John Coleman Carmichael (1861 – )

”JOHN COLEMAN CARMICHAEL, of Birmingham, Ala., chancellor of the northwestern division of Alabama, was born in Orrville. Ala., July 2, 1861. He is the son of Dugald and Caroline (Coleman) Carmichael; the former, a native of Marion district, S. C, … Continue reading

James Render Dowdell (1847 – )

“DOWDELL, JAMES RENDER, lawyer and chief justice Alabama supreme court, was born April 2, 1847, in Chambers County; son of James Ferguson and Sarah H. (Render) Dowdell, the former a Methodist minister, a member of congress, member of the Secession … Continue reading