Abbott, Clarence Eugene, Sr.
b. 23 Sep. 1879 - Kendall, WI; d. 14 Apr. 1953 - Raleigh, NC

• Alabama Blue Book and Social Register. Vol.1. Birmingham, Ala: Blue Book  Publishing Co., 1929: 43.
• "Changes in T.C.I. Personnel Announced Upon Heels of Crawford's Resignation: Landgrebe, Abbott, Chalmers Take Over New Posts with Organization" Birmingham News 4 Feb 1930: 1.
• "Former TCI President, Clarence E. Abbot, Sr. Dies" Birmingham Post-Herald 16 April 1953: 4.
• Moore, Albert Burton. History of Alabama and Her People. Vol. II. Chicago: The American Historical Society, 1927: 535.
• "T.C.I. Appoints Three New Vice-Presidents: Karl Landgrebe, C. E. Abbott and Thomas Chalmers are Added to List of Company's Officials" Birmingham Age-Herald 5 Feb 1930: 1.
• "Steel Man Dies" Birmingham News 16 Apr. 1953: 54.
• "Vice President of TCI Retires: Clarence E. Abbott Started Mining Engineer Work Here in 1906" Birmingham Post 31 Dec 1945: 2.

Abbott, Donald Curtis
b. 3 Jul 1917 - Birmingham, AL ; d. 21 Feb 1963 - Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); foundry service engineer

• "D. C. Abbott" (obituary) Birmingham News 22 Feb 1963: 7.

Abernathy, Samuel Franklin
b. 13 Jan. 1882 - AL; d. 27 Oct. 1951 - Roanoke, AL; buried: Cedarwood Cemetery (Roanoke, AL)

• Price, Ben. "Clogged Pipes Lead to Report: S. F. Abernathey Invents New Cleaning Method and Gets Patent." Birmingham Age-Herald 15 Feb. 1940: 7.

Abramovitch, Rudolph A.

• "Chemistry Research Professor is Leaving" Tuscaloosa News 14 Jul 1977: 10.
• "Grant Will Allow Capstone Research" Tuscaloosa News 6 Apr 1969: 22.

Adams, Carl, Sr.
b. 25 Nov 1889 - Lafayette, AL; d. 12 Feb 1966 - Birmingham, AL; buried Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Mr. Carl Adams, Sr." (obituary) Birmingham News 13 Feb 1966: B-5.

Adamson, Reese
b. 15 May 1888 - Carrollton, GA; d. 7 Dec 1957 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Reese Adamson" (obituary) Birmingham News 9 Dec 1957: 30.

Agricola, Frederick Theodore, Sr.
b. 20 Jan 1896 - Gadsden, AL; d. 7 Mar 1961 - Gadsden, AL; buried: Forrest Cemetery (Gadsden, AL); Chairman of the Board, Agricola Furnace Company

• "Gadsden Businessman, F. T. Agricola Sr., Dies" Birmingham News 8 Mar 1961: 37.

Agricola, Otto
b. 28 Oct 1865 - LA; d. 18 Oct 1939 - Gadsden, AL; buried: Forrest Cemetery (Gadsden, AL)

• "Gadsden Industrial Leader Chosen Head of Employers' Body" Birmingham News 29 Nov 1933: 7.
• "Prominent Gadsden Citizen Heart Attack Victim" Birmingham News 19 Oct 1939: 4.

Akans, William Ralph
b. 18 Sep 1897 - AL; d. 8 Nov 1974 - Mountain Brook, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham AL)

• "William Ralph Akans" (obituary) Birmingham News 9 Nov 1974: 14.

Alderson, George Edward
b. 26 Nov 1888 - Cleveland, OH; d. 17 Mar 1967 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "G. E. Alderson" (obituary) Birmingham News 18 March 1967: 9.

Aldrich, Truman Heminway
b. 17 October 1848 - Palmyra, NY; d. 28 April 1932 - Florence, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Aldrich Funeral to be Conducted at Home in City: One of Founders of Coal and Iron Industry in Area Dies at Residence" Birmingham News 28 Apr 1932: 1.
• "Aldrich Recalls Story of Beginning of Coal Mining in Alabama" Birmingham News 19 Aug 1931: 4.
• Biographical Directory of the U. S. Congress
• Book of Birmingham and Alabama. Birmingham, Ala: Birmingham Ledger, 1914: 73.
• Cattell, James McKeen. American Men of Science: A Biographical Directory. Vol. 4. New York: Bowker, 1906-1968. 11.
• Cruikshank, George. History of Birmingham and Its Environs: A Narrative Account of Their Historical Progress, Their People, and Their Principle Interests. Vol. 2. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1920. 5.
• Owen, Thomas McAdory. History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. Vol. 3. Spartanburg, SC: Reprint Co., 1978. 16.
• "Prominent State Geologist Dies: Last Rites Held for T. H. Aldrich, Jr." Birmingham Post 26 April 1950: 13.

Aldridge, Loren L.
b. 20 Jan 1920 - AL; d. 16 Sep 1978 - AL; buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery (Bessemer, AL)

• "Loren L. Aldridge" (obituary) Birmingham News 17 Sep 1978: 2-B.

Aldridge, Stanley E.
b. 19 Jun 1906 - Oxford, AL; d. 29 Oct 1960 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Westview Cemetery (Atlanta, GA); book-keeper, Birmingham Electric Company

• "S. E. Aldridge" (obituary) Birmingham News 30 Oct 1960: A-9.

Alexander, Olin M.
b. 8 Feb 1868 - Millville, MO; Central College (MO); d. 31 Aug 1930 - Tampa, FL; buried: Birmingham, AL

• "Former Birmian to be Buried Here" Birmingham News 3 Sep 1930: 21.
• Notable Men of Alabama, Personal and Genealogical, with Portraits. Spartanburg, SC: Reprint Co., 1976.
• Owen, Thomas McAdory. History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. Vol. 3. Spartanburg, SC: Reprint Co., 1978: 20.

Allen, Anson Warren
b. abt. 1862 - Walpole, MA; d. 25 Dec. 1944 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Anson W. Allen Taken by Death" Birmingham Age-Herald 26 Dec. 1944: 4.

Allgood, Oscar Barnett
b. 28 May 1876 - Blount Co., AL; d. 5 Oct 1964 - Bessemer, AL; buried: Oakland Cemetery; Superintendent, TCI electric repair shop

• "Oscar Allgood" (obituary) Birmingham News 7 Oct 1964: 10.

Amsler, Charles D.

• "Team From UAB is Heading to Antarctica on a Quest to Find Chemicals That May Help Battle Diseases Such as Cancer" Birmingham News 8 Feb 2007: 1-A.
• "Island Puts UAB Scientists on Map: Antarctic Spot Names for Husband-Wife Team" Birmingham News 24 Oct 2007: 1-A.

Anderson, Frank Hartley
b. 10 June 1891 - Boston, MA; d. 4 April 1947 - Mt. Airy, GA

• "Artist Sketches His Two Little Daughters" Birmingham News 24 Aug 1930: 9 (in Social, Amusements/Radio, Financial Section); includes the sketch of his daughters.
• "Frank Anderson, Once Birmingham Citizen, Succumbs in Georgia" Birmingham News 27 April 1947: 14-A.
• Giddens, Lucia. "Cosmopolitan Group Used as Models for Art Exhibit: Every Walk of Life Represented in Group Selected to Pose by Frank Hartley Anderson Whose Work Now is on Display in Public Library's Gallery" Birmingham Post 13 Mar 1935: 7.
• Williams, Lynn Barstis. "An Artistic Blend: Frank and Martha Anderson"
  Alabama Heritage Fall 2005:
• O'Rourke, John T. "Rural America Stands Up and Cheers Murals Painted by Fine Arts Project" Birmingham Post 9 Jan 1940: 12.
• Smith, Emily Ashe. "Murals in Anderson Studio Present Views in Early World Discoveries: Work Done for Lakeview School Draws Praise as Hanging of Friezes is Planned" Birmingham News 8 Nov 1936: 14.
• Who's Who in American Art: A Biographical Directory of Selected Artists in the United States Working in the Media of Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Arts, Illustration, Design, and Handicrafts. Vol. 1. Washington, DC: The American Federation of Arts, 1935-1940: 17.

Anderson, Mary
b. abt. 1866 - Burton Hill Plantation in Greene Co., AL; d. Jun 1953 - Monteagle, TN; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "First Windshield Wiper Found no Place in Market" Alabama Journal 14 Feb. 1971.
• "Miss Mary Anderson" (Obituary) Birmingham News 29 June 1953: 22.
  Reeves, Lynn. "Concern Gave Boon to Drivers" Birmingham News 13 Feb. 1972: B-20.
• Stallworth, Clarke. "Southern Belle Invented Wiper for Windshield" Birmingham News 20 Feb. 1977: 44-A.
• "Windshield Wiper Inventor, Miss Mary Anderson Dies." Birmingham News 29 June 1953: 13.
• "Woman Inventor, Alabamian, Dies." Mobile Register 30 June 1953.

Anderson, Pelham Hansard, Jr.
b.15 Sep 1914 - AL; d. 5 Mar 1986 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Consulting engineer; Chief engineer, Hudson and Partners; Graduate, University of Alabama

• "Pelham Hansard Anderson, Jr." (obituary) Birmingham Post-Herald 7 Mar 1986: A-12.

April, Gary C.

• Whiting, Chuck. "Model Ready for a Storm" Tuscaloosa News 2 Feb 1977: 40.

Argo, Malcolm M., Jr.
b. 9 Jul 1918 - Huntington, WV; d. 20 Feb 2005 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Graduate, Mississippi State University

• "M. M. Argo, Jr. (Buddy)" (obituary) Birmingham News 22 Feb 2005: 4-B.

Arrington, Richard Henry
b. 24 Aug. 1919 - AL; d. 13 Apr. 1994 - Montgomery, AL; buried: Old Oakwood Cemetery (Montgomery, AL)

• "Services for Cattleman Set for Today." Montgomery Advertiser 15 Apr. 1994: 4B.
• "The U.S. Patent Office had Just Made Richard Arrington..." Montgomery Advertiser 21 October 1955.

Askew, Levi Jackson
b. 11 Feb 1870 - Roanoke, AL; d. 28 Jun 1935 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Askew Funeral Planned" Birmingham News 29 Jun 1935: 9.

Asprey, Robert R.
b. 23 May 1951 - Los Alamos, NM; d. 17 Jan 2006 - Huntsville, AL; New Mexico State University
(B. S., Electrical Engineering, 1979)

• "Robert R. Asprey" (obituary) Huntsville Times 22 Jan 2006.

Atwood, Jerry L.

• "Researcher Wins Burnum Award" Tuscaloosa News 1 Feb 1986: 1, 3.

Austin, Charles Henry
b. 29 July 1886 - Austinville, AL; d. 30 Aug 1968 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Mr. Austin" (obituary) Birmingham News 31 Aug 1968: 10.

Auten, Claude Isaac
b. 9 Apr 1882 - MI; d. 1 Feb 1948 - Atlanta, GA; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Funeral Rites to be Held Here for Former T.C.I. Executive" Birmingham News 2 Feb 1948: 2.
• "Retired Executive of T.C.I. is Claimed by Death in Georgia" Birmingham Age-Herald 2 Feb 1948: 9.

Bagby, Orville W.
b. 14 Feb 1914 - NC; d. 16 Sep 1994 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Jefferson Memorial Gardens East; Founder, Alabama Gage Stick Company

• "Orville W. Bagby" (obituary) Birmingham News 16 Sep 1994: 4C.

Bagby, Robert Trammel, Sr.
b. 14 Aug 1882 - AL; d. 20 Dec 1956 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Civil Engineering, 1903)

• "Robert T. Bagby, Sr., Mining Engineer, Dies" Birmingham News 20 Dec 1956: 29.

Baker, Bertsil Burgess, Jr.
b. 25 Oct 1924 - Fairfield, AL; d. 1 July 1998 - West Goshen Township, West Chester, PA

• "Bertsil B. Baker, Jr." (obituary) Birmingham News 8 July 1998: 6-D.

Ball, Edwin Marcott
b. abt. 1886; d. 1 Jul 1954 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Edwin M. Ball, Retired TCI Employee, Succumbs" Birmingham News 1 July 1954: 6.
• "Edwin Marcotte Ball" (Obituary) Birmingham News 2 July 1954, p. 26.
• "Funeral will be Today for E. M. Ball, Ex-TCI Executive" Birmingham Post-Herald 3 July 1954: 12.

Barks, Charles Oliver
b. 26 Dec 1873 - Evansville, IN; d. 15 May 1949 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Charles Oliver Barks Buried in Elmwood" Birmingham News 17 May 1949: 2.

Barr, Charles James
b. 9 Nov 1872 - Canada ; d. 25 Nov 1939 - Dayton, OH

• "Charles J. Barr Succumbs in Ohio: Former Prominent Figure in Industrial Life of Birmingham Dies" Birmingham News 26 Nov 1939: 16.

Barr, Clarence Dale
b. 8 Feb 1883 - Gallion, OH; d. 25 Feb 1972 - Mobile, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Acipco Official, C. D. Barr, to Retire: Veteran Industrialist to Step Down Jan. 1" Birmingham Post-Herald 20 Dec 1952: 2.
• "American Cast Iron Pipe Names C. D. Barr Board Chairman" Birmingham News 8 Feb 1952: 32.
• "Barr Elected Chairman of Acipco Board" Birmingham Post-Herald 9 Feb 1952: 8.
• "Business Executive Clarence Barr Dies" Birmingham News 26 Feb 1972: 11.
• "C. D. Barr Succeeds W. D. Moore as Head of Pipe Plant Here: Changes at Acipco are Announced after Meeting of Board of Directors" Birmingham News 29 July 1946: 1.
• "Clarence D. Barr Named to High Appeal Position: Industrialist will Serve as Aid of Ireland in Annual Drive" Birmingham News 30 Sep 1937: 11.
• "Moore, Acipco Chief, Retires; Barr Moves Up" Birmingham Post 29 July 1946: 2.

Barrett, Thomas Hampton
b. 28 Oct 1876 - Kings Mountain, NC; d. 20 Feb 1969 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Thomas Hampton Barrett" (obituary) Birmingham News 22 Feb 1969: 12.

Barrett, William Jordan
b. Harrison, GA; d. 25 Jan 2009; buried: Jefferson Memorial Gardens South (Hoover, AL); Mercer University (Master's in chemistry); University of Florida (Ph.D)

• "Dr. William Jordan Barrett" (obituary) Birmingham News 27 Jan 2009:

Barrington, William Norman
d. 6 Dec 1892 - Birmingham, AL; d. 17 Jun 1961 - Birmingham, AL; Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "W. H. Barrington" (obituary) Birmingham News 18 Jun 1961: A-15.

Barron, Alvah Votelle, Jr.
b. 3 Jan 1927 - Thomaston, GA; d. 3 Dec 2007 - Birmingham, AL; Georgia Institute of Technology (Engineering)

• "Alvah Votelle Barron, Jr." (obituary) Birmingham News 6 Dec 2007: 4-B.
• "Barron Elected Fly Ash Prexy" Birmingham News 22 Jan 1967: A-11.

Barrow, Lewis C.
b. 28 Jun 1903; 14 Jun 1977

• "Lewis C. Barrow" (obituary) Birmingham News 16 Jun 1977: 62.

Barry, Howitt Smith
b. abt 1906 - Warren, PA; d. 2 Jun 1964 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Howitt Barry" (obituary) Birmingham News 3 Jun 1964: 40.

Baskervill, George Booth
b. 6 Jan 1875 - TN; d. 9 Mar 1931 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Stanton Cemetery (Stanton, TN)

• "G. B. Baskervill Passes at Home: Final Rites will be Held in Stanton, Tenn., for Civil Engineer" Age-Herald 10 March 1931: 2.

Basore, Cleburne A.

• "Fuel Invented: Auburn Engineer Develops Process to Use Pine Sawdust" Birmingham News 28 May 1930: 26.

Beard, Andrew Jackson
b. 1848 - Jefferson County, AL; d. 10 May 1921 - Jefferson County, AL

• Burt, McKinley. " Andrew J. Beard" Black Inventors of America. Portland, Ore.: National Book Company, 1989: 18-23.
• "A Colored Genius: How an Alabama Negro Accumulated a Fortune by Invention" The Sun (Maryland) 2 Sep 1890: 2 (Supplement)
• "Negro Invents a Car Coupler: Test Made in Railroad Yards Successful" Age-Herald 29 Sep 1898: 5.
• Kindred, Ingrid. "Black Inventor Never Acclaimed: Died in Almshouse" Birmingham News 13 Feb. 1978: 2.
• "Talk of M & O Going to Courts to Get Use of the Birmingham Southern Tracks...The Beard Coupler" Age Herald 2 Aug 1899: 5.
• "$100,000 for a Negro Inventor"  Charlotte Daily Observer 15 Oct 1903: 2.

Beatty, Donald Croom
b. 11 Apr. 1900 - Birmingham, AL; d. 12 July 1980 - Jefferson County, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• Carmichael, Mary Alice Beatty. Donald Croom Beatty: Alabama's Aviator,    Explorer, and Inventor. Birmingham, Ala.: M.A.B. Carmichael, 1998.
• "City Man Receives High Aviation Pioneers Award" Birmingham News??   23 Oct 1973: B-4.
• "Donald Beatty of Pioneer Family, Inventor, Aviator, Dies" Birmingham  News 15 July 1980: 4C.
• "Donald Croom Beatty" (obituary) Birmingham News 15 July 1980: 4-D.

Beatty, Edward Troy
b. 25 Aug 1881 - Mobile, AL; d. Jul 1937 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Funeral Announced for Edward T. Beatty" Birmingham News 30 Jul 1947: 28.

Beatty, Robert Douglas
b. 10 Oct 1887 - Birmingham, AL; d. Jul 1953 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Robert D. Beatty" (obituary) Birmingham News 11 Jul 1953: 8.

Beatty, William Henry
b. abt 1898; d. 5 Jan 1960 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Birmingham Man Allowed Patent: Device of William H. Beatty will Revolutionize Pipe Making, Claim" Birmingham News 10 Jan 1928: 12.
• "William H. Beatty, Manufacturer's Agent" (obituary) Birmingham News 7 Jan 1960.

Beck, William Perry
b. 15 Oct 1879; d. 11 Jun 1953 - Birmingham, AL

• "William Perry Beck" (obituary) Birmingham News 12 Jun 1953: 37.

Belk, Charles Rufus, Sr.
b. 26 Aug 1875 - MS; d. 7 Feb 1958 - Bessemer, AL; buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery (Bessemer, AL)

• "Charles Rufus Belk, Sr." (obituary) Birmingham News 9 Feb 1958: B-5.

Bell, Alton McKay
b. 2 Nov 1885 in Tennessee; d. 11 Feb 1964 in Tennessee; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "A. M. Bell" (obituary) Birmingham News 12 Feb 1964: 26.

Bellsnyder, Thomas, Sr.
b. 17 May 1885 - Birmingham, AL; d. 16 Jun 1950 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Funeral Rites for Tom Bellsnyder will be Held at Home Sunday" Birmingham News 18 June 1950: A-4.

Bender, Houston Oscar
b. 25 Nov 1917 - OK; d. 30 Oct 1995 - CA; buried: Rose Hills Memorial Park (Whittier, CA); President, J. H. Bender Equipment Company

• "Houston O. Bender" (obituary) Birmingham News 2 Nov 1995: 2-F.

Benedict, Samuel R.
b. 12 July 1882 - Athens, GA; d. 10 May 1936 - Baltimore, MD; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• Bonner, Clint. "How He Got There: Dr. Samuel R. Benedict" Birmingham News 11 June 1933: 5.
• "Dr. S. R. Benedict Awarded Medal for Saving Life by Resuscitation: Administers Prone Pressure Method Method to Victim of Electric Shock" Birmingham News 1 July 1927: 9.
• "Dr. S. R. Benedict, Medical Leader in State, Passes: Surgeon for Power Company Fails to Rally After Recent Operation" Birmingham News 11 May 1936: 8.
• "Insull Medal for Life Saving Awarded Doctor: Resuscitating Woman by Artificial Respiration Here is Recognized" Birmingham Post 1 July 1927:

Benners, Allen C.
b. abt 1878 - Greensboro, AL; d. 30 Jun 1956 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Moncrief Cemetery

• "A. C. Benners, Retired Shoe Representative, Succumbs" Birmingham News 30 Jun 1956: 2.

Bennett, Oscar Lee
b. 18 Sep 1892 - Florence, AL; d. 30 Jul 1957 - Fairfield, AL; Rate Technician, TCI

• "Oscar Lee Bennett, TCI Rate Technician" (obituary) Birmingham News 30 Jul 1957: 20

Benton, Fred Karl
b. abt 1909 - Birmingham, AL; d. 17 Feb 1955 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Cleaning Company Owner, Fred Karl Benton, Dies" Birmingham News 18 Feb 1955: 43.

Berg, Hakon Axel
b. abt 1879 - Sweden; d. 9 Oct 1961 - Birmingham, AL

• "Industrialist H. A. Berg Passes at 82" Birmingham News 9 Oct 1961: 1, 5.

Bernard, Harry Overton
b. 16 Jul 1876 - KY; d. 27 Feb 1961 - Fort Meyers, FL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Harry Overton Bernard, Retired Builder, is Dead" Birmingham News 27 Feb 1961: 4.

Bernhard, Jessie Byrd
b. abt 1885; d. 26 Jan 1950 - Birmingham; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Mrs. Jessie Byrd Bernhard" (obituary) Birmingham News 28 Jan 1950: 10.

Bernhard, John Edward
b. 23 Aug 1884 - Briarwood, AL; d. Aug 1958 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "J. E. Bernhard, Ex-Machinist" (obituary) Birmingham News 22 Aug 1958: 6.

Beswick, William
b. Oldham, England; d. 6 Jul 1944 - Montgomery, AL

• "Local Resident Dies at Capital" Birmingham Age-Herald 7 July 1944: 10.
• "Services Announced" Birmingham News 9 Jul 1944: 8-B.

Bice, Lloyd Rivers
b. 24 Sep 1905; d. 19 January 2000 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Highland Memorial Gardens

• "Lloyd Rivers Bice" (obituary) Birmingham News 20 Jan 2000: 10-A.

Birch, Neil
b. 4 Mar 1877 - IN; d. 17 Mar 1943 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Neil Birch" (obituary) Birmingham News 17 Mar 1943: 20.

Binney, Edwin, Sr.
b. 21 Sep 1918 - Ft. Worth, TX; d. 5 Oct 2009 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Jefferson Memorial Gardens East; Texas A & M; Graduate, Sam Houston State.

• "Edwin Binney, Sr." (obituary) Birmingham News 7 Oct 2009: 3-B.

Bissell, Titus Lucretius
b. 7 December 1886 - Charleston, SC; d. 11 February 1967 - Charleston, SC

• "T. L. Bissell Resigns Power Company Post; Moving to Charleston" Birmingham News 26 Nov 1949: 3.
• Titus Bissell" (obituary) Birmingham News 13 Feb 1967: 6.

Blach, Ralph Carl
b. 28 Dec 1897 - AL; d. 2 Oct 1938 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Temple Emanu-El Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Ralph C. Blach Rites at Home" Birmingham News 3 Oct 1938: 14.  

Blackman, Huey Warren
b. 13 November 1892 - Ozark, AL; d. 1 May 1967 - Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL;
buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "H. W. Blackman" (obituary) Birmingham News 1 May 1967: 30.

Blackman, Walter W.
b. 19 Jun 1875 - AL; d. 29 Dec 1939 - Cleveland, OH; Cartoonist

• "Walter Blackman, Cartoonist, Dies" Birmingham News 30 Dec 1939: 5.

Blakemore, Joseph Thomas
b. 23 May 1885 - Highmore, SD; d. 14 May 1945 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Joseph Blakemore, Research Head, Dies" Birmingham News 14 May 1945: 18.
• "J. T. Blakemore, 59, Sloss Chemist, Buried" Birmingham News 15 May 1945: 3
• "J. T. Blakemore Taken by Death" Birmingham Age-Herald 15 May 1945: 12.

Blomstran, Carl A., Sr.
b. 23 May 1913 - Maywood, IL; d. 11 March 1965 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Carl Blomstran, Sr., Local Engineer, Dies" Birmingham News 12 March 1965: 13.

Bodinger, Donald C.

• "Pelham Inventor Improves RR Products" Shelby County Reporter 15 Jan 1981: 14.

Bohannan, Robert S.
b. 23 Sep 1882 - Birmingham, AL; d. 3 Oct 1951 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Brighton Cemetery (Jefferson Co., AL)

• "Robert S. Bohanon Services will be Conducted Tomorrow" Birmingham News 4 Oct 1951: 55.

Bordenca, Carl
b. 13 Aug 1916 - Birmingham, AL; d. 11 Mar 1990 - Gainesville, FL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Howard College (Birmingham, AL); Purdue University, PhD, Biochemistry; Georgia Institute of Technology

• "Dr. Carl Bordenca" (obituary) Birmingham News 13 Mar 1990: 6-B.
• "SRI Assistant Director, Dr. Bordenca, Leaving Staff" Birmingham News 28 Dec 1955: 10.

Boswell, Lewis Archer
b. 9 May 1834 - Lunenburg Co., VA; d. 26 Nov 1909 - Red Hill, AL; buried: Oak Hill Cemetery (Talladega, AL)

• "Alabamian Made Pioneer Experiments with Planes" Birmingham Post 21 May 1938: 5.
• Bullock, Randy. "Dr. Lewis Archer Boswell: Inventor of the Arial Boat" Alabama Aviator Aviation News and Resource (web)
• Norton, Frances. "He Almost Invented Plane" Birmingham News 20 May 1968: 27.
• "Records Reveal Alabamian First Man to Fly: Eastaboga Bugaboo -  Boswell Scrapped Invention" Birmingham News 12 Nov 1945.
• "Search is Being Conducted for Man Who Flew First" Anniston Star 3 Oct 1968.
• "From Where I Stand: What Ever Happened to Boswell Steam Flying Machine?" Birmingham News 12 May 1950.

Boutwell, Clarence Edward
b. about 1902; d. 26 Dec 1951- Birmingham, AL; buried: Greenville, AL

• "C. E. Boutwell Rites to be Held Today" Birmingham Post-Herald 27 Dec 1951: 4.
• "Clarence Boutwell, Inventor, Succumbs" Birmingham News 26 Dec 1951: 4.

Bowen, Hugh Stetson
b. 6 Mar 1895 - Wewahitchka, FL; d. 28 Dec 1963 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Hugh Bowen" (obituary) Birmingham News 20 Dec 1963: 14.

Bowron, Charles Edward
b. 25 May 1871 - Redcar, Yorkshire, England; d. 17 June 1942 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Kin are Pallbearers for Charles E. Bowron" Birmingham Post 18 June 1942: 5.
• "Long Illness is Fatal to Charles E. Bowron, Industrial Engineer: Native of England was Active in Civic and Fraternal Circles" Birmingham News 18 June 1942: 11.

Bragan, Asher Senor, Sr.
b. 22 May 1882; d. 7 Oct 1950 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Asher S. Bragan, Sr., Succumbs Suddenly at Hospital Here" Birmingham News 8 Oct 1950: A-18.

Brakeman, Roy Edgar, Sr.
b. 8 Oct 1880 - Wichita, KS; d. 15 Sep 1957 - Gadsden, AL; buried: Forrest Cemetery (Gadsden, AL); Ohio State University; University of Chicago

• "Roy Edgar Brakeman, Sr., Steel Engineer, Passes" Birmingham News 16 Sep 1957: 19.

Brandes, Joseph David
b. abt. 1868 - New York; d. 24 Apr 1943; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Joseph David Brandes" (obituary) Birmingham News 24 Apr 1943: 10.
• "Patent Granted: James Steel and Joseph Brandes, Birmingham, Invent Headlight Visor" Birmingham News 4 Jun 1930: 4.

Brantley, Dr. Warner Morel
b. abt 1894 - Columbus, GA; d. 6 Aug 1948 - Adamsville, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Birmingham Dental College

• "Dr. W. M. Brantley, Ensley Dentist, Dies" Birmingham News 23 Dec 1951: A-4.

Bray, Thomas Leonard
b. 6 Sep 1919 - Oak Park, IL; d. 3 Jul 1993 - Birmingham, AL ; Graduate, Iowa State University; Employed by General Electric and retired from Thomas Bray and Associates

• "Thomas Leonard Bray" (obituary) Birmingham News 4 July 1993: 12-A.

Brazelton, George T.
b. 18 Dec 1876 - TN; d. 10 Dec 1938 - Washington, D.C.; buried: Arlington National Cemetery

• "A Salute to G. T. Brazelton: He Made Birmingham a Happier Place" Birmingham News 15 Dec 1938: 15.

Brekle, Oliver Roy
b. 1 July 1911 d. 24 January 1994; Buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Oliver Roy Brekle" (obituary) Birmingham News 24 January 1994:

Brett, George E.
b. 21 Jun 1865 - Sumter Co., AL; d. 23 Jul 1950 - Patagonia, AZ; buried: Birmingham, AL

• "George E. Brett, Early Building of Magic City, Dies in Arizona" Birmingham News 24 Jul 1950: 23.

Bridewell, William Glenn
b. abt 1901 - AL; d. 18 Apr 1949 - McCalla, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Last Rites Held for William G. Bridewell" Birmingham News 19 Apr 1949: 20.

Brierton, Benjamin E.
b. 10 Apr 1878 - Dixon, IL; d. 17 Jul 1961 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Dr. Brierton" (obituary) Birmingham News 19 Jun 1961: 15.

Britton, George Goss
b. abt 1863 - TN; d. 14 Nov 1933 - Anniston, AL

• "Industrialist Dies: George G. Britton was Leader in Anniston Church Work" Birmingham News 14 Nov 1933: 14.

Broker, Thomas R.

• Parks, Dave. UAB Reports Breakthrough in HPV Research" Birmingham News 1 Mar 2009:1-A.

Brooks, Eugene H.

• "Continental Gin President, Eugene Brooks, Resigns" Birmingham News 5 Nov 1959: 54.
• "Continental Gin President President Quite: E. H. Brooks will take Texas Post" Birmingham Post-Herald 5 Nov 1959: 1, 4.

Brooks, William Hayden
b. 31 Aug 1891 - Louisville, KY; d. 22 Jul 1962 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Auburn University (Engineering)

• "Aviation Pioneer, W. H. Brooks, Dies" Birmingham News 23 Jul 1962: 15.

Brossette, Stephen E.

• "System Spots Potential Hospital Infections" Birmingham News 30 July 2001: 1-D.

Brown, Bascom J.
b. 6 May 1880 - Clay Co., AL; d. 21 Oct 1965 - Nashville, TN; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "B. J. Brown" (obituary) Birmingham News 22 Oct 1965: 8.

Brown, Marcus E.

• Jones, Adam. "Typing Signature Halts Fraud: Keystrokes Help Program ID Computer Users" Tuscaloosa News 30 May 2006: B1, 4B.

Brownlee, William Russell
b. 1 Dec 1905 - Cleveland, TN; d. 22 August 2004 - Jefferson Co., AL; Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame (1991)

• "Brownlee is President of Southern Services" Birmingham Post-Herald 17 Jan 1967: 22.
• "Southern Services Taps Prexy" Birmingham News 17 Jan 1967: 10.
  "William Russell Brownlee" (obituary) Birmingham News 24 Aug 2004: 4-B.

Browning, James S.

• "'Bama Researchers Looking at Host of Fuel-Saving Ideas" Birmingham News 19 Mar 1978: B-1, 2-B." (Dr. Dan Hollis and James S. Browning)

Bruner, George Carlton
b. 31 Jan 1891 - AL; d. 8 Aug 1973 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "George Carlton Bruner" (obituary) Birmingham News 8 Aug 1973: 63.

Buckingham, Howard B. "Buck"
b. 16 Jul 1913 - Humboldt, TN; d. 1 Nov 1977; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Mississippi State University (electrical and mechanical engineering)

• "Howard B. (Buck) Buckingham" (obituary) Birmingham News 2 Nov 1977: 60.

Bullard, Haran Worthy
b. 25 July 1915 - Monticello, GA; d. March 1981 - Jefferson Co., AL

• "Advancement of Three TCI Officials Announced" Birmingham Post-Herald 30 Jan 1959: 23.
• "Bullard Appointed to Top Tin Mill Post Birmingham News 2 Oct 1960: B-7.
• "Haran Worthy Bullard" (obituary) Birmingham News 29 Mar 1981: 35-A.
• "TCI Names Three to High Positions" Birmingham News 29 Jan 1959: 59.

Bullock, Ellis Way, Sr.
b. 24 Sep 1899 - Dooley Co., GA; d. 28 Jul 1999 - Pensacola, FL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Georgia Tech (mechanical and electical engineering, 1923); co-founder, Fly Ash Arrestor Corporation (Birmingham, AL)

• "Ellis Way Bullock, Sr." (obituary) Birmingham News 25 Sep 1999: 6D.

Bullock, William John
b. 15 Jul 1894; d. 17 May 1973 - Fort Lauderdale, FL

• "William John Bullock" (obituary) Birmingham News 19 May 1973: 3.

Burch, Arthur C.
b. abt 1905 - Brewton, AL; d. 23 Jun 1955 - Pinson, AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Final Rites are Held for Arthur C. Burch" Birmingham News 24 Jun 1955: 37.

Burks, Eugene G., Sr.
b. Mar 1870 - AL; d. 4 Mar 1954 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Eugene G. Burks, Sr." (obituary) Birmingham News 5 Mar 1954: 44.

Burns, Alvin C.
b. June 1864 - Cave Springs, GA; d. 7 Feb 1939 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Oak Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Alvin C. Burns Dies: Retired Contractor Had Lived in Birmingham Since 1888" Birmingham News 9 Feb 1939: 8.

Burroughs, William Seward
b. 28 Jan 1855 - Rochester, NY; d. 14 Sept 1898 - Citronelle, AL

• "William Seward Burroughs" Birmingham News/Age-Herald 30 Apr 1939: 4.

Busenlehner, Kathryne Elizabeth
b. 28 Oct 1912 ; d. 15 Jul 2004 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Founder, Homewood Cycle & Hobby Shop

• "Mrs. Kathryne Elizabeth Busenlehner" (obituary) Birmingham News 18 Jul 2004: 22-A.

Bush, Thomas Perry, Jr.
b. 4 Jun 1922 - Birmingham, AL; d. 24 Apr 2005; Owner, Bush Manufacturing Company (Trussville)

• "Thomas Perry Bush, Jr." (obituary) Birmingham News 27 Apr 2005: 4-B.

Bussey, Ernest
b. 16 Apr 1880 - Columbus, GA; d. 11 Apr 1969 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Columbus, GA

• "Ernest Bussey" (obituary) Birmingham News 12 Apr 1969: 12.

Byrd, Arthur Joseph
b. abt. 1874; d. 17 Nov 1946 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Valhalla Cemetery (Jefferson Co., AL)

• "Alabamian Gets Patent: Brighton Man Invents Device to Protect Wooden Poles" Birmingham News 16 May 1937: 13. (in Financial/Want-Ads, Sports Section)
• "Arthur Joseph Bird" (obituary) Birmingham News 18 Nov 1946: 21.

Cabaniss, James Madison

• Stickney, Ken. "From the Depression, Proud Lives Began" Tuscaloosa News 4 Apr 1991: 11A.

Cacioppo, Tony Bernard
b. 22 Jun 1920; d. 15 Dec 1987 - Bessemer, AL; buried: Highland Memorial Gardens (Jefferson Co., AL); Founder and owner of Production Patterns, Inc. (Bessemer, AL)

• "Tony Bernard Cacioppo" (obituary) Birmingham News 6 Dec 1987: 44-A.

Cahoon, William F.
b. abt. 1879 - NC; d. 25 Jul 1951 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Bristol, TN

• "William F. Cahoon" (obituary) Birmingham News 25 Jul 1951: 15.

Caine, William Phillips
b. abt 1871 - OH ; d. 25 Jul 1951 - Bessemer, Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "W. P. Caine Succumbs at 80 - Long Engineer at Ensley TCI" Birmingham Post-Herald 27 July 1951: 34.

Caldwell, Wallace Lyon
b. abt. 1889 - Indianapolis, IN; d. 2 Apr. 1945 - Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Alabama Industries Unit Names Wallace" Birmingham News 14 Nov 1940: 19.
• "Five Alabama Industrialists to Receive Patent Awards: Sixteen 'Southern Pioneers' to be Included in Numbered Honored in St. Louis Meeting" Birmingham News 18 Feb 1940: 6. (Sports; Financial/Want-Ads Section)
• "Rites for Industrialist Slated for 4 P.M. Tuesday in City" Birmingham Age-Herald 3 Apr 1945: 14.
• W. L. Caldwell Dies of Accident Injury: Prominent Birmingham Man Hurt in Freak Manner" Anniston Star 2 Apr 1945: 1.
• "Wallace L. Caldwell Dies from Automobile Injuries: Local Industrialist was Victim of Accident at Home Two Weeks Ago" Birmingham Post 2 Apr 1945: 1, 9.
• "Wallace Lyon Caldwell" (obituary) Birmingham News 3 Apr 1945: 14.
• "Use of Patents is Worldwide: Research in Lightweight Concrete Wins Place Among Pioneers" Birmingham Age-Herald 26 February 1940: 5.

Calivas, George John
b. 1 Dec 1906 - Peleta, Greece

• "Patent Granted: Gadsden Man Gets Rights for Combination Cigaret Wrapper" Birmingham News 28 Feb 1933: 2. (also spelled: Kalivas)

Callahan, Joseph A.
b. 13 Jul 1881 - Jacksonville, AL; d. 8 Jul 1953 - Anniston, AL; buried: Edgemont Cemetery (Anniston, AL)

• "J. A. Callahan Passes Here; Funeral Today: Head of Machine Company Dies in Hospital After Three Operations" Anniston Star 9 Jul 1953: 1, 2.

Cantrell, Robert Headdon
b. 11 Feb 1895 - Rome, GA; d. 7 Aug 1973 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); graduate, Mercer University

• "Robert Headdon Cantrell (obituary) Birmingham News 8 Aug 1973: 63.

Carle, James Forest
b. 4 Sep 1878 - OH; d. 15 Dec 1945 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "James F. Carle, 67, Dies at Residence" Birmingham Post 17 Dec 1945: 3.
• "Laboratories Executive Passes at Residence in Hollywood" Birmingham Age-Herald 17 Dec 1945: 2.
• "Masons Conduct Carle Services" Birmingham News 17 Dec 1945: 11.

Carnell, Joe W.

• Pekkanan, Sarah. "Inventors Show Off Creations" Tuscaloosa News 9 Jun 1993: 6B. (States News Service.

Carney, Fletcher Burchnall
b. 21 June 1907 - Kalamazoo, MI; d. 19 May 1976 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Riverside Cemetery (Kalamazoo, MI)

• "Fletcher Burchnall Carney" (obituary) Birmingham News 20 May 1976: 54.

Carothers, John N.
b. 6 Jun 1889 - Charlotte, NC; d. Apr 1976 - Atlanta, GA

• "Five Alabama Industrialists to Receive Patent Awards: Sixteen 'Southern Pioneers' to be Included in Numbered Honored in St. Louis Meeting" Birmingham News 18 Feb 1940: 6. (Sports; Financial/Want-Ads Section)
• "John N. Carothers, Anniston, for Patents Relating to the Production of Phosphoric Acid..." Birmingham News 18 Feb 1940: 5.

Carothers, John Sadler, Jr.
b. 20 Jan 1915 - Selma, AL; d. 4 Aug 2001 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Live Oak Cemetery (Selma, AL)

• "John Sadler Carothers, Jr." (obituary) Birmingham News 8 Aug 2001: 5C.

Carrington, Frank Gamble
b. 21 Feb 1892 - Jasper, AL; d. May 1959 - Lynchburg, VA

• "Frank G. Carrington, Pipe Engineer, Dies" Birmingham Post-Herald 7 May 1959: 26.

Carson, Harry Young
b. 1 Apr 1888 - Danville, IL; d. 21 March 1972 - Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Civil Leader Carson Funeral is Today" Birmingham Post-Herald 22 Mar 1972: 8.
• "Harry Young Carson" (obituary) Birmingham News 21 Mar 1972: 29.

Carter, Sam F., Jr.
b. 14 Dec 1918 - Bessemer, AL; d. 5 May 2007 - Jefferson Co., AL

• "Acipco Appoints Carter Manager" Birmingham News 12 Jan 1973: 41.
• "Sam F. Carter, Jr." (obituary) Birmingham News 8 May 2007: 6-A.

Carver, George Washington
b. 12 July 1864 - Diamond, MO; d. 5 Jan 1943 - Tuskegee, AL

• "Bust of Carver to be Unveiled" Birmingham News 6 May 1937: 26.

• "Carver Bust for Tuskegee Formed to Honor Negro" Birmingham News 25 Nov 1926: 1.

• “Dr. Carver Better: Famed Negro Scientist Recovering From Three Weeks Illness” Birmingham News 5 June 1938: 11 (in Sports, Financial/Want-Ads section)

• Dr. Carver in Hospital" Birmingham News 3 Jun 1938: 1.

• "Dr. Carver Seeks 'Healthier Food': He is Working with Famed Dr. Alexis Carrel, He Tells Hotel Men" Birmingham News 23 June 1939: 2.

• "Dr. Carver Donates Savings to Carry on His Life's Work" Birmingham News 13 Feb 1940: 16.

• “Alabama’s Great Negro Scientist, Dr. Carver, Dies: Funeral to be Held in Tuskegee Friday: Dixon Pays Tribute" Birmingham News 6 Jan 1943: 1.

• "Dr. Carver Honored by Farm Journal" Birmingham News 14 Jun3 1942: 16-A.

• "Dr. Carver Talks on Discoveries: 100 Products Can be Made From 'Lowly' Peanut" Birmingham News 14 Dec 1933: 11.

• Kindred, Ingrid. "George Washington Carver Friendship was Cherished" Birmingham News 9 Jun 1978: 2. (Friendship between George Washington Carver and Rev. Z. R. Carpenter, Methodist minister)

• "Negro Progress will be Shown: Dr. Carver to Head Speakers at Celebration Here" Birmingham News 22 July 1937: 10.

• Noles, James L., Jr. "George Washington Carver: Scientist" Hearts of Dixie: Fifty Alabamians and the State They Called Home. Birmingham: Will Publishing, 2004:40-42.

• Sikora, Frank. "Carver Named to Hall of Fame" Birmingham News 17 Apr 1977: 8A.

• Sikora, Frank. "Hall of Fame Inducts George W. Carver in Unique Ceremony" Birmingham News 24 Apr 1977: A-29.

• Sikora, Frank. "Museum Honoring Famous Alabamian is Rejuvenated" Birmingham News 6 Sep 1981: 7G.

• "Tuskegee Scientist Uses Persimmon in Treating Pyorrhea" Birmingham News 13 Apr 1941: 10.

Chace, Forrest Arthur
b. 9 Jun 1899 - St. Joseph, IN; d. 11 Aug 1982 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Founder and Co-Owner, Chace Rubber Company, Acton Coal Properties, Lee Carver Stampinig Company, and Chase Properties, Inc.

• "Forrest Arthur Chace" (obituary) Birmingham Post-Herald 12 Aug 1982: 2-C.

Chalmers, Albert Holden
b. 19 Aug 1899 - Scotland; d. Jan 1957 - Ormond Beach, FL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Albert H. Chalmers, Retired TCI Official" Birmingham News 22 Jan 1957: 23.
• "Former TCI Official, A. H. Chalmers Dies" Birmingham Post-Herald 22 Jan 1957: 23.

Charbonnet, Carl David
b. 14 Jan 1926; d. 27 Aug 2003; Owner, Airlock Manufacturing Company

• "Carl David Charbonnet" (obituary) Birmingham News 30 Aug 2003: 12-A.

Choat, Joseph Sam

• "Odenville Man Invents Tree Shear" Birmingham News 16 Aug 1967: 29.

Chow, Louise T.

• Parks, Dave. UAB Reports Breakthrough in HPV Research" Birmingham News 1 Mar 2009:1-A.

Christian, Maurice Ragon
b. 5 Oct 1894 - Henderson, KY; d. 26 Mar 1972 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Owner and operator, Herco Jacks, Inc.

• "Maurice R. Christian" (obituary) Birmingham News 27 Mar 1972: 37.

Christopher, William Emory
b. abt 1878; d. 2 Mar 1958 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Old Walker Chapel Cemetery

• "William Christopher Rites Here Tomorrow" Birmingham News 3 Mar 1958: 31.

Clark, Castle Banks
b. 11 Jan 1856 - Piedmont, AL; d. 13 Oct 1935 - Calhoun Co., AL; buried: Piedmont Cemetery (Piedmont, AL)

• "Funeral Rites for C. B. Clark are at Church: Services for Former Piedmont Undertaker Conducted by the Rev. Jordan" Anniston Star 14 Oct 1935: 2.

Clark, James R.

• "Alabamian Invents Pulpwood Loader" Birmingham Post 25 July 1946: 5.

Clay, Wilburn S.
b. 21 Feb 1928 - AL; d. 3 May 2006 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Oakwood Memorial Gardens (Gardendale, AL); Employee, ACIPCO

• "Wilburn S. Clay" (obituary) Birmingham News 5 May 2006: 15-A.

Codding, Charles N., III
b. 3 Mar 1923 - Baltimore, MD; d. 29 Jul 2007; Graduate, Lehigh University (BS, Civil Engineering);Technical Director, Pipe Division, U.S. Pipe and Foundry Company

• "Charles N. Codding, III 'Nelson'" (obituary) Birmingham News 2 Aug 2007:

Coggin, Joseph

• "Researchers Track Virus That Floats in Air to Cause Cancer in Healthy Hamsters" Birmingham News 16 Oct 1977: 2-B.

Coker, David H. (Dr.)
b. 25 May 1865 - SC; d. 29 Nov 1941 - Piedmont, AL; buried: Highland Cemetery (Calhoun Co., AL); Optometrist

• "Dr. David H. Coker Dies and Piedmont: Funeral Services Planned for This Afternoon" Anniston Star 30 Nov 1931: 1.

Coleman, Beamon Vinson
b. 22 Nov 1899 - Coosa, County, AL; d. 29 Jan 1969 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Contractor

• "Beamon Vinson Coleman" (obituary) Birmingham News 30 Jan 1969: 59.

Coleman, William R.

• "City Man Gets Patent for Voting Machine" Birmingham News 13 Aug 1964: 41.

Collins, Ashton B., Sr.
b. abt 1885; d. 14 Dec 1976

• "A. B. Collins, Sr. Dies; Created Power Symbol" Birmingham News 16 Dec 1976: 71.

Collins, Gilbert L.

• "Birmingham Inventor of Electric Welding Arc May Yet Become Rich After Disappointments" Birmingham News 21 Aug. 1941: 7.

Colmer, Henry G., Jr.
b. 3 Apr 1915; d. June 1981 - Mobile, AL

• "Koop, Gus. "Mobilian is Inventor of New Barge Winch" Mobile Register 22 March 1959:

Comer, Robert Thornton, Jr.
b. 6 Mar 1916; d. 23 Feb 1968 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Robert Thornton Comer, Jr." (obituary) Birmingham News 24 Feb 1968: 11.

Compton, William Sam
b. 16 Jun 1895 - AL; d. 31 Jul 1958 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "William Sam Compton" (obituary) Birmingham News 1 Aug 1958: 30.

Connors, George Washington
b. 8 June 1864 - Greenville, SC; d. 4 June 1943 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Civic, Business Leader Passes: Funeral Services Will be Held Tomorrow at 4 P.M. at Residence" Birmingham Post 4 June 1943: 1.
• "Funeral Rites are Held for George Connors, Steel Plant Executive: He was Widely Known as Industrialist and as Civic leader in South" Birmingham News 5 June 1943: 5.
• "George Connors, Civic and Business Leader, Dies of Heart Attack: Industrialist, Native of South Carolina, Succumbs at Home" Birmingham News 4 Jun 1943: 1, 10.
• "Son Takes Place of His Father in Steel Company: George W. Connors, Sr. to be Chairman of Board Under New Setup" Birmingham News 22 Apr 1927: 1, 2.
• "Steel Company Organizer Dies at Home in City: George W. Connors is Victim of Heart Attack Here" Birmingham Age-Herald 5 June 1943: 1, 2.

Connors, George Washington, Jr.
b. 17 Jul 1902 - GA ; d. 4 Dec 1961 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• Connors Firm Gets New Head: George W. Connors, Jr. Assumes Position Held by Father" Birmingham News--Age-Herald 22 Apr 1937: 1.
• "Former Steel Firm Head, George W. Connors, Dies" Birmingham Post-Herald 5 Dec 1961: 9.
• "George Connors, Industrialist, Dies" Birmingham News 4 Dec 1961: 7.
• "Son Takes Place of His Father in Steel Company: George W. Connors, Sr. to be Chairman of Board Under New Setup" Birmingham News 22 Apr 1927: 1, 2.

Constantine, Gus Lambert
b. 26 Oct 1891 - Levaden, Greece; d. 14 Apr 1970 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Gus Lambert Constantine" (obituary) Birmingham News 15 Apr 1970: 81.

Cook, John Albert
b. abt. 1883 - Greenville, NC; d. 1 Mar 1967 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "John A. Cook" (obituary) Birmingham News 2 Mar 1967: 38.

Cook, Oscar Uriah
b. 20 Feb 1881 - Belleville, Ontario, Canada; d. 28 March 1960 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Oscar U. Cook, Retired TCI Metallurgist, Dies" Birmingham News 29 Mar 1960: 18.

Cooper, Belton Youngblood
b. 4 Oct 1917 - Huntsville, AL; d. 26 May 2007 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Belton Youngblood Cooper" (obituary) Birmingham News 30 May 2007:   4-B.
• "Birmingham Engineer Credited as Father of Space Czar Plan" Birmingham News 3 April 1958: 13.
• "Valley Engineer Wrote U. S. Space Exploration Bill" Birmingham News 21 March 1958:

Cornelius, Jesse W.
b. abt. 1873 - NC

• "Air Conditioning Plant to Heat Homes Perfected: Plentiful Supply of Warmth in Winter and Cool Air in Summer Made Possible by Device Produced by Birmingham Engineer" Birmingham Post 11 Dec. 1935: 14.
• "An Interesting Invention" Birmingham Post 13 Dec. 1935: 4.
• "New Heating Plant Invented by J. W. Cornelius, of Crestline Heights" Birmingham News 25 Jan. 1938: 7.
• "Open Grate Used for Heating Home: New Device to Take Place of Furnace is Invented by Birmingham Man" Birmingham News 25 May 1928: 30.

Corry, Jon C.
b. 24 Feb 1937; d. 24 Aug 2007 - AL; buried: Oakland Cemetery (Jefferson Co., AL)

• "Jon C. Corry" (obituary) Birmingham News 26 Aug 2007: 23-A.

Cosmas, Gustave Demetri "Gus"
b. 7 Nov 1929 - Birmingham, AL; d. 5 Jul 2009 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Vanderbilt University (1950, Electrical Engineering)

• "Gustave "Gus" Demetri Cosmas" (obituary) Birmingham News 8 Jul 2009: 4-B.

Coward, Richard Whitman
b. 30 May 1895 - TN; d. 7 Dec 1973 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Col. Richard W. Coward" (obituary) Birmingham News 9 Dec 1973: A-31.

Cox, Davis D.
b. abt. 1893 - Cullowhee, SC; d. 29 Nov 1962 - Fairfield, AL

• "Cox to Retire from TCI Post" Birmingham Post-Herald 16 Oct 1958: 26.
• "Davis D. Cox" (obituary) Birmingham News 1 Dec 1962: 2.

Cox, Fred Wellington
b. 3 Jul 1890 - Attalla, AL; d. 26 Jul 1953 - Attalla, AL; buried: Forrest Cemetery (Gadsden, AL)

• "Fred W. Cox" (obituary) Birmingham News 27 Jul 1953: 12.

Craig, Parley Westley
b. 29 Aug 1874 - KS ; d. 3 Dec 1955 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Parley W. Craig, Retired TCI Mechanic, Dies at Home" Birmingham News 3 Dec 1955: 52.

Cram, Charles William
b. abt 1882 - Frankfort, KY ; d. 20 Mar 1967 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Charles Cram" (obituary) Birmingham News 21 Mar 1967: 26

Crawford, George Gordon
b. 24 Aug 1869 - Madison, GA; d. 20 March 1936 - Fairfield, AL - buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Georgia Tech, 1890 (BS in mechanical engineering); Georgia Tech, 1931 (Sc.D)

• Citizens of State to Give Cup to George Gordon Crawford" Birmingham Age-Herald 30 June 1930: 2.
• "Crawford Made Head of Group: Leads Ordnance Body for U.S. Army" Birmingham Post 22 Sep 1927: 14.
• "Crawford Resigns: Former T.C.I. Head Quits Post with Jones & Laughlin" Birmingham News 29 May 1934: 1.
• "Crawford Rites are Planned for Saturday: Leader in Development of City Passes at Local Hospital" Birmingham Age-Herald 21 Mar 1936: 1.
• "Crawford to be Given Huge Cup" Birmingham News 30 June 1930: 2.
• "Crawford to Leave T.C.I. for New Job: Elected to Presidency of Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp" Birmingham Post 28 Jan 1930: 1.
• "George G. Crawford Helped Put TCI on Feet" Birmingham News 27 April 1960: 21.
• "George Gordon Crawford: A Gentleman in Industry" Birmingham News 21 Mar 1936: 4.

• “George Gordon Crawford is Back Home Because He Wants to Be” Birmingham News 8 Feb 1935: 24.

• Rikard, Marlene Hunt. George Gordon Crawford: Man of the New South. Birmingham, Ala.: typescript of thesis - Samford University, 1971.
• "Former Head of T.C.I. Dies After Lengthy Illness: George Gordon Crawford Prominent in Building of Steel Center" Birmingham News 20 Mar 1936: 1, 13.

Cremer, Theodore Haller
b. 10 Nov 1882 - Saxton, PA; d. 17 Oct 1956 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Saxton, PA

• "Retired Railroad Mechanic Succumbs" Birmingham News 18 Oct 1956: 98.
• "Theodore H. Cremer Funeral to be Today" Birmingham Post-Herald 19 Oct 1956: 26.

Crockard, Frank Hearne
b. 29 Oct 1873 - Wheeling, WV; d. 2 March 1955 - Washington, DC; burial - Birmingham, AL

• Bonner, Clint. "How He Got There: Frank H. Crockard" Birmingham News-Age-Herald 26 Jun 1932: 5.
• "Former Industrialist Here, Frank H. Crockard, Dies" Birmingham Post-Herald 3 March 1955: 18.
• "Frank Crockard, Former Woodward President, Dies" Birmingham News 3 March 1955: 76.
• "Frank Hearne Crockard" Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/p4017coll6,222
• "Hosts for Sessions of Engineers Here: Leaders in Nation's Steel and Iron Industry will be Guests of  City" Birmingham News 5 Apr 1927: 7. (Includes photos of Francis H. Crockard, Charles L. Bransford, Milton Fies, H. S. Salmon, and R. Burt Orndorff)
• "Republic Steel Engineer to be Honored by Body: Birmingham Man Gets Award for Contributions to Mineral Industry" Birmingham News 12 Feb 1936: 4.
• "Woodward Takes President's Post: Frank Crockard to Remain with Iron Company as Consulting Engineer" Birmingham News 1 July 1932: 4.

Cromer, Ford Dalton
b. 10 Aug 1886 - Christiansburg, VA; d. 25 July 1967 - Birmingham, AL

• "Ford Cromer, 82, Industrialist, Dies" Birmingham News 26 July 1967: 37.

Crownover, Frederick Scott

• "County Inventor gets Patent on Glove and Tool Device" Shelby County Reporter 17 Aug 1978: B7.

Crozier, Elmer Lee
b. 1 Aug 1896 - Caplingers Mills, MO; d. 29 Dec 1974 - Ocala, FL

• "Birmingham Plane Makers Use Unique Type of Wing: Airfoil Runs Length of Fuselage on Ship Expected to Revolutionize Aviation Industry" Birmingham Post 15 Sep 1931: 1.
• "Elmer Lee Crozier" (obituary) Birmingham News 31 Dec 1974: 34.

Curry, Cullen L.
b. 11 Dec 1901; d. 25 Feb 1971 - Mobile, AL; buried: Memorial Gardens (Mobile, AL)

• "Cullen Curry" (obituary) Shelby County Reporter 4 Mar 1971: 9.

Curtiss, Roy

• Smith, Anita. "UAB Researcher, His 'Bugs' Gain International Attention" Birmingham News 24 July 1977: 8-A.

Cutler, Frank Garfield
b. 13 May 1881 - Fort Scott, KS; d. 17 June 1934 - New York, NY; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Frank G. Cutler Dies in New York: Head of Ensley Rotary Club Stricken Suddenly" Birmingham Post 18 June 1934: 1.
• "Cutler Services will be at Home: Funeral Rites are Set for Ensley Engineer" Birmingham News 20 Jun 1934: 4.

Daniel, Kenneth Latimer Rule
b. 13 Oct. 1913 - Milford, CT; d. 1 July 2008 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Acipco President Wins Award in Management" Birmingham News 2 Mar 1965: 22.
• "Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame" (website)
• "American Cast Iron Pipe Chief Gets High Award" Birmingham News 22 Sep 1965: A-32.
• Bouma, Katherine. "Kenneth Daniel, Ex-ACIPCO Head, Dies" Birmingham News 7 July 2008: 1B, 2B.
• Cummins, Don. "Teach Engineering Basics, Industrialist Daniel Urges" Birmingham Post-Herald 9 Aug 1966: 4.
• "Daniel Assumes Presidency of American Pipe Today" Birmingham Post-Herald 3 June 1963: 6.
• "Daniel is Chosen Engineer of the Year" Birmingham News 25 Feb 1968: A-32.
• "Daniel will Retire as ACIPCO Chief" Birmingham Post-Herald 27 Oct 1978: C-11.
• "Daniel will Retire from ACIPCO Helm" Birmingham News 27 Oct 1978: 6.
• "Gold Medal to be Given to Daniel" Birmingham News 1 May 1974: 82.
• "Honored" Birmingham Post Herald 28 Feb 1968: 21.
• Kenneth Latimer Rule Daniel" (obituary) Birmingham News 6 July 2008: 3B.
• "Kenneth R. Daniel Gets Highest Award of NMA" Birmingham News 16 Oct 1978: 42.
• "Kenneth R. Daniel Named Executive VP of Acipco" Birmingham Post-Herald 17 Aug 1961: 36.
• "Kenneth Rule Daniel" Alabama Academy of Honor (website)
• "NMA Honors Acipco President" Birmingham Post-Herald 2 Mar 1965: 9.

Daughtry, William R.
b. abt. 1880 - Opelika, AL; d. 1 Nov 1955 - Birmingham, AL; Cremated

• "Who Was William Daughtry? Highly Educated, Died in Attic" Birmingham News 2 Nov 1955: 31.

Davis, Dred Wilson
b. abt 1899; d. 13 Jun 1967 - Alabaster, AL; buried: Nabors Cemetery (Saginaw, AL)

• "D. W. Davis" (obituary) Birmingham News 14 Jun 1967: 68.

Davis, Valter

• "Tuscaloosa Inventor Claims He Devised Norden Bombsight" Birmingham Post-Herald 24 July 1950: 11.

Dearing, Edmund Richard
b. 24 October 1889 - Kent, England; d. 27 February 1976 - AL

• "Edmund Richard Dearing" (obituary) Birmingham News 29 Feb 1976: 16-A.

DeBardeleben, Walker Percy
b. 17 Aug 1905 - AL; d. 14 Jan 1982; buried: Jefferson Memorial Gardens East (Jefferson Co., AL); Engineer, Alabama Gas Corporation

• "Walker Percy DeBardeleben" (obituary) Birmingham News 16 Jan 1982: 5-B.

Decker, Asbury Clinton
b. 28 Jul 1886 - Prince Bay, NY; d. 22 May 1950 - Fairfield, AL; buried: NY

• "Sanitation Engineer for T.C.I. Gets Medal for Outstanding Job" Birmingham Age-Herald 7 May 1948: 42.
• "A. Clinton Decker" (obituary) Birmingham News 24 May 1950: 31.

DeMarco, Joseph Anthony
b. 29 Dec 1913 - Jefferson Co., AL; d. 2 July 1974 - Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Joseph DeMarco, City Industrialist Dies" Birmingham News 3 July 1974: 64.

Denegre, Charles
b. 22 January 1877 - New Orleans, LA; d. 7 February 1964 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Charles Denegre" (photograph) Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections.
• "Charles Denegre" (obituary) Birmingham News 8 Feb. 1964: 11.
• "Charles Denegre Rites at 3 Today" Birmingham Post-Herald 8 Feb 1964: 12.
• Cruikshank, George. History of Birmingham and Its Environs: A Narrative Account of Their Historical Progress, Their People, and Their Principle Interests. Vol. 2. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1920. 105.
• Hinds, W. M. "Local Man Designs Motor Termed Close Approach to Perpetual Motion: Charles Denegre Utilized Ordinary Gas in New Type Machine" Birmingham News 24 Jan. 1937: 12. (includes photo)
• Invention of Local Attorney Taps Novel Source of Power: Expansion of Gas is Principle Used in New Apparatus" Birmingham News 17 May 1942: 15-A.
• "Local Attorney Invents 'Self Revolving Wheel'" Birmingham News 7 Feb. 1960: A-11.
• "Long Patents Case Finally Settled Here" Birmingham News 15 Nov 1941: 3.

Dewberry, Ralph
b.abt 1903 - AL ; d. 21 Feb 1990; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); attended Virginia Military Institute and the University of Alabama

• "Ralph Dewberry" (obituary) Birmingham News 25 Feb 1990: 33-A.

Dick, James B.
b. 1 Oct 1899 - Ozark, AL; d. 1971 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "James B. Dick" (obituary) Birmingham News 2 Feb 1971: 27.

Dijt, Johannes
b. 20 March 1932 - Amsterdam, Holland; d. Oct 1976

• "Inventor's Spade Breaks Ground for Capital Plant" Birmingham News 28 Feb 1973: 27.

Dimick, Daniel B.
b. 21 November 1874 - Lyme, NH; d. 21 Nov 1961 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• Cummins, Don. "Daniel Dimick Comes Back to See City He Helped Build" Birmingham Post-Herald 5 Oct 1951: 3.
• "Red Sox Rooter, Dan Dimick, Sr. Back Visiting 'Best" Hometown" Birmingham News 20 Jan 1949: 34.
• "Industrialist Dies Here at Age of 88" Birmingham News 21 Nov 1961: 30.

Dimmick, Frederick D.
b. ; d. 4 Feb 1948 - Richmond, VA; buried: Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, VA)

• "F. D. Dimmick is Laid to Rest in Richmond" Birmingham News 6 Feb 1948: 2.

Dixon, Jessie Earvin

• House, Jack "Andalusia Man has Patented Helicopter that is Queer Apparatus" Birmingham News 16 March 1941: 6 (in Sports; Classified/Financial Section)

Dobbs, Oliver Cornelius
b. 29 April 1875 - AL; d. 1 Dec 1960 - Birmingham, AL; New River Church of Christ Cemetery

• "Dobbs Truss" (advertisement) Birmingham News 20 Oct 1959: 2.
• "Dobbs Truss Office in Farley Building: Pioneer Office of Country-Wide Dobbs Truss Service Located Here" Birmingham News 9 July 1938: 11.
• "Mr. Oliver Cornelius Dobbs, Sr." (obituary) Birmingham News 2 Dec 1960: 37.

Doering, Felix Franz Otto
b. 17 Aug 1885 - Atlanta, GA; d. 18 May 1952; graduate of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1904 (mechanical and electrical engineering)

• "Felix Doering Passes at 66: Former Resident of Anniston Dies in Virginia" Anniston Star 19 May 1952: 12.

Donoho, Charles Kerr
b. 18 Jul 1910 - Gallatin, TN; d. 18 Mar 1970 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Graduate, Vanderbilt University (Chemistry, Mathematics and Metallurgy); Technical Director, ACIPCO (American Cast Iron Pipe Company)

• "Charles Donoho, Acipco Exec, Dies" Birmingham News 18 Mar 1977: 84.
• "Two Acipco Executives, Vann, Donoho, Promoted" Birmingham Post-Herald 6 Dec 1955: 23.

Dovel, James Pickering
b. 26 December 1868 - Pickerington, OH; d. 30 July 1948 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Five Alabama Industrialists to Receive Patent Awards: Sixteen 'Southern Pioneers' to be Included in Numbered Honored in St. Louis Meeting" Birmingham News 18 Feb 1940: 6. (Sports; Financial/Want-Ads Section)
• "J. P. Dovel, Former Executive of Sloss-Sheffield, Succumbs" Birmingham News 31 July 1948: 3.
• “Patent Suit is Lost in Directed Verdict” Birmingham News 15 Oct 1942: 14. (James P. Dovel and James P. Dovel & Co., Inc. against the Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company)

Dozier, Orion T.
b. abt. 1848; d. 10 Feb 1925 - Birmingham, AL

• Dozier, Orion Theophilus. Chips and Whetstones of Verses and Prose. Birmingham, Ala.: Dispatch Printing Company, 1916.
• Dozier, Orion Theophilus. Foibles of Fancy and Thymes of the Times. Birmingham, Ala.: Dispatch Printing Company, 1894.
• Dozier, Orion Theophilus. A Galaxy of Southern Heroes, and Other Poems. Birmingham, Ala.: Dispatch Printing Company, 1905.
• Dozier, Orion Theophilus. Just-a-Thinking. Birmingham, Ala.: Dispatch Printing Company, 1920.
• Dozier, Orion Theophilus. Poems and Prose of Orion T. Dozier. Birmingham, Ala.: Press of Birmingham Publishing Company, 1927.
• Dozier, Orion Theophilus. Poems of Orion T. Dozier. New York, Washington: The Neale Publishing Company, 1905.
• Owen, Thomas McAdory. History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. Vol. 3. Spartanburg, SC: Reprint Co., 1978. 507.

Duckett, Towner M.
b. 23 Aug 1896 - Gelico, KY; d. Sep 1929 - Atlanta, GA

• "Alabama Inventor is Found Dead in Capital Hotel" Atlanta Constitution 4 Sep 1929: 20.  (suicide)

Dugger, A. Neal
b. 2 May 1875 - Culleoka, TN; d. 20 April 1961 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Evansville, IN

• "Local Civic Leader, Neal Dugger, Dies" Birmingham News 21 Apr 1961: 12.

Dunn, Maude
b. abt 1879 - TN; d. 23 Aug 1973 - Boca Raton, FL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Miss Maude Dunn" (obituary) Birmingham News 26 Aug 1973: 20-A.

Dunstan, Arthur St. Charles
b. about 1871 - Virginia; d. 5 August 1959 - Auburn, AL; buried: Auburn Cemetery

• "Arthur St. C. Dunstan" (obituary) Montgomery Advertiser 6 Aug 1959: 2-A.
• "Prof. Dunstan Retires at API After 52 Years of Service" Birmingham News 7 Jan 1952: 12.
• "Shock Absorber Patent is Granted A.P.I. Professor" Birmingham News 2 Feb 1930: 14.

Durfield, Robert Ralph, Jr.
b. 11 Jul 1907 - AL; d. 21 Jan 2005 - Jefferson County, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Vice-President, Alabama Metal Industries

• "Robert Ralph Durfield, Jr." (obituary) Birmingham News 23 Jan 2005: 20-A.

Durgin, Charles B.
b. abt 1895 - AL; d. 8 May 1955 - Anniston, Calhoun Co., Alabama

• "C. B. Durgin Passes Here; Rites Tuesday: Widely-Known Resident Was 33 Years with Monsanto Firm" Anniston Star 9 May 1955: 1.

Dyer, David

• "Coal Big Target, But Not Only One, of Auburn Researchers" Birmingham News 19 Mar 1978: B-1, 2-B.

Dyer, Yulee Alison
b. 23 Mar 1880 - Johnson City, TN; d. 16 Aug 1935 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Johnson City, TN

• “Yulee Allison Dyer” (obituary) Birmingham News 17 Aug 1935: 9.

Early, Edward Donald
b. 4 Aug. 1899 - TN; d. 18 Dec. 1965 - Venice, FL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Computer Inventor E. D. Early Dies" Birmingham News 20 Dec. 1965: 42.
• "'Early Bird' May Save Power Firms Huge Sums" Birmingham Post-Herald 19 Feb 1954: 31.
• "E. D. Early Retires from Southern Services" Birmingham News 3 Sep 1964: 48.
• "E. D. Early Retires Here, to be Honored by Banquet" Birmingham Post-Herald 1 Sept 1964: 13.
• "Edward Early" (obituary) Birmingham News 21 Dec 1965: 16.
• "Services for E. D. Early, Inventor, to be Tomorrow" Birmingham Post-Herald 21 Dec 1965: 14.
• "To Be Honored" (photo with caption) Birmingham News 11 Nov 1962: A-25.

Edmundson, Jerone Josiah
b. 22 September 1876 - Ashville, AL; d. 6 November 1962 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Mr. Edmundson" (obituary) Birmingham News 7 Nov 1962: 41.
• "Mr. Edmundson and his Bottles" Birmingham Post 1 Aug 1942: 10.

Ehrensperger, William Jacob
b. 12 Mar 1898 - Cullman, AL; d. 6 Jan 1983 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Cullman City Cemetery (Cullman, AL)

• "William J. Ehrensperger" (obituary) Birmingham News 8 Jan 1983: 6-B.

Ellard, Jonathan A. (Dr.)
b. 1 May 1862 - Alabama; d. 2 Apr 1937 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Dr. Ellard Rites: Services for Birmingham Native Set for Ruhama Baptist" Birmingham News 3 Apr 1937: 3.

Elliott, George D.
b. 4 Mar 1922 - Solomans Island, MD; d. 5 Feb 2005 - Huntsville, AL

• "George D. Elliott" (obituary) Huntsville Times 7 Feb 2005:

Elliott, Robert Habersham
b. Nov 1946 - Buford, SC; d. 20 Jan 1937 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Sewanee, TN; one of the founders of Sewanee University; father of Birmingham artist, Hannah Elliott

• "Maj. Elliott Buried: Confederate Veteran was Widely Known Civil, Mining Engineer" Birmingham News 21 Jan 1937: 19.

Elliott, Thomas
b. 1863 - Durham County, England; d. 25 Sep 1938 - Cleveland, OH

• Smith, Algernon Lundy. Continental Gin Company and Its Fifty-Two Years of Service. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Publishing Co., 1952: 68.
• "Thomas Elliott Dies: Rites for Former Local Executive Set in Atlanta" Birmingham News 26 Sep 1938: 19.

Eshelman, Edward H.
b. abt 1866 - Iowa; d. 27 Dec 1944 - Birmingham, AL

• "E. H. Eshelman One Still Living Example of a Success Story: One of His Inventions Furnished Financing to Education Children" Birmingham News 27 Mar 1940: 12.
• "Funeral Services Held for E. H. Eshelman" Birmingham News 29 Dec 1944: 16.

Farley, John Gallagher
b. 25 Jan 1835 - Hayneville, AL; d. 8 July 1918 - Anniston, AL

• Boles, W. J. "This Date in Alabama History" Birmingham News 25 Jan 1938: 12.

Farlow, Carl Pearson., Jr.
b. 21 May 1921 - Albertville, AL; d. 31 Jan 2006 - Jefferson Co., AL

• "Acipco Promotes Carl P. Farlow, Jr." Birmingham Post-Herald 25 Feb 19 1963: 4.
• "Carl Pearson Farlow, Jr." (obituary) Birmingham News 3 Feb 2006: 3-D.
• "'Ranks' Man Takes Helm at ACIPCO" Birmingham News 31 Oct 1978: 24.

Falkner, Dallas Jay
b. 20 May 1914; d. 25 Jan 1989 - AL; buried: Pine Lawn Garden (Shelby Co., AL)

• "Dallas Jay Falkner" (obituary) Birmingham News 27 Jan 1989: 4-B.

Feazel, Charles E.
b. 10 Aug 1921; d. 11 Feb 1999; Graduate, Harvard University; University of Maryland (PhD)

• "Dr. Charles E. Feazel" (obituary) Birmingham News 16 Feb 1999: 4-A.

Feld, Ignatz Louis
d. 12 May 2001- Tuscaloosa, AL

• "Ignatz Louis Feld" (obituary) Tuscaloosa News 14 May 2001.

Ferdon, William Shaw
b. 31 Mar 1897 - Braintree, MA; d. 7 Oct 1963 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Manager, Birmingham Office of GMAC

• "GMAC Manager W. S. Ferdon Dies" Birmingham News 20 Jul 1963: 11.

Ferretti, Emmett J.
b. 2 Feb 1925 - Atri, Italy; d. 28 Nov 2006; Gannon University; Columbia University (Masters Degree. Chemical Engineering); Chemical Engineer

• "Emmett J. Ferretti" (obituary) Birmingham News 30 Nov 2006: 6-C.

Fies, Milton Henry
b. 31 Aug 1882 - Birmingham, AL; d. 20 October 1970 - Mountain Brook, AL; buried: Birmingham, AL

• "Birmingham Loses Milton H. Fies" Birmingham News 20 Oct 1970: 1, 2.
• "Birmingham Man is Given Honor by Coal Association" Birmingham News 19 Nov 1930: 13.
• Cruikshank, George. History of the Four Minute Men of Alabama. Vol. I. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Historical Publishing Co., 1921.
• "Dr. Fies Wins National Award: Honored for Work in Coal Gasification" Birmingham Post-Herald 14 Feb 1956: 1.
• "Dr. Milton Fies Named to Mine Bureau Post" Birmingham News 26 April 1949: 14.
• "Dr. M. H. Fies Presented Dept. of Interior Award" Birmingham News 14 Feb 1956: 26.
• "Fies is Recommended for Membership on Public Works Board" Birmingham News 19 Jul 1933: 1.
• "Fies will Address Kiwanis Luncheon" Birmingham News 7 Dec 1941: 8.
• "Fies' Resignation Asked by Council: Bessemer 'City Dads' Assert Head of Board Divulged Confidential Data" Birmingham News 7 Feb 1934:4.
• "Fuel for Centuries Declares Dr. Fies" Birmingham News 4 Oct 1951: 2.
• "Hosts for Sessions of Engineers Here: Leaders in Nation's Steel and Iron Industry will be Guests of  City" Birmingham News 5 Apr 1927: 7. (Includes photos of Francis H. Crockard, Charles L. Bransford, Milton Fies, H. S. Salmon, and R. Burt Orndorff)
• Kent, Russell. "Fies One of Trio Named for State Advisory Board: Speed is Asked by Ickes in Starting Program of Construction" Birmingham Age-Herald 27 July 1933: 1.
• Kinsey, Robert H. "Business, Industry and Defense: N.A.M. Booklet Gives Insight into Future; Milton H. Fies Named Mining Group Officer" Birmingham News--Age-Herald 29 Aug 1943: 10-A.
• "Local Industrialist Named to Postwar Planning Group: Three Other Alabama Men Also Appointed on Economic Board" Birmingham News--Age-Herald 6 Jun 1943: 9-A.
• "M. H. Fies Warns Boom in State Based on Shifting War Output: Peace May Throw 300,000 Out of Jobs, Says District CED Chairman Before Engineers Club” Birmingham News 30 Oct 1943: 8.
• "Milton H. Fies is Awarded Honorary Degree by Alabama" Birmingham News 28 May 1926: 10.
• "Milton H. Fies Funeral is Today" Birmingham Post-Herald 21 Oct 1970: 27.
• "Milton H. Fies Honored for Work on New Mine" Birmingham News 7 May 1950: B-6
• "Milton H. Fies is Promoted to APC Veep" Birmingham News 26 Aug 1952: 7.
• "Milton H. Fies to Open Engineering Counsel Offices Here in Fall" Birmingham News 3 Aug 1944: 17.
• "Milton Henry Fies to Open Engineering Counsel Offices Here in Fall" Birmingham News 3 Aug 1944: 17.
• Moore, Albert Burton. History of Alabama and Her People. Vol. III. Chicago: The American Historical Society, 1927: 539.
• "Operator Views Future of Coal: Fuel Will Retain Importance for Industry, Fies Tells Exchange Club" Birmingham News 11 Mar 1937: 8.
• Stanley, C. M. "Coal, Science, Poetry and Romance" Montgomery Advertiser 13 Apr 1952: 3-C.

Fike, James Howard
b. 5 Feb 1895 - Marbury, AL; d. 14 July 1976 - Birmingham, AL

• "Mr. James Howard Fike" (obituary) Birmingham News 15 July 1976: 49.

Fitzgerald, Eugene G.
b. 27 Mar 1898 - Brice's Cross Roads, MS; d. 25 Feb 1974 - Pinson, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Eugene Fitzgerald, Former Sales Exec, Dies" Birmingham News 26 Feb 1974: 34.

Fletcher, Samuel G.

• "UAB Scientist's Invention Can Measure Nasal Speech" Birmingham News 1 Dec 1971: 68.

Floyd, Henry Grady
b. 29 April 1894 - Auburn, AL; d. 3 April 1968 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "H. G. Floyd Funeral is Today" Birmingham Post-Herald 4 Apr 1968: 45.
• "Henry G. Floyd, Ex-Engineer, Dies" Birmingham News 3 April 1978: 53.

Fontaine, John P. K.
b. 20 May 1915 - Kearneysville, WV; d. 10 Jun 2004 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Forest Crest Cemetery (Jefferson Co., AL); Fork Union Military Academy

• "John P. K. Fontaine" (obituary) Birmingham News 13 Jun 2004: 22.A.

Ford, Albert Morris
b. abt. 1870 - England; d. 5 Feb 1939 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Supervising engineer during the construction of the United States Pipe and Foundry Company plants.

• "Albert Ford Rites: Birmingham Pioneer Resident Passes Away at Home" Birmingham News 6 Feb 1939: 4.

Ford, Claude Heard
b. abt. 1901 - Vinton, LA; d. 20 Sep 1951 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham); graduate, University of Alabama; graduate, Emory School of Medicine (1927)

• "Dr. C. H. Ford, Widely-Known Surgeon Here, Succumbs" Birmingham News 21 Sep 1951: 19.
• "Dr. Ford, Well-Known Surgeon, Dies at Home" Birmingham Post-Herald  21 Sep 1951: 1.

Foster, John C.
b. Denver, CO

• "J. C. Foster Gets Post in Maryland" Birmingham Post-Herald 20 Dec 1961: 4.

Fox, John Francis
b. 15 Jun 1873; d. 23 Nov 1944 - Birmingham, AL

• "John Francis Fox Passes at Hospital" Birmingham News 24 Nov 1944: 2.

Fowler, John E.
d. Oct 1939 - Mobile, AL

• "Mobile Inventor, Aircraft Builder, Called by Death" Birmingham Age-Herald 3 Oct 1939: 7.
• John E. Fowler (photo) Alabama Mosaic, University of South Alabama Archives.

Francis, Annie Belle
b. abt. 1885 - Morgan Co., AL; d. 16 May 1974 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Bethberry Baptist Church Cemetery (Berry, AL)

• "Miss Annie B. Francis" (obituary) Birmingham News 18 May 1974: 9.

Frankowski, Richard

• "State Inventor Claims Marketing Rights to Oversized Tennis Balls" Gadsden Times 30 Jan 1985: B3. (Associated Press)

Fraser, Joseph Phil, Sr.
b. Clanton, AL; d. 1 May 1053 - Bay Co., FL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "J. P. Fraser, Sr." (obituary) Birmingham News 2 May 1953: 7.

Frawley, Raymond W.
b. 22 Sep 1880 - TN; d. 5 Feb 1952 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "R. W. Frawley Dies; Rites are Announced" Birmingham News 6 Feb 1952: 29.

Freret, Arthur Louis
b. 29 Sep 1876 - France; d. 25 Mar 1941 - Fairfield, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery Birmingham, AL

• "Arthur Louis Freret Dies in Fairfield" Birmingham News 25 March 1941: 8.

Fries, J. Elias (Joens Eleas)
b. 6 Apr 1876 - Frinnaryd, Sweden; d. 23 Jan 1932 - Jefferson Co., AL

• "Body of T.C.I. Engineer Who Died Here Sent to Cincinnati for Rites" Birmingham News 24 Jan 1932: 1.

Friese, Edward Augustus
b. abt 1872 - GA; d. 16 Mar 1947 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Edward A. Friese, 75, Dies at Home of Son" Birmingham News 17 Mar 1947: 13.

Fuller, Robert R.
b. Tuscaloosa, AL; Graduate, University of Alabama; Research Chemist, Gulf States Paper Company

• Bassett, Norman H. "Business Briefs: Murphy's Mart to be in New Mall" Tuscaloosa News 16 Oct 1976: 1, 3. (information about Mr. Fuller is on page 3; received the 1976 Award for Individual Achievement, given by the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Institute)
• Nix, Charles. "Gulf States to Build 'River' in New Antipollution Move" Birmingham News 29 Sep 1970: 2. (Dixie Edition)

Fullerton, Larry

• Hebert, H. Josef. "Report Says Government Lab Sold Disputed Licenses: Alabama Scientist Challenged Laboratory's Patent" Tuscaloosa News 9 Apr 1999: 3B. (Associated Press)

Fulmer, Frederick P.

• "Inventor Twirls Hat, Lawyers Weigh Legal Problems" Birmingham News 25 Feb 1949: 38.

Fulton, Weston M.
b. Hale Co., AL; d. 16 May 1946 - Knoxville, TN

• "Inventor, Hale County Native, Dies in Knoxville" Greenville Advocate 23 May 1946.
• "Inventor, Native of Alabama, Dies" Birmingham Age-Herald 17 May 1946.
• "Weston M. Fulton, 75, Succumbs in Knoxville" Birmingham News 17 May 1946: 4.

Gaboury, Joseph A.
b. about 1851 - Montreal, Canada

• Boles, W. J. "This Date in Alabama History" Birmingham News 19 Sep 1936: 7.

Gale, Edward Morgan
11 Jan 1884 - England; d. Feb 1979 - Beckley, WV

• "Patent Suit Filed: Plaintiff Claims Invention of Threading Machine Feeder" Birmingham News 15 Jun 1932: 11 (William H. North sued Edward Morgan Gale, TCI, and US Steel)

Galtney, James Pierce
b. 19 Jul 1880 - Sharron, MS; d. 12 Oct 1968 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "James P. Galtney" (obituary) Birmingham News 12 Oct 1968: 12.

Gamble, Charles Brintzinghoffer, Sr.
b. abt. 1882 - Philadelphia, PA; d. 13 Sep 1966 - Jefferson Co., AL

• "C. B. Gamble, Sr., Businessman, Dies" Birmingham Post-Herald 14 Sep 1966: 1.
• "C. B. Gamble, Sr., Retired Gas Firm President, Dies" Birmingham News 14 Sep 1966: 12.
• "Charles B. Gamble Will Organize Chest Division" Birmingham Post 7 Aug 1944: 3.
• "Professional Loafer's Office is for Those with no Place to Go" Birmingham News 13 Nov 1957: 32.
• Stallworth, Clarke. "Retired Gas Executive Has a Look at World" Birmingham Post-Herald 5 Oct 1955: 25.

Gambrill, George Thomas, Jr.
b. 31 Dec 1885 - Baltimore, MD; d. 3 Sep 1961 - Jefferson Co., AL

• "George T. Gambrill, Jr. will be Buried Today" Birmingham Post-Herald 5 Sep 1961: 6.
• "Retiring Superintendent, George Gambrill, Honored" Birmingham Post-Herald 28 Dec 1955: 4.

Gamewell, Robert Lee
b. 8 Apr 1886 - Murfreesboro, TN; d. 10 Aug 1969 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); brick and tile manufacturer

• "Robert Lee Gamewell" (obituary) Birmingham News 11 Aug 1969: 7.

Garaca, Frank Joseph
b. abt 1903 - Bessemer, AL; d. 1 Mar 1958; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Frank J. Garaca Services Monday" Birmingham News 2 Mar 1958: C-10.

Gardner, George Wallace
b. 9 Oct 1891- Columbus, MS; d. 5 Feb 1971 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Air brake inspector, Southern Railroad.

• "George Wallace Gardner (obituary) Birmingham News 6 Feb 1971: 14.

Garrison, Edgar William, Jr.
b. abt 1911- Birmingham, AL; d. 9 Feb 1971 - Fayette, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Edgar William Garrison, Jr." (obituary) Birmingham News 10 Feb 1971: 79.

Garske, Walter E.
b. 27 Mar 1887 - WI; d. 13 Jun 1967; buried: Jefferson Memorial Gardens (Jefferson Co., AL)

• "Walter Garske" (obituary) Birmingham News 14 Jun 1967: 39.

Gassman, Howard Main
b. 31 Jan 1876 - Hagerstown, MD; d. 14 Jan 1947 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery

• "Gassman Rites Held; Burial in Elmwood" Birmingham News 15 Jan 1947: 22.

Gaston, Ernest Charles
b. 1 Nov 1902 - Mobile, AL; d. 21 Feb 1984 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Birmingham Candidate" Birmingham Post-Herald 21 Feb 1967: 19.
• "E. C. Gaston is Honored by Engineers" Birmingham Post-Herald 26 Sep 1960: 20.
• "Electric Firm to Name Plant after Gaston" Birmingham News 29 Nov 1962: 76.
• "Ernest Gaston Dies: Former Southern Co., President" Birmingham Post-Herald 23 Feb 1984: A-11.
• "Gaston Elected SEGO President" Birmingham Post-Herald 13 Sep 1962: 14.
• "Gaston, Former President of Southern Company, Dies" Birmingham News 22 Feb 1984: 1-F.
• Local Engineer Honored for Plant Designs" Birmingham News 26 Sep 1960: 8.

Gauggel, Herman Joseph William
b. 22 Mar 1879 - Germany; d. Apr 1959 - Fort Myers, FL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Assistant chief electrician, Tennessee Coal and Iron Co.

• "H. J. W. Gauggel, 80, Retired TCI Employe" (obituary) Birmingham News 9 Apr 1959: 38.

Geise, Samuel Clabourne, Sr.
b. 15 Sep 1924 - Tuscumbia, AL; d. 29 June 2003.

• "Samuel C. Geise, Sr." (obituary) Huntsville Times 1 July 2003:

Gentle, Albert Henry, Sr.
b. 23 Oct 1880 - Larkinsville, AL; d. 23 Jul 1948 - Birmingham, AL; machinist for Southern Railway

• "Albert Henry Gentle, Sr., Age 66, Dies at Hospital" Birmingham News 23 Jul 1948: 3.

Getzen, John Edwin
b. abt. 1902 - GA; d. 22 June 1963 - Sarasota, FL; buried Woodlawn Cemetery (Orlando, FL)

• "Col. John Getzen Rites at Orlando" Birmingham News 24 Jun 1963: 25.
• "These Men Have Been Placed at Helm of Birmingham Mechanical   Engineers Group" Birmingham News 22 May 1932: 8. (Stephen D. Moxley, John M. Gilfillan, John E. Getzen)

Gibbs, Leon Monk
b. 14 Jan 1900 - Hanceville, AL; d. 4 Sep 1977 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Leon M. Gibbs" (obituary) Birmingham News 5 Sep 1977: 31.

Gibson, Seabron Herschel
b. 20 Oct 1909 - AL; d. 8 Mar 2008 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Mr. S. Herschel Gibson" (obituary) Birmingham News 9 Mar 2008: 18-A.

Gilino, Gary D.

• "Army Engineer to Get Royalties from Invention" Birmingham News 13 Jan 1997: 1-B.

Gilliland, William H.
b. 7 Apr 1920; d. 29 May 2007 - AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Vice President and Chief Stockholder, USCO Power Equipment Company (Birmingham, AL)

• "William H. Gilliland" (obituary) Birmingham News 31 May 2007: 4-B.

Glass, Arnold Frederick
b. 3 Apr 1877 - Mobile, AL ; d. 5 May 1930 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Arnold Glass is Called by Death: Head of Gas Range Firm Dies at Home Here; Rites Wednesday" Birmingham Age-Herald 6 May 1930: 2.

Glass, Hugh Bryson
b. 29 Jun 1903 - Montgomery, AL; d. 16 Aug 1946 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Hugh Bryson Glass Dies in Laboratory" Birmingham News 18 Aug 1946: 14A.

Glasscock, Larry Marion, Sr.
b. 24 Feb 1927 - Cullman, AL; 18 Mar 2008 - Auburn University (1949; mechanical and electrical engineering)

• "Larry Marion Glasscock, Sr." (obituary) Birmingham News 23 Mar 2008: 6-A.

Glaze, Paul E., Sr.
b. 3 Mar 1908 - AL; d. Jan 1971 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Liberty Cemetery (Alliance, AL)

• "Mr. Paul E. Glaze, Sr." (obituary) Birmingham News 23 Jan 1971: 17.

Gleichert, Arthur Atkinson
b. 21 Feb 1911; d. 27 Aug 1978 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Arthur Atkinson Gleichert" (obituary) Birmingham News 28 Aug 1978: 4.
• “Got an Idea, Kept Working” Birmingham News 17 Sept 1970: 50.

Glover, Alfred H.

• "Chrysler Honors Inventor" Tuscaloosa News 10 Mar 1991: 2E. (Associated Press)

Godwin, Oby A.
b. 26 Sep 1894 - Trussville, AL; d. 6 Oct 1943 - Oneonta, NY

• "Oby A. Godwin, Former Mechanic Here, Passes" Birmingham News 7 Oct 1943: 8.

Goldner, Myer
b. 28 Oct 1889 - Romania; d. 29 Jan 1953 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Knesseth Israel Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Dr. Myer Goldner Succumbs Here" Birmingham News 29 Jan 1953: 13.

Goodling, John S.

• "Coal Big Target, But Not Only One, of Auburn Researchers" Birmingham News 19 Mar 1978: B-1, 2-B.

Goodner, Homer Wade
b. 28 May 1929 - Birmingham, AL; d. 9 Aug 2001 - Tallahassee, FL; University of Alabama (BS, Mechanical Engineering)

• "Homer Wade Goodner" (obituary) Birmingham News 16 Aug 2001: 7-A.

Gorman, M. H.

• "Local Man Invents Device for Keeping Car Journals Cool" Birmingham  News--Age-Herald 14 Apr 1946: 3A.

Graff, Joseph W.
b. abt. 1905 - New York, NY; d. 21 May 1963 - AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Joseph W. Graff Funeral to be 10 a.m. Today" Birmingham Post-Herald 23 May 1963: 33.

Graves, Mildred Hanlin (Mrs.)
b. 27 Jan 1918; d. 6 Nov 1989; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Mrs. Mildred Hanlin Graves" (obituary) Birmingham News 6 Nov 1989: B4.

Graves, Will Tom, Jr.
b. abt 1914 - Birmingham, AL; d. 1 Sep 1958 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); University of Colorado

• "Will Graves, Jr., Local Contractor" (obituary) Birmingham News 2 Sep 1958: 20.

Gravlee, Leland Clark (Jr.)
b. Fayette Co., AL; d. 26 May 1984 - Fayette Co., AL; buried: Gravlee Cemetery (Fayette Co., AL)

• "Dr. Leland Clark Gravlee, Jr." (obituaries) Birmingham News 28 May 1984: 10C.
• "'Gravlee Gun' will be Shown at Fair" Birmingham News 10 May 1959: G7.
• Shatz, Howard. "Air Crashes Kill Woman, Noted Doctor" Birmingham News 28 May 1984: 1A, 10A.

Grayson, Mercer D.
b. abt 1902 - AL; d. 8 Apr 1954 - Homewood, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Services Are Announced for Mercer D. Grayson" Birmingham News 9 Apr 1954: 11.

Greco, John
b. 18 Jul 1889 - Bisacquino, Italy; d. 30 Jan 1961 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Mr. John Greco" (obituary) Birmingham News 31 Jan 1961: 18.

Greeley, Mark S.
d. 7 Mar 1962 - Tiffin, OH

• "M. S. Greeley, Engineer, Dies in Ohio" Birmingham Post-Herald 9 Mar 1962: 19.

Green, Frank W.
b. abt. 1891 - Calhoun Co., AL ; d. 21 May 1955 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Frank W. Green Dies: Retired Pullman Plant Superintendent"  Birmingham News 22 May 1955: C-8.

Griffin, Estella Fowler
b. abt 1871; d. 12 Jul 1955 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Rites Announced for Mrs. Estella Griffin" Birmingham News 13 Jul 1955: 13.

Griffin, Everett M.
b. abt 1900; d. 22 Sep 1957 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Services Tomorrow for E. M. Griffin" Birmingham News 23 Sep 1957: 17.

Groff, Angus Roland
b. 15 Sep 1877 - Canada; d. 1 Aug 1960 - Birmingham, AL

• "A. R. Groff" (obituary) Birmingham News 2 Aug 1960: 11.
• "Retired Birmingham Chemist is Artist in Brass and Wood" Birmingham News 28 Dec 1958: C-7.

Grover, Percy C., Sr.
b. 6 Jul 1894 - Charleston, SC; d. 5 Feb 1970 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Percy C. Grover, Sr." (obituary) Birmingham News 5 Feb 1970: 45.

Grund, John L.
b. 3 May 1917 ; d. 21 Aug 2005 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Jefferson Memorial Gardens East; Instrument tech, Hayes Aircraft

• "John L. Grund" (obituary) Birmingham News 23 Aug 2005: 4-A.

Guin, Quinton Marvis
b. 23 Jun 1925 - Jemison, AL; d. 23 Aug 2006; buried: Blanche Cemetery (Blanche, TN)

• "Quinton Marvis Guin" (obituary) Birmingham News 26 Aug 2006: 6-D.

Gwin, Hal Sanders
b. 3 Feb 1936;d. 22 Jun 2001; buried: Jefferson Memorial Gardens (Trussville, AL); Auburn University (Engineering Physics, 1958)

• "Hal Sanders Gwin" (obituary) Birmingham News 24 Jun 2001: 24-A.

Hafner, Oliver Bayne
b. 5 Jan 1912 - Lawrence, Mercer Co., NJ; d. 21 Mar 2007 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Sunrise Memory Gardens; Employee, Altec; Employee, Claymont, Inc.

• Oliver Bayne Hafner" (obituary) Birmingham News 23 Mar 2007: 17-A.

Hagan, Andrew Daws
b. 8 Jan 1884 - AL; d. 30 Jan 1960 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); dentist

• "Dr. Andrew D. Hagan" (obituary) Birmingham News 1 Feb 1960: 22.

Hagler, Clyde E.
b.23 Apr 1901 - Birmingham, AL; d. 2 May 1978; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); graduate, University of Alabama (Engineering)

• "Clyde E. Hagler" (obituary) Birmingham News 3 May 1978: 60.

Hambric, Alton M.
b. 14 Feb 1934; d. 14 Oct 2007; buried: Union Chapel Cemetery (Jasper, AL); Attorney

• "Alton M. Hambric" (obituary) Birmingham News 15 Oct 2007: 5-A.

Hamilton, Charles Anglin

• "C. A. Hamilton is Retiring" Birmingham Post-Herald 18 Jan 1967: 5.
• "Retiring" Birmingham News 19 Jan 1967: 27.

Hamner, George F.

• "New Type of Ice-maker Developed in Tuscaloosa" Powergrams Aug 1952: G7.

Harris, Burgess Clayton
b. 1 Jan 1939 ;d. 23 Nov 2000 - Stillwater, OK (plane crash); last residence: Addison, AL

• "Burgess Clayton Harris" (obituary) Birmingham News 26 Nov 2000: 13-A.

Harris, Cecil Pat
b. abt 1905; d. 23 Aug 1961 - Bessemer, AL; buried: Valhalla Cemetery (Jefferson Co., AL)

• "Cecil Pat Harris" (obituary) Birmingham News 25 Aug 1961: 28.

Harris, Elmer Farr
b. 27 Sep 1905 - Chilton Co., AL; d. 25 Mar 1961 - Mountain Brook, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); graduate, University of Alabama (chemical engineering)

• "Elmer F. Harris" (obituary) Birmingham News 27 Mar 1961: 15.

Harris, Garnett Mitchell
b. abt. 1896 - Greeley, AL; d. 20 Mar 1957 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Howard College (chemistry)

• "Garnett M. Harris Dies, Retired TCI Official" Birmingham News 21 Mar 1957: 52.

Harrison, Lawrence H.
b. abt 1897; d. 1 December 1965 - Pittsburgh, PA

• "L. H. Harrison" (obituary) Birmingham News 2 Dec 1965: 8.

Hart, Demetrius H.
b. 13 Sep 1882; d. 21 Jan 1966 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Oakland Cemetery

• "Demetrius H. Hart" (obituary) Birmingham News 22 Jan 1966: 15.

Haswell, Arthur Board
b. 23 Aug 1890 - Hardinsburg, KY; d. 13 Jun 1980; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Arthur B. Haswell Retires from TCI Engineering Post" Birmingham News 14 Aug 1958: A-21.
• "Arthur Board Haswell" (obituary) Birmingham News 15 Jun 1980: 34A.
• "Arthur Board Haswell" (obituary) Birmingham Post-Herald 14 Jun 1980: B5.
• "Engineer Explains New Tin Plate Mill: T.C.I. Plant Now Being Built Can Turn Out 200,000 Tons of Metal" Birmingham News 7 Apr 1937: 2.
• "Engineers to Get Intimate Details of Tinplate Plant: Birmingham Club to Hear A. B. Haswell Give Data on Construction" Birmingham News 24 Oct 1937: 7.
• "Haswell Retiring from TCI Post; Michaels Named" Birmingham Post-Herald 15 Aug 1955: 18.

Hatcher, William Julian, Jr.
b. 21 Jul 1935 - Augusta, GA; d. 1 Jun 2006; buried:Tuscaloosa Memorial Park Cemetery (Tuscaloosa, AL); Georgia Tech (BChE); Louisiana State University (MChE & PhD); Head of the Chemical and Metallurgical Engineer Department, University of Alabama

• "Dr. William Julian Hatcher, Jr." (obituary) Birmingham News 4 June 2006: 20-A.

Haugen, Lawrence Thomas
b.16 Jun 1897 - St. James, Minnesota; d. 25 Jul 1970 - Annapolis, MD; buried: Naval Academy Cemetery; chief engineer, U. S. Pipe and Foundry Company, Birmingham

• "Capt. Lawrence Thomas Haugen, USB, (Ret.) (obituary) Birmingham News 7 Aug 1970: 39.

Haughton, Richard Kerfoot
b. 20 Feb 1885 - Cincinnati, OH; d. 4 Dec 1969 - Riverton, NJ; buried: NJ

• "Richard Kerfoot Haughton" (obituary) Birmingham News 5 Dec 1969: 54.

Hawkins, Floyd L.
b. about 1907 - Gadsden, AL; d. 21 December 1967 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Floyd Hawkins" (obituary) Birmingham News 22 Dec 1967: 24.

Hayes, Ninnian, Sr.
b. 27 Oct 1882 - AL; d. 30 Sep 1958 - Bessemer, AL; buried: Hopewell Cemetery (Tuscaloosa Co., AL)

• "Ninnian Hayes, Sr." (obituary) Birmingham News 1 Oct 1958: 35.

Hays, Reynold Nixon
b. 13 Sep 1892 - East Lake, AL; d. 7 Nov 1972 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Reynold Nixon Hays" (obituary) Birmingham News 8 Nov 1972: 89.

Head, Beverly Pierce, Jr.
b. 19 Aug 1912 - AL; d. 28 Jul 2002 - ; graduate, University of Alabama; Superintendent and President of the Hill Grocery Company; President, Hill Realty Company

• "Beverly Pierce Head, Jr." (obituary) Birmingham News 31 Jul 2002: 5-C.

Heckert, Herbert Dean
b. 15 Dec 1884 - PA; d. 1 May 1954 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Herbert Dean Heckert, Research Engineer, Dies" Birmingham News 2 May 1954: A-2.

Heide, Samuel S., Sr.
b. 17 July 1884 - NC; d. 8 June 1975; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Samuel S. Heide, Sr." (obituary) Birmingham News 10 June 1975: 32.

Heineke, Grace T.
b. abt. 1957 - Cincinnatti, OH; d. 1 Nov 1934 - Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Cincinnatti, OH

• "Fortune Given Charities Here: Widow of Realtor Leaves Estate for Hospitals, Orphanages" Birmingham Post 11 Dec 1934: 1.

Heinze, John Otto

• "Designer of Revolutionary Automobile Hopes to Establish Plant in This Area" Birmingham News 11 Apr 1945: 2.

Helmich, Daniel Andrew
b. 4 May 1895 - Birmingham,AL; d. Aug 1957 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Daniel Andrew Helmich, Retired Engineer, Dies" Birmingham News 25 Aug 1957: A-4.

Hendon, Harry H.
b. 17 March 1904 Trussville, AL;  d. 12 Feb 1973 - Birmingham, AL

• "County Engineer Invited to Offer Paper in England" Birmingham Age-Herald 31 March 1936: 4.
• "Engineer is Author: Article by Harry Hendon Reprinted in British Journal" Birmingham News 1 Feb 1934: 15.
• "Harry H. Hendon, Engineer, Dies" Birmingham News 23 Feb 1973: 36.

Henrikson, Carl A.
b. 23 Aug 1911 - d. 10 Jan 1996 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Graduate, University of Pennsylvania; Principal Engineer, U.S. Pipe and Foundry

• "Carl A. Henrikson" (obituary) Birmingham News 11 Jan 1995: 6C.

Henry, George G.

• "Henry's Spinning Machine" Daily Confederation 4 May 1859: 2.
• "Important Invention" Lake Superior Miner (Michigan) 2 Jan 1858: 131.
• "Mr. Henry's Invention" Charleston Mercury 22 Jan 1857: 2.

Hernandez, Robert Manuel
b. 27 Jul 1882; d. 18 - Jun 1956 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Rites Arranged for Robert M. Hernandez" Birmingham News 18 Jun 1956: 21.

Herring, Jacob Harwell, Sr.
b. abt. 1901 - AL; d. 30 Dec 1971 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Valhalla Cemetery (Jefferson Co., AL)

• "Jacob Harwell Herring, Sr." (obituary) Birmingham News 31 Dec 1971: 39.

Hertig, Gerald E.

• "Anderson Corp. Appoints Veep for Engineering" Birmingham News 7 Feb 1967: 6.

Heyman, Ruth J.
b. 14 Sep 1902 - Birmingham, AL; d. 7 Nov 1978 - AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Mrs. Ruth J. Heyman" (obituary) Birmingham News 7 Nov 1978: 28.

Hiden, Henry, Jr.
b. Lynchburg, VA; d. 22 Jan 1962 - Mobile, AL; buried: Pine Crest Cemetery (Mobile, AL)

• "Henry Hiden Jr., Engineer, Dies at 78" Birmingham News 22 Jan. 1962: 24.

Higdon, Elijah Lee
b. Sep 1861 - Polk Co., TN; d. 14 March 1942 - Tuscaloosa, AL

Hingson, Robert Andrew
b. 13 Apr 1913 - Anniston, AL; d. 9 Oct 1996 - Lake City, FL; University of Alabama (1935); Emory University (1938)

• Dr. Hingson, Anniston Native, Humanitarian and Inventor, Dies" Anniston Star 13 Oct 1996:
• "Jet Inoculator Said Great Medical Boon" Dallas Morning News 15 Feb 1951: 1 (section 4).
• "Robert A. Hingson Invented Injector for Inoculations" Miami Herald 13 Oct 1996:
• "Robert Andrew Hingson, 83, A Pioneer in Public Health" New York Times 12 Oct 1996:
• "Robert Andrew Hingson, Humanitarian" Atlanta Journal-Constitution 13 Oct 1996:
• Whitlock, Kelli. "Hingson Recalls Life as Healer-Inventor" Tuscaloosa News 24 Nov 1992: 1B, 3B.

Hinkle, Benjamin Louis
b. 1 Jan 1881 - Cullman Co., AL; d. 31 Jul 1971 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Former City Contractor Dies at 90" Birmingham News 1 Aug 1971: 2-B.

Hisey, Alan

• "U-A Professor Perfects New Type Slide Rule" Tuscaloosa News 27 Dec 1954: 3.

Hockett, Aaron Lee
b. abt 1863 - IN; d. 12 Aug 1937 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Aaron Lee Hockett" (obituary) Birmingham News 13 Aug 1937: 27.

Hodges, D. Lee

• "Football Tech Player Stats Delivered at Touch of a Button" Birmingham News 6 Aug 1998: 1-C. (Patent no. 5,653,634)

Hoelker, Rudolf Franz
b. Westphalia, Germany; d. 21 June 2003 - Newton, MA

Hoffman, John Baptist, Jr.
b. abt. 1861; d. 15 Jan 1941 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "John B. Hoffman, Artist, Dies at 80" Birmingham News 17 Jan 1931: 3.
• "Pioneer, Artist, Inventor -- John B. Hoffman Dies" Birmingham Post 17 Jan 1941: 7.

Hogan, Dan A.
b. 3 May 1879 - Bibbville, AL; d. 30 Mar 1954 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Howard College

• "Dan A. Hogan, Former City Alderman, Dies at His Home" Birmingham News 31 Mar 1954: 36.

Holder, James Darryl
Auburn University, 1961 (Electrical engineering)

• "Holder Co-Inventor on Test System" Gadsden Times 14 Feb 1965: 10.

Hollis, Dan

• "'Bama Researchers Looking at Host of Fuel-Saving Ideas" Birmingham News 19 Mar 1978: B-1, 2-B." (Dr. Dan Hollis and James S. Browning)

Holloway, Mayo
b. abt. 1880; d. 8 Jan 1967 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Mayo Holloway" (obituary) Birmingham News 9 Jan 1967: 21.

Holman, Robert W.

• "Holman is Named to New TCI Post: Pittsburger Picked as Chief Engineer: Pittsburgher Picked as Chief Engineer" Birmingham Post-Herald 6 Jan 1958: 1.

Holmes, Daniel Owen
b. abt 1891 - GA; d. 4 Apr 1959 - Birmingham, AL

• "Daniel O. Holmes, Acipco Official" Birmingham News 6 Apr 1959: 5.

Holmes, Gordon Forrest
b. abt 1905 - TN; d. 8 Aug 1963 - Fairfield, Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Chief Clerk of the Inspection Department, TCI

• "Ex-U of A Gridder, G. F. Holmes, Dies" Birmingham News 9 Aug 1963: 30.

Holtsford, Ernest LaFayette
b. 29 Feb 1904; d. 19 Apr 1989; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Vice-President, Badham Insulation Company

• "Ernest LaFayette Holtsford" (obituary) Birmingham News 20 Apr 1989: 6-E.

Horsfield, Basil Tourneur
b. 2 March 1895 - NY; d. 25 Dec 1978 - Florence, AL - Greenview Cemetery (Florence, AL); Graduate, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• "B. T. Horsfield, Sr., a Founding Trustee of SRI, Dies at 83" Birmingham News 27 Dec 1978: 53.

Hosmer, Frazier Oswalt
b. abt 1920 - AL ; d. 3 July 1986; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Frazier Oswalt Hosmer" (obituary) Birmingham News 4 Jul 1986: 9-B.

Houghton, Frank Sentelle
b. 24 Oct 1897 - Kingston, TN; d. 10 Jun 1977 - Baton Rouge, LA; buried: Texarkana, TX; University of Alabama

• "Frank S. Houghton" (obituary) Birmingham News 11 Jun 1977: 17.

House, Ernest Wendle
b. 9 July 1882 - TN; d. 1 Sep 1973 - Birmingham, AL

• Bates, George. "Superflex A-1021X: Manufacturing Radios in Birmingham" Radio Age 16 (January 1991) 1-3.
• "Ernest W. House, Sr. (obituary) Birmingham News (Metro ed.) 2 Sep 1973: 4-B.

Houston, Dan W., Jr.
b. 31 Jan 1899; d. 18 Oct 1978 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery (Bessemer, AL); owner and operator of H and H Manufacturing Company

• "Dan W. Houston, Jr." (obituary) Birmingham News 20 Oct 1978: 38.

Houghton, Elmer Eliott
b. Aug 1870 - TN; d. 18 Dec 1940 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Services are Arranged for E. E. Houghton" Birmingham News 19 Dec 1940: 19.
• Elmer Elliott Houghton" (obituary) Birmingham News 19 Dec 1940: 30. (Announcements/Classified)

Howdon, William Robert
b. Covington, KY; d. 17 Oct 1944 - Anniston, AL; buried: Hillside Cemetery (Calhoun Co., AL); employee L & N Railroad

• "William Robert Howdon Dies Here at Age of 90" Anniston Star 18 Oct 1944: 2.

Howell, Paul B.

• "Northport Farmer Invents Gadget to Un-Stick Tractor" Tuscaloosa News 26 Jul 1954: 5.

Howell, William Michael

• "Hodges Wins Top Award for Conservation" (W. Mike Howell also received honors) Birmingham News 30 July 1995: 11-B.

Huckstep, Robin Clinton, Sr.
b. 7 Dec 1918 - Sheffield, AL; d. 23 Dec 2001; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Mr. Robin C. Huckstep, Sr." (obituary) Birmingham News 26 Dec 2001: 5-C.

Hudson, James S.

• "Inventor Takes Aim at the Impossible" Birmingham News 22 Oct 1979: 27. (perpetual motion machine)

Hudson, Jennie M.
b. 6 May 1882 - Summerville, AL; d. 26 Apr 1975 - AL; buried Live Oak Cemetery (Selma, AL)

• "Miss Jennie M. Hudson" (obituary) Birmingham News 28 Apr 1975: 36.

Huey, James Goodwin
b. 18 July 1891 - Riverside, AL; d. 17 Jan 1977 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Nanafalia Cemetery (Marengo Co., AL)

• "James Goodwin Huey" (obituary) Birmingham News 17 Jan 1977: 24.

Huffman, Dale L.

• "No Meaty Deals for Burger Creator" Tuscaloosa News 5 May 1991: 1E. (Cox News Service)

Huffman, Everett Leroy
b. 6 May 1927; d. 18 May 1991 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Southern Heritage Cemetery; Graduate University of North Carolina; Chemical Engineer, Southern Research Institute.

• "Everett Leroy Huffman" (obituary) Birmingham News 20 May 1991: 2-B.

Hughens, James Horace, Sr.
b. 14 Dec 1894 - Carrollton, GA; d. 19 Jan 1973 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "James Horace Hughens, Sr." (obituary) Birmingham News 21 Jan 1973: A-3.

Hulteen, Leonard Albin
b. 14 Sep 1917 - SD; d. 26 Feb 1999 - Lincoln, AL; buried: Jefferson Memorial Gardens East (Jefferson Co., AL)

• "Leonard Albin Hulteen" (obituary) Birmingham News 28 Feb 1999: 27-A.

Hunley, H. L.

• "First of Underseas Warcraft was Used by Confederate Navy: The Hunley, Made at Mobile, Did Succeed in Sinking One Union Ship but was Lost Herself" Birmingham News 1 Nov 1941: 10.
• "The Submarine: Alabama's Contribution to Our National Defense" Birmingham News--Age-Herald 5 March 1939: 4.

Hunt, Shirley B.
b. abt. 1870; d. 20 Feb 1951 - Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL

• "...Shirley B. Hunt has Filed Application for Patents on Device Which will Cut Cost about 80 Per Cent" Birmingham News 21 Mar 1935: 7.
• "Homewood Man's Patent May Revolutionize Films" Birmingham Post 26 Mar 1935: 12.
• "Rev. Raleigh Green Conducts Last Rites for Shirley B. Hunter" Birmingham News 21 Feb 1951: 11.

Hutchison, Miller Reese
b. 2 Aug 1876 - Montrose, Baldwin County, AL; d. February 1944 - New York, NY

• "Alabama's Hall of Fame" Birmingham News 14 Jun 1936: 4.
• "Churches Install Hearing-Aid Device: Problem of Deaf Members of Congregation Met by City Pastors" Washington Post 26 Jul 1930: 4.
• "Klaxon Horn and Hearing Aid, Inventor Same" Gadsden Times 24 Jun 1961: 3.
• "Mobile Inventor Dies in New York: Miller Reese Hutchinson, 67, Called by Death" Mobile Register 21 Feb 1944.
• "Native of Alabama with 1,000 Patents to his Credit, Has Duel Personality: Dr. Hutchison Spends Day in Wall Street and Night as an Inventor" Birmingham News 3 Feb 1928: 29.

Hyche, John Herbert
b. 26 Jan 1895 - Marvel, AL; d. 14 Nov 1964 - Fairfield, AL; buried: Valhalla Cemetery (Jefferson Co., AL)

• "Mr. Hyche" (obituary) Birmingham News 15 Nov 1964: A-30.

Hyde, Noel
b. 21 Mar 1923; d. 3 Oct 1976 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Hillview Cemetery; Employee, Certanium Alloys and Research of Cleveland, OH

• "Noel Hyde" (obituary) Birmingham News 4 Oct 1976: 34.

Ingram, Lee Benjamin
b. 23 May 1886 - Blount Co., AL; d. 8 Jun 1961 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Jefferson Memorial Gardens (Birmingham, AL)

• "47 Descendants Attend Golden Wedding Party" Birmingham Post-Herald 31 Oct 1956: 32.
• "Leo Benjamin Ingram to be Buried" Birmingham Post-Herald 10 Jun 1962: 5.

Jacobson, Louis
b. abt. 1885 - Poland; d. 10 Jun 1971 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Louis Jacobson, Pioneer Manufacturer, Dies at 86" Birmingham News 19 Jun 1971: 7.

Jacobson, Milton D.
b. 21 Jan 1918 - Cleveland, TN; d. 28 Mar 2001 - Mountain Brook, AL; Harvard College; Harvard Law School; President and owner of Liberty Trouser Company

• "Milton D. Jacobson" (obituary) Birmingham News 19 Mar 2001: 4-B.

James, Forrest Hood. Jr. "Fob"
b. 15 Sep 1934 - Lanett, AL

• "Fob James: The Governor and His Life in Business" Birmingham News 27 Aug 1995: 1-A.

Jaynes, Charles B.
b. abt. 1889 - Canada; d. 26 Jan 1960 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Charles B. Jaynes, Business Man, Dies" Birmingham News 27 Jan 1960: 16.

Jeffery, Warren Craig
b. 7 Apr 1920 - AL; d. 6 Oct 1975 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "W. C. Jeffery Rites Slated" Birmingham Post-Herald 7 Oct 1975: B6.

Jenkins, Brooks Oliver
b. 23 Feb 1887 - Greenville, SC; d. 1 Apr 1942 - Birmingham, AL; buried Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Brooks Oliver Jenkins" (obituary) Birmingham News 2 Apr 1942: 28.

Johnson, Alva Wright Boswell
b. 25 Apr 1870 - Mount Vernon, IL;  d. 28 Sep 1948 - Memphis, TN

• "Founder of Cafeteria Chain Dies in Memphis" Birmingham News 28 Sep 1948: 9.

Johnson, Lonnie G.
b. 6 Oct 1949 - Mobile, AL

• "Alabama Native Hits Bulls Eye" Tuscaloosa News 17 Jul 1991: 4B. (Associated Press)

• Bailey, Stan. "Tuskegee Research May Aid Military Device to Improve Efficiency of Satellites" Birmingham News 7 Feb 2005: 1-B.

Johnson, Morris Richard
b. 5 Apr 1885 - VA; d. 16 Oct 1933 - Ensley, AL

• "Executive Found Dead: T.C.I. Mills Official Dies with Hands Holding Gas Tube" Birmingham News 16 Oct 1933: 1.

• "Johnson Rites Set: Funeral of Steel Man to be Held From Residence" Birmingham News 17 Oct 1933: 14.

Johnson, Olin L., Jr.
b. 1 Mar 1926 - Fairfield, AL; d.3 Jul 1969 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); owner, Industrial Machinery, Inc.

• "Olin L. Johnson, Jr." (obituary) Birmingham News 4 Jul 1969: 50.

Johnson, Searcy H., Jr.
b. 27 May 1917 - Birmingham, AL; d. 1 Aug 2007 - Jefferson Co., AL; Vice-President, Moore Handley; President, Applied Management Controls; Vice-President of Internal Operations, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama

• Mr. Searcy H. Johnson, Jr." (obituary) Birmingham News 3 Aug 2007: 14-A.

Johnsey, Walter Frank
b. 22 Aug 1924 - Jasper, AL; d. 29 Jul 2007; buried: Oakhill Cemetery (Jasper, AL); Auburn University (Engineering); Birmingham School of Law

• "Walter Frank Johnsey" (obituary) Birmingham News 31 Jul 2007: 4-B.

Jolly, John T.
b. 28 Mar 1925; d. 9 Nov 2008 - Brighton, AL; buried: Highland Memorial Gardens; Employee, U. S. Steel

• "John Thomas 'J.T.' 'Doc Jolly' Jolly" (obituary) Birmingham News 12 Nov 2008: 4-B.

Jones, Gibb
b. 11 Jan 1896; d. 28 Jun 1993 - Bessemer, AL; buried: Valhalla Cemetery (Jefferson Co., AL); Founder, Jones Foundry

• "Gibb Jones" (obituary) Birmingham News 29 Jun 1993: 8-C.

Jones, Hugh H.

• "Inventor Here Aids Wheels of Progress" Birmingham News 11 April 1954: A-10.

• "Trailer Safety Hitch Tested" Birmingham News 19 Jun 1960: 7.

Jones, Ivor William
b. 25 Sep 1905 - Wales; d. 3 Jan 1967 - Birmingham, AL: buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Ivor W. Jones" (obituary) Birmingham News 4 Jan 1967: 8.

Jones, Josh B.

• "Helena Man Invents Water Purifiers" Shelby County Reporter 28 Feb 1974: C-2.

Jones, Russell Eugene, Sr.
b. 6 Jan 1892 - Philadelphia, PA; d. 27 Dec 1950 - Birmingham, AL; cremated

• "Russell Eugene Jones" (obituary) Birmingham News 28 Dec 1950: 22.

Jordan, Frank Martin
b. 3 Jul 1893 - Shelby Co., AL; d. 24 Jan 1976 - Alabama; buried: Columbiana Cemetery (Columbiana, AL)

• "Frank Martin Jordan" (obituary) Birmingham News 25 Jan 1976: 10-A.

Jordan, Randy

• "Thorsby Inventor Creates 'Tomb Basket' Easter Alternative Offers Candy, Message" Birmingham News 3 Apr 2000: 1-B.

Julian, Percy Lavon
b. 11 Apr 1899 - Montgomery, AL; d. 19 Apr 1975 - Waukegan, IL; buried: Elm Lawn Cemetery (Elmhurst, IL)

• Jarrett, Vernon. "Dr. Percy Julian: A Man to Remember" Birmingham News 23 Apr 1978: 12-A.

• "Joe Louis, Percy Julian to be Honored Next Week" Montgomery Advertiser 21 Mar 1958: 3-A

• Morrison, Walter. "State Native Found Fame, Treasure in Soy Proteins" Birmingham News 20 April 1975: 1-B, 2-B.

• Parks, Dave. "Forgotten Genius: PBS Special Remembers State Chemist's Astounding Career, Marked by Equal Parts Persistence, Intellect" Birmingham News 5 Feb 2007: 1-D, 3D.

Justus, James W.

• Atkins, John B. "Bell May Ring New Era for Subs" Birmingham News 27 July 1948: 15. 

• "Ex-Alabama Man Invents 'Hydrocopter' Birmingham Post-Herald 28 Dec 1954: 8.

• Hinds, William M. "Local Man's Device Also Useful in Salvaging Valuable Cargoes" Birmingham News--Age-Herald 22 May 1938: 15.

• "Rescue from Sunken Ships Made Easy: Local Man's Device Also Useful in Salvaging Valuable Cargoes" Birmingham News--Age-Herald 22 May 1938: 15.

• Schuler, Stanley C. "Born Inlander, Working in Birmingham, Invents Apparatus for Undersea Rescue"  Birmingham Post 1 Apr 1937: 8.

• Snyder, Mel. "Birmingham Man Develops Rescue Chamber for Use in Preventing Submarine Disasters" Birmingham Post 3 July 1947: 8.

Kabase, Frank
b. abt. 1878 - Beirut, Syria; d. 31 March 1954 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Frank Kabase Earns Michigan School Degree" Birmingham News 25 Feb 1947: 2. (MS in Engineering)

• "Frank Kabase, Merchant and Inventor, Dies" Birmingham Post Herald 1 Apr 1954: 15.

• "Frank Kabase" (obituary) Birmingham News 1 April 1954: 50.

Kasten, John B.
b. 27 March 1900 - Nyack, NY; died 7 Apr 1954 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Greenwood Cemetery

• "John B. Kasten" (obituary) Birmingham News 8 April 1954: 28.

Keeling, Nathan Robert
b. b. abt. 1851 - Montgomery, AL; d. 12 Dec 1935 - Birmingham, AL (for 28 years a resident of Birmingham; native of Montgomery; moved to Bham in 1907; held several patents on ice machinery

•  â€œRefrigeration Engineer Dead: Nathan Robert Keeling to be Buried on Friday” Birmingham News 12 Dec 1935: 22.

Keiser, Franklin B.
b. Apr 1858 - Allentown, PA; d. 11 Jun 1948 - Birmingham, AL; President, Keiser-Geismer Engineering Company

• "Franklin Keiser, Widely Known Engineer in District, Succumbs" Birmingham News 12 Jun 1948: 9.

Kennerly, William J.
b. 20 Jan 1898 - SC; d. Mar 1980 - Tuscaloosa, AL; buried: Montevallo City Cemetery (Montevallo, AL); graduate: Clemson A & M College and Emory University

• "Inventor" Birmingham News 17 August 1944: 4.  (Alabama College professor invented a device for scoring examination papers)

• "Montevallo Man Gets Invention Patented" Shelby County Reporter 24 Aug 1944: 1.

Kent, John Faulkner
b. abt. 1866 - Ullington, Scotland; d. 15 Feb 1935 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• “Heart Attack is Fatal to Former Industrial Chief: John F. Kent Comes from Florida and Dies at Daughter’s Home” Birmingham News 16 Feb 1935: 2.

Kershaw, Royce Gideon
b. 2 Nov 1898 - Renfroe, AL; d. 17 Oct 1971 - Montgomery, AL

• "Capitol Inventor, Manufacturer, Kershaw Dies" Birmingham News 18 Oct 1971: 35.

Kettig, William H.
b. 20 Oct 1895 - Birmingham, AL; d. 25 Sep 1953 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "W. H. Kettig, RFC Auditor, Dies Suddenly" Birmingham Post-Herald 26 Sep 1953: 20.

Kevorkian, Zareh H.
b. abt. 1887 - Armenia; d. 14 Apr 1949 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Kevorkian" (obituary) Birmingham News 14 Apr 1949: 57.

Kidd, James Mallory
b. 15 July 1884 - Birmingham, AL; d. 20 Oct 1974 - Mountain Brook, AL; buried: Elmwod Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "J. M. Kidd, Businessman, Dies at 90" Birmingham News 20 Oct 1974: B-7.

• "J. M. Kidd Services Set at 11 a.m. Today" Birmingham Post-Herald 21 Oct 1974: B-7.

Kidd, Thomas Jasper
b. 30 October 1879 - Shelby Co., AL; d. 21 June 1951 - Jefferson Co.,
     AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Thomas J. Kidd Dies at 71, Pioneer Local Industrialist" Birmingham Post-Herald 22 Jun 1951: 28.

• "Thomas J. Kidd, Widely-known Industrialist, Succumbs Here" Birmingham News 22 June 1951: 42.

Kilby, Thomas Erby
b. 9 July 1865 - Lebanon, TN; d. 22 Oct 1943 - Anniston, AL; buried: Highland Cemetery (Anniston, AL); Governor of Alabama 1919-1923.

• Bonner, Clint. "Thos. E. Kilby, Anniston" How They Got There. Birmingham: The Author, 1933?

• "Thomas E. Kilby, 78, Former Governor, is Heart Attack Victim: Long Career in Alabama and Anniston is Ended for Native Tennessean" Birmingham News 17 Sep 1978: 2-B.

King, John Clarence
b. 21 Mar 1930; d. 26 Mar 2010 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Zion Memorial Gardens (Birmingham, AL)

• "John Clarence King" (obituary) Birmingham News 1 Apr 2010: 3-D.

King, Olin B.

• "Political Notebook" (UA Trustee retires) Birmingham News 3 Oct 2004: 19-A.

Klotz, Simon
b. ; d 17 Apr 1941

• "Mr. and Mrs. Simon Klotz Observe Their Golden Wedding Anniversary: Hundreds of Friends Congratulate Couple at Reception Held at Hotel Here" Birmingham News 29 Jun 1932: 9 (Includes photo of couple)

Klugh, Bethune Glass
b. 13 March 1880 - SC; died 28 Dec 1951- Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Bethlehem Cemetery (Greenwood, SC)

• "Bethune Glass Klugh" (article/obituary) Birmingham News 29 Dec 1951:  3.

• "Bethune Glass Klugh" (obituary) Birmingham News 30 Dec 1951: A-3.

Kluttz, Warren Lawson
b. 14 Mar 1879 - Salisbury, NC; d. 18 Dec 1963 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "W. L. Kluttz Rites Today at 3:30 p.m." Birmingham Post-Herald 20 Dec 1963: 13.

Knight, Abner F.
b. abt 1894 - Walker Co., AL; d. 6 Aug 1948 - Fairfield, AL; buried Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Abner F. Knight Succumbs in Fairfield" Birmingham News 7 Aug 1948: 6.

Knight, William Walter
b. abt. 1870 - Clay, AL; d. 11 Oct 1955 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "William Walter Knight Burial Rites to be Today" Birmingham Post-Herald 13 Oct 1955: 6.

Knowles, Harry Holmes
b. abt 1882 - Port Byron, IL; d. 15 Aug 1961 - Tuscaloosa, AL

• "H. H. Knowles" (obituary) Birmingham News 26 Aug 1961: 4.

Kosolapoff, Gennady Michael
b. 2 September 1909 - Kirov, Russia; d. 1 January 1976 - Alabama; buried: Garden hill Cemetery (Auburn, AL)

• "G. M. Kosolapoff Dies: AU Professor, Chemist" Birmingham News 2 Jan 1976: 27.

Kroff, Gustav A.
b. 25 May 1914; d. 1 March 2005 - Huntsville, AL

• "Last Man in Legendary  'Von Braun Team' Retires" Birmingham News 10 Aug 1980: 9A, 13A.

Kron, Leonard Carothers
b. abt 1897; d. 15 Feb 1953 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Leonard C. Kron" (obituary) Birmingham News 16 Feb 1953: 17.

Kronenberg, Seymour B.
b. abt 1906; d. 24 Jul 1972 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Temple Emanu-El Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Seymour B. Kronenberg" (obituary) Birmingham News 25 Jul 1972: 28.

Kurtts, George Joseph
b. 21 Apr 1917 - AL; d. 23 Nov 1904 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Employee, Alabama Metal Industries

• "George Joseph Kurtts" (obituary) Birmingham News 27 Nov 2007: 3-B.

Kuzmicki, Roland T.
b. 27 Sep 1916 - Birmingham, AL; d. 3 April 1981; buried: Oakland Cemetery; University of Alabama (Civil Engineering); Engineer-draftsman, U.S. Steel Transportation Department.

• "Roland T. Kuzmicki" (obituary) Birmingham News 5 Apr 1981: 39-A.

La Rue, Jesse Ambrose
b. LaGrange, KY; d. 16 May 1940 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "La Rue" (obituary) Birmingham News 16 May 1940: 25.

Lackey, Rufus Manning
b. 25 Jul 1897 - Coosa, Co., AL; d. 1 Mar 1971 - Jefferson Co., AL

• "Ex-Legislator to Take Seat on Commission" Birmingham News 7 Dec 1960: 1.

• "Insurance Pioneer, Rufus Lackey, Dies" Birmingham News 1 Mar 1971: 1.

• Taylor, Fred. "Rufus Lackey Named Interim U.S. Marshall" Birmingham News 18 Mar 1961: 1.

• Taylor, Fred. "Rufus Lackey Named Treasurer for Big Road Bond Campaign" Birmingham News 17 Oct 1957: 7.

Lambeth, Edgar V.
b. abt 1871; d. 11 Jun 1958 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Edgar Lambeth, Retired Engineer" (obituary) Birmingham News 11 Jun 1958: 21.

Landgrebe, Karl Louis
b. 17 Aug 1876 - Cleveland, OH; d. 12 May 1955 - Jefferson Co., AL

• "Changes in T.C.I. Personnel Announced Upon Heels of Crawford's

• "Civitan Club Hears Talk by Landgrebe" Birmingham News 20 March 1941: 24.
  Resignation: Landgrebe, Abbott, Chalmers Take Over New Posts with Organization" Birmingham News 4 Feb 1930: 1.

• Giddons, Lucia "Karl Landgrebe, Veteran T.C.I Official, Retires" Birmingham Post 17 Aug 1942: 1, 7.

• "Graduate of the Mills: Rotary's Chieftain Knows His Steel" Birmingham Post 13 July 1935: 5.

• "Karl Langrebe" (editorial tribute) Birmingham News 13 May 1955: 10.

• "Karl Langrebe Funeral to be Today" Birmingham Post-Herald 13 May 1955: 44.

• "Karl Landgrebe, Industrialist and Sportsman, Dies" Birmingham News 12 May 1955: 1.

• "Karl Landgrebe Names for Post" Birmingham News 8 Mar 1938: 18. (President of Park Board)

• "Karl Landgrebe St. Pat's Speaker: T.C.I. Executive to Speak at Annual Banquet of U. of A. Group" Birmingham News--Age-Herald 15 Mar 1936: 16.

• "Karl Landgrebe was Speaker at Catholic Club" Birmingham News 4 Nov 1933: 3.

• "Landgrebe Gets Park Board Job: New Head is Installed After Unanimous Vote by Group" Birmingham Age-Herald 10 Mar 1938: 8.

• Landgrebe Named" Birmingham News 9 July 1936: 2. (named VP in charge industrial division of Chamber of Commerce; includes photo with caption)

• Landgrebe, Noted Leader Here, Ends 32 Years' T.C.I. Service: Industrialist will Devote His Efforts to Aid U.S. in War" Birmingham News 17 Aug 1942: 7.

• "Landgrebe Raps South's Critics: Opportunities in Dixie are Gaining Attention, Railmen Told" Birmingham News 17 Feb 1939: 16.

• "Landgrebe to Speak at Lions Club Session" Birmingham News 22 Apr 1941: 3.

• "Landgrebe Will be '37 Chairman of Chest Appeal: T.C.I. Vice President Named by Thomas W. Martin, Head of Unit" Birmingham News 15 Apr 1937: 1. (includes photo)

• "Landgrebe Will Speak at Elyton" Birmingham News 15 Oct 1938: 41.

• "T.C.I. Appoints Three New Vice-Presidents: Karl Landgrebe, C. E. Abbott and Thomas Chalmers are Added to List of Company's Officials" Birmingham Age-Herald 5 Feb 1930: 1.

Landrum, John Porter, Sr.
b. 5 Nov 1893; d. 26 Feb 1984 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Birmingham Invention Reduces Emissions, Improves Gas Mileage" Birmingham News 21 Mar 1974: 48.

• "East Side Inventor 'Stumps' Experts" Birmingham Post-Herald 7 Dec 1954: 10.

• "John Porter Landrum, Sr. (obituary) Birmingham News 27 Feb 1984: 4D.

• "Porter Landrum to Handle Crosley Car" Birmingham News 26 Nov 1941: 2. (in Sports; Classified/Financial Section)

Lanham, Robert F.

• "Birmingham Man, Former Employee of City, Inventor: With 11 Patents to His Credit, Robert Lanham is Now Busy on Others" Birmingham News 3 Oct 1932: 4.

Lathem, Guy W.
b. abt 1902 - GA; d. 27 Jan 1957 - Bessemer, AL; supervisor, Tenneessee Coal and Iron

• "Guy W. Lathem, Bessemer Resident" (obituary) Birmingham News 28 Jan 1957: 21.

Lawrence, Oscar B.
b. abt 1883 - Fayette, AL; d. 20 Apr 1962 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Oakland Cemetery

• "O. B. Lawrence" (obituary) Birmingham News 22 Apr 1962: A-25.

Lawson, Claude Sims
b. 2 July 1895 - Union, SC ; d. 10 Sep 1964 - Jefferson Co., AL ; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Claude Lawson Named Head of U.S. Pipe" Birmingham Post-Herald 25 Apr 1952: 1.

• "Claude S. Lawson's Mine and His Heart" (editorial tribute) Birmingham News 18 Sep 1964: 18.

• "Claude Lawson's Rites Set Saturday" Birmingham News 11 Sep 1964: 22.

• "Claude S. Lawson" (editorial tribute) Birmingham News 11 Sep 1964: 10.

• "Claude S. Lawson" (editorial tribute) Birmingham Post-Herald 11 Sep 1964: 14.

• "Claude S. Lawson Named on AIA Relations Unit" Birmingham Post-Herald 6 Feb 1954: 12.

• "C. S. Lawson, Industrialist, Dies of Attack" Birmingham News 10 Sep 1964: 1, 4.

• "Eulogies Follow Death of Claude S. Lawson" Birmingham Post-Herald 11 Sep 1964: 4.

• "Lawson to Head Clemson Alumni" Birmingham Post-Herald 14 Nov 1959: 2.

Lay, William Patrick
b. 1853 - Cherokee Co., AL; d. 21 November 1940 - Etowah Co., AL; buried Forrest Cemetery (Gadsden, AL)

• "Capt. Lay, Founder of Alabama Power, Dies" Birmingham News 21 Nov 1940: 1.

• Dalrymple, Dolly. "That Commodity Called a Man" Birmingham News--Age-Herald 17 Nov 1929: 10

• "TVA was 50 Years Too Late: Lay Reveals Dream on Coosa River" Birmingham Post 31 May 1937: 3.

Lazier, Wilbur A.
b. 28 Mar 1900 - Ogle, IL; d. 14 May 1976 - Los Angeles Co., CA; first director, Southern Research Institute (Birmingham, AL)

• "Birmingham Man Gets National Honor" Birmingham News--Age-Herald 31 March 1946: 17-A.

• "Dr. Lazier Appointed Director of Southern Research Institute: Outstanding Scientist Leaves DuPont Position to Take Up New Duties" Birmingham News 27 Aug 1944: 1-B, 12-B.

• "Drs. Lazier, Weidlein to Talk at Research Institute Dinner" Birmingham News 24 Sep 1944: 6-A.

• "Heads Alabama Chemists" Birmingham News 13 June 1947: 32.

Ledbetter, Roy Harrison
b. 17 Dec 1886 - Anniston, AL; d. 22 Jan 1966 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "R. H. Ledbetter Services Tuesday" Birmingham News 24 Jan 1966: 5.

• "Rites for Steel Pioneer R. H. Ledbetter Tomorrow" Birmingham Post-Herald 24 Jan 1966: 9.

• "TCI Announces Retirement, Promotions" Birmingham News 20 Dec 1951: A-8.

Lee, James C.
b. Birmingham, AL; 18 Feb 1895; d. 27 May 1951 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "James C. Lee Rites are Set for Today" Birmingham Post-Herald 29 May 1951: 12.

• "James Lee, Bottling Company President, Civic Leader, Dies: Had Been in Ill Health Long Time" Birmingham Post-Herald 28 May 1951: 1.

• "Final Rites for James C. Lee, Soft Drink Official, Tuesday" Birmingham News 28 May 1951: 4.

Leigh, Alfred Cecil
b. 19 Aug 1887 - Brown Falls, PA; d. 22 Feb 1954 - Pascagoula, MS; buried: Pascagoula, MS

• "A. C. Leigh" (obituary) Birmingham News 23 Feb 1954: 26.

Leigh, Douglas
b. 24 May 1907 - Anniston, AL; d. 14 Dec 1999 - New York, NY

• "Birmingham Man Makes Big Hit on Great White Way: Douglas Leigh Succeeds in Electrical Advertising in New York City" Birmingham News 8 Mar 1937: 7.

• "Even Gotham is Amazed at Latest Sign: Birmingham Man Hoists New Electric Wonder over Manhattan" Birmingham Post 13 Aug 1937: 7.

• Martin, Douglas. "Douglas Leigh, the Man Who Lit Up Broadway, Dies at 92" New York Times 16 Dec 1999.

• Moyer, Jean. "Douglas Leigh, Alabama Boy Whose Signs Amaze New York, to be on Air: He Will Tell Fred Allen How He Works Tonight" Birmingham Post 13 Nov 1940: 17.

• Wolf, Arlene. "Alabamian has Hand in Work of Streamlining Old New York" Birmingham News 11 Feb 1946: 2.

Leighty, Fred Granville
b. abt 30 Aug 1891; d. 9 Jul 1964 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Oak Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Dr. Leighty" (obituary) Birmingham News 10 Jun 1964: 56.

LeMay, Ernest Douglass
b. 13 January 1886 - AL; d. 8 September 1970 - Sarasota Co., FL

• "LeMay, 40 Years with TCI to Retire" Birmingham News 19 Dec 1951: 20.

• "Ernest LeMay, Former TCI Exec, Dies at 84" Birmingham News 8 Sep 1970: 21.

Lemmon, George Nelms
b. 17 Nov 1873 - Engelwood, NJ; d. 9 Jan 1960 - Birmingham, AL

• "G. N. Lemmon, 86, Retired Executive" Birmingham News 11 Jan 1960: 7.

• "G. N. Lemmon Funeral Today" Birmingham Post-Herald 11 Jan 1960: 13.

Leonard, Allen M.
b. abt. 1866 - Calera, AL; d. 2 Jul 1939 - Tuscaloosa, AL

• "A. M. Leonard Dies" Birmingham News 3 Jul 1939: 12.

Lerio, Louis J.
b. 13 Oct 1877 - NJ; d. 3 Jun 1942 - Mobile, AL

• "Plunge is Fatal to Mobile Man" Birmingham News 9 Aug 1937: 5.

Lester, George H., Sr.
b. MS; d. 12 Apr 1950 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Funeral Services are Planned Today for Manufacturer" Birmingham Age-Herald 13 Apr 1950: 5.

Letanosky, Louis A.
b. 7 Jul 1924; d. 4 Dec 1999 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Mechanical Engineer, Pullman Standard

• "Lewis A. Letanosky" (obituary) Birmingham News 6 Dec 1999: 3-B.

Lichty, Arthur Joseph
b. 3 Aug 1903 - KY; d. 1 Oct 1973 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Arthur Joseph Lichty" (obituary) Birmingham News 2 Oct 1973: 31.

Lide, Martin James
b. 5 Feb 1879 - Carolowville, AL; d. 15 March 1945 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn, AL); Union College (Schenectady, NY)

• "Local Engineer Taken by Death" Birmingham Age-Herald 16 Mar 1945: 6.

• "Funeral Rites Held For Martin J. Lide" Birmingham News 17 Mar 1945: 3.

Liggett, Robert Winston
b. 25 Jun 1916 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada; d. 13 Dec 1988 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Head, Industrial Chemistry Department at Southern Research Institute; University of Alberta; Northwestern University (Ph.D, Chemistry)

• "Robert Winston Liggett" (obituary) Birmingham News 15 Dec 1988: 5-E.

Lindquist, Louis T.
b. 5 Sep 1894 - Marinette, WI ; d. 26 Apr 1974 - Tuskegee, AL; buried: Valhalla Cemetery (Jefferson Co., AL)

• "Louis T. Linquist" (obituary) Birmingham News 28 Apr 1974: B-5.

Ling, Walter Ray
b. 14 Feb 1903 - Birmingham, AL; d. 3 Mar 1969 - Bessemer, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Walter Ray Ling" (obituary) Birmingham News 3 Mar 1969: 33.

Little, John W.

• "Little Heads Reorganized Company" Birmingham News 5 Jan 1966: 32.

Littlejohn, Charles Elbert
b. 18 Apr 1924 - Clanton, AL; d. 24 Oct 2004 - Atlanta, GA

• "Mr. Charles Elbert Littlejohn" (obituary) Birmingham News 28 Oct 2004: 6-B.  (patent no. 4,406,351; in GA)

Livingston, William Hudson
b. abt 1904; d. 10 Jul 1953 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "William Hudson Livingston" (obituary) Birmingham News 10 Jul 1953: 30.

Lloyd, Stewart Joseph
b. 12 Sep 1881- Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; 5 Aug 1959 - Tuscaloosa, AL

• "Dean Lloyd To Be Honored at Chemistry Day Banquet" Tuscaloosa News 16 Apr 1952: 1.

• "Dr. Stewart J. Lloyd, UA Leader, Dies at 77" Birmingham News 6 Aug 1959: 6.

• "Dr. Stewart Lloyd Predicts New Discoveries in the Future" Tuscaloosa News 16 Nov 1958: 18.

• "Dr. Stewart Lloyd, Services Saturday" Birmingham News 7 Aug 1959: 35.

• "Dr. Stewart Lloyd to Get Herty Medal" Tuscaloosa News 10 Apr 1957: 1.

• "His Interest Lies in the Future" Tuscaloosa News 18 Apr 1952: 4.

• "Lloyd Authors Booklet on Eugene Allen Smith" Tuscaloosa News 9 Jan 1955: 8.

• Lloyd, Stewart J. "Chance and Scientific Discovery" Tuscaloosa News 27 Sep 1952: 4.

• "Herty Medal Awarded to UA Educator" Birmingham News 11 Apr 1952.

• "Tribute to an Alabama Scientist" Mobile Press 15 April 1952.

• "Young Canadian Comes to Alabama and Wins Fame at State University: Dean of Chemistry School is Recognized Authority Among Students" Birmingham News 15 Dec 1929: 14.

Lokey, Charles W.
b. 13 Aug 1874 - Talladega Co., AL; d. 29 May 1965 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Dr. Charles W. Lokey to be Buried Today" Birmingham Post-Herald 31 May 1965: 16.

• "Dr. C. W. Lokey, Dentist, Dies at 91" Birmingham News 30 May 1965: A-17.

Logue, Paul

• "Swann Company Official Names Logue New Director; Will be in Charge of Research Work" Birmingham Age-Herald 9 Feb 1931: 3.

• "Swann Chemist Given Promotion: Paul Logue Named Director of Corporation and Will Be Contact Man" Birmingham News 9 Feb 1931: 7.

Loring, Joseph B.
b. abt. 1881 - Cullman, AL; d. 28 Aug 1935 - Greenville, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Birmingham Man Killed in Crash: Joseph B. Loring Loses Life Near Fort Deposit" Birmingham News 29 Aug 1935: 14.

Lovelace, Frank Smith
b. abt. 1904; d. 17 Sep 1953 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Frank S. Lovelace" (obituary) Birmingham News 18 Sep 1953: 25.

Lovelace, James G.
b. 25 Apr 1893 - Shelby Co., AL; d. 15 Oct 1977; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "James G. Lovelace" (obituary) Birmingham News 17 Oct 1977: 36.

Lucy, Ben H., Jr.
b. 24 Apr 1926 - AR; d. 7 Mar 2003 - Tuscaloosa, AL; buried: Tuscaloosa Memorial Park; Food consultant and spice salesman, Griffith Laboratories

• "Ben 'Pappy' H. Lucy, Jr." (obituary) Tuscaloosa News 8 Mar 2003: 2B.

Luna, Clifford Mac
b. 30 Jan 1935 - Lewisburg, TN; d. 1 Oct 2009 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Southern Heritage Cemetery (Pelham, AL); Vice-President, McWane Cast Iron Pipe; Auburn University

• "Clifford Mac Luna" (obituary) Birmingham News 4 Oct 2009: 18-A.

Luquire, Wiley Henderson
b. abt 1878 - Greensboro, SC; d. 4 Jun 1934 - Birmingham, AL

• "Owner of Funeral Home is Victim of Brief Illness: Widely Known Business Man Dies Following Attack of Appendicitis" Birmingham News 4 Jun 1934: 2.

Lusser, Robert
b. 1900 - Germany; d. 1969

• "Ex-German's Missiles Aid Patented" Birmingham Post-Herald 18 Oct 1957: 37.

Lytle, Clark Kenneth, Sr.
b. 13 Feb 1897; d. Maitland, FL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Clark Kenneth Lytle, Sr." (obituary) Birmingham News 7 Jan 1979: 20-A.

Mabry, Gustrine Milner
d. 10 Jul 1960 - Viola, TN

• "Woman Follows Husband in Death" Birmingham News 11 Jul 1960: 11.

MacCartee, Allen Graham
b. abt. 1902 - Washington, D.C.; d. 20 Mar 1961 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); University of Alabama

• "Allen G. MacCartee, Local Businessman, Dies" Birmingham News 20 Mar 1961: 9.

MacKay, Jack W.

• "ACIPCO Executive MacKay is Retiring" Birmingham News 29 Jan 1975: 69.

Maddox, Marlin M.
b. 5 Aug 1916; d. 26 Nov 2003 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Oakwood Cemetery (Jefferson Co., AL); Supervisor, United States Steel.

• "Marlin M. Maddox" (obituary) Birmingham News 29 Nov 2003: 4-B.

Mahan, James Clyde
d. 4 Jul 2003 - Huntsville, AL

• "Musician, Inventor Mahan Dies from Wreck Injuries" Tuscaloosa News 7 Jul 2003: 2B. (Associated Press)

Mannsfeld, Sven-Peter

• "Researcher Gets $192M in Ala. Court Case" Tuscaloosa News 19 Oct 2008: 13-B.

Marsh, Halbert Gearn
b. 13 Dec 1884 - Greenville, TN; d. 28 Apr 1939 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); President, Clary-Marsh Electric Appliance Company

• "Marsh Rites Held: Funeral Conducted for Widely Known Business Man" Birmingham News 29 Apr 1939: 5.

Martin, Guy W.
b. abt 1884 - Jefferson, GA; d. 28 Apr 1953 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Dayton, TN; typewriter mechanic

• "Guy W. Martin" (obituary) Birmingham News 29 Apr 1953: 42.

Mason, Samuel La Fayette
b. 24 Aug 1891; d. 15 May 1970 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Samuel La Fayette Mason" (obituary) Birmingham News 17 May 1970: B-6.

Mathias, William Grant
d. 18 Dec 1934 – St. Petersburg, FL

• “W. G. Mathias Dies: Rites for Former T.C.I. Official to be Held in Chicago” Birmingham News 19 Dec 1934: 16.

May, James L.

• "Federal Marshal Here Gets Roofing Patent" Mobile Register 8 Feb 1959: 2.

May, Robert Curtis
b. 4 Sep 1887 - Taylors' Creek, GA; d. 20 Jul 1971 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Robert C. May" (obituary) Birmingham News 20 Jul 1971: 31.

Mayer, William C., Jr.
b. 30 Jan 1924 - Forest Hills, NY; d. 12 Aug 2008 - Birmingham, AL; University of Virginia; University of Alabama in Birmingham (chemical engineering)

• "William C. Mayer, Jr." (obituary) Birmingham News 14 Aug 2008: 4-B.

Mays, James Francis
b. 11 Oct 1860 - Pendleton, SC; d. 29 Dec 1939 - Lexingon, NC; buried: Lexington City Cemetery (Lexington, NC)

• "James F. Mays Taken by Death: Former Resident of City dies at Lexington, NC, Home" Birmingham News 6 Jan 1939: 20.

McCarthy, Fones

• Lakwete, Angela. "Fones McCarthy" Encyclopedia of Alabama online

McClure, William Howard
b. abt 1912 - Chattanooga, TN; d. 3 Jun 1973 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "William Howard McClure" (obituary) Birmingham News 4 Jun 1973: 34.

McConnell, Leslie F.
b. 20 Jan 1903 - NY; d. 12 Nov 1978 - Livingston, TN; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Graduate, Alfred University (New York); founder, McConnell Sales and Engineering Corporation.

• "Leslie F. McConnell" (obituary) Birmingham News 13 Nov 1978: 32.

McCormick, Oscar Lyle
b. 26 Mar 1892 - VA; d. 14 Dec 1967 - AL; buried: Fairfield, VA; graduate, Virginia Military Institute

• "Mr. McCormick" (obituary) Birmingham News 14 Dec 1967: 12.

McCoy, Walter Morton
b. 14 Aug 1883 - Ft. Worth, TX; d. 6 Jun 1969 - Birmingham, AL

• "Walter Morton McCoy" (obituary) Birmingham News 9 Jun 1969: 39.

McCrimmon, Theron Angus
b. abt 1903; d. 3 Nov 1964 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Moore Cemetery (Jefferson Co., AL)

• "T. A. McCrimmon" (obituary) Birmingham News 4 Nov 1964: 36.

McDonough, Everett Goodrich
b. 22 Feb 1905 - Birmingham, AL; d. 5 Jan 1992 - Stamford, CT

• Harper, Lou. "Alabama Man Literally Makes Your Hair Curl" Birmingham News Magazine 4 Oct 1964: 12.

McDonough, Robert Newton
b. 26 Dec 1871 - AL; d. 2 Sep 1938 - San Antonio, TX; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• Robert Newton McDonough" (obituary) Birmingham News 3 Sep 1938: 11. (Announcements/Classified section)

McGinnis, Basil Williams
b. 2 Apr 1880 - AL; d. 9 Jun 1936 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery (Leeds, AL)

• "Basil William McGinnis" (obituary) Birmingham News 10 Jun 1936: 21.

McGuire, Virgil M., Jr.

• Pekkanan, Sarah. "Inventors Show Off Creations" Tuscaloosa News 9 Jun 1993: 6B. (States News Service.

McHugh, James M.
b. 1866 - Galitzer, PA; d. 3 Jun 1965 - Jefferson County, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Ex-Miner, 90, Recalls His Safety Invention" Birmingham Post-Herald 28 Dec. 1956: 4.
• "James McHugh" (obituary) Birmingham News 4 June 1965: 9.
• "J. M. McHugh, Leader in Mining, Dies at 99" (obituary) Birmingham Post-Herald 5 June 1965: 2.

McKinley, Algene Holland
b. 16 Feb 1913; d. 25 Dec 1986; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Part owner of Cahaba Materials Company

• "Algene Holland McKinley" (obituary) Birmingham News 27 Dec 1986: 10-A.

McLaren, William Wrice
b. 22 Jan 1877 - AL; d. 3 Apr 1941 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "William Wrice McLaren" (obituary) Birmingham News 4 Apr 1941: 37.

McLemore, Price Chrenleigh, Sr.
b. 12 Jan 1909 - Montgomery, AL d. 4 Aug 1997 - Montgomery, AL; buried: Greenwood Cemetery (Montgomery, AL)

• "Alabama Man's Flame Cultivator Modern Way of Hoeing Cotton: Revolutionary Machine to be Produced Here" Birmingham Post 9 Apr 1946: 9.
• "Boll Weevils Killed by Flame-Thrower Devised in Alabama" Birmingham News 1 Aug 1941: 6.
• McDonald, Betty. "Flame-Throwing Cultivator Newest Invention in War with Weeds" Owosso Argus (Michigan)  7 July 1943: 6.
• Price McLemore Receives Edward Longstreth Medal" Montgomery Advertiser 19 Oct 1958: 8-C.
• Richardson, Sandee. "Agricultural Innovator McLemore Dead at 88" Montgomery Advertiser 6 Aug 1997: 1.
• "Suit Charges Patent Rights Infringements" Birmingham Age-Herald 23 May 1947: 4.
• "Suit Over Patent Rights" Birmingham News 22 May 1947: 25.

McLennan, James Alan
b. 4 Jun 1899 - Concord Junction, MA; d. 12 Dec 1963 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Tallahassee, FL.

• "J. A. McLennan" (obituary) Birmingham News 13 Dec 1963: 31.

McMasters, Robert Alexander, Sr.
b. 1 May 1916; d. 23 Oct 1989; buried: Elmwood Mausoleum (Birmingham, AL); President, Southeastern Metals Company (Birmingham, AL)

• "Robert Alexander McMasters, Sr. (obituary) Birmingham News 24 Oct 1989: 1-F.

McMurry, William Clyde
b. abt 1900 - Nashville, TN; d. 11 Sep 1974 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL

• "William Clyde McMurry" (obituary) Birmingham News 12 Sep 1974: 58.

McNabb, Albert Hammond, Jr.
b. 10 Aug 1925 - AL; d. 23 Apr 1996 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Albert Hammond McNabb, Jr." (obituary) Birmingham News 23 Apr 1996.

McWane, Arthur Thomas
b. 7 Nov 1884 - VA; d. 26 Sep 1954 - Washington, DC; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "McWane Tells Cast Iron Pipe's Role in Wartime" Birmingham News 8 Sep 1951: 6.
• "McWane Idea Makes Phone Talk Out Loud" Birmingham News 16 Aug 1953: A-12.
• "Arthur T. McWane, Retired Industrialist, Succumbs" Birmingham News 27 Sep 1954: 2.

McWane, James Ransom
b. 15 Aug 1869 - Wytheville, VA; d. 24 Jun 1933 - Chicago, IL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Bethany College (A.B., 1891); President, McWane Cast Iron Pipe Company

• "Birmingham Business Man Victim of Brief Illness in Chicago: Head of M'Wane Plant Dies While on Business Trip; Body Will Be Brought Back Home for Funeral, Burial Services" Birmingham News 24 Jun 1933: 1.
• Bonner, Clint. "J. R. McWane" How They Got There. Birmingham: The Author, 1933?

McWhirter, Carson Hulsey
b. 19 Sep 1918 - Pontotoc, MS; d. 11 Jul 1998 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Oak Forest Cemetery (Pontotoc, MS);  Mississippi State University (BS, Electrical Engineering); Founder, Continental Electric Company; Founder and CEO, Universal Electric

• "Carson Hulsey McWhirter" (obituary) Birmingham News 13 Jul 1998: 7-C.

Meller, August, Jr.
b. 2 Jul 1900 - Jefferson Co., AL; d. 30 Apr 1972 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "August Meller" (obituary) Birmingham News 1 May 1972: 24.

Merkel, Arthur W.
b. 1 Aug 1883 - AL; d. 6 May 1939 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Continental Gin Executive Dies" Birmingham News 7 May 1939: 8. (in Sports, Want-Ads/Financial section)

Meyer, Benjamin S.
b.3 June 1910 - Chicago, IL; d.22 Aug 1985 - Jefferson Co., AL

• "Dr. Benjamin S. Meyer" (obituary) Birmingham Post-Herald 23 Aug 1985: C3.
• "Benjamin S. Meyer" (obituary) Birmingham News 23 Aug 1985: 11C.

Michaels, Clyde D.
b. 13 Jul 1909 - PA; d. 12 Oct 1974 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Clyde D. Michaels" (obituary) Birmingham News 14 Oct 1974: 11.

Middlemiss, George H.
b. 2 July 1886 - CA; d. 17 Jun 1946 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood
Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "George Middlemiss, Engineer, Dies" Birmingham News 17 June 1946: 2.

Miklic, Louis
b. 23 May 1898; d. 27 Sep 1965 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Louis Miklic" (obituary) Birmingham News 28 Sep 1965: 24.

Millar, George Adams
b. 21 Mar 1869 - Joliet, IL; d. 17 Sep 1939 - Fairfield, AL

• "George Millar Dies: Pioneer Resident of Ensley Succumbs at Hospital" Birmingham News 18 Sep 1939: 4.

Milloit, Henry Albert
b. 10 Sep 1918 - Slidell, LA; d. 11 Feb 1964 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Mr. Milloit" (obituary) Birmingham News 13 Feb 1964: 32.

Milner, Henry Key
b. 25 Sep 1866 - Greenville, AL; d. 3 Apr 1941 - Birmingham, AL; University of Georgia (mining engineering degree, 1887); Columbia University (mining and civil engineering)

• Book of Birmingham and Alabama. Vol. 1. Birmingham, Ala: Birmingham Ledger, 1914: 52.
• Moore, Albert Burton. History of Alabama and Her People. Vol. III. Chicago: The American Historical Society, 1927: 26.
• "Henry Key Milner Succumbs While in Mobile on Visit" Birmingham News 26 Dec 1939: 1.
• Owen, Thomas McAdory. History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. Vol. IV. Spartanburg, SC: Reprint Co., 1978: 1206.

Mitchell, Elmore Jerome
b. 12 Dec 1873; d. 28 Apr 1933 - Calera, AL; buried: Huntsville; President, Southern Lime and Chemical Company.

• "E. J. Mitchell Dies: Body of Calera Industrialist Will Be Sent to Huntsville" Birmingham News 29 Apr 1933: 2.

Mitchell, Laymon
b. 17 Jan 1941; d. 2 Jun 2008 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Covin Baptist Church Cemetery (Fayette, AL); Charter graduate of the University of Alabama in Birmingham; Registered professional engineer

• "Laymon Mitchell" (obituary) Birmingham News 4 Jun 2008: 4-B.

Mitchell, Lora Allen
b. abt 1901 - Chilton Co., AL; d. 9 Aug 1971 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Enon Baptist Church Cemetery

• "Mrs. Lora Allen Mitchell" (obituary) Birmingham News 9 Aug 1971: 31.

Mitchell, Walter Franklin
b. 31 Oct 1884 - GA; d. 8 Nov 1959 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Walter Franklin Mitchell" (obituary) Birmingham News 9 Nov 1959: 26.

Moebes, Otto Bismarck
b. 9 Jan 1876 - AL; d. Feb 1954 - Washington, DC; buried: Washington, DC

• "Otto Moebes" (obituary) Birmingham News 25 Feb 1954: 55.

Moffett, Charles A.
b. abt 1865 - AL; d. 27 Dec 1949 - Gadsden, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); President, Gulf States Steel Company

• Charles A. Moffett (photo) - Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections
• "Charles A. Moffett, Retired Steel Official, Succumbs" Birmingham News 28 Dec 1949.

Monfee, Andrew Jackson
b. 26 May 1877 - Montgomery, AL; d. 27 May 1948 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "A. H. Monfee, Retired Employe of T.C.I., Succumbs in Ensley" Birmingham News 27 May 1948: 29.

Montgomery, James Alexander
b. about 1871 - West Virginia; d. 9 Nov 1960 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Oak Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Coal Washer Invented Here" Birmingham News 11 July 1937: 10.
• "J. A. Montgomery, 91, Machine Builder, Dies" Birmingham News 10 Nov 1960: 15.
• "James A. Montgomery, 91, Pioneer, Rites at 10 Today" Birmingham  Post-Herald 11 Nov 1960: 6.

Montgomery, John R.

• Stevenson, Tommy. "Montgomery's Invention Separates Iron, Water" Tuscaloosa News 8 Nov 1981: 11-A.

Montgomery, Lewis A.
b. 25 August 1880 - AL; d. 9 December 1949 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• Ennis, William. "Electrician at Terminal is Inventor and Craftsman" Birmingham Age-Herald 11 Mar 1937: 16.
• "L. A. Montgomery, Irondale Civic Leader, Succumbs" Birmingham News 10 Dec 1949: 2.

Montgomery, W. Glenn
b. 20 Oct 1892; d. 11 March 1968 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Mr. Montgomery" (obituary) Birmingham News 13 March 1968: 60.

Moore, Edmund Bartlett
b. 3 Dec 1891 - Louisville, KY; d. 7 Jan 1970 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Cave Hill Cemetery (Louisville, KY)

• "Edmund Bartlett Moore" (obituary) Birmingham News 7 Jan 1970: 36.

Moore, Roy A.

• "Anniston Man Put Sun to Work on Energy Needs" Tuscaloosa News 18 Nov 1985: 9.
• Jackson, Nancy. "Man's Solar Heating Unit Intrigues Experts" Gadsden Times 8 Sep 1984: B4.

Moore, William Davis
b. 17 April 1882 - Hannibal, MO; 10 Nov 1940 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery

• "Five Alabama Industrialists to Receive Patent Awards: Sixteen 'Southern Pioneers' to be Included in Numbered Honored in St. Louis Meeting" Birmingham News 18 Feb 1940: 6. (Sports; Financial/Want-Ads Section)
• "Head of Pipe Company to Talk at Luncheon o f Commerce Chamber" Birmingham News 10 Aug 1932: 7 (photo with caption)
• "Moore, Acipco Chief, Retires; Barr Moves Up" Birmingham Post 29 July 1946: 2.
• Moore, William Davis. Development of the Cast Iron Pressure Pipe Industry in the Southern States, 1800-1938: An American Pilgrimage Address.  Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Publishing Company, 1939.
• "Pipe Firm Official is Chosen President of Local Kiwanians" Birmingham News 30 Oct 1935.
• Price, Bem. “Pipe Process Boost for City: William David Moore is Credited with Many Patents” Birmingham Age-Herald 20 Feb 1940: 12.
• “W. D. Moore…”  Birmingham News 18 Feb 1940.
• "W. D. Moore, Citizen" Birmingham News 14 Nov 1950.
• "William D. Moore, Retired Head of Acipco Pipe Company, Dies" Birmingham News 11 Nov 1950: 3.

Morgan, Rubie Freddie
b. abt 1912; d. 22 Dec 1968 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Jefferson Memorial Gardens

• "Mr. Rubie Freddie Morgan" (obituary) Birmingham News 23 Dec 1968: 28.

Morgan, Walter J.
b. Columbiana, AL; d. 15 December 1951- Tuscaloosa, AL

• "W. J. Morgan, 67, Originator of Iron Pipe Casting Ideas, Dies" Birmingham News 16 Dec 1951: A-15.

Morris, Lloyd Ansel
b. 18 Apr 1911 - Jefferson Co., AL; d. 28 Aug 1971 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Highland Memorial Gardens (Jefferson Co., AL)

• "Lloyd Ansel Morris" (obituary) Birmingham News 30 Aug 1971: 31.

Morton, Tazewell Sidney
b. 18 Jun 1876 - St. Charles, MO; d. 16 Apr 1943 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Tazewell S. Morton's Final Rites are Arranged" Birmingham News--Age-Herald 18 Apr 1943: 6-A.

Moxley, Stephen Dewey
b. 3 June 1898 - Arnot, PA; d. 22 Feb 1967 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery  (Birmingham, AL)

• Beiman, Stephen D. "ACIPCO President to Retire Monday" Birmingham News 1 or 2 June 1963.
• "Club Speaker" Birmingham News 13 Sep 1959: B-3.
• "Engineers Honor Him" (S. D. 'Steve' Moxley) Birmingham News 6 Sept 1953: A-4.
• "S. D. Moxley Speaks: Auburn Seniors Urged to Stay in College and Finish Work" Birmingham News 2 Mar 1933: 14.
• "Stephen D. Moxley" (obituary) Birmingham News 23 Feb 1967: 28.
• "Stephen Moxley, Crash Victim, Dies" Birmingham News (Dixie ed.) 23 Feb 1967: 2.
• "Stephen D. Moxley Funeral is Today" Alabama Journal 24 Feb 1967.
• "Stephen D. Moxley, Industrialist, Dies of Mishap Injuries" Birmingham News (Metro ed.) 23 Feb 1967: 28.
• "These Men Have Been Placed at Helm of Birmingham Mechanical Engineers Group" Birmingham News 22 May 1932: 8. (Stephen D. Moxley, John M. Gilfillan, John E. Getzen)

Mulvaney, Loyola I.
b. abt 1890 - WV; d. 22 Jan 1965 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Mr. Lolo I. Mulvaney" (obituary) Birmingham News 23 Jan 1965: 11.

Mulvey, Patrick James
b. abt 1868 - Ireland; d. 9 Jan 1937 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Mulvey Rites Held: Resident of City 40 Years Buried in Elmwood Cemetery" Birmingham News 11 Jan 1937: 17.

Mummert, John F.
b. 29 Jun 1904 - Alliance, OH; d. 5 Oct 1971 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "John F. Mummert" (obituary) Birmingham News 6 Oct 1971: 63.

Munger, Robert Sylvester
b. 24 July 1854 - Nexi, TX; d. 27 Oct 1942 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Robert C. Munger Dies at Home Here" Birmingham News 28 Dec 1950: 22.
• Smith, Algernon Lundy. Continental Gin Company and Its Fifty-Two Years of Service. Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Publishing Company, 1952: 55-56.

Munn, Lewis Henry
b. 24 Feb 1890 - Birmingham, AL; d. 4 Dec 1963 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Lewis H. Munn" (obituary) Birmingham News 5 Dec 1963: 54.

Murphy, Quillian Rufus
b. 25 Mar 1884 - TN; d. 7 Oct 1973 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Quillian R. Murphy" (obituary) Birmingham News 8 Oct 1973: 22.

Murray, Royce L.
b. abt 1906 - Okra, TX; d. 22 Oct 1963 - Tampa, FL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Rites Announced for R. L. Murray" (obituary) Birmingham News 26 Oct 1963: 2.

Myers, W. Neill

• "Knee-Lock Reaction: NASA Engineers Build Better Brace" Birmingham News 4 Apr 1997: 1-C.

Nation, Augustus
b. abt 1884 - AL; d. 18 May 1944 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Augustus Nation" (obituary) Birmingham News 30 May 1944: 14.

Nelems, Charles William
b. 12 Mar 1877 - GA; d. 6 Nov 1962 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Branchville Cemetery

• "C. W. Nelems" (obituary) Birmingham News 7 Nov 1962: 11.

Newell, Alfred Tureene, Jr.
b. 20 Dec 1907 - Birmingham, AL ; d. 5 Feb 1988 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery; Owner & Chairman of the Board, A. T. Newell Poultry Equipment Company.

• "Alfred Tureene Newell, Jr. (obituary) Birmingham News 8 Feb 1988: A-9.

Newman, Joseph W.

• "This Knife Always Lands on the Point" Gadsden Times 5 Aug 1971: 27. (Associated Press)

Nicholls, Walter Lee
b. 28 Nov 1877 - Childersburg, AL; d. 31 Mar 1942 - Birmingham, AL; University of Maryland (1902)

• "Dr. Walter Nicholls Dies at Home Here" Birmingham News 1 Apr 1942: 24.

Nickles, David E.

• Powell, Richard. "UA Professor Advances Data Storage Technology" Tuscaloosa News 4 Apr 1996: 1A, 3A.

Nilsson, Nils Leonard
b. abt 1904 - Sweden; d. 27 Feb 1967 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Borlanga, Sweden; Senior Development Engineer, Anderson Electric Company

• "N. L. Nilsson" (obituary) Birmingham News 1 Mar 1967: 67.

Noble, Charles Hall
b. 22 Dec 1922; d. 26 Nov 2008; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Employee, McWane Cast Iron Pipe Company

• "Charles Hall Noble" (obituary) Birmingham News 30 Nov 2008: 20-A.

Nola, Frank J.

• "Huntsville Engineer Receives Award" Birmingham News 29 Nov 1979: 10B.

Nolan, Duncan
b. abt 1891 - Jefferson Co., AL; 10 Jun 1961 - Birmingham, AL

• "Duncan Nolan" (obituary) Birmingham News 10 Jun 1961: B-2.

Norman, Noah Murchison
b. 29 Mar 1913 - MO; d. 31 Mar 1973; buried: Jefferson Memorial Gardens

• "Noah Murchison Norman" (obituary) Birmingham News 2 Apr 1973: 31.

Nowak, Martin

• "Inventor Cashes in with Snake Trap" Gadsden Times 19 Aug 1997: B3. (Associated Press)

Nygren, Leander
b. abt. 1865 - Sweden; d. 11 Jan 1945 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); cabinet-maker

• Debro, Anita. "Norwood's New Home Group Works to Restore Jewel for Community's Use" Birmingham News 21 Apr 1999: 1-N.
• "Leander Nygren's Last Services are Observed" Birmingham News 13 Jan 1945: 6.
• Wolfson, Hannah. "Restored Nygren House to Open as Resource Center" Birmingham News 30 Mar 2005: 1-N.

Obert, Cloyd Jefferson, Sr.
b. abt 1890; d. 28 Aug 1948 - Bessemer, AL; buried Cedar Hill Cemetery (Bessemer, AL); master mechanic for the Bessemer Plant of the Hercules Powder Company

• "Final Rites Conducted for C. J. Obert, Sr." Birmingham News 30 Aug 1948: 6.

O'Brien, John A. "Jack," Jr.
b. 12 Apr 1930 - Flushing, NY; d. 4 Jul 2008 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Southern Heritage Cemetery; Graduate, University of Notre Dame; Founder, O'Brien Engineering

• "John A. 'Jack,' O'Brien" (obituary) Birmingham News 7 Jul 2008: 2-B.

Oeser, Max Francis
b. 12 Jan 1891 - Cullman, AL; d. 9 Nov 1953 - Birmingham, AL; Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Max F. Oeser" (obituary) Birmingham News 10 Nov 1953: 25.

Oglesby, Sabert, Jr.

• Frieden, Kitty. "Local Exec Tackles Soviet Air Pollution" Birmingham News 3 Aug 1977: 64.

Osborne, Fred
b. 3 July 1893 - Spartanburg, SC; d. 21 May 1977; buried Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); graduate, Clemson College

• "Fred Osborne Dies; Was U.S. Pipe Exec" Birmingham News 23 May 1977: 15.

Osgood, Rollin Davis
b. 12 Feb 1887 - San Antonio, TX; d. 4 Jan 1965 - Jefferson Co., AL

• "R. D. Osgood, 77, Ex-TCI Exec, Dies" Birmingham News 4 Jan 1965: 20.
• "Research Firm Elects Oglesby" Birmingham Post-Herald 9 Dec 1980: A-10.
• "Rollin Osgood Retiring as Chief TCI Engineer" Birmingham Post-Herald 1 Mar 1952: 13.

Osteen, Belmont Duncan
b. 22 August 1901 - GA; d. 6 Nov 1975; buried: Forest Crest Cemetery (Jefferson Co., AL)

• "Belmont Duncan Osteen" (obituary) Birmingham News 7 Nov 1975: 6.

Owens, Emmett Newton
b. 27 Jan 1888 - Anniston, AL; d. 5 Dec 1948 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Emmett N. Owens, T.C.I. Official, Passes, Rites This Afternoon" Birmingham News 6 Dec 1948: 19.

Oztekin, Muammer Ahmet
b. Istanbul, Turkey

• Brown, Don. "In America, This Immigrant Saw Dear Dream Come True" Birmingham News 4 July 1965: A-1, A-6.

Quick, William Lafayette
b. 18 May 1858 - Hardin Co., TN; d. 9 December 1927 - Madison Co., AL

Quick, William Massey
b. 17 April 1892 - AL ; d. 16 Jun 1956

• "Farm Boy's Brief 1908 Flight May Have Been First in State" Birmingham News 14 Dec 2003:  25-A.

Pair, Thomas Mason
b. 26 Jan 1907 - AL; d. 30 Aug 1984 - Birmingham, AL ; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Chief Inspector of Plumbing and Gas Services, City of Birmingham

• "Thomas Mason Pair" (obituary) Birmingham News 1 Sep 1984: 5-B.

Parks, Cary Frederick
b. 14 Jan 1895 - East Lake, AL; d. 19 Oct 1968 - Montgomery, AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Cary F. Parks" (obituary) Birmingham News 20 Oct 1968: A-24.

Parmenter, Brady L.
b. 29 Nov 1875 - Charlotte, NC; d. 5 May 1952 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); employed by Ingalls Iron Works.

• "Brady Parmenter" (obituary) Birmingham News 6 May 1952: 28.

Parsons, Ward Hugh
b. 6 Mar 1925 - AL; d. 17 Jun 2006; buried: Southern Heritage Cemetery (Pelham, AL); Owner, Parsons Equipment Company

• "Ward Hugh Parsons" (obituary) Birmingham News 20 Jun 2006: 6-A.

Paschall, William
b. abt 1859; d. 7 Dec 1953 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Rutherford, TN

• "William Paschall" (obituary) Birmingham News 8 Dec 1953: 26.

Pate, Joseph Wilbur
b. 9 Mar 1882 - GA; d. 4 May 1945 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Joseph W. Pate's Last Services Announced" Birmingham News 5 May 1945: 2.

Patrick, Monroe Cleveland
b. 1 Dec 1884 - Chilton Co., AL; d. 21 Jul 1964 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "'Unhurt' Man in Traffic Accident Dies" Birmingham News 22 Jul 1964: 20.

Patton, Moses Field
b. 30 March 1877 - AL; d. 27 Jan 1957 - Helena, AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Kind of Patton's Chapel Founders Dies at 79" Birmingham Post-Herald 28 Jan 1957: 15.

Payne, Gerry E.

• "Bessemer Mechanic Seeks Profit on Better Way" Birmingham News 11 Nov 1993:

Pears, Coultas D.

• "Promoted" Birmingham News 14 July 1974: 8-A.

Pearson, Marcus Harvey
b. 2 Aug 1879 - St. Clair Co., AL; d. 2 Aug 1974 - Trussville, AL; buried Springville Cemetery (Springville, AL)

• "Marcus H. Pearson" (obituary) Birmingham News 3 Aug 1974: 11.

Perry, Richmond Earl
b. 23 Oct 1912; d. 26 Oct 1999 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Graduate, Birmingham Southern College; University of Alabama, Ph.D)

• "Mr. Richmond Earl Perry" (obituary) Birmingham News 28 Oct 1999: 7-B.

Phelps, Edwin Harris
b. 18 Dec 1919 - Greenville, AL; d. 12 Dec 2007; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); Birmingham Southern College (BS, Chemistry, 1945); Employee, American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Birmingham

• "Edwin Harris Phelps" (obituary) Birmingham News 14 Dec 2007: 2-D.

Philabert, Frank
b. abt 1890 - New Orleans, LA; d. 23 Feb 1956 - Jefferson Co., AL; Buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Birmingham Man Wins Recognition in Trade Paper: Chemical Engineer Praised for Work in Field of Ice Refrigeration" Birmingham News 3 Nov 1935: 7.
• "Frank Philabert, 66, Industrialist, Dies" Birmingham Post-Hearld 24 Feb 1956: 4.
• "Frank Philabert, Retired Industrialist" (obituary) Birmingham News 24 Feb 1956: 32.

Phillips, William D.
b. 16 Dec 1896 - Birmingham, AL; d. 21 Nov 1976; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL); co-owner, Hawkins Iron Company.

• "William D. Phillips" (obituary) Birmingham News 22 Nov 1976: 44.

Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth
b. 31 Jul 1892 - NC ; d. Feb 1964 - Charleston, SC

• "Mr. Pinckney" (obituary) Birmingham News 25 Feb 1964: 26.

Pinion, Thomas Joseph
b. 10 Sep 1903; d. 16 Apr 1974 - Bessemer, AL; buried: Crumly Chapel Cemetery (Jefferson Co., AL); mechanic, American Cast Iron Pipe Company

• "Thomas Joseph Pinion" (obituary) Birmingham News 17 Apr 1974: 82.

Pitts, Lawrence F.

• "Sitting Pretty After More than an Decade of Research by a Birmingham Inventor: A Plastic Toilet Seat Protector Dubbed the Cleansleeve is Ready to Makes its Debut in Public Restrooms Everywhere" Birmingham News 28 Mar 1999: 1-D.

Pope, Wiley S.
b. Irwin Co., GA; d. 3 Jan 1972 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Big Creek Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery (Fitzgerald, GA); employee, L & N Railroad

• "Wiley S. Pope" (obituary) Birmingham News 5 Jan 1972: 54.

Poull, Theodore
b. abt 1860 - IL; d. 23 Aug 1935 - Gary, IN; buried: Oak Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Poull Funeral Held: Former Local Contractor Dies at Gary, Ind., Home" Birmingham News 6 Sep 1935: 2.

Pratt, Daniel
b. 20 July 1799 - Temple, NH; d. 13 May 1873 - Autauga Co., AL; buried: Pratt Family Cemetery (Prattville, AL)

• "Daniel Pratt Honored by Descendant Here" Birmingham News 14 Dec 1949: 35.
• "Denny Eulogizes Pratt and Family: Pioneers of Industry and Education Honored at Prattville" Birmingham News 20 Apr 1936: 7.
• Evans, Curt J.  The Conquest of Labor: Daniel Pratt and Southern Industrialization. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2001.
• Evans, Curt J. "He 'Dared Maintain' His Views: Daniel Pratt's 1855 Senate Race." Alabama Review 50.1 (Jan 1997): 3-17.
• Evans, Curt John. Daniel Pratt of Prattville: A Northern Industrialist and a Southern Town. 1998.
• "Five Who Helped Build State Inducted into Hall of Fame" Birmingham News 18 Oct 1978: 34.
• Hamilton, Kappy. "Ancestor of State Families is Topic" Birmingham Post-Herald 15 Nov 1973: B1.
• Hole, Donna C. "Daniel Pratt and Barachias Hold: Architects of the Alabama State Capitol?" Alabama Review 27.2 (Apr 1984): 83-97.
• Noles, James L., Jr. "Daniel Pratt, Industrialist" Hearts of Dixie: Fifty Alabamians and the State They Called Home. Birmingham: Will Publishing, 2004: 144-147.
• Pilley, Edward "Yankee Vision Planted Industry Here, with Faith in a Great Future of State" Birmingham Post-Herald 15 July 1954: 28.
• "Plaque Honors Daniel Pratt" (University of Georgia Chapel) Birmingham News 19 Apr 1975: 2.
• Pratt, Merrill Edward. Daniel Pratt, Alabama's First Industrialist. New York: Newcomen Society of England, American Branch, 1949.
• Thomson, Laquite. "Daniel Pratt's Picture Gallery." Alabama Review 48.3 (July 1995): 163-176.

Pratt, John
b. 14 Apr 1831 - Union, SC; d. 24 Jun 1905 - Chattanooga, TN; buried: Centre, Cherokee Co., AL

• "Aching Hand Wrought Typewriter" Birmingham News 5 Mar 1971: 35.
• "Birmingham Boy Owns Ancient Writing Machine: Typewriter, Alabama Invention, Still Works" Birmingham Post 22 Apr 1942: 9.
• Bonner, Clint. "Alabama's John Pratt: Inventor of the Pterotype...Known Today as the Typewriter" Birmingham News-Age Herald 12 Mar 1939: 4.
• "Centre Ladies Won't Give Up" Birmingham News 26 Nov 1971: 31.
• "Pratt Park Honors Inventor Gadsden Times 9 Feb 1988: C12.
• "Type Writing Machine" Flake's Daily Galveston Bulletin 11 July 1867: 2.
• "Typewriter Inventor Buried in Cherokee" Gadsden Times 3 May 1964:
• "The Wanderer" Birmingham News 26 Mar 1940: 6.

Pratt, Merrill E.

• "Continental Gin Company Head Named New Rotary President" Birmingham News 29 Jun 1950: 48.
• "New Officials of Continental Gin Named by Board" Birmingham Age-Herald 24 Nov 1938: 1.

Praytor, Dennis Morrow
b. 17 Apr 1890 - Trussville, AL; d. 28 Feb 1956 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "D. M. Praytor Burial Services to be at 10:30" Birmingham Post-Herald 1 Mar 1956: 33.

Praytor, Nora L.
b. 15 Jun 1900 -  d. 23 Dec 1980; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "Mrs. Nora L. Praytor" (obituary) Birmingham Post-Herald 24 Dec 1980: 2-C.

Prickett, William Clifton
b. Feb 1883 - Ashville, AL; d. 18 Dec 1958 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "W. C. Prickett, Local Engineer" (obituary) Birmingham News 19 Dec 1958: 34.

Purifoy, William Scott
b. Nov 1844 - Wilcox Co., AL; d. 14 Dec 1907 - Wilcox Co., AL; buried: Snow Hill Cemetery

• "William Scott Purifoy" (obituary) Wilcox Progressive Era 19 Dec 1907.

Purser, Benjamin Harold
b. 30 June 1891 - Brookwood, AL; d. 24 Nov 1942 - Flat Creek, AL; buried: Brighton Cemetery

• "Benjamin Purser, Mine Official, Dies" Birmingham News 25 Nov 1942: 8.

Quick, William Lafayette
b. 18 May 1859 - TN; d. 9 Dec 1927 - Huntsville, AL

• Faulk, Kent. "Farm Boy's Brief 1908 Flight May Have Been First in State" Birmingham News 14 Dec 2003: 25-A.
• "Invent a Powderless Gun: Gasoline Fires Weapon Devised by Two Alabama Men: The Promising New War Machine to be Submitted to Government Officials Needs No Shells or Cartridges" Kansas City Star 11 Oct 1917: 11.

Ragland, Talmadge Vestal Phillips
b. 20 Oct 1937; d. 29 Jul 2006; buried: Hardin's Chapel Bible Church Cemetery (Ragland, AL); Graduate, University of Alabama; Electrical Engineer, Gulf States Steel.

• "Mr. Talmadge Vestal Phillips" (obituary) Jacksonville News 3 Aug 2006.

Ramsay, Erskine
b. 24 September 1864 - Six Mile Ferry, PA; d. 15 August 1953 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)

• "3,000 Honor Ramsay at Birthday Party: Cops, Boyd Scouts Direct Caravan to Home: Eminent Citizens Laud Scotsman" Birmingham News 25 Sep 1931: 2.

• "Alabama's Ace Industrialist Returns For Visit to Scenes of First Success: Erskine Ramsay Launched Busy Career at 13 by Opening a General Store; Became Mine Manager at 18; Went South, Climbed Up Steadily" Pittsburgh Press 10 Aug 1935: 3.

• "Auburn and Kiwanians to Honor Ramsay: Panel of Hall at School to be Presented Leader at Club Luncheon" Birmingham News 20 Sep 1936: 2.

• "A.P.I. to Celebrate Eightieth Birthday of Erskine Ramsay" Birmingham News 24 Sep 1944: 6-A.

• "Birmingham Industrial Leaders Win Meritorious Awards for Their Work: Ramsay and Hassler given Recognition as Engineers and Inventors" Birmingham News 10 Feb 1937: 2.

• Dalrymple, Dolly. "Birmingham Man is Honored by Old Friends in Pennsylvania Home Town: Erskine Ramsay, Donor of $65,000 to School Fund, Guest at Banquet" Birmingham News 26 May 1929: 7.

• "Erskine Ramsay Gets Praise for his Work on Board of Education; High Tribute is Paid to Retiring Member in Talk Made by F. D. McArthur" Birmingham News 14 Apr 1941: 10.

• "Erskine Ramsay Gives Away More Than $1,000,000 During Lifetime" Birmingham News 23 Sept 1948: 1, 4.

• "Erskine Ramsay Gives Sixth Avenue Presbyterian Stained-Glass Window" Birmingham News 28 Nov 1948: D-48.

• "Citizens Express Tributes to Late Erskine Ramsay" Birmingham News 17 Aug 1953: 18.

• "Erskine Ramsay Estate Totaled Over $4 Million" Birmingham News 9 Aug 1957: 1.

• "Erskine Ramsay, Famed Philanthropist, is Dead" Birmingham News 16 Aug 1953: 1, 2.

• "Erskine Ramsay Found Happiness in Giving" Birmingham News 18 Aug 1953: 25.

• "Erskine Ramsay Gives $25,000 for Ensley Stadium" Birmingham News 26 Sep 1929: 1.

• "Erskine Ramsay Heads Board of Alabama Museum" Birmingham News 31 Oct 1937: 1.

• "Erskine Ramsay High Formally Dedicated: New Southside School Named at Request of Paul Hayne Students, Glenn Reveals" Birmingham News 20 Sep 1930: 1.

• "Erskine Ramsay High School to be Open for Inspection: Public Will View Unit on Southside" Birmingham News 17 Sep 1930: 16.

• "Erskine Ramsay Honored Anew" Birmingham News 8 Dec 1937: 10.

• "Erskine Ramsay, Inventor, 88, Dies: Alabama Industrialist and Philanthropist Patented 40 Coal Mining Devices" New York Times 17 Aug 1953.

• "Erskine Ramsay is Honor Guest at Birthday Party by Civil Club Here" Birmingham News 21 Sep 1932: 7.

• "Erskine Ramsay Mountain Brook Club President: Permanent Organization for Current Year is Formed; Committees Named" Birmingham News 5 Jul 1930: 1, 2.

• "Erskine Ramsay Nominated for Engineer Medal: Announcement Feature for Birthday Fete Held at Ramsay Tech" Birmingham News 25 Sep 1935: 16.

• "Erskine Ramsay Renamed to Post on School Board" Birmingham News 16 Mar 1937: 2.

• "Erskine Ramsay Stands at Threshold of 80, Still Filled with Zest of Life" Birmingham Post 23 Sept. 1944: 1, 5.

• "Five Alabama Industrialists to Receive Patent Awards: Sixteen 'Southern Pioneers' to be Included in Numbered Honored in St. Louis Meeting" Birmingham News 18 Feb 1940: 6. (Sports; Financial/Want-Ads Section)

• Franklin, Rebecca. "Sir Erskine, Long-Time Bachelor, To Claim a Queen as Carnival King: Industrialist Ramsay, Unnamed Mate to be Rulers of Christmas Festival" Birmingham News 12 Nov 1937: 1.

• "Golden Rule Club to Foster Drive on Street Safety: Erskine Ramsay Sounds Call for $1 Subscription to Finance Plan" Birmingham News 6 Jun 1932: 4.

• "Home State to Honor Erskine Ramsay" Birmingham News 17 July 1950:     A-2.

• "Labor Saving Device for Mining Coal is Expected to Revolutionize Industry: Erskine Ramsay who has Many Industrial Innovations to his Credit, Produces Machine which will Have Seams at Great Savings to Owners" Birmingham Post 27 Sept 1935: 1.

• "Legislature Adopts Eulogy for Late Erskine Ramsay" Birmingham News 19 Aug 1953: 15.

• "Local Industrialist is Awarded Medal as Mining Leader" Birmingham Age-Herald 17 Oct 1936: 18.

• "Noted Scot Observes Sixty-Eighth Birthday Anniversary in City" Birmingham News 24 Sep 1932: 1. (photo with caption)

• "Philanthropist Gives $1,800 for Training of 10 Flying Cadets: Group Will be Taken from 100 Candidates Now Taking Course" (Erskine Ramsay Squadron)  Birmingham News 8 Feb 1942: 9.

• Price, Bem. "Erskine Ramsay City Developer: Inventions Play Large Part in Success in Industry Here" Birmingham Age-Herald 15 or 16 Feb 1940.

• "Ramsay Awarded Gold Medal for Mining Services: Achievements of Birmingham Man are Recognized by National Body" Birmingham News 16 Oct 1936: 16.

• "Ramsay Contributes $10,000 for Library at Miles: Negro College will use Philanthropist's Gift to Remodel Present Structure" Birmingham News 13 Sep 1942: 3-B.

• "Ramsay is Urged for Mine Award: Optimist Club on Record for National Recognition for Local Man" Birmingham News 21 Aug 1936: 5.

• "Ramsay Offers Aid: Birmingham Capitalist Will Help in Building School Stadium" Birmingham News 20 Nov 1930: 2.

• "Ramsay Reappointed to Education Board by City Commission" Birmingham News 5 Apr 1932: 18 (photo with caption)

• "Ramsay Reports Development of Industry in South: Birmingham Capitalist Tells Mining Convention of Progress in Year" Birmingham News 10 Mar 1920: 1, 2.

• "Ramsay to Aid with Educational Survey: Committee to Find Good Work Among High School Students for Special Credits" Birmingham News 6 Oct 1930: 2.

• "Ramsay Will Invite 3,300 Friends to His Sixty-Sixth Birthday Party: Philanthropist in Scottish Regalia Will Act as Host at Annual Celebration" Birmingham News 13 Sep 1930: 1.

• "Rites Held for Erskine Ramsay, Beloved Alabama Industrialist" Birmingham News 17 Aug 1953: 18.

• "Scotch Firm Uses Coal Invention of Erskine Ramsay" Birmingham News 24 Nov 1935: 15.

• "Skirl of Pipes Will Announce Birthday Anniversary of Birmingham Capitalist" Birmingham News 17 Sep 1931: 1 (Includes photo and invitational poem)

• "Uses Ramsay Patent: Rotary Dumps First Installed Here Now in Use in Ford Salt Mines" Birmingham News 23 Apr 1920: 27 (light print)