People Index - W

W : 27 Articles Found

• Horace Ware
  Horace Ware (1812-1890) built Alabama's first permanent ironworks and the first rolling mill, which...
• Willard Warner
  Willard Warner (1826-1906) was an entrepreneur, politician, soldier, and sometime gold prospector who...
• Lella Warren
  During a writing career that spanned more than half of the twentieth century, Lella Warren (1899-1982)...
• Booker T. Washington
  Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) is probably best known as the founder of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial...
• William Weatherford
  William Weatherford (ca. 1781-1824), arguably the best known Red Stick war leader in the Creek War of...
• Maria Howard Weeden
  Maria Howard Weeden (1846-1905), known as Howard, was an Alabama artist who gained international recognition...
• Myrtice West
  Myrtice Snead West (1923-2010) is among the category of artists who are best described as self-taught....
• John T. "Fess" Whatley
  John Tuggle "Fess" Whatley (c. 1895?1972) was one of the most influential and well-known educators...
• Joseph Wheeler
  Joseph Wheeler (1836-1906) served as the commander of cavalry for the Confederate Army of Tennessee during...
• Frank White
  Mississippi native Frank White (1847-1922) served in the Confederate army under Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest...