Bibb County AlArchives Biographies.....Schoolar, Milton C. June 24 1862 - after 1893 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson alabammygrammy@aol.com May 13, 2004, 12:38 pm Author: Brant & Fuller (1893) MILTON C SCHOOLAR, M. D., a practicing physician at Centreville, Bibb county, is a native of the town, and was born June 24, 1862. He is a son of William A. and Mary F. (Carson) Schoolar, and a grandson of Abner and Margaret (Kirk) Schoolar. The father is of French descent and the mother of Scotch extraction. The grandfather was a farmer and reared a family of eight children, three of whom are now living, viz: William A.; Garnett B., of Prentiss county, Miss., and Margaret, widow of Jesse Rix, of Bibb county, Ala. The grandfather died in Autauga county, Ala., and the grandmother in Mississippi. William A. Schoolar is a native of Virginia, and was born in 1819, Mrs. Mary F. Schoolar is a native of Shelby county, Ala., and was born in 1827. They were married in December, 1851, and to their union have been born seven children, six sons and one daughter, viz.: Charles W., a farmer of Bibb county,; Milton C.; Thornley E., a practicing physician of Sprott, Perry county; Robert E.; William F., and George L., the last three deceased. In the early part of life, William A. Schoolar learned the tailor trade, which he followed some fifteen years. He served a term as sheriff of Bibb county and also one term as tax collector. In 1873 he was elected county treasurer and served for fifteen years, since when he has turned his attention to farming. He has always been alive to public questions; has been a Mason for forty years. Mr. and Mrs. Schoolar are members of the Presbyterian church. Dr. Milton C. Schoolar was for the most part brought up on the farm, received his literary education at Centreville, and his professional education at the Medical college of Alabama, graduating in 1887. He then returned to Centreville and began the practice of his profession, which he has continued successfully ever since. He was married October 31, 1888, to Miss Mary E. Rencher, born in Clarke county, Miss., July 8, 1864. She is a daughter of Charles R. and Virginia (Coffman) Rencher, who now live at Enterprise, Clarke county, Miss. Her father is a dentist. Dr. Schoolar is a public spirited man, is a member of the town council and of the Masonic fraternity, in which he holds the office of senior warden. He and his estimable wife are members of the Presbyterian church, of which he is a deacon. Additional Comments: from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 495 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb