”Dr. Robert J. Ware, of Montgomery, had long been a member of the House, but had retired for several years until 1841, when he was again elected, and reelected in 1842. At both sessions he struggled manfully to obtain the … Continue reading
“GAINES, WILLIAM BAXTER PENDLETON (1808 -1891). William Baxter Pendleton Gaines, planter and legislator, was born on September 17, 1808, in Abbeville, South Carolina, son of Benjamin P. and Elizabeth (Ware) Gaines. He taught school in Marengo County, Alabama, until 1832 … Continue reading
“ROBINSON, WILLIAM, planter, was born February 8, 1799, in North Carolina, and died at Lowndesboro, in 1882; son of Todd and Martha Robinson; and brother of Cornelius Robinson (q.v.). He came to Alabama with his parents in 1817, and settled … Continue reading
“HOLT, EDWARD ROWELL, planter and clerk circuit court, was born January 25, 1833, in Richmond, Ga., and died November 2, 1904, in Montgomery; son of Judge William White and Mary Arinton (Ware) Holt, the former a native of Campbell County, … Continue reading
“WIMBERLY, H.T.. planter, was born January 29, 1844, in Lee County; son of L.T. Nd Hannah (Pitts) Wimberly, the former a native of Jones County, Ga., who located, after his marriage, in Macon, now Lee County four miles west of … Continue reading
“HARRISON, EDMUND, planter, was born in Petersburg, Va., and died in Montgomery, in 1883; son of Bishop Edmund Harrison, of Petersburg, Va. Long prior to the War of Secession he removed to Alabama, engaging in thee cotton business in Mobile … Continue reading
“COWLES, THOMAS MERRIWETHER, planter, was born in 1794, in Richmond County, Ga., and died March 20, 1857; son of William Marston and Anna (Merriwether) Cowles, the latter the sister of Nicholas Merriwether. His ancestors were located in Virginia in the … Continue reading
“GLENN, ROBERT JAMES, planter, was born February 27, 1816, in Hancock County Ga., and died May 5, 1858, at Montgomery; son of Robert Billups and Mary (Lewis) Glenn, who lived at Coosada, near Montgomery; … Mr. Jefferson, in his biographical … Continue reading
“Mr. James Britton Ware was born in Coweta, now Heard county, Georgia, June 16, 1830. He was a son of John Mimms Ware and Mrs. Lucy Sturdivant Ware. His father was a planter, and lived to be fifty years old. … Continue reading
