee R. and Sarah J. (Logan) Thompson. Married: Letha I. Jones, Dec. 12, 1929. Children: Two. Education: Southwestern State College, B.A.; Oklahoma University, M.A.; attended Freed Hardeman College, University of Alabama, and Abilene Christian College. Served pastorates in Weatherford and Lexington, Okla.; Double Springs, Sandusky, Winfield, Sylacauga, Berry, Vernon, and Greensboro, Ala.; taught in Alabama public schools, at Southwestern State College, Mississippi State College for Women, John Calhoun State Jr. College, and Brewer State Jr. College. Member: Alabama Writers Conclave, Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission, and Alabama and Hale Co. Historical Associations.
Source: Who's Who in Alabama, Vol. III.
Author: The Free State of Winston. Winfield, Ala.: Pareil Press, 1968.
Royal Gypsies. Vernon, Ala.: Pareil Press, 1960.
So Turns the Tide. Greensboro, Ala.: Pareil Press, 1965.
Studies in the Revelation. Nashville: 20th Century Christian, 1972.
Tories of the Hills. Boston: Christopher Pub. House, 1953.
THORNTON, JONATHAN MILLS, III, 1943-
Educator. Born: Oct. 27, 1943 in Montgomery. Parents: Jonathan Mills, Jr. and Priscilla (Marks) Thornton. Education: Princeton University, B.A.; Yale University, Ph.M., Ph.D. Taught University of Illinois at Chicago, 1971-1974; University of Michigan, 1974-; contributor to Southern literary journals. Danforth fellow 1966-1974; Jules F. Landry prize winner (Louisiana State University, 1977); Guggenheim fellow 1978-1979; member Organization of American Historians, Southern Historical Association, Princeton Club, Phi Beta Kappa, and National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 77.
Author: Politics and Power in a Slave Society: Alabama, 1800-1860. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1978.
TIDWELL, PEARL MAGNEASE ROGERS, 1906-
Educator. Born: July 7, 1906 in Cleburne Co., Ala. Parents: John Alexander and Julia Allen (Parker) Rogers. Married: Charles Jefferson Tidwell. Children: Three. Education: Jacksonville State Teachers College, B.S. Resided at Alexandria, Calhoun Co., Ala., where she taught until retirement.
Source: from The Family of John and Julia Rogers....
Author: The Family of John and Julia Rogers with Genealogies to Kintyre Scotland. Anniston, Ala.: Higginbotham, 1979.
TIKHONOV, VALENTIN (Pseudonym)
See: Payne, Pierre Stephen Robert
TILLERY, CARLYLE, 1904-
Clerk. Born: Dec. 6, 1904 in Greensburg, La. Education: Mississippi State College, B.S.; studied under Hudson Strode at University of Alabama. In years before World War II was statistical clerk in agricultural economics and agronomy; 2 years on banana plantation in Central America; served in U.S. Army in World War II; after 1945 worked in Jitney Jungle supermarket in Tuscaloosa.
Source: Alabama Librarian, Jan. 1952.
Author: Red Bone Woman. New York: John Day, 1950.
TINGLEY, GLENN VINCENT, 1901-
Clergyman, educator. Born: July 31, 1901 in Field Corner, Ohio. Parents: Nelson Eugene and Edith G. (Gage) Tingley. Married: Elva Eunice Allen, September 10, 1921. Children: Six. Education: attended Los Angeles Seminary and Los Angeles Pacific College; Mt. Vernon University, A.B., Th.B.; ordained in 1926 to ministry of the Christian and Missionary Alliance. Pastor of Birmingham Gospel Tabernacle, 1929-1956; and president of Birmingham Bible Institute, 1930-1950; pastor in Rochester, N.Y., 1956-1960; Ft. Payne, Ala., 1969-1980; president of Radio Revival, Inc. after 1929; president Fair Haven Conference Grounds in Birmingham, 1952-1960; evangelist in interdenominational crusades in several countries after 1959. Awarded honorary D.D. in 1944 by Christ Seminary.
Source: Who Was Who in the South and Southwest, 1984.
Author: Signs of the Soon Coming of Jesus Christ. Birmingham, Ala.: Radio Revival Book Room, 196?
Joint Author: Porter-Tingley Debate. Murfreesboro, Tenn.: G. W. DeHoff, 1947.
TOWER, JAMES ALLEN, 1905-1961
Educator. Born: June 5, 1905 in Northport, Ala. Parents: Louis Lovell and Minnie (Perkins) Tower. Married: Elizabeth Ozley, May 9, 1947. Children: Two. Education: University of Washington, A.B., M.S., Ph.D. Taught geography at American University of Beirut, 1928-1936; Birmingham Southern College, 1936-1961; visiting professor at University of Washington and at George Peabody College. Received AAAS grant for 1960-1961 and Rosenwald Fellowship 1947-1948. Member Phi Beta Kappa.
Source: Grove's Library of Alabama Lives.
Author: Industrial Development in Alabama: Growth and Distribution. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Southern College, 1958.
Industrial Development of the Birmingham Region. Birmingham Southern College, 1953.
The Oasis of Damascus. Beirut: American Press, 1935.
TRAWICK, BUCKNER BEASLEY, 1914-
Educator, writer. Born: Oct. 13, 1914 in Opelika, Ala. Parents: Leonard M. and Sarah Trawick. Marriage: Florence L. Treadgillon Aug. 14, 1943. Children: Two. Education: Emory University, A.B.; Harvard University, A.M., Ph.D. Taught English at Clemson University, 1937-1938; University of Mississippi, 1938-1940; Temple University, 1946; University of Alabama after 1946; U.S. Army Air Forces, 1942-1946.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 5R
Author: The Bible as Literature, Vol. 1. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1963.
The New Testament as Literature: the Gospel and Acts. Barnes & Noble, 1964.
World Literature. 2 vols. Barnes & Noble, 1953-1955.
Joint Author: The Trawick Tree: Its Nuts and Fruits. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: s.n., 1982.
Editor: Selected Prose Works of Arthur Hugh Clough. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1964.
TRAYLOR, ROSA LYON, 1914-
Extension worker. Born: Apr. 29, 1914 in Collirene, Ala. Parents: Francis Gordon and Carrie Manola (Middleton) Lyon. Married: John Bryant Traylor. Children: Two. Education: attended University of Montevallo. Worked with Lowndes Co. Extension Service; officer in Lowndes Co. Historical Society.
Source: From book, and jacket, for Collirene.
Joint Author: Collirene, the Queen Hill. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1977.
TRENHOLM, HARPER COUNCIL, 1900-1963
Educator, publisher. Born: July 16, 1900 in Tuscumbia, Ala. Parents: George Washington and _______ Trenholm. Married: Portia _______. Children: Three. Education: Morehouse College, A.B.; University of Chicago, Ph.D., M.A. Acting president State Normal School (Alabama State University), 1925- 1926; president, 1926-1963; president of Associated Publishers, affiliate of Association for Study of Negro Life and History; contributing editor to Journal of Negro Education. Member Alabama State Teachers Association; received fellowships from General Education Board and Rosenwald Fund; awarded LL.D.s by Allen University and Morehouse College.
Source: Marks' Who Was Who in Alabama; and Negro History Bulletin, May 1963.
Author: Some Measures of Progress in Alabama's Educational Program for Negro Pupils. S.l.: Alabama State Teachers Association, 1948.
TROUBETZKOY, PRINCESS
See: Rives, Amelie Louise
TUBBS, BILLY G.
Engineer, businessman. Born: Mar. 29, 1931 in Walker Co. Ala. Parents: Jim and Minnie Lee (Alexander) Tubbs. Married: Sue Clark. Children: Five. Worked in engineering 5 years in Florida and 3 years in California; president of Smith Lake Automation Co. in Jasper, Ala..
Source: Book on Daniel Tubbs and descendants.
Genealogical Researcher:
Daniel Tubbs, 1794-1881, of South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Descendants. Cullman, Ala.: Gregarth Co., 1982.
TUCKER, EARL, 1904-
Journalism, legislator. Born: July 25, 1904 in Thomasville, Ala. Parents: Austico Busbee and Lula Mae (Hall) Tucker. Education: attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Managing editor Thomasville Echo, later called Thomasville Times; chairman of his county's Democratic Executive Committee; Alabama legislator.
Source: Owen's The Story of Alabama.
Author: All the Nuts Aren't on Trees. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1960.
How Not to Worry about the Love Life of Spiders. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1959.
Rambling Roses and Flying Bricks. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode, 1958.
TUCKER, IRWIN ST. JOHN, 1886-1982
Clergyman, writer. Born: Jan. 10, 1886 in Mobile. Parents: Gardiner C. and Melville Leigh (Eckford) Tucker. Married: Ellen Dorothy O'Reilly on July 14, 1914. Children: Three. Education: General Theological Seminary in New York, B.D.; attended Columbia University. Protestant Episcopal priest, 1913-1950; after 1927 at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Chicago; converted to Roman Catholicism 1950; assistant news editor and religious editor Chicago Herald American, 1924-1954; president after 1948 of Patriarchal Council of the Church of the East; president of the Aramaic Institute; editor of Light from the East; literature director for American Socialist Party; contributed poetry to Chicago Tribune under pseudonym "Friar Tuck."
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 105; Who Was Who in America, Vol. 7.
Author: The Chosen Nation. Chicago: Author, 1919.
A History of Imperialism. New York: Rand School of Social Science, 1920.
Internationalism: the Problem of the Hour. Chicago: Author, 1918?
A Minstrel Friar: His Legacy of Song. Chicago: R. F. Seymour, 1949.
Now It Must Be Done. Chicago: Socialist Party of the United States, 1920.
Out of the Hell Box. New York: Morehouse-Gorham Co., 1945.
Poems of a Socialist Priest. Chicago: Author, 1915.
The Sangreal. Chicago: Author, 1919.
Songs of the Gulf Coast. Chicago: Sunrise, 1972.
Stop-go: the Ten Commandments for a Modern Child. New York: Morehouse, 1946.
Compiler: The Tucker Family. Evanston, Ill.: Compiler, 1976.
TURNER, MAXINE THOMPSON, 1935-
Educator. Born: Mar. 27, 1935 in Butler, Ga. Parents: Mack Thompson and Jessie (Jones) Turner. Education: Huntingdon College, B.A.; Auburn University, M.A., Ph.D.; University of Maryland and University of Edinburgh. Taught at Auburn University, 1957-1958; Columbus Center, University of Georgia, 1958; Montgomery College, Tacoma Park, Md., 1961-1962; Upper Iowa College, 1962-1963; Auburn University, 1963-1968; American University's Fort Benning branch, 1970; Georgia Tech 1970-. Member Modern Language Association, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, American Society for Engineering Education.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1980.
Author: Navy Gray: a Story of the Confederate Navy on the Chattahoochee and Apalachicola Rivers. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1987.
Technical Writing: a Practical Approach. Reston, Va.: Reston Pub. Co., 1984.
TURNER, REX, 1912-
Educator, minister. Born: Feb. 13, 1912, in Corner, Ala. Parents: Elijah Jesse and Mary Ellen Odessa (Fikes) Turner. Married: Opal Shipp, December 24, 1931. Children: Three. Education: University of Alabama, 1929-1930; Jacksonville State University, 1933-1934; Samford University, A.B., 1936; M.S., 1946; Auburn University, Ed.D., 1952. Principal, Tarrant, Blount County, Ala., 1935-1936. Ordained Church of Christ, 1932; Minister, Montgomery, Ala. 1936-1942. Co-founder, Alabama Christian College, 1942; co-president, 1942-1948; president, 1948-1973. President, Alabama Christian School of Religion, 1973-.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest.
Author: Sermons and Addresses on the Fundamentals of the Faith. Montgomery, Ala.: Alabama Christian College Bookstore, 1972.
Fundamentals of Faith. S.l.: s.n., 1973.
Milestones in the Restoration Movement. S.l.: s.n., 1955.
Principles of School Law and Applications in Alabama's Public School System. S.l.: s.n., 1955.
TURNER, THOMAS COLEMAN, 1927-
Government employee. Born: January 28, 1927, Oxford, Ala. Parents: Eugene Lauderdale and Frances (Coleman) Turner. Married: Caroline Dale Carter, March 14, 1953. Children: Two. Education: Princeton University, B.A., 1949; Auburn University, graduate school, 1949-1950. Employed the U.S. Government as information and editorial supervisor unclassified material, 1951- 1952. Lab technician, Turner Dairies, Oxford and Anniston, Ala., 1953-1954. Executive vice president, Modern Masonry Materials, 1960-1961; president, Phoenix Trading Co., Anniston, Ala., 1961-. Contributed stories and articles to Harper's, Antioch Review, Mademoiselle.
Source: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 5R
Author: Buttermilk Road. New York: McGraw Hill, 1962.
TWITTY, WILLIAM BRADLEY, 1920-
Businessman. Born: January 5, 1920, in Allsboro, Ala. (Colbert County). Parents: Clarence Hudson and Lydia (Blackburn) Twitty. Married: Gaila Northing, 1941. Children: Four. Married: Edith Bolling, July 1951. Children: Two. Education: University of North Alabama, 1939-1941; University of Alabama, 1941-1943; University of North Carolina, A.B., 1944. Recipient, Julius Rosenwald Fellowship to University of Alabama, 1943 and University of North Carolina, 1944. U.S. Army, 1944-1945. Vice president, Twitty & Twitty, Inc., Cherokee, Muscle Shoals, and Birmingham, Ala.; Pompany Beach, Fla.; and Houston, Tex., 1948- 1954; president, 1954. Chairman, Alabama State Planning Board, 1947-1951.
Source: Who's Who in the South and Southwest.
Author: The Flying Green Whale and Other Poems. Northport, Ala.: American Southern, 1965.
Y'all Come. Nashville: Hermitage Press, 1962.
Joint Author: Sacred Chitimacho Indian Beliefs. Pompany Beach, Fla.: Twitty & Twitty, 1971.
TYLER, ROBERT ENOC, 1869-
Teacher, minister. Born: December 29, 1869, near Birmingham, Ala. Parents: Richard Lawson and Mary Ann (Patton) Tyler. Married: Beulah Cook Edmondson, December 24, 1895. Children: Four. Education: Old Pleasant Hill Academy; Southern University, Ph.D., 1893. Taught at Wylam, Jefferson County, Ala. Joined the North Alabama Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1898. Pastor of churches in Albertville, Cullman, Bridgeport, Scottsboro and Birmingham, Ala. Did missionary work in Mexico for five years.
Source: Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography.
Author: The Human Trinity: Is the Home Passing? New York: Shakespeare Press, 1913.
Mexico: Past, Present, and Future. Birmingham: Leslie Printing & Pub., 1912.
TYSON, ANNE ARRINGTON, 1878-1945
Born: October 28, 1878, Lowndesboro, Ala. Parents: Archibald Pitt and Ellen Nicholson (Arrington) Tyson. Education: Alabama Central Female College, Tuskegee, Ala. Mrs. Clark's Boarding School, Nashville, Tenn.; Peebles-Thompson School; Mrs. Green's Boarding School, New York City. Studied music in New York City. Published poetry in periodicals and anthologies.
Source: Owen's Dictionary of Alabama Biography; Braithwaite's Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1926.
Author: Dramana: a Romance of the Stage. Washington, D.C.: Neal Pub. Co., 1903.
Magdalen and Other Poems. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon, 1912.
The Price of Honor. Boston: Four Seas, 1921.
Tomorrow, and Other Poems. New York: H. Vinal, 1927.
You Little Match-Maker. New York: Knockerbocker, 1931.