Dale County AlArchives News.....M.L. Metcalf of Daleville has forty acres of corn in one field - June 1888 June 13, 1888 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002476 April 4, 2009, 8:36 pm The Southern Star June 13, 1888 The Southern Star Ozark, Dale County, Ala. Wednesday, June 13, 1888 Page Three Mr. M.L. Metcalf, of Daleville beat, has forty acres in one field of corn in full tassel and silks, which if seasons continue, will average 20 bushels per acre. Additional Comments: Transcriber's note: This is Marion LaFayette Metcalf, son of John W Metcalf & Sarah Strand. He was born 5-21-1843in Alabama. During the Civil War, he served in the 57th Ala. Regiment. Marion married Martha Jane Brackin on January 2, 1868 in Dale County, Ala. They had eleven children. He died on July 3, 1927 and is buried at the Hartford City Cemetery in Geneva County, Alabama. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/dale/newspapers/mlmetcal239nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb