Tag: Cemetery
Born into a legacy of Blount County pioneers, David Hanby Crump rose from schoolteacher to postmaster, entrepreneur, and community leader—only to face scandal, tragedy, and redemption in early 20th-century Alabama. Discover the dramatic highs and lows of the man who played a critical role in early-Altoona.
In 2011, when I was working on what would become Tales from Altoona’s Cemeteries, I came up with a list of individuals buried…