Butler County AlArchives Biographies.....Carmichel, John C. 1861 - ************************************************ 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: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 September 16, 2011, 10:37 pm Source: See below Author: Smith & De Land, publishers JOHN C. CARMICHEL, Attorney-at-Law, Greenville, son of Duggald and Caroline E. Carmichel, natives, respectively, of the States of South Carolina and Georgia, was born in Dallas County, this State, July 2, 1861. The senior Mr. Carmichel was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He came into Alabama in early life, devoted his time to the ministry until 1867, and in that year embarked in the mercantile business in Dallas County, where he died in 1875. John C. Carmichel was educated, primarily, at the common schools. In 1882 he entered the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Auburn, remained one year, and for the next succeeding twelve months turned his attention to teaching in the public schools. In 1885 he edited the Alabama Free Press, at Brownsville, and while there conceived the idea of studying law. In the office of W. J. Sanford, at Opelika, he pursued the study of law about one year, and on April 15, 1886, was admitted to the bar. He began the practice at Greenville in October, 1887, in partnership with Mr. Zell Gaston. The firm of Carmichel & Gaston are among the most reputable in Central Alabama. Mr. Carmichel is a member of the Knights of Honor, Knights of Pythias, the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and is officially identified with the Sabbath school. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land 1888 PART III. HISTORICAL RESUME OF THE VARIOUS COUNTIES IN THE STATE. TIMBER BELT. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/butler/bios/carmiche963gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb