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| Alabama (Russell County), Fort Benning — Fryar Field | | | Named in honor of
Pvt Elmer E. Fryar
Congressional Medal of Honor
511th Parachute Infantry Regiment
United States Army — Map (db m12154) | | Alabama (Russell County), Glennville — Glennville | | | At its Apex this town had collegiate institutes. Finishing schools an military academy, classic churches and stately home in 1854 John Bowles Glenn, let here to establish a school at Auburn and became its first resident of the board of trustees. This school in successive changes became Auburn University. Glennville was the home of the only known Lynch Bob that brought a newspaper advertisement acknowledged The deed and published their names the victim a convicted murders. was a member of the . . . — Map (db m19740) | | Alabama (Russell County), Seale — Old Russell County Courthouse | | | During the Federal occupation of the former Confederate States of America, the Alabama Legislature created Lee County primarily from the northern half of Russell County in 1866 and ordered the selection of the county seat "more centrally located." Government in Russell County was practically non-existent at the time; few records were kept and taxes levied only for favored political purposes. An election was called; Seale won. Simeon O'Neal and Cicero McBride selected this commanding site. John . . . — Map (db m23595) | | Alabama (Russell County), Seale — Seale United Methodist Church | | | Marker Front:
The Methodist Congregation of which the church at Seale was organized in 1842, were pioneer families with a deep faith in God and a clear vision of the future. This group was centered around a small meeting place and a schoolhouse located on the north side of the Federal Road about 12 miles west of the Chattahoocee River. This church was called Glenn Chapel, a memorial to the old preacher, James E. Glenn. The preaching place, a sort of community center, was established . . . — Map (db m23594) |
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