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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29FV_marengo-county-confederate-monument-a-war-memorial_Demopolis-AL.html
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DVI_jefferson-baptist-church_Demopolis-AL.html
established asMt. Pleasant Baptistby Elder James Yarbrough in 1820with 27 charter members.By 1834 it had 150 members.Church among the oldest in Demopolis area.
Buried in church cemetery are John Gilmore, Reuben Hildreth and John Sample—Re…
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Built on two acres of land deeded by John D. Catlin, May 30, 1842, to Daniel E. Ellis, James Turner, David Compton and John Besteder, trustee of Methodist Episcopal Church known as Asbury Meeting House.
This early Greek Revival building was ded…
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Exiled Bonapartists granted four Townships of land in this area by Act of Congress March 3, 1817.Colonists founded Demopolis in 1817 and villages of Aigleville and Arcola soon thereafter.Attempt to cultivate grapes and olives failed. After a few y…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPK0_foscue-house_Demopolis-AL.html
Built in 1840 for Augustus Foscue (1799-1861), a North Carolina native who owned more than 3,000 acres and 137 slaves in Marengo County by 1850. Daughter Mary Alice (1838-1899) married in 1855 to Dr. Bryan Watkins Whitfield (1828-1908), son of Gen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPH9_the-rooster-bridge_Demopolis-AL.html
Side AIn 1919 a rooster sale organized by Frank Derby raised money to begin construction of a bridge over the Tombigbee River at Moscow Ferry. This was the last link in the completion of the Dixie Overland Highway between Savannah and San Diego.
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Built 1842-1860 by Gen. Nathan Bryan Whitfield 1799-1868 accomplished planter of the Canebrake
using imported materials and artisans Glorifying the Greek Revival Architecture by combining Doric exteriorCorinthian grand ballroom Ionic parlor and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPH2_temple-b-nai-jeshurun_Demopolis-AL.html
Side ACongregation B'nai Jeshurun dedicated its first temple on this site on Thanksgiving Day, November 30, 1893 with Rabbi Edward Levy of Selma officiating. The perpetual lamp was lighted by Isaac Marx, the first Jew to settle in Demopolis. The l…
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on Marengo Circuit, 1826-1839church founded 1840, great revival 1843
first building erected 1840-43 (remodeled 1848)on lot donated by the Rev. A. J. Crawford
two early pastors became bishops:John C. Keener (1843-44) and Holland N. McTyeire (…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPH0_the-demopolis-theater-district_Demopolis-AL.html
Side AEstablishing a history of theaters in this district, the Braswell Theater introduced its ornate interior toDemopolis on October 23, 1902, with a performance ofthe melodrama Unorna. Built by Frederick Henry Braswell in galleries above his har…