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- ↑ John Sears Casey
- ↑ Alabama official and statistical register. State of Alabama, Dept. of Archives and History. 1959. p. 308.
- ↑ Alabama official and statistical register. State of Alabama, Dept. of Archives and History. 1963. p. 400.
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