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Coffee County, Alabama

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Simon Mason Mitchell Jowers (1907 - 1991)
Charles Richard Strickland (1897 - 1978)
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Residence : Coffee county, Coffee, Alabama, United States - 1850* Residence : Clarke, Alabama, United States - 1860* Residence : Alabama, United States - 1870* Residence : Mcleods, Clarke, Alabama, Uni...
Thomas Jefferson Strickland (1862 - 1948)
James "Big Jim" Folsom, Governor (1908 - 1987)
Elisha Folsom, Sr. (October 9, 1908 – November 21, 1987), commonly known as Jim Folsom or "Big Jim", was the 42nd Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1947 to 1951, and again from 1955 to 1959. B...

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The land in Coffee County was originally part of Dale County, which was incorporated in 1824. Coffee County was formed from the western part of Dale County on December 29, 1841. It was named after Gen. John R. Coffee, a soldier in the Creek War of 1813—14. The first county seat was in Wellborn. After the courthouse was destroyed by fire in 1851, the county seat was moved to Elba.

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