Selected Families and Individuals


Arlie Mahaffey.Arlie married Mary Grace Blalock.

Mary Grace Blalock [Parents] was born about 1929 in AL. She died on 10 Mar 1957 in Blount Co., AL. She was buried in Mt Zion Cemetery, Jefferson Co., AL. She married Arlie Mahaffey.

Mary G Mahaffey
Death Date: 10 Mar 1957
Death County: Blount
Volume: 18
Certificate: 8903
Roll: 6


Johnnie Armstrong.Johnnie married Bobby Blalock in 1951 in Jefferson Co., AL.

Bobby Blalock [Parents] was born on 31 Jan 1931 in Blount Co., AL. She married Johnnie Armstrong in 1951 in Jefferson Co., AL.

Living in Hayden, AL @ 205-647-1422 as of April, 2005. He supplied death data on his siblings.


William Anderson McDonald Justice was born in May 1852. He died in Oct 1929 in Jefferson Co., AL. He married Fannie Short on 8 Oct 1878 in Walker Co., AL.

Other marriages:
Nelson, Margaret Nancy

Listed on the 1900 census of Pct 28, Jefferson Co., AL with second wife and children from both marriages.

Fannie Short died before 1894. She married William Anderson McDonald Justice on 8 Oct 1878 in Walker Co., AL.

They had the following children:

  M i Thomas B. Justice was born in Aug 1881 in AL.
  F ii Annie Justice.
  M iii James W. Justice was born in Apr 1885 in AL.
  M iv Green Berry Justice was born in Apr 1887 in AL.
  F v Lela Flora Justice was born on 17 Oct 1889. She died on 15 May 1973.

Joseph Brown Allbritton [Parents] was born on 9 Mar 1857 in Cobb Co., GA. He died on 14 Sep 1936 in Jefferson Co., AL. The cause of death was gunshot - suicide. He was buried in Elmwood Cem., Birmingham, AL. He married Lela Flora Justice on 20 Jul 1917 in Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL. The marriage ended in divorce.

Other marriages:
Murphree, Rebecca Louise

Listed on the 1900 census of Arkadelphia, Blount Co., AL with first wife/family
Listed on the 1930 census of Warrior, Jefferson Co., AL with wife Lelia, daughter Lillian and son-in-law Lee Burgess.

Birmingham News 15 Sept. 1936 p.31
Mr. Joe Brown Allbritton, age 78, passed away at the residence, Warrior, Al., Monday afternoon. The body will lie in state at the residence, Warrior, Al., from noon Tuesday until noon Wednesday, Funeral services from Elmwood Chapel Wednesday at 2 p.m.
He is survived by 3 daughters; Mrs. H. B. Sandlin, Kimberly, Al., Mrs. H. Q. Sanders, Ensely,Al., Mrs. ? W. Keley, Breman,Ga; & sonsE. E. Allbritton, Birmingham, W. C. Allbritton, Seattle, Wash., Dr. W. K. Allbritton,Birmingham; Dick Allbritton, Dunnellea ?, Fla., Cleo Allbritton, Birmingham.
Rev. W. E. Hope officiating. Fisher Undertaking Co. of Cullman, Al. in charge.

AL Cert of death 23666
Place of death: Jefferson County, Warrior, Al.
Name: Joseph Brown Allbritton. Male, White, Divorced/widowed by 1st wife.
Date of birth; 3/9/1857. Age 79 years 6 months 5 days.
Occupation; Merchant, hardware store. Last worked 9/8/1936
Total years in this occupation; 62.
Birthplace; Cobb Co.,Ga.
Father; Isaac G. Allbritton, born South Carolina
Mother; Judy Sewell, born Cobb Co.,Ga. Informant; E.S.Allbritton,Warrior, Al.
Burial; Elmwood (written over), B'ham. Undertaker; Fisher & Son, Hanceville, Al.
Date of death; Sept. 14, 1936
Cause of death; Gunshot wound by his own hand.
Suicide 9/14/36 in his home. Instant death.

Lela Flora Justice [Parents] was born on 17 Oct 1889. She died on 15 May 1973 in Hayden, Blount Co., AL. She was buried in Warrior City Cem., Warrior, Jefferson Co., AL. She married Joseph Brown Allbritton on 20 Jul 1917 in Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL. The marriage ended in divorce.

Other marriages:
Bailey, Edward Augustus

Listed on the 1920 census of town of Warrior, Jefferson Co., AL. Head of household is simply listed as Allbritton - no first name - male, age 62, born GA - furniture merchant. Lela is listed as his 29 y/o wife, born AL.
Josie (Lillian) is listed as daughter aged 4 yrs, 3mos. in household belonged to Mr. Allbritton and Lela.
Per Josie, her mother Lela worked as a live-in private nurse/housekeeper for Joseph and his first wife Rebecca who was ill. Rebecca was alive when Josie was born and was aware of her birth and encouraged her husband to marry Lela after her death.

Cemetery location: In the middle of Warrior, turn SE; after a couple of stop signs, the street runs to the main gate of the cemetery

They had the following children:

  F i Alma Pauline Allbritton was born on 8 Mar 1913. She died on 4 Jan 1929.
  F ii Lillian Louise Allbritton was born on 19 Oct 1915.
  M iii Joseph Brown Allbritton Jr. was born on 17 Jan 1917. He died on 17 Jan 1917. He was buried in Warrior, AL.

Ollie Lee Mickle was born on 20 Apr 1900. He died on 1 Sep 1975 in Hayden, Blount Co., AL. He married Lillian Louise Allbritton in 1944 in Blount Co., AL.

Lillian Louise Allbritton [Parents] "Josie" was born on 19 Oct 1915 in Cullman Co., AL (near Arkadelphia). She married Ollie Lee Mickle in 1944 in Blount Co., AL.

Other marriages:
Baird, Woodrow
Motte, Melvin

Living at 3211 Shipp Road, Hayden, AL 35079 phone 205 590-4531(2005)

They had the following children:

  M i Ollie Lee Mickle Jr. died on 5 Nov 2003.
  M ii Willie Joe Edgar Mickle.
  M iii Benny Edwin Mickle.

Living in Hayden, AL as of April, 2005 @ 205-647-6335
  F iv Alice Fay Mickle.

Living in Hayden, AL at time of her brother Ollie's death
  M v Jimmy Ray Mickle.

Joseph Brown Allbritton [Parents] was born on 9 Mar 1857 in Cobb Co., GA. He died on 14 Sep 1936 in Jefferson Co., AL. The cause of death was gunshot - suicide. He was buried in Elmwood Cem., Birmingham, AL. He married Rebecca Louise Murphree about 1881.

Other marriages:
Justice, Lela Flora

Listed on the 1900 census of Arkadelphia, Blount Co., AL with first wife/family
Listed on the 1930 census of Warrior, Jefferson Co., AL with wife Lelia, daughter Lillian and son-in-law Lee Burgess.

Birmingham News 15 Sept. 1936 p.31
Mr. Joe Brown Allbritton, age 78, passed away at the residence, Warrior, Al., Monday afternoon. The body will lie in state at the residence, Warrior, Al., from noon Tuesday until noon Wednesday, Funeral services from Elmwood Chapel Wednesday at 2 p.m.
He is survived by 3 daughters; Mrs. H. B. Sandlin, Kimberly, Al., Mrs. H. Q. Sanders, Ensely,Al., Mrs. ? W. Keley, Breman,Ga; & sonsE. E. Allbritton, Birmingham, W. C. Allbritton, Seattle, Wash., Dr. W. K. Allbritton,Birmingham; Dick Allbritton, Dunnellea ?, Fla., Cleo Allbritton, Birmingham.
Rev. W. E. Hope officiating. Fisher Undertaking Co. of Cullman, Al. in charge.

AL Cert of death 23666
Place of death: Jefferson County, Warrior, Al.
Name: Joseph Brown Allbritton. Male, White, Divorced/widowed by 1st wife.
Date of birth; 3/9/1857. Age 79 years 6 months 5 days.
Occupation; Merchant, hardware store. Last worked 9/8/1936
Total years in this occupation; 62.
Birthplace; Cobb Co.,Ga.
Father; Isaac G. Allbritton, born South Carolina
Mother; Judy Sewell, born Cobb Co.,Ga. Informant; E.S.Allbritton,Warrior, Al.
Burial; Elmwood (written over), B'ham. Undertaker; Fisher & Son, Hanceville, Al.
Date of death; Sept. 14, 1936
Cause of death; Gunshot wound by his own hand.
Suicide 9/14/36 in his home. Instant death.

Rebecca Louise Murphree was born in Feb 1856 in AL. She died on 27 Dec 1916 in Warrior, Jefferson Co., AL. The cause of death was uterine cancer. She was buried in Elmwood Cem., Birmingham, AL. She married Joseph Brown Allbritton about 1881.


William Anderson McDonald Justice was born in May 1852. He died in Oct 1929 in Jefferson Co., AL. He married Margaret Nancy Nelson about 1893.

Other marriages:
Short, Fannie

Listed on the 1900 census of Pct 28, Jefferson Co., AL with second wife and children from both marriages.

Margaret Nancy Nelson was born in Apr 1872. She married William Anderson McDonald Justice about 1893.

They had the following children:

  F i Mary M. Justice was born in Feb 1895 in AL.
  F ii Mahala E. Justice was born in Dec 1896.
  M iii Charles R. Justice was born in Jan 1899.

Isaac Griffin Allbritton was born in Oct 1820 in Georgia. He died in Nov 1914. He married Judy Sewell. Isaac was employed as farmer.

Other marriages:
Reneau, Florence Adaline

On Civil War census of 1907, Isaac Allbritten was living in Arkadelphia;
servied in Cobb's Legion E from Franklin Co., GA. Remained in prison in Ohio
until close of war.
Listed on the 1880 census of Blount Co., AL with first wife
Isaac ALLBRITON Self M Male W 60 GA Farmer SC SC
Juda L. ALLBRITON Wife M Female W 58 GA Keeping House GA GA
John TELEN GSon S Male W 12 AL Laborer GA GA
Lewis NEICE Other S Male W 24 GA Servant (Laborer) GA GA

Judy Sewell was born about 1820 in Cobb Co., GA. She married Isaac Griffin Allbritton.

They had the following children:

  M i W.A. Allbritton was born about 1843 in GA.
  F ii M.E. Allbritton was born about 1846 in GA.
  M iii Isaac G. Allbritton Jr. was born about 1852 in GA.
  F iv M.C. Allbritton was born about 1856 in GA.
  M v Joseph Brown Allbritton was born on 9 Mar 1857. He died on 14 Sep 1936.

William A. Cowan [Parents] was born about 1871 in MO. He married Anna.

Listed on the 1920 census of Denton Co.TX (Pct 1)
Living with his son Ralph on the 1930 census of Denton Co., TX - widower

Anna was born about 1871 in MO. She died before 1930. She married William A. Cowan.

They had the following children:

  M i Floyd Cowan was born on 12 Sep 1893. He died in Oct 1979.
  F ii Nellie Cowan was born about 1895 in MO.
  M iii Cecil B. Cowan was born about 1897.
  M iv Ralph Cowan was born about 1907 in TX.
  M v Frank Cowan was born about 1909 in TX.

Cecil B. Cowan [Parents] was born about 1897 in MO. He married Bessie L..

Listed on the 1930 census of Justice Pct 6, Denton Co., TX - living next door to brother Ralph and father William

Bessie L. was born on 20 May 1903 in OK. She died on 8 Mar 1991 in Stephenville, Erath Co., TX. She married Cecil B. Cowan.

They had the following children:

  F i Corean F. Cowan was born about 1924 in TX.
  M ii Cecil B. Cowan Jr. was born on 20 Oct 1925 in TX. He died on 4 Jan 1999 in Waco, McLennan Co., TX.
  M iii Kenneth L. Cowan was born about 1929 in TX.

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