Northern Alabama, historical and . , the most distinguish-ed Merchant, Capitalist and citizen of North-eastern Alabama, was born in Sevier County,Tenn., December 5, 1816. His educationaltraining was limited to juvenile and youthfulyears, and to the common schools. He was twelveyears of age when he came to Alabama with hisfather, Hugh Henry, who established a smallmercantile house in Jackson County, on thenorth side of the Tennessee, opposite (Gunters-ville. At eighteen years of age he quitted schooland entered his fathers establishment as a the age of twenty he was give
Northern Alabama, historical and . , the most distinguish-ed Merchant, Capitalist and citizen of North-eastern Alabama, was born in Sevier County,Tenn., December 5, 1816. His educationaltraining was limited to juvenile and youthfulyears, and to the common schools. He was twelveyears of age when he came to Alabama with hisfather, Hugh Henry, who established a smallmercantile house in Jackson County, on thenorth side of the Tennessee, opposite (Gunters-ville. At eighteen years of age he quitted schooland entered his fathers establishment as a the age of twenty he was given an interest inthe concern, and five years later, on the south sideof the river, at Gunters Landing, he establishedhimself in business, and was the first merchanton this side of the river at this point. With theexcejjtion of two years during the war, he hasbeen continuously since that date a merchant atGuntersville. For many years prior to the war,he held almost entire control of the traffic at thatplace. He was probably the first man in North-. NORTHERN ALABAMA. 395 eastern Alahama to introduce the continued creditsystem. From yeiir to year lie carried his patronstijion his books, and many of them, among whomwire some of the wealthiest in that part of thecountry, depended as entirely u])on him and hisresources for money, clotiiing and jirovisions as ifhe had been by them appointed special return of peace finding his patrons, almostwithout exception, financially broken up, it wasnecessary tiiat he should devise some method ofsecuring himself against loss w-hile he advancedto them the means necessary to their existence,lie had about §r>(l,000 in money, and being with-out legal remedy, under the statutes at that time,he conceived the idea of the mortgage law as atpresent in vogue. With this protection he couldagain advance to the people the necessaries of life,and enable them to recruit their lost his kindness has been appreciated is evi-denced, no
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