Owen's History of Alabama: Chambers County's members of the House, W. W. Carlisle (1851) and A. J. Carlisle (1859)
1921 · Thomas McAdory Owen, History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, vol. 1 (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1921)
Named here: William Whatley Carlisle, A. J. Carlisle, Chambers County representative 1859–60 (Michael Andrew Jackson Carlile or John Andrew Jackson Carlisle; see notes)
The book at the Internet Archive
Transcription
Owen, vol. 1, p. 223, under "Chambers County," "Representatives" (archive.org text layer):
1849-50 — J. M. Kennedy; Fortune W. Chisholm; Josephus Barrow; Benjamin L. Goodman.
1851-2 — W. W. Carlisle; P. M. Allison; George R. Hendree; Calvin Pressley.
1853-4 — Gibson F. Hill; Daniel S. Robinson; Jesse B. Todd.
[…]
1857-8 — G. W. Allen; Samuel Jeter.
1859-60 — A. J. Carlisle; Warner F. Meadors.
Brewer (1872), p. 164, lists the members by the year of election: "1851 — W. W. Carlisle, P. M. Allison, George R. Hendree, Calvin Pressley" and "1859 — A. J. Carlisle, Warner W. Meadows."
Citation: Thomas McAdory Owen, History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography (Chicago: S. J. Clarke, 1921), 1:223, "Chambers County," list of representatives; Internet Archive item historyofalabama01owen, scan n244 (confirmed from the page image), https://archive.org/details/historyofalabama01owen/page/n244/mode/1up?q=Carlisle. The same list is in Willis Brewer, Alabama: Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men (Montgomery: Barrett & Brown, 1872), 164 (Internet Archive item alabamaherhistor00brew, scan n173).
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| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Whatley Carlisle | Office | Member of the Alabama House of Representatives for Chambers County, session of 1851–52 (elected 1851) | Lived in Chambers County, 1850 | new |