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The Jenkins Farm House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 15, 2008. The house is located in Dupree, Lee County, Alabama.

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Hudson High School
8th or 9th Grade
Hattie Martin Hays identified

The Jessie’s Garden cemetery is adjacent to the Wilson Cemetery on state highway 17, north of Florence, Alabama. Turn right onto County Rd. 142 just north of the Rogers Chapel United Methodist Church. Go 200 yards and the entrance is on the right.…

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The Tri-Cities Professional Directory of 1900 listed the following Jewish businesses in Florence, Alabama:

M. Coplan, Grocer
F. Cohn, Clothing
H. Kreisman, Grocer
A. Kreisman, Gents' Furnishings
Frank Perry, Grocer
Charles Perry, Gents'…

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Advertisement appeared in Charlotte Observer (North Carolina) on March 27, 1957. Crockett's promotions were racially segregated.

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Article appeared in Charlotte Observer on August 22, 1955. Reporter featured Crockett's promotional business.

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This article appeared in The Charlotte News (Charlotte, North Carolina) on 23 May 1934. The article promotes an upcoming wrestling match between "two former college grid stars": Joe Savoldi of Notre Dame and Bill Middlekauff of University of…

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Possibly an 11th grade Hudson High School student in 1965.
Lives in Cleveland, Ohio. Lola Sewell has his contact information. He was a classmate of Joe Smitherman.

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The John and Archibald Christian House in Tuscumbia was built during the 1830s as a residence for two brothers from Virgina, who, like many natives of the Piedmont region during the mid-19th-century, relocated to North Alabama. It is particularly…

Located in Beulah along Lee Road 279.

Coordinates: 32.6937444, -85.1941072

John Coffee
General John Coffee was a Federal surveyor who did work in Tennessee and Alabama and is known as one of the founders of Florence, Alabama. Born on June 2, 1772, in Prince Edward County, Virginia, Coffee moved to Tennessee as a young man. As a…

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John D. Chisholm (1737 -1742?, d. 1818), who was Chief Doublehead's legal counsel and liaison, arrived in North America around 1777. He was involved in multiple land scams before and after his partnership with Chief Doublehead. After Doublehead's…

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One of the oldest surviving domestic structures in Tuscumbia, the John Daniel Rather House, or Locust Hill, was built in 1823 for planter William Hooe and his wife, Catherine Winter. It was occupied briefly during the Civil War by Union troops under…

A professor of natural science and one of the original trustees of the East Alabama Male College, he also taught chemistry and developed a “Prophylactic Fluid” which was widely used as a disinfectant and antiseptic by Civil War surgeons and…

John H. Rapier was a freed African-American in Florence, Alabama. Born as a slave in 1808, Rapier was emancipated in 1829 by the last will and testament of Richard Rapier. Upon receiving his freedom, John became a barber and earned an income of…

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The John Johnson House, commonly referred to as "The Green Onion," is a 19th-century Tidewater-style cottage near Leighton in Colbert County. It is one of four double-square Tidewater cottages in the state of Alabama, and one of three among those…

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John McKinley was one of seven trustees that made up the Cypress Land Company and is considered a founder of Florence, Alabama. McKinley was born on May 1, 1780, in Culpepper County, Virginia, and later moved to Kentucky. He came to Alabama around…

This historic marker is located on corner of S Seminary St and Veterans Drive, Florence, Alabama.

Text on the marker reads: "John McKinley (1780-1852), native of Virginia, prominent attorney, member of Cypress Land Company, built a large…

This historic marker is located on Cox Creek Parkway (Alabama Route 133), Florence, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "For 21 years following the end of World War II, John Bulls served as Agricultural Extension Advisor for the U.S. Dept. in…

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GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 33.21580, Longitude: -86.55420Johnson Cemetery Listing on Findagrave.comJohnson Cemetery Listing on Rootsweb

To reach Johsnon Crossroads Cemetery, go east on County Road 8 for .5 mile. Turn left onto County Road 139 and continue for a few miles to the church on the right side of the road. The cemetery is located at 1470 County Road 139, in the Johnson…

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Johnson's Woods in Tuscumbia is one of the earliest surviving examples of Classical Revival-style architecture in the Tennessee Valley, and is among "the best preserved collections of mid-nineteenth-century agricultural architecture" in the state of…

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Jonathan Rosenbaum, who was the head film critic of the Chicago Reader from 1987 to 2008, has had a lifelong interest in movies and the arts. Born in Florence, Alabama on February 27, 1943, his grandfather and father ran a small chain of movie…

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Marion, Alabama

Brown Chapel AME member
Selma resident

This historic marker is located on Hightower Place, Florence, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "First serving as a member of the U.S. Senate (1826-1830), John McKinley was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Van Buren, becoming…

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The federal building is located at the corner of Seminary and Tombigbee and its address is 210 North Seminary Street, Florence, Alabama. The building is currently named in honor of Alabama’s first Supreme Court Justice, John McKinley. The United…

This historic marker is located on N. Seminary St. just from E. Tombigbee St., Florence, Alabama.

The text on side one of the marker reads: "Named for Alabama's first United States Supreme Court Justice, John McKinley made his home in Florence,…

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The Karsner-Kennedy House at 303 North Pine Street is located on lot 7 of the original Florence plat purchased by James Gadsden for $350. The house was built sometime before 1831 when it was purchased by Oscar Karsner. The Karsner family owned the…

This historic marker is located on 301 North Pine Street, Florence, AL.

The text on side one reads: "The Karsner ~ Kennedy House is significant because of its architectural characteristics. Benjamin F. Karsner (1800-1867) of Maryland married Sarah…

University of Rhode Island

Keith Middle School (today)

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The Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts serves as an art gallery and hosts workshops and classes. The Center for the Arts is also the headquarters for the Florence museums.
April 1, 1976 marked the opening of the Kennedy-Douglass Center for the…

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Several caves, located 1.5 miles apart, via Gunwaleford Road were included in archaeological digs in the late 1980s. It was believed that the artifacts of indigenous people had been stored in the area. At one time William Key owned the property,…

In 1908 J. R. Keyes and A. L. Clem opened the Athens Grocery and Bakery company one door down from the First National Bank. In 1921 the paper refers the business as Keyes Kandy Kitchen. In 1918 Keyes Jewelry Store was first advertised. In 1919 the…
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