The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

family from Maryland, lived on ais plantation near Greensboro. He was the inventor of an electric battery in the practice of medicine. Dr. John M. Witherspoon ana 4amily, a planter, liv- ed in that community. He was ore Of the early graduates of Princeton, a South Carolinian. One of his daugh- ters was the wife of Judge Henry Goldthwaite of the Alabama Supreme Court, another the wife of Dr. Ander- son of Mobile and the third married MT. Dickey, the banker in New York.
 Perhaps the most interesting of the planters of this community was Dr. Robert W. Withers of the "Miilwood" estate It would require a long story to relate his life. His energy'in every sphere of local activity was extraordi- nary. The Pickenses, Cockes, Webbs and other names are identified with the history of the community and of the State Joseph Blodgett Stickney was an early and important settler from North Carolina. John Irwin. from Kentucky, Allen C. Jones from North Carolina, were notable men. Rev. William Avary, of the Protestant Epis- copal Church, was an early settler. 1he Nelsons were large planters.
 UniOntOVyn.
 Uniontown is the village set on the cIe est of the watershed.
 James Lewis Price--This young Vir- ginian of the Lewis family, on his ma ternal side, was perhaps the man of in- huence in the community. His wife was a daughter of General Schuyler Shearer of Albany, N Y. He lived on his estate. "Westwood," in fine style. He was the leading promoter of the first railroad that penetrated the Cane brake, and was the first President of the line, as completed to Meridian from Gl iG fir. Ia ray c. Davidson, living on his plantation in Dallas County, in the period here considered, was Representative in Con- gress, a State Legislator and otherwise a man of force in later times.
 General Joseph B. Chamberlain emil nent man, came from Georgia as early as 1919. He was on duty with the army the government in escorting Lafayette through Alabama in 1925.
 Captain Joseph Selden--A handsome yc ung Virginian. married the helress of ''Weynoke, Miss Bettie Minge, and they lived at beautiful "Fairhope."
 Colonel Leigh R. Terrell-Was a young lawyer of Uniontown, killed in battle on the Darbytown road near Rich mond. Poole, Booker, Nicholson, Storrs, Shields, Christian, Bradheld. Boyd, were familiar names in the community. The brothers Pitts, one Probate Judge of Dallas at present, and the other Rep resentative In the Legislature from that county, were born and reared at Un- iontown. Mrs. F. c. Randolph, long of Montgomery. was a native of Union town community.
 Dr. Richard Clarke and Dr. John M. Langhorne. were early settlers and gen tlemen of singular influence from Vlr- gnia They practiced medicine for many years in all the. surrounding re- zion. Dr. Langhorne told me he once rode his horse an average of fifty miles a day for three consecutive weeks in mid summer, visiting patients, some thirty miles away. Dr. Clarke fought in the battle of Manassas as captain Ware and Hudson were the main mer- chants Rev MT. Murdaugh of Vir- ginia and Rev. Mir. Ellis were ministers resident. besides others.
 Dayton.
 John T. walton. Samuel g. Pickering. w. l. ProwelI. Oliver, Sidney and John BoddIe (brothers). Cade, Wolfe Reeves, Bartlett Eaton, Catlin, Terrell, the Askews, were planters, of Dayton com munity Bartlett was superintendent of Montgomery schools later At Day ton we.S large male and female schools and several churches,
 Rev pr. Thomas J. Beard of Blr- mingham was reared at Dayton. Hon. William E. Clarke lived there. His wife, gentlest of women, was Miss Raincock of Norfolk, Va. Their son, born at Dayton, the late Richard H.