Randolph County AlArchives Photo Tombstone.....Halpin, James 
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Cemetery:           Fowler Family Cemetery
Name:               James Halpin

Date Of Photograph: 1995
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Halpin, James                             1812-1861      [1862-1864]
" Doc Halpin a bricklayer from Monahan County Ireland came here in the 1830's 
and settled in Randolph County Alabama. He fathered seven children before he 
was killed during the Civil War in 1861. His wife is buried at Wesley's Chapel"


Additional Comments:
James Halpin murdered by the Randolph County Homeguards, because of the fact he 
refused to rejoin in the Confederate Army after the disbandment of the 22nd 
Alabama Infantry.

There is some debate over the burial place of James Halpin some say he is 
buried in the Fowler Cemetery [This marker was placed here ca. 1980] while 
other says he is buried at Wesley's Chapel in Randolph County beside his wife.

James Halpin was killed on his own land during the Civil War, the family placed 
a rock wall with a fieldstone marker at the tree were he was shot: "James 
Halpin was killed here"

With the construction of Lake Harris, it is unknown if this marker is still 
located on the property.



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