Northern Alabama, historical and . irominent attorneys in the Stateand, prior to the war, one of the wealthiest menin the South. He continued the practice of hisprofession up to within a very few days of hisdeath. He was a prominent member of the Ma-sonic and Odd Fellows fraternities. v^^ -?- T. F. SIMPSON, Proprietor and Editor of theWeekly Dispatch, Tuscumbia, Ala., was born inthis city, in September, 1865. He received ahigh-school education, and at the age of fourteenyears entered the printing office of the Tuscum-bia Democrat, which paper was established in1878. He remained
Northern Alabama, historical and . irominent attorneys in the Stateand, prior to the war, one of the wealthiest menin the South. He continued the practice of hisprofession up to within a very few days of hisdeath. He was a prominent member of the Ma-sonic and Odd Fellows fraternities. v^^ -?- T. F. SIMPSON, Proprietor and Editor of theWeekly Dispatch, Tuscumbia, Ala., was born inthis city, in September, 1865. He received ahigh-school education, and at the age of fourteenyears entered the printing office of the Tuscum-bia Democrat, which paper was established in1878. He remained in this office about one year,and then entered the North Atdbanuan office,where he spent two years. He then attendedschool for about two years, after which he wasengaged in the office of his father (who was taxassessor) for a short time. He spent one year ina printing office at Entaw, Ala.; returned to Tus-cumbia, and established the Weelly Dispatch, inOctober, 1886. From the very start Jlr. Simp-son has been its editor, and he has filled that. tJ^^^t^^^ NORTHERN ALABAMA. 433 position with marked ability. His brother, 0 (!.Simpson, is connected with him ;is associateeditor. The Weekly DispaicJt started with a circulationof about 350, but at the present writing it has acirculation of over 700, and does the largest adver-tising business of any paper in Northern Alabama. Mr. Simpson is a prominent member of theKnights of Pythias. —^-^i^^- <? ? ? ARTHUR HENLEY KELLER, was born Feb-ruary 5, 183G, near Tuscumbia, and is a son ofDavid and JIary Fairfax (Moore) Keller. lie was reared and educated in Tuscumbia,where he also received instructions from GovernorLindsay. At the age of nineteen years he enteredthe law department of the University of Virginia,and when twenty-two years of age received hislicense to practice from Gov. A. B. Moore, who wasthen circuit judge. In November, 1801, he en-listed as a private in the Confederate army. Hewas detailed as a quartermaster-sergeant unde
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