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SELMA , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Dallas county, See also:Alabama, U.S.A., See also:altitude 126 ft., on the right See also:bank of the Alabama See also:river, a little S. of the centre of the See also:state, and known as the Central City. Pop. (1900) 8713, of whom 4429 were negroes; (1910 U.S. See also:census) 13,649. It is served by the See also:Louisville & See also:Nashville, the See also:Southern and the Western of Alabama See also:railways. It has a See also:Carnegie library, two parks and two Y.M.C.A. buildings. In the city are the Selma Military See also:Institute (1907), and the Alabama Baptist Colored University (opened in 1878), which is one of the largest See also:schools in the See also:South owned and controlled by negroes, and has See also:industrial, domestic, normal, collegiate and (especially) theological courses. The Society of See also:United Charities supports the Selma. See also:Hospital (1889) for negroes and the Selma Infirmary (189o). The city has a large See also:trade, principally in See also:cotton (the See also:chief See also:crop of the surrounding See also:country), and in See also:lumber from the See also:great pineries. There are cotton' compresses, cotton warehouses, &c.; in 1905 the value of the factory See also:pro-ducts was $1,138,817. The See also:water See also:supply is obtained from artesian See also:wells. The site was originally called See also:Moore's See also:Bluff, from one See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Moore, who owned a steamboat landing here about 1815. A See also:town was established about 1817, and in 1820 was incorporated under its See also:present name (from the Ossianic See also:legend). Selma was first chartered as a city in 1852. During the See also:Civil See also:War it was the seat of Confederate arsenals, shipyards and military factories. On the and of See also:April 1865 it was captured by Federal troops under See also:General See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James H. See also:- WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
- WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
- WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
- WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
- WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
- WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
- WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
- WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
- WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
- WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
- WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
- WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
- WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
- WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
- WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )
Wilson (b. 1837) and much of the city was destroyed by See also:fire. Near Selma lived See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Rufus See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King (1786-1853), a Democratic representative in See also:Congress from See also:North Carolina in 1811-1816, a member of the United States See also:Senate from Alabama in 1819-1844 and 1846-1853, See also:minister to See also:France in 1844-1846, and See also:vice-See also:president of the United States from the 4th of See also:March 1853 until his See also:death on the 18th of April; and Selma was the See also:home of See also:John See also:Tyler See also:Morgan (1824-1907), a brigadier-general in the Confederate See also:army in 1863-1865 and a prominent Democratic member of the United States Senate in 1877-1907; and of See also:Edmund Winston Pettus (1821-1907), also a brigadier-general in the Confederate Army and, in 1897-1907, a Democratic member of the United States Senate.
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