Butler County AlArchives Biographies.....Searcy, George W. June 6 1851 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    GEORGE W. SEARCY, one of the most successful agriculturists of Butler
county, is the son of William M. and Martha Searcy, and was born in
Milledgeville, Baldwin county, Ga., on the 6th day of June, 1851. William M.
Searcy was also a native of Georgia, born in the year 1817, and followed
planting during his life, in which he was quite successful. He married, about
the year 1837, Martha Woodall of Georgia, and resided in that state until 189,
at which time he emigrated to Alabama and settled in the southern part of Butler
county, where he lived until after the war, when he removed to the place now
owned by his son, the subject of this sketch, where his death occurred in 1866.
His wife died in 1860. William M. and Martha Searcy were the parents of nine
children: Andrew, deceased; Riley, Henrietta, wife of Elisha Parker; Francis
Marion; Daniel, deceased in infancy; George W.; Luther; William, and Ella, wife
of William Rogers. George W. Searcy was eight years of age when his parents
moved to Alabama, and on reaching his fifteenth year was thrown upon his own
resources by the death of his father. He first found employment as a farm
laborer with his brother, Riley, for whom he worked two years and then for one
year attended school, his previous educational training having been sadly
neglected. On quitting school he leased a piece of land and after clearing and
farming the same four years, purchased a place of his own, which he has added to
at different times he now owns a tract of 2,200 acres, 600 acres of which are
under cultivation, being one of the largest and most valuable plantations in
Butler county. He has on this fine farm a steam-gin, a saw and grist mill, and a
store in which is kept an assortment of merchandise to meet the demands of the
general trade of the community. The production of his cotton field represents
about 265 bales a year, besides which, he pays considerable attention to other
crops and also to live stock. Mr. Searcy is a self-made man, his present
possessions being the result of his own unaided exertions. He is enterprising
and progressive, enjoys a most excellent reputation among his fellow-citizens,
and is a fine specimen of the thrifty and intelligent southern gentleman. In
personal appearance he is large and commanding, has a vigorous constitution,
and, being in the very prime of life, his future is replete with much that is
promising. Mr. Searcy and Inez, daughter of Joseph and Emma McComb, entered into
the marriage relation in Montgomery, Ala., July 29, 1885, and their union has
resulted in the birth of three children: Ralph C., Norman J. and William D. Mr.
and Mrs. Searcy are members of the Episcopal church and Mr. Searcy belongs to
the orders of K. of H. and K. of P., and votes in conformity with the dictates
of the democratic party.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 576-577

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