The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06
Chronicles of The Cdnebrdke
 
BY JOHN wITHERspooN DUBosE
CHAPTER KY.

spot, before the fellow could be reeonciled to hear the military order.
 1ancey made an elaborate defense ol the conscript law before the Alabama leg islature. Governor Brown of Georgia and Vice President Stephens, on the contrary were bitter in denuneiation of the same law. Bloody riot met the attempts of MT. Lincoln to recruit his armies. Noth- ing so serious occurred in the Confeder- acy, but Col Harry Maury's cavalry was in southern Mississippi for several months in search of deserters and conscripts. Of the five young men I took up the same Sunday morning. three, including Tate, died or were discharged for inefficiency The other two did not prove to be good soldiers.
 EDWIN SHIELD.
 This was a Virginan gentleman, who was for years tutor in the family of MT. R. H. Adams of St. Michaefs parish large part of his school, however, con- sisted of boys from other families of the community. The Adams boys, the Cal houn boy and Thomas J. Beard, who lived with them, walked to school. The Cole man boys and myself rode and hitched our horses under the trees until o'clock when school was out No girls were ex- peoted. Mir. Shields taught Latin and Greek, arithmetic, algebra, history, geog- raphy, writing, spelling and reading. He taught with vigor and exactness He re- lied upon paddle to assist the pupil S mental processes and laid it on with cer- tainty and ample sufficiency. When he supposed the effect would justify the means. There was a runor current in the school that MT. Shield had been thought of years before as a candidate. in Vfr- ginia, for Congress. This report clothed the teacher in a measure of importance which was valuable to him in the eyes of the school.
 Ultimately Mir. Shield married Miss Semple of Uniontown, lived there and be- came a cotton planter He was a grad uate of the University of Virginia.
 JOSEPH SELDEN.
 Mir. Selden came to Alabama from his fathers home, one of the historic estates on the James river. In 1854 he married the daughter and only child of MT. G. w. H. AIinge of the Weynoke plantation, St. Michaels parish, an event of society all ready related. He built the handsomest residence, Fair Hope of the vicinity, on his plantation, near Uniontown, and with his amiable young wife made g. most hos pitable home. There they reared fam fly.
 In the early months of the great war MT. Selden raised battery of field ar tillery and was elected captain. Ills health failed after some time in the ser vice; Ne returned to his home and Lieu tenant Lovelace was promoted captain. This proved to be one of the most effec- tive batteries of the Army of Tennessee.
 ALEXANDER K. SHEPARD.
 MT. Shepard came to Uniontown from his native Virginia, about 1856, already man of note. He purchased a plantation a few miles east of the town He was a man of restless energy. He had been in the legislature of his state. He married Miss Elizabeth Pegues of The Cedars Dallas county, and entered actively into the social and political life around him. He was pronounced democrat, but not a disciple of Yancey. He went to the legis- lature from Perry county, and was strong delegate in the historic democratic state convention of 1S60 When the mo- ton was made to instruct the delegates to withdraw from the convention of the na- tional democracy soon to meet at Charles ton, s. C., he opposed it with spirit. Why send but one man, our commissioner, he exclaimed If we intend to dictate from Alabama to the national convention, let us send our commissioner only with our demand in his pocket Alabama needs no delegation to Charleston. Forsyth was with him. Meek, Bulger and goodly number beside.
 MT. and Mrs. Shepard lived at Union town until the war opened. He became first lieutenant of splendid field bat tery and went to the Army of Northern Virginia with it, but his health failed. He returned to engage in making iron for the government at Brierfeld.
 Sbanard was mt bOister man at all, but he possessed an unfailing per sonal courage General Forrest under took to build the Memphis and Selma railroad via Greensboro. Shepard took a contract for construction of a given mileage. In this way he came in collision with Forrest, president of the line. The general carried into his intercourse with men little of the suaviter In modo. Shep- ard sent challenge to the field of honor. The message was delivered to Forrest just as he-was about to take the train at Greensboro. In acknowledgement he spoke in his usually direct way: Yes tell him I will fight I ain going to Mem phis now" c0hat is the word that came to me from a close friend of Shepard s.) The morning for the meeting arrived Forrest declared to friends while yet ir his bed chamber, that he had thought the matter over during the night and he did not want to kill Shepard. Shepard was in his room with friends awaiting the hour to proceed to the field. On the action of Forrest the expectant combatants did not go to the field, but made friends. There are full details in the book of Gen. Dab- ney Maury, furnished by Hon. Charles E Waller.
 Prominent planters whose postohice was Uniontown. and the year of arrival tl.-~ -~.x;x. foI- lows: Gen Joseph B. Chambers, United States army a Georgian, married Miss Sallie Bishop, came in 1918. General Cham bers was in command at St. Augustine Fla, when General Lafayette visited the United States in 1924 He escorted the distinguished visitor through Alabama. The next year, 1s19 George White came He married Miss Nancy Morgan. Dr. Daniel Long came in 1920, his wife, Miss Billingslea James B. Chambers came in 1S2S His wife was Rebecca Adams John and Richard Walthall came from North Carolina in 1880. Dugald and Nal colm McAlpine came from South Carolina in 1923. Thomas D. Pitts came from Vir- ginia in 1892 His wife was Miss Grey In the same year Patrick H. Pitts came from Virginia. He married daughter oi John Davidson, already noted. Haynes worth, Corcoran, came in the 1S30's. Ran som Poole came in 1882, from North Caro- lima. He married Miss Ivey, a prominent name in his state. Parham and Richard Booker came from Virginia in 1882. The former gentleman married Miss Poole. The Booker name in Virginia is aA an cient one. Hudson Ware and Dr. George N. Ware came in 1885. The former mar red Miss Norris (second wife) and the latter Miss Cochran. W. H. Hungerford whose wife was Miss Chambers, came in 1885 Richard Hudson came from Vir- ginia the next year. Phillips. Jeffries