Morgan-Saintclair-Limestone County AlArchives Biographies.....Vandegrift, George W. 1848 - ************************************************ 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 January 8, 2012, 11:41 am Source: See below Author: Smith & De Land, publishers GEORGE W. VANDEGRIFT, son of John and Lydia (Hardwick) Vandegrift, was born in St. Clair County, Ala., July H. 1848. His education, which was somewhat limited on account of the war, was received at the common schools of his native county. When about twenty-one years of age he became a salesman in the store of his brother, where he remained five years. In 1873 he engaged in mercantile business, on his own account, at Athens, this State, and built up the largest and most extensive general merchandise trade in that place. In the spring of 1886 he sold out his business, and began dealing in real estate, and has now become a large landholder in Limestone County. Mr. Vandegrift located at Decatur, September 1, 1887. John Vandegrift was born in Chester, S. C., in 1802, and is now quite an active man at the age of eighty-six. His wife was born in Georgia in 1812. He came to St. Clair County, Ala., at an early day, and entered lands there, and has been an extensive farmer all his life. He has never raised cotton, but dealt in stock, and has been successful in his business. He and his wife have ten children. Our subject's grandfather, James Hardwick, was a native of Georgia, and became one of the first settlers of St. Clair County. Ala. He was an extensive planter, and was elected to the Slate Legislature seven consecutive terms from that county. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land 1888 PART IV. MONOGRAPHS OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA, TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVE PEOPLE. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/morgan/bios/vandegri1016gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb