The book opens with a selection of correspondence that will acquaint readers with James Edmonds Saunders. The first section of this book contains recollections of the early settlers of north Alabama; touching on a wide variety of topics and numerous individuals. The second portion of the book, by Mrs. Elizabeth Saunders Blair Stubbs (the author's granddaughter), is devoted to Notes and
Genealogies on the following families: Banks, Bankhead, Bibb, Billups, Blair, Cantzon, Clay, Coleman, Cox, Du Bose, Dudley, Dunn, Elliott, Flint, Foster, Fry, Gholson, Goode, Gray, Harris, Hill, Hopkins, Lanier, Ligon, Lowe, Manning, Maclin, McGehee, Maury, Moore, Oliver, O'Neal, Phelan, Poellnitz, Ray, Richardson, Saunders, Shelton, Sherrod, Shorter, Speed, Swoope, Tait, Taliaferro, Thompson, Tillman, Urquhart, Walthall, Watkins, Webb, Weeden, Wells, White, Withers, Wyatt, Yates, Young, and others. A full name plus subject index adds to the value of this work.
James Edmonds Saunders
(1899), 2008, 5.5" x 8.5", paper, index, 584 pp.
ISBN: 9780788447389
101-S4738