Butler County AlArchives Biographies.....Flowers, John J. October 13 1837 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    JOHN J. FLOWERS, eldest son of W. H. and Sarah T. Flowers, was born in
Fayette county, Ga., October 13, 1837. He received a practical education in the
common schools. In 1858 came to Alabama, and, in partnership with a Mr. Thames,
engaged in the mercantile business at Greenville, where the firm did a large and
lucrative trade for a period of three years. Severing his connection with
merchandising, Mr. Flowers, for the succeeding ten years, lived the life of a
farmer, but in 1872 moved to Bolling and became a member of the firm known as
the Milner, Caldwell & Flowers Lumber company, of which he is now general
manager, secretary and treasurer. Mr. Flowers possesses business ability of a
high order, and much of the success of the large company with which he is
connected is due directly to his superior management. He is a democrat in
politics, a royal arch Mason and a member of the Methodist church. April 11,
1861, Miss Kate Brooks, daughter of Sawyer Brooks, became his wife, to which
union the following children have been born: May, wife of R. E. Steiner; Sallie,
wife of Bernard Steiner; Edward P., bookkeeper for the lumber company with which
his father is connected; William H., student at Vanderbilt university, preparing
for the legal profession; Brooks and Marvin; Marvin died January 14, 1891. July
11, 1878, Mr. Flowers had the misfortune to lose his wife, and in October, 1881,
he married Mrs. Lizzie (Hill) Brown, daughter of John G. Hill, of Griffin, Ga.
The children born to bless this union are named John J., Jr., and Arthur, who
are living at home with their parents.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 558


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