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Monroe County,Alabama

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John Thomas Lee, Jr. (1895 - 1973)
Photo credited to Truman Capote. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1924 and 1977 without a copyright notice. See detailed rationale at https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Photo_portrait_of_Harper_Lee_(To_Kill_a_Mockingbird_dust_jacket,_1960).jpg

Harper Lee (1926 - 2016)
Harper Lee was an American author known for her 1961 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird , which deals with the issues of racism that were observed by the author as a child in her hometo...
Truman Capote (1924 - 1984)
en.wikipedia.... ; findagrave... ; Truman Capote (pronounced /ˈtruːmən kəˈpoʊti/; September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American author, many of whose short stories, novels, plays and nonfiction...
Callie Frances Capps (1920 - 1995)
Adelia Amelia Beck (1872 - 1933)

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This project is for those who were born, lived or died in Monroe County, Alabama.

Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Monroe County, Alabama.

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In historic times, the county was primarily the territory of the Creek peoples, who became known to European-American settlers as one of the Five Civilized Tribes of the Southeast.

The county seat, Monroeville, is the home of two notable 20th-century authors, Truman Capote and Nelle Harper Lee, who were childhood neighbors.

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