Chambers County AlArchives Photo Person.....Redd, Henry Jackson And Margaret Jane "Maggie" Taylor 
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Source:             Possible Wedding Picture
Name:               Henry Jackson And Margaret Jane "Maggie" Taylor Redd
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Henry Jackson Redd was born, November 17, 1848, near Tuscaloosa, AL. Maggie was 
born January 30, 1852, in Chambers Co. Henry and Maggie were married April 11, 
1869, in Tuscaloosa Co., AL.  Henry was a Primitive Baptist preacher and his 
early pastorates were in the area of Northport and Tuscaloosa.  After 1889, he 
moved his family often, filling various preaching assignments.  They lived in 
Taylors, MS (1890 census) and then Camp Hill and Opelika, AL.  On April 25, 
1892, their nineteen-year-old daughter, Jessie Duma Redd, was accidentally 
killed while walking near the tracks by a runaway railcar.  In 1893, Henry 
moved the family to River View, AL.  He served as pastor of the Ephesus 
Primitive Baptist church, of which several McGintys were founders and very 
active.  The family rented space in the house owned by Wiley P. McGinty, Sr.  
It was then that Wiley met Mollie Redd.  It is interesting to note that Wiley 
was a Missionary Baptist but Mollie had been raised as a Primitive Baptist.  
Ephesus Church membership records show that Mollie was a member but Wiley was 
not.  No doubt, this difference sparked some lively debate between them! After 
Wiley and Mollie were married, Henry and the family moved to another residence 
in River View, and they show there in the 1900 census (page 318, ED 16, house 
307). His name appears misspelled in this census as "Reedd."  His occupation is 
listed as a carpenter. Henry became the local postmaster in 1900.  In 1904, 
Henry moved back to Birmingham (Jefferson Co.) where as "Elder Redd" he 
operated a shoe repair shop and finished out his days.  The family shows there 
in the 1910 census (page 110, ED 71, house 65), and he operated a shoe shop 
(photo). His name appears misspelled in the census as "Reed." He died there, 
November 24, 1916. Maggie is shown in the 1920 census, living in Birmingham 
with daughter, Belle Redd Inscho. She then moved to Nashville, TN and was 
living with daughter Carrie Redd Lennard when she died January 31, 1925.  Henry 
and Maggie are buried together at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Birmingham.
 


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