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| Alabama (Calhoun County), Jacksonville — Doctor Francis' Office | | | This general practitioner's office is the only remaining structure of its type in northeast Alabama. It was built on the court-house square about 1850 by Dr. J. C. Francis, a beloved family doctor who served Jacksonville for more than 50 years. He provided an apothecary in the front portion of his office. Associated with him in this office was Dr. C. J. Clark, a well known Confederate army surgeon and director of the Alabama Hospital in Richmond. John M. Francis, a grandson of Dr. Francis, also . . . — Map (db m23350) | | Alabama (Calhoun County), Jacksonville — Pelham | | | Front:
Maj. John Pelham
born in
Alexandria, Alabama
killed at the battle of Kelly's Ford
March 17, 1863
Front base:Pelham
North side:
Erected by the General John H. Forney Chapter U.D.C. Jacksonville, Alabama 1905.
East side:
How shall we rank thee upon glory's page than more than soldier — Map (db m23588) |
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