Thomas Taliaferro K. Alley and Nancy Jane Goode of Jefferson Co. Alabama

copyright © Susan Taylor Aldridge


Jenny Alley said that Thomas Taliaferro Alley was made out to be Thomas Toliver Alley in future generations. The Taliaferros were an important family in Georgia and I dont know how or if he was related to them. His wife's family was from Rutherford NC. The Watkins family was an educated middle class family, so Thomas would have been no country bumpkin from nowhere. He had to have had some good breeding for the family to allow the marriage.


Here is Leila Alley in 1907 


Thomas first went further than Alabama and then came back:
1850 census in Leake Co., MS (Beat 1, Leake, Mississippi; Roll: M432_376; Page: 3; Image: 6)
 The census lists: 
T K Aley 29 M North Carolina 
J Aley 24 F Alabama 
W F Aley 4 F Mississippi (incorrect gender)
J T Aley 3 M Mississippi 
W J Aley 1 M Mississippi 


 Some of the Alley information is from the Will Franke papers. He was a local historian in Jefferson Co Al.  Samford University has most of  the 1913-14 Franke papers, but do nothing with them. One has - to go there. Some other pages were kept by the Franke family and not donated.--they only donated the pages not concerning them directly--and I do not know if Samford is  campaigning to get those held back papers at long last. The Franke descendants family that has the papers was going to throw out the other pages, but were talked into donating them to Samford at the last minute. They do not even want the pages they kept to be shared !!!  They are almost 100 years old-valuable history.  The Franke descendants consider the pages concerning the  family to be private---forgetting that these ancestors have 1000s of descendants in Birmingham by now. For instance Watkins, Sellers, Poe, Sims, and so on).


The Alleys may have been of Quaker heritage.  Many Quaker families left NC and SC to make their way to Indiana between 1810 and 1850 where many Quaker Meetings had been established after 1811 and where the underground railroad had been set up. Apparently Thomas Taliaferro K. Alley made his way south instead. South Carolina had been filled with Quakers and Wrightsborough (outside of what is now Augusta GA and what is in partially in the area of Taliaferro Co GA) had a large community of Quakers. When these families left the south, they handed over their Meeting Houses mostly to the primitive Baptists who continued to call them Meeting House for awhile, instead of "church." The primitive Baptists believed in equality of the sexes and of races at that time.


The Alley family and other families in this area like Sellers, McClintock, Watkins were not northern sympathizers, but they were for the Union and against cessession. They were against slavery in general. This feeling was prevalent in most northern Alabama counties. At least some of the families must have had Quaker ancestors who were, after awhile (by 1820), against slavery. These Jefferson Co families worked during the war to save as many of their boys as they could and hid them up in the mountains as well as in local woods. I know this hasnt been talked about, but I want to bring it up since it was revealed inside my family and I saw in writing what Emanuel Sellers had to say after the war. 


They hated the plantation owners who started the the war and used their boys to fight in it. Now that doesnt mean I have sympathy for the north or for Lincoln. Lincoln was a tyrant who could have cared less about the slaves, but he used them as an excuse. I think in the end Lincoln realized the whole war was orchestrated for the benefit of the industrialists and bankers who wanted to bring the south to its knees and then sweep in and take the land and resources. Just before he was assassinated, he was going to limit the power of the banks- and they hired somebody to kill him.

From my Sellers blog- Tallulah Sellers married Sims Alley.

Please click on the picture for a larger view 

Andrew Jackson had warned the South that to fight the Union would be the most foolish thing they could do
and that they would lose the fight-and he was right. Emanuel agreed with Jackson and he voted
for the Union candidates in Shelby Co. (but I could not read the names very well) and Douglas as
president in the 1860 election . Henderson Sellers’ father was against succession and stated this
in a claim he made for bacon at 20 cents a pound provided to the Union Army under the command of General Wilson on about 1st April 1863 at 11 in the morning at his farm. Emanuel states he lived in Shelby County near the county line which is 7 miles south of his PO at Elyton in Jefferson Co. AL. He lived one and half miles from “the main public road leading to Selma.” He proved his loyalty by it by feeding runaway soldiers in the woods. He calls the War “the Rebellion.”  
To question 17) Who were the leading Unionists of your vicinity during the War? His answer was:
“ John A. McLintock (McClintock, John A., b. 25 Aug 1826, d. 28 May 1906 buried Bluff Park Cemetery, Oxmoor Heights), 
Robert B. Patton, Pickney L. Brock (b 1822 SC wife is Parvelle Redding, Death: 18 Apr 1894 -Haleys PO, Marion, AL Marriage: 21 Dec 1848 - Elyton, Jefferson, AL), and  Joseph Gice of Shelby Co., John C. Morris,Thomas Sanford (birth 1816 Henderson Co TN died 1879 Jefferson Co. married Margaret B. Burford,  Permelia P. and Jane DeJarnette Jones) , Thomas Haughey ( a doctor b 1824 Scotland who had married Elizabeth b. 1829 SC and they had a son John b 1845) and Sam Thompson (m. Ann Eliza/Louisa Camp in Jefferson) of Jefferson Co.”

Page found by Michael Farren. There are other pages stored as well.

This family is probably related to Thomas and they probably migrated with Quaker families to Indiana- lots of times families who had been disowned for marrying out of the faith still associated with their relatives and friends and moved with them even tho they werent going to Meeting anymore. The family below also has the names Joseph and Thomas as their Alabama counterparts:

1850: Milton, Jefferson, Indiana 
Joseph Alley 51 VA 
Susanna Alley 50 NC 
Thomas Alley 24 NC 
Judah Alley 21 NC 
Rinkney Alley 22 NC 
Susanna Alley 18 NC 
Mary Alley 16 NC 
William J Alley 15 NC 
Joseph F Alley 8 NC
I have these notes for Jefferson Co Alabama but cant check it out as I dont have an ancestry subscription:
Are they in Alabama at least by 1850 in Jefferson Co ? 
There is a Joseph Alley and brother Samuel Alley on the tax lists of Wake Co., NC in 1790 and 1800 in the Hillsbourgh Dist. They are also in the 1800 census along with Samuel's son Benjamin. Are they related to Joseph Alley 1799 and James Alley 1793?
Joseph Alley b NC 1799 Susannah NEAL b: 1800 in ,,NC 
• Married: BEF 1826 
Children 
1. Thomas ALLEY b: 1826 in ,,NC 
2. Judah ALLEY b: 1829 in ,,NC 
3. Susannah ALLEY b: 1832 in ,,NC 
4. Pinckney ALLEY b: 1833 in ,,NC 
5. Mary ALLEY b: 1834 in ,,NC 
6. William ALLEY b: 1835 in ,,NC 
7. Joseph F. ALLEY b: 1842 in ,,NC 
8. Sarah ALLEY b: CAL 1845 in ,,NC 
9. Elizabeth ALLEY b: 1848 in ,,NC 

Mary is probably the mother of James and Joseph. 
Mary Alley abt 1769 
Jas Alley abt 1793 

Joseph Alley abt 1799 
Susanna Alley abt 1800 
Thomas Alley abt 1826 
Judah Alley abt 1829 
Susanna Alley abt 1832 
Pinkney Alley abt 1828 
Mary Alley abt 1834 
William J Alley abt 1835 
William H Alley abt 1836 
Joseph F Alley abt 1842 
Sarah J Alley abt 1841 

James Alley abt 1810 
Jane Alley abt 1814 
Daniel Alley abt 1833 
John Alley abt 1847 

Alley, A C	6th Alabama Regiment	F
Alley, Alexander C	6th Alabama Regiment	K was
Alley, Alexander C.	AL 6th Infantry Regiment	K
Alley, Alexander C.	6th Regiment, Alabama Infantry	K
Alley, Bird	11th Alabama Regiment	A
Alley, C. R.	Ward's Battery, Alabama Light Artil
Alley, N. B.	Talladega County (Alabama) Reserves
Alley, R. B.	Talladega County (Alabama) Reserves
Alley, T K	Reeses Battery
Alley, T. K.	Jeff Davis Artillery, Alabama
Alley, William	43rd Alabama Regiment	G
Alley, Y K could be TK	Wm. Reese's Battery

Thomas Taliaferro K. ALLEY died in the Civil War, married Martha “Nancy” Jane Goode 03 FEB 1845 in Jefferson, AL http://www.algw.org/jefferson/marriages.html

Her father: Edward D. GOODE b: ABT 1781 in Mecklenburg, VA
Her mother: Mary Polly Goode or/and? Agnes Goode HAWKINS b: ABT 1786 in Rutherford, NC 

1810 KY - Hopkinsville, Christian Co, p. 87
1830 U.S. Census - Jefferson Co, AL, p. 155
1840 U.S. Census - Jefferson Co, AL, p. 160

Jane´s brother Robert Goode married Nancy Drucilla Watkins 5 Jun 1838 in Jefferson, AL. Brother William M. Goode married Nancy Ann McClintock daughter of John McClintock, a Union man who hid runaway Confederate soldiers in the woods, with the help of neighbor Emanuel Sellers (our ancestor), father of both Henderson Sellers who died at Chickamauga and of Allison Sellers (lost an arm in the Civil War)  as well as of Emanuel Henry Sellers who fought in the Civil War. All brothers were drafted against their wishes into the Rebellion, as their father called it. Their neighborhood was pro Union but they still had to watch what they said and who they trusted. http://emanuel-sellers-james-morris.blogspot.de/2007/12/martha-morris-at-glen-springs.html

Children of Thomas T.K. Alley b ca 1826 and Martha Jane Goode- Nancy was a nickname they used for her.
1. William Francis ALLEY b: ABT 1845 in AL or MS m. Amanda Eliza Goode 19 Jan 1867 in Jefferson, AL -son was Thomas Robert Alley b 1869
2. James Thomas Talliafero ALLEY b: ABT 1847 AL or MS married Frances Golden 10 Jan. 1870 in Shelby Co AL
3. Willy Jasper ALLEY b: ABT 1849 AL or MS married 28 Sep 1871 in Jefferson Co., Al Elizabeth Drucilla Watkins, dau of Enoch Anderson Watkins. She died 1 April 1892.

Children

1.  William Oscar ALLEY b: 1873 in ,,AL
2.  Mary Jane ALLEY b: 1877 in ,,AL married Joe Calley
3.  Jasper Jenkins ALLEY b: 1880 in ,,AL
4.  Enoch ALLEY named after Enoch Anderson Watkins, father of Elizabeth
   Drucilla Watkins
5.  Beatrice ALLEY b: 15 NOV 1881 married Rev James Sinard Brock b: 23 APR 1874 in Hill, Etowah Co., Al
6.  Nora ALLEY married Wiley Henson
7.  Flora ALLEY
8.  Marvin ALLEY b: 14 FEB 1888 at Green Springs   buried http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=AL&GSfn=m&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=3&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GSsr=961&GRid=59607051&df=all&

4. Mary Ann ALLEY b: ABT 1851 Alabama married William Morris 28 JUL 1872

5. Sarah Elizabeth ALLEY b: 29 MAR 1853 AL died 13 MAY 1926 married Charles Thomas Shoemaker 12 Jan 1871 in Jefferson, AL  they lived in Sandusky and are buried at Crumley Chapel Methodist Cemetery- Charles d. 13 June 1933, Jefferson Co., AL

6. Nancy Jane ALLEY b: 8 Feb 1855 Alabama died 15 Apr 1904 married 27 Oct 1872 James Alexander Smith
7. Joseph E. ALLEY b: ABT 1857 Alabama married Mary Harrison 25 APR 1881-possible children 
1. William T. ALLEY Allay b: 1884 in ,,AL 
2. James A. ALLEY Allay b: 1886 in ,,AL 
3. Margie E. ALLEY Allay b: 1888 in ,,AL 
4. Maggie J. ALLEY Allay b: 1891 in ,,AL 
5. Ben F. ALLEY Allay b: 1897 in ,,AL   
8. Sims ALLEY b: ABT 1858 AL Alabama   probably married Tallula Parthena Sellers Children - Lelia LILA Alley b: JAN 1891 in Elyton AL  Regina ALLEY b: JUL 1896 in Elyton AL
9. Laura "Lizzie" ALLEY b: ABT 1860 female Alabama married Charles Lee 1 January 1880 in Green Co 
 10. Alexander H. ALLEY b: April 1863 Alabama Death Date: Dec 1930 married 12 OCT 1884 ,Jefferson, AL to Sarah M. "Sallie" Crooks b: 10 May 1863 in , Jefferson, AL dau. of John Crooks and Nancy Margaret Ashton - is his middle name Howard? Did he have a second marriage to a Bertha Burk?
http://www.hueytown.org/historical/cemeteries/Bethlehem_Methodist_Church_Cemetery.pdf

1860 Jefferson, AL

Thomas ALLEY 38   abt 1822- North Carolina
(Martha) Jane ALLEY 33   abt 1827 AL
William (Francis) Alley 15   abt 1845 AL
James ( T.) Alley 13   abt 1847 AL married Frances Golden 10 Jan. 1870 in Shelby
Wiley (Jasper) ALLEY 11   abt 1849 AL married Elizabeth Drucilla Watkins from Shelby-county next door to town of Elyton in Jefferson Co-down the road about 7 miles.
Mary A ALLEY 9 abt 1851 AL
Sarah ALLEY 7 abt 1853 AL
Nancy Jane ALLEY 5 abt 1855 AL
Joseph ALLEY 3 abt 1857 AL married Mary Harrison 25 APR 1881 Jefferson 

1870: Township 18 Range 3, Jefferson, Alabama 

Post Office: Elyton 

Jane Alley 38 

J Alley 21 (Jasper) 

M Alley 19 (Mary Ann) 

S Alley 18 (Sarah Elizabeth) 

N Alley 16 (Nancy Jane) 

Jo Alley 13 (Joseph) 

Sims Alley 12 

L Alley 10 (Laura) 

Aly Alley 9 (Alexander H.)

Thomas Taliaferro K. ALLEY married Martha “Nancy” Jane Goode 03 FEB 1845 in Jefferson Father: Edward D. GOODE b: ABT 1781 in Mecklenburg, VA
Mother: Agnes Goode HAWKINS b: ABT 1786 in Rutherford, NC 1810 KY - Hopkinsville, Christian, p. 87
1830 U.S. Census - Jefferson, AL, p. 155
1840 U.S. Census - Jefferson, AL, p. 160

1870 residents of Jefferson Co AL I could only get a list, not family groups
Jane ALLEY Jefferson, AL abt 1832 Alabama she took a few years off her age. Thomas must be dead.
W M ALLEY Jefferson, AL abt 1845 AL male
Jasper ALLEY Jefferson, AL abt 1849 AL male
E Alley Jefferson, AL abt 1849 Alabama female wife of William M. ?
M(ary) ALLEY Jefferson, AL abt 1851 Alabama female
S(arah) ALLEY Jefferson, AL abt 1852 Alabama femal
N(ancy) ALLEY Jefferson, AL abt 1854 Alabama female
Jo(seph) ALLEY Jefferson, AL abt 1857 Alabama male
Sims ALLEY Jefferson, AL abt 1858 Alabama male 
Tallula C. Parthena Sellers b. Feb. 1861 d. Jan 1926 m. 1st a Mr. Sellers 2nd ?Sims? ALLEY, "Lula" was named after her father Henderson Sellers’ great aunt Tallullah Sellers who married Larry Brantley in Nash NC about 1820 and did not come on the trek to Alabama. “Lula” must have married a Sellers who died, then much later a kin to Jasper ALLEYwho had married Elizabeth Drucilla Watkins. She probably married Sims ALLEY b: 1860 -son of Thomas Talliafero K. Alley b: 1821 in NC and Martha Jane Goode
L(aura) ALLEY Jefferson, AL abt 1860 Alabama female
Aly(Alexander) ALLEY Jefferson, AL abt 1861 Alabama male
T(homas) R(obert) ALLEY Jefferson, AL abt 1868 in Elyton, Alabama male (the son of William Frances Alley)

Robert Thomas ALLEY died 29 JAN 1914 in Cardiff AL married 29 APR 1889 in Tuscaloosa Co AL to Mary Dulcena Teer b: 2 MAY 1873 in Pickens Co AL d: April 5, 1964 in BESSEMER, ALABAMA Robert  d: January 29, 1914 in CARDIFF, ALABAMA children- 1. Nellie Victoria ALLEY b: August 24, 1892 2. Muldred Dulcena ALLEY b: December 23, 1898

1880 Household:
Name Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation
Jane ALLEY W Female 53 AL Seamstress
Joseph E. ALLEY S Male 23 AL Miner
Elizabeth S. ALLEY S Female 21 AL Housekeeper
Alexander. H. ALLEY S Male 17 AL Day Laborer
________________________________________Source Information:
Census Place Jefferson, Alabama
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1880 Household: (His mother was a Goode and he married a Goode) He is the son of Thomas Taliaferro K. Alley and Martha Jane Goode.
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
William Francis ALLEY Self M Male W 34 MS Laborer At Furnace NC AL
Anna E. ALLEY Wife M Female W 28 AL Keeping House MS AL
Thomas R. ALLEY Son S Male W 12 AL MS AL
Sally A. ALLEY Dau S Female W 9 AL MS AL
Nancy ALLEY Dau S Female W 7 AL MS AL
Elizabeth ALLEY Dau S Female W 5 AL MS AL
William E. ALLEY Son S Male W 8M AL MS AL
Had Joesph D. ALLEY in 1885

AMANDA Eliza Goode Marriage:19 JAN 1867 Jefferson, , Jefferson, Alabama
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Source Information:
Census Place Oxmoor, Jefferson, Alabama
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1880 Household: this is "Wiley" Jasper ALLEY and Elizabeth Drucilla Watkins. She is indexed as A.D. Alley- I changed it here. "Wiley" Jasper is the son of Thomas Taliaferro K. Alley and Martha Jane Goode.
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
William Jasper  ALLEY Self M Male W 31 MS Wagoner NC AL
E. D. ALLEY Wife M Female W 26 AL Keeping House AL AL
William Oskar  ALLEY Son S Male W 7 AL MS AL
Mary Jane ALLEY m. Joe Calley Dau S Female W 3 AL MS AL
Jasper ALLEY –this is either middle name of Jenkins or Enoch Son S Male W 6M AL MS AL
they had Beatrice Nov 15, 1881 who died 1901 - Jefferson, Alm. Rev James Sinard Brock (I think his father was a doctor?), then Nora m. Wiley Henson, then Flora who died, and last Marvin who was the only child still alive in 1914 when Will Franke made his notes.
# Elizabeth Drucilla Watkins
# Birth: 20 Sep 1854 in Alabama
# Death: 1 Apr 1892
# Event: 1860 Census 15 Jul 1860 Elyton Precinct, Jefferson Co., AL # Note:Series: M653 Roll: 12 Page: 865
Father: Enoch Anderson Watkins b: 24 Nov 1827 in Jefferson Co., Alabama
Mother: Mary Ann Perry b: 19 May 1832 in Alabama
Marriage 1 W. Jasper ALLEY
* Married: 28 Sep 1871 in Jefferson Co., Alabama at residence of Enoch A. Watkins, by J. H. Baker, M. G.
Children
1. William Oscar ALLEY
2. Mary Jane ALLEY
3. Enoch ALLEY named after Enoch Anderson Watkins, father of Elizabeth
Drucilla Watkins
4. Jenkins ALLEY
5. Beatrice ALLEY b: 15 Nov 1881
6. Nora ALLEY
7. Flora ALLEY
8. Marvin Burton ALLEY b 14 Feb 1888 Death: 10 Jan 1986 in , Jefferson, AL Burial: Oak Grove First Baptist Church Cemetery, Adger, Jefferson, AL married Jessie Irene Riley 9 Jul 1916
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Source Information:
Census Place Oxmoor, Jefferson, Alabama
Family History Library Film 1254017

NA Film Number T9-0017
Page Number 442B


1880 Household: the T. should be an F. I think. He is the son of Thomas Taliaferro K. Alley and Martha Jane Goode.
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
James T. ALLEY Self M Male W 33 AL Laborer NC AL
Sarah F. ALLEY Wife M Female W 33 AL Keeping House SC AL
Thomas T. ALLEY Son S Male W 9 AL AL AL
William M. ALLEY Son S Male W 7 AL AL AL
Milley Jane ALLEY Dau S Female W 6 AL AL AL
Charles J. ALLEY Son S Male W 4 AL AL AL
Sarah L. ALLEY Dau S Female W 2 AL AL AL
George E. ALLEY Son S Male W 3M AL AL AL
Simon A. JONIS Other S Male W 47 GA Watch Maker GA GA
J. C. MC WILLIAMS Other S Male W 24 AL Retail Grocer KY KY

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Source Information:
Census Place Elyton And Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama
Family History Library Film 1254017

NA Film Number T9-0017
Page Number 469A

1900 Precinct 40, Jefferson, Alabama, Jun 18, p 173A
Alexander H. Alley Apr 1863 37 AL SC MS marr 15 years
Sarah March 1862 38 AL SC GA 4 kids 4 living
Mamie Jul 1885 14 AL AL AL dau
Mattie L. Feb 1888 12 AL AL AL dau
Minnie Feb 1891 9 AL AL AL dau
William Feb 1899 1 AL AL AL son

1910 Huey, Jefferson, AL, May 4, p 162A
Sallie ALLEY -- AL NC AL married 1time for 26 years
Willie 11 AL NC AL son

1920 Precinct 40, Jefferson, Alabama, Jan 2, p 234A
W. L. Shoemaker 28 AL AL AL
Minnie 28 AL AL AL
Eugene 8 AL AL AL son
Sarah 4 AL AL AL dau
Mamie 1 6/12 AL AL AL dau
Sarah ALLEY 56 AL AL AL motherinlaw
Mary Crooks 64 AL AL AL

http://www.hueytown.org/historical/cemeteries/Bethlehem_Methodist_Church_Cemetery.pdf 
Bethlehem Methodist Church Cemetery, Dolohite , Jefferson, Alabama
Sallie ALLEY
10 May 1863-29 Jun 1928
http://www.hueytown.org/historical/Families/dreed57v.gif
dreed57@verizon.net for hughytown 


Here is the Alley - Sellers side of the family. Regina Alley married Samuel B. Alley Backer. He was sometimes Aly/Alie and sometime Allie/Alley- so I dont know if that was his nickname, or short for a second middle name like Alexander, or if he was related to the Alley family and had the second middle name of Alley.


http://www.spartasc.com/marthamorris.htm
http://emanuel-sellers-james-morris.blogspot.com

Tallula C. Parthena SELLERS b. Feb. 1861  d. Jan 1926 m. 1st  Mr. Sellers
2nd   ?Sims ALLEY. Talullah was  named after her father Henderson Sellers’ great aunt Tallullah
Sellers who married Larry Brantley in Nash NC about 1820 and did not come on
the trek to Alabama. “Lula” must have married a Sellers who died, then much later
a kin to Jasper Alley who had married Elizabeth Drucilla Watkins. She probably
married   Sims ALLEY b: 1860 -son of Thomas Talliafero K. Alley b: 1821 in ,,NC
and Martha Jane Goode.
1910: 21st April Precinct 8, Jefferson, Alabama
Birmingham and Oxmoor Rds. house 80
Lula Ollie        47 AL widowed 3 children 3 alve
Lelia Hardy       18 AL dau
Regina M Ollie    13 AL dau
Willis Hardy      23 AL son in law
Martha Sellers    80 SC mother
George Hays       76 black servant
House 78
Amanda Sellers    44 head Widowed 5 children 2 still alive (James T. and Lula)
James T Sellers   22 son
Raymond Sellers   12 son
Walter Poe  3 grandson

    i.   Samuel Cross  SELLERS  - (do not know his father) b. 31 Oct 1880 m. Ellen Ada Majors b. Nov. 1893  parent is John B. Majors b. May 1862-64 AL
John Majors is POSSIBLY a jeweler in  1900 Texas > Mitchell > Justice Precinct 1 > District. The Sellers family is in  Trumbull > Liberty > District
281 Ohio for working in 1920 and he works as Puddler at a Puddle Mill. These Alabama families often went north to Ohio, Illinois and Detroit
for work-always returning to Jefferson Co and St. Clair. My guess is that Samuel was named after the physician who delivered him. There is a
Samuel Cross living in Oxmoor, the family hometown.
1880       Household:
Samuel M.CROSS  Self  M  Male W  40 AL  Physiciam SC  SC
Mollie CROSS  Wife  M Female W  41 AL  Keeping House GA  GA 
Lewis S.CROSS  Son  S  Male  W  12  AL  AL   AL Census Oxmoor, Jefferson, Alabama
Children of Samuel C. Sellers and Ellen Ada Majors-

1. Mary Blanch Sellers
2. Ruby B. Sellers
3. Myra I.Sellers
4. Nora Eloise Sellers
.  Ada Kathleen Sellers
1910:    Precinct 8, Jefferson, Alabama

Samuel C Sellers 29
Ellen A Sellers 23
Mary B Sellers 7
Ruby B Sellers 5
Myra I Sellers 4
Nora E Sellers 3
Ada K Sellers 1
John B Majars 48 AL GA GA
1920: Liberty, Trumbull, Ohio
Samul Sellers 38
Ada Sellers 34
Blanche Sellers 17
Ruby Sellers 15
Myra Sellers 14
Eloyse Sellers 12
Kathleen Sellers 11

 a.  Mary Blanche SELLERS b. AL 1903 works as sales lady -dry goods store
b.  Ruby B. SELLERS b. AL 1905
c.  Myra I. SELLERS b. AL 1906
                     d.  Nora El--yse SELLERS b.AL 1907 named after her cousin who died in a car accident
                     e.  Ada Kathleen SELLERS b. AL 1909                                

ii.  Lelia Frances ALLEY b. 17 January 1892 m. 1909 William Willis Archibald Hardy b. Feb. 1886-
son of Stephen Ransom Hardy and Ada M. Meherg married 6 MAR 1884 in Coosa County.  Ada M. MEHEARG
b: 6 APR 1867 in Coosa County, and grandson of William Allen Lansing Hardy and Mary Ann Elizabeth
Meadows of Nixburg, Coosa Co and great grandson of Ransom Meadows, one of the largest slave holders
in Tallapoosa, Alabama -Lelia Hardy SSN:  422-12-7245Last Residence: 35206  Birmingham,Jefferson, Alabama
Born: Jan17, 1892 Died: Apr 1986
ALLEY INFORMATION AT BOTTOM OF THIS SITE
1920: 2nd January   Oxmoor,Jefferson, Alabama
Image:              467
Family 7
Willis W Hardy        33 rents shipping clerk wholesale grocery
Lelia F Hardy            26
Mildred E Hardy        9
House 8
William A Hodges 52 rents store keeper retails groceries
Emma M Hodges 12 
Jackson Hodges 10
Family 9
Aly B Baker     28 rents steam Railroad
Regina M Baker          22 (sister)
Herbert A Baker        2 6/12
Willie M Baker            31
Tilula C Sellers           58 farmer (mother)
Family 10
Thomas Sellers          32 owns house Tinner in a tin shop (cousin)
Etta Sellers    25 (Etta Caladonia Hardy, sister in law)
Harrel Sellers              3 0/12
Amandy G Sellers     52 Lann----- Steam Lady? (grandmother)
James W Poe                12
1920: 14th  January Precinct 25, Jefferson, Alabama  
Image:              203
Farm 261

Allen Sellers 29 head owns (cousin)
Mollie Sellers 33 wife
Hazel Sellers 7 daughter
Alma Owens 28 sister in law
Earl Owens 6 nephew in law
262
J T Sellers 63 head owns (uncle)
P C Sellers 63 wife
Edward Sellers 39 son
Evadna McLaren 26 daughter
263
I E Starr 40 head owns
Myrtle Starr 29 wife (cousin)
264
D V Acton 59 head owns
Lougina Acton 60 wife (aunt Lougina Morris)
Buryl Hunter 20 grand daughter
Acton Hunter 17 grandson
Oel Hunter 15 grandson
267 Image: 204 
R R Morris 47 owns house salesman Wholesale grocery shop (cousin)
Austell Morris 46
Augustus Morris 17
Jessie Lee Morris 12 f
Laurens Morris 10 m
Laurett Morris 7 f
Margaret Lettson? Morris 5 3/12 
House 268
Willis Hardy 35 rents salesman bakery
Lelia Hardy 27 salesman dry goods?
Mildred Hardy 9

Lila Alley1909 before she married Willis Archibald Hardy, descendant of Robert Hardy and Nancy Peebles Browning and of Ransom Middleton Meadows and Sarah Stephens

  a.   Mildred E. HARDY b. 1911

  b.   Mary Frances HARDY 1923

  c.   James L. HARDY 1928
1920: Oxmoor,Jefferson, Alabama House 7
Willis W Hardy    33
Lelia F Hardy     26
Mildred E Hardy   9

iii. Regina M. Alley (indexed OLLIE) b. July 1896 Al m. Samuel B. "Alley" Baker b. Feb 1899, son of William H. Baker

1920: 2nd January   Oxmoor,Jefferson, Alabama
Image:              467
Family 7
Willis W Hardy        33 rentsshipping clerk wholesale grocery
Lelia F Hardy            26(sister) Mildred E Hardy        9
Family 9
Aly B Baker     28 rents steam Railroad
Regina M Baker          22
Herbert A Baker        2 6/12
Willie M Baker            31
Tilula C Sellers           58 farmer (mother)

1930: 2 April- House 23 Homewood, Jefferson, Alabama
Allie B Baker 37 head married first at age 24
Regina Baker 27 wife married first at age 14
Herbert Baker 11 son (Herbert A. B. Baker abt. 1918)
Mattie Childs 30 negro servant widowed married first at age 16

email from ancestry- no email address
I hope that you are still on this sight. Thomas T. K. Alley b.1821 N.C. m. Jane Goode In Jefferson, Alabama. Thomas was taken captive duing the civil war. And then exicuted. Thomas's grave is a mass grave in Elmira New York. It was the Elmira prison camp in the Civil War I to am at a dead end on his parents. Would like to work with you maybe two heads working on this will be better than one. 
Thanks Leonard and Michelle Alley

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info from Melba Clark 7XG-Great-granddaughter of Edward & Margaret Goode
1818-1940 Marriage Index Jefferson Co., AL
Alley, Thomas K - Jane Goode 02-03-1845 Book 2 Page 263
[The only other Alley-Goode marriage listed is Thomas & Jane's son, Wm F Alley to his first cousin, Amanda E Goode, 01-19-1867, Book 4 page 284. Amanda wa daughter of Jane's brother, Robert & Nancy Drucilla Watkins]

Jane was the daughter of Edward "Ned" Goode [b 1781 VA, d bef 1840,Jefferson Co., AL] and his first cousin Mary "Polly" Goode [b 1780-1790, Rutherford Co., NC, d after 1840, Jefferson Co., AL]. Since her mother's name was Martha, perhaps hers was Martha Jane. The original Edward Goode b 1647 was transported to the Virginia Colony by Solomon Knibb sometime before Knibb's patent in 1669. Edward lived on the North side of the James River in the Four Mile Creek area, and had two sons, Edward and John. North Carolina Goodes are from Edward.

Ned was the son of Revolutionary Soldier, Thomas Goode, b 12 Feb 1760, Lunenburg Co., VA, d 20 Dec 1846, Covington, Tipton Co., TN] and Sarah Hawkins [b abt 1758 VA, d 15 Mar 1846, Tipton Co., TN]

Polly was the daughter of Thomas' brother, Robert [b 17 Mar 1765 VA, d 01 Aug 1848, Choctaw Co., MS] and his 1st wife, Martha, dau of Thomas and Nancy (Dycus) Hawkins. [Robert's second wife was Martha's sister, Elizabeth]

Here is info on Thomas Alley:
Census: 1850 MS Leake Co pg 003; Beat 1; 20 Aug; Line 36; Alley, T K 29 farmer b NC; J 24 b AL; W F 4, J T 3(or2), W J 1, all ch b MS.
Census: 1860 AL Jefferson Co pg 784; Carrollsville Precinct; PO Elyton; 13 June; Line 32; H245/F245; Alley, Thomas 38 farmer $250 b NC; Jane 33 b AL cannot read & write; William 15, James 13, Willy J 11, Mary A 9, Sarah 7, Nancy J 5, Joseph 3, all ch b AL; 1st 4 ch attneded school this year.
Since Thomas' wife and family are on the 1870 census without him, it is assumed that he died before the census.

Here is info on Jane Goode:
Census: 1830 f under 5 with Edward Goode
Census: 1840 f 5/10 with Mary Goode
Census: 1850 MS Leake Co pg 003, Jane is listed "J 24 b AL" with husband, Thomas Alley.
Census: 1860 AL Jefferson Co pg 784; She is listed as "Jane 33 b AL" with Thomas.
Census: 1870 AL Jefferson Co pg 381A; PO Elyton; H1127/F1133; Alley, Jane 38 b AL; J 21m, M 19f, S 18f, N 16f, Jo 13m, Sims 12, L 10f, Alex 9. [her son, William and family is listed on the same page]
Census: 1880 AL Jefferson Co pg 412D [ED70-44] Township 17, Range 3 West 19th June
Lline 32 H357/F348 Alley, Jane 53 wd seamstress b AL/KY/KY
son J E 23 miner b AL/NC/AL
dau E L 21 house keeper b AL/NC/AL
son A H 17 day laborer b AL/NC/AL
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Edward Goode mother was a Hawkins from the Hawkins site-http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~markfreeman/hawkinsw.html


Edward D.⁷ Goode (Sarah⁶ Hawkins, Thomas⁵, Matthew⁴, John³, John², William¹) was born 1781 in Mecklenburg Co., VA, and died 1839 in Jefferson Co., AL. He married (1) Mary 'Polly' Goode 05 Oct 1809 in Christian Co., KY, daughter of Robert Goode and Martha Hawkins. She was born Abt. 1786, and died Bef. 1823.

Children of Edward Goode and Mary Goode are:
185 i. James Franklin⁸ Goode, born 1810 in Christian Co., KY.
186 ii. Thomas Morton Goode, born 27 Feb 1812 in Christian Co., KY. He married Elizabeth Walker 14 Jan 1842.
187 iii. Jane Goode, born 1814 in Christian Co., KY. She married Thomas Toliver K. Alley 03 Feb 1845.
188 iv. Robert Goode, born 16 Dec 1816 in Christian Co., KY; died 15 May 1887 in Jefferson Co., AL.
189 v. Sarah 'Sally' Goode, born 1818 in Jefferson Co., AL; died Abt. 1860 in Jefferson Co., AL. She married Hiram Armstrong 01 Mar 1840.
190 vi. Martha Goode, born 1820 in Jefferson Co., AL. She married Jack Holcombe.


Child of Edward D. Goode is:191 i. William M.⁸ Goode, born 11 Mar 1823 in Birmingham, Jefferson, AL; died 10 Dec 1903 in Birmingham, Jefferson, AL.
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I have the Goode ancestry back to the 1600's if you would like to have that info... also have the ancestry of Judith Morton, wife of Edward Goode b 1718, back to Dr. John Woodson of Jamestown Colony.. he went there as a doctor for the British troops in 1616... very interesting history on this side of the family... I would like to talk more with you about what you have been able to find out about the Alley's... I live in CA, so it is hard to do much research except over the internet... if you would like to get in touch with me, my email address is: ppatteson@webtv.net 
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james thomas alley  (Beiträge anzeigen)	Veröffentlicht: 22 Aug 2000 12:13 GMT

I have never heard those names but they do seem to fit. I can remember a Cousin Jim Goode. He was a cobbler and postmaster around Selma Ala, trained bird dogs and was a hunter. He had a beard to his waist and wore no glasses at the age of 92. That was the last time I saw him.James Thomas had three brothers and 2 sisters to the best of my recollection.One of them was killed in the civil war and one stayed in Memphis. Ibelieve one came back to Birmingham and lived in this area. One of his sons lived in Oak grove Ala into the 1940's. All my kin are burried in Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham