The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-11

family. My recollection is, they did not
come until after the war.
| Mr.. Craighead owned a large planta
ton and lived on it, near ''weynoke'
He was a fine specimen of manhood, bu
| I happen to know little of him except
the reports of his intelligence and high
| character.
Dayton was a small town with three
or four general stores, blacksmith shop
carpenters, timers. etc. 1t sat on the
sand and clay hill overlooking the Cane
brake. where well water began. It was
| the postoffice of a wide circle of plan.
ters The Protestant churches except
the Episcopal, had buildings consecrate6
| to worship there I think the family OF
Mr.. w. E. Clarke were the only Epis-
copalians. The population was perhaps
400, composed in the main of planters
whose plantations were a few miles
away. John d. Catlin, Adolphus Cade
John T. Walton, W. ]. Prowell, Eaton
Pickering, Terrell, Browning, Levi Reeves
and other planters lived there. The ply
sicians Of Dayton were of the f1rst-class
Drs. Pegram, a Virginian, Stradwick, a
North Carolinian; Aske, Garrett, Prince
Conner, Groves were prominent among
them. All practiced in the Canebrake
w. E. Clarke, a leading citizen Of the
state. lived there. A young lawyer, his
| partner, 1TOTn tlTSlu1dp W1lllaH r. Ter
rell was prominent member of Cane
brake society. H. 8. Bartlett was a
teacher and lawyer there. The Askews
York and Terrell, McCreary Houston
were prosperous merchants. Stevenson
kept the one hotel, a neat place. In the
Fillmore administration, Dansby, a whig
/ was the postmaster. The horse mail
came three times week. For a few
hours mail days the postoffice was open
| 1t was not open the alternate days
Wings that needed COB were scarce
and the postmaster was correspondingly
independently When Fierce. democrat,
came into the presidency, r. M. Cum
bingham, the druggist. became post
master and democracy supplied i'm
proved attention to the duties of the Of
flee.
Dayton was famous center of schools
Mr.. Hatfield, a northern man, and his
wife and daughters, kept a large fe-
male boarding school there. Girls from
various counties came TO It. DR.. w. J.
| Kittrell kept classical school for boys
and youths That. too. received patron
age from afar. Mr.. Edgeworth was Kit
/ trelrs SUCCESSOR. Neither was ILL. D.
| or even professor, but both prepared
| boys for the junior class of college. The
teaching was conscientious, Systematic
and effective Reading, writing, spelling
and arithmetic were assiduously taught
Near Dayton lived a South Carolinian
of prominent connections in his native
state Dr. McCaa. He was distinguished
by intelligence and certain whims. He
lost his fortune in flush times'' and
never found out when to cease abusing
Governor Martin, who wound up the
state banks. He had an interesting fam
| lily, one Of whom was Eugene, a lawyer
land literary amateur of distinction.
/ From remote places many visitors
came to the Canebrake. Among these
| were the Pegues and Ellerbe families
from Dallas. Rembert and Poellnitz from
the lower part of Marengo. They came
unannounced, spent a week and returned
Their coming was rejoiced in and theil
departure regretted. Company meant
a temporary enlargement Of Canebrake
| family.