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History of Pickensville, (Pickens County) AlabamaOur database does not include an historic photo for Pickensville, (Pickens County) Alabama, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:Biography of William Belton Murrah William Belton Murrah, educator, was born in Pickensville, Ala., May 19, 1852: son of the Rev. William and Mary Susan (Cureton) Murrah, and grandson of William Murrah and of James Cureton. He was graduated from Southern university, Greensboro, Ala., 1874, and joined the North Mississippi conference of the M.E. church south in 1876. He was stationed at Oxford, 1877-81, Winona, 1881-85, and Aberdeen, 1885-86, and was vice-president of Whitworth college, Brookhaven, Mass., 1886-90. He was elected president of Millsaps college, Jackson, Miss., in 1892. He was married in February, 1881, to Beulah Fitzhugh of Oxford. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred on him by Centenary college, La., in 1887, and that of LL.D. by Wofford college, S.C., in 1897. He published many sermons, addresses and religious articles. |
Alabama Facts: Pickens County Facts: Seat: CarrolltonEstablished: 19 Dec 1819 Formed from: Tuscaloosa Additional Local History Notes: The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: PICKENSVILLE, a thriving post-village of Pickens co., Alabama, on the Tombigbee river, about 180 miles W. N. W. from Montgomery. Cotton is shipped here in steamboats. The village contains 2 flourishing seminaries, named the Pickensville Female Institute, and Pickensville High School. Population in 1850, 276. Pickensville is situated 70 meters above sea level. |