Coffee County AlArchives Biographies.....Carmichael, John Henry 1847 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   JOHN HENRY CARMICHAEL, general merchant and farmer, of Enterprise, was born
in Sumter county, Ga., in 1847. He came with his parents to Coffee county when
but a child, was reared on the farm, and remained with them until he was
twenty-six years old. He then, in 1873, married Josephine E., daughter of James
L. and Eliza (Brown) Carmichael, natives of Georgia, whence they moved to Coffee
county in 1854, where they are still living. Mr. Brown is now a merchant at Haw
Ridge, Ala. He served in the home guards during the war. Mrs. Carmichael was
born in Coffee county and has six children, all living. After marriage, Mr.
Carmichael lived in the vicinity of Haw Ridge until 1882; when he settled where
he now resides. He was the first to settle in the neighborhood, the land having
been previously considered unproductive, but he soon established a contrary
opinion and was followed by others from different parts until now this part of
the county is one of the most populous portions. Mr. Carmichael has now a fine
farm of some 680 acres, mostly valuable timber lands. In 1885 he established
Enterprise post-office and was made postmaster. Since 1887 he has conducted a
general store and is now doing a good business. He is one of the foremost
business men of this county and, though somewhat retired in disposition, takes
considerable interest in public affairs. Mr. Carmichael is the fourth of six
sons and two daughters, viz.: Mary; Daniel and Joseph, both in company K,
Thirty-third Alabama, and both killed in the charge on Atlanta, July 22nd, 1864;
John Henry; Norman, deceased; Gilbert, deceased; Charles and Nancy J., deceased
wife of Simeon Fields. John M. Carmichael is the father of these children. He
was born in Marion district, S. C., in 1817, and was a son of John C. and
Margaret (Morrison) Carmichael, the former born in Scotland in 1785 and the
latter in North Carolina. Mr. Carmichael was brought to this country by his
parents when he was seven years old, was married in South Carolina, and
afterward removed to Sumter county, Ga., where he died in 1857, aged seventy-two
years. His father died in South Carolina. Daniel Morrison, the maternal
grandfather of John Henry Carmichael, was probably a native of North Carolina
and died in that state. Mr. Carmichael, father of our subject, came to Georgia
with his parents and married in 1839, Sarah, daughter of Palmer and Mary Hayes,
natives of South Carolina, but who died, the former in Georgia and the latter in
Florida. Mrs. Carmichael is the mother of eight children, of whom two sons and
one daughter are living. In 1853 Mr. Carmichael came to Coffee county and
settled upon the farm upon which he has since lived. He has been a Mason for
more than fifty years, and they have both been prominent Methodists nearly all
their lives. The latter has always been in delicate health. Mr. Carmichael
served in the home guards during the war and was once county commissioner for
four years. He is universally esteemed for his honesty of purpose and general
good character.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 658

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