Barbour County AlArchives Biographies.....Seth Mabry 1825 - 
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    SETH MABRY is the popular and efficient agent of the Central railroad at
Clayton. His paternal ancestors were early settlers of Georgia, of which state
his grandfather, Allen Mabry, was a native. James W. Mabry, father of Seth, was
also a native of Georgia, born in the county of Forsythe, in 1825. He came to
Barbour county, Ala., with his parents, in 1836, settling near Louisville, and
in 1855, at the town of Midway, was united in marriage to Mary A. Caldwell, and
shortly thereafter moved to Clayton, where he raised his family, At the
beginning of the late war he entered the Confederate service as captain of the
"Clayton Guards," and subsequently, at Pensacola, Fla., was promoted to a
colonelcy, which position he held until the cessation of hostilities. He passed
through the greater part of the war in the southwest, and by his distinguished
services in the field earned the reputation of a brave soldier and gallant and
judicious commander. He and his estimable wife are still living. The father of
Mrs. Mabry was Daniel Calloway, a native of England, and for many years a
resident of Georgia, to which state he removed when a young man. He married, in
Georgia, a Miss Hill, a relative of Hon. Benjamin Hill, United States senator,
and subsequently moved to Alabama, settling near the present site of Midway
prior to the Indian war of 1836. He was a very successful planter and a man of
much more than ordinary powers of mind. Mrs. Mabry was born and reared in
Alabama, and has always lived in her native state. The following are the names
of the children born to James W. and Mary A. Mabry: Seth, Daniel, railroad agent
for the Alabama Midland, at Ozark; Mary, resides at home; James F., merchant at
Clayton; Carrie J., wife of Ed. Nix, of Dothen, Ala.; and Annie L., who lives
with her parents. Seth Mabry was born in Clayton, Ala., August 28, 1856. He
spent a year in the Alabama university, and in 1872 became a matriculate of
Howard college, from which he graduated in 1876, taking second honors of his
class and delivering the salutatory. In January, 1888, he was elected president
of the Female college at Clayton, which, under his efficient management and
superior instruction, soon became one of the most thorough and popular private
institutions of learning in southern Alabama. Mr. Mabry took charge of the
school under the most discouraging circumstances, the records at the beginning
of the first term showing an attendance of only twelve pupils, but during his
incumbency of three years the number continued to increase until, at the time of
his resignation, there was an average of 187 pupils in attendance. Endowed with
talents peculiarly fitting him for the profession, Prof. Mabry brought to the
work of teaching a mind well disciplined by close study and enthusiasm in the
preservation of facts, which aroused in his classes the greatest interest and
made him one of the most efficient of instructors. Broad-minded and liberal and
of a sympathetic and generous nature, he now has an abiding place in the hearts
of his pupils, many of whom, owing to his careful instruction, have already
distinguished themselves in different vocations of life. On account of ill
health Mr. Mabry was compelled to retire from the educational field, and in 1882
he entered the service of the Central railroad as station agent at Clayton, a
position which he still holds. As an employee he is faithful to the interests of
the road and enjoys in a marked degree the confidence of the large corporation
with which he is identified. He has several times refused advancement,
preferring to reside at Clayton, where his health has been fully recuperated,
and where he has a beautiful and elegant home. Mr. Mabry was married December 6,
1887, to Laura E., daughter of M. R. Hill, to which: union gve children have
been born: Ola W., Willie Hill, Claude E., Nellie, deceased, and Seth. Mr. Mabry
is a royal arch Mason and holds the office of captain of the host in his
chapter, and is worshipful master of the blue lodge. He is also a member of the
K. of P. fraternity, and, with his wife, belongs to the Baptist church.



Additional Comments:
from "Memorial Record of Alabama" p. 445-447


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