| Wales In Your Heart |
| Come Evans and Jones and Hopkins and Prices, Come Prichard and Rees, Williams and Rices, Come Jenkins and Roberts and Dvies and Powells, Come Griffiths and Probert, Owens and Howells. Come Vaughan and Thomas and Richards and Pughs, Come Protheroe and Morgan, Lloyd and Hughs. Wales is your Land, Wales is your Heaven. Myths and Legends and ancients dreams, From crystal pools and restless streams. You are Celts whatever your forebears role, Wales in your heart, Wales in your Soul. Your Celtic Spirit sets you apart, Warrior of Wales true from the start. In Merlin's land forever to dwell, To tell your tales of a Celtic Farewell. -John Frannis |
| Do you have a Welsh story with Alabama connections, a biography of a Welsh settler in Alabama or a Welsh ancestor who came to Alabama? Share it with us for publication on this page. Send it to: alabamawelsh@yahoo.com |
| Many towns, cities & counties in Alabama are named either by or for Welsh people. Abernant, Adamsville, Allen, Berry, Bibb, Brownville, Cardiff, Clayton, Daviston, Dawson, Edwardsville, Fort Davis, Fort Morgan, Guntersville, Harrisburg, Jasper, Jefferson, Jones, Matthews, Morgan, Morgan City, Montgomery, Morris, Owens Cross Roads, Pisgah, Priceville, Prichard, Powell, Reece City, Rehoboth, Rogersville, Taylor, Thomasville, Weaver, and Wilsonville. List of Cities in America by State (Courtesy of the Chicago Welsh Tafia) |
| John Hunt Morgan was born in Huntsville, Alabama on June 1st, 1825. He was a Confederal General and Calvary Officer in the American Civil War. He led 2,460 troops in a daring raid, called Morgan's Raid, racing past Union lines into Kentucky, Indiana & Ohio in July of 1863. This was the farthest north any uniformed Confederate troops penetrated during the war. |
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| A few Famous Alabamians of Welsh Heritage William Wyatt Bibb - 1st Governor of Alabama Thomas Bibb - 2nd Gover of Alabama Thomas Jones - Governor David Lewis - Governor James Allen - Senator Seale Harris - Physician, Researchist were crowned by his recongnition of spontaneous hypoglycemia Mel Allen - Sportscaster for N.Y. Yankees N. Jan Davis - Astronant J. F. Edwards - Astronant Linda Howare - Romance Writer Annie Price - Attorney, 1st woman to serve on High Court in Alabama Augusta Evans Wilson - Author, Civilwar Nurse Marie Owen - Author, Historian , Dir. of Al Dept of Archives & History Dixie Bibb-Graves - Social & Political Services, First Alabama Woman Senator Hank Williams - Country Singer Sonny James - Country Singer Sam Phillips - Singer Emmylou Harris - Singer Rick Hall - Singer Rose Maddox - Singer Jesse Owens - Athlete |
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| George A. Davis a native of Dowlais immigrated to America and settled in St. Clair, PA and in 1888 moved to Alabama. He managed Belle Sumter mines, and erected the only known Welsh Church ever built in Alabama, where the Reverend D. M. Lewis preached in Welsh. Mr. Davis built the church to serve a Welsh mining community. |