Walker County AlArchives Biographies.....Rosamond, William Capers 1833 - 
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Author: Smith & De Land, publishers

    WILLIAM CAPERS ROSAMOND, Druggist, Jasper, Ala., son of Nathaniel J. and Amy
(Powell) Rosamond, was born in Lawrence District, S. C., in 1833, worked on a
farm until he was eighteen, when he began the study of medicine at Northport,
Ala., and was licensed to practice at Tuscaloosa, this State. He came to Walker
County in 1856, and soon attained an extensive practice here. In 1862 he joined
the Confederate Army, serving as a private; was appointed Assistant-Surgeon in
General Furgeson's brigade, and saw service in Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi
and Alabama. He was at Shiloh and Vicksburg, and served under Bragg and Johnston
in Tennessee.

    In 1866 Dr. Rosamond returned to Jasper, and practiced medicine until 1878,
when he retired from practice on account of his health. He was soon afterward
elected to the State Senate from Walker, Jefferson and Shelby Counties. Since
that time he has been engaged in merchandising, and is now a druggist.

    Dr. Rosamond was first married, in 1856, to Miss Medorah F., daughter of
Rev. Jas. H. Freeman, a popular Methodist preacher then living at Tuscaloosa.
There were six children born to this union, viz.: Edward P., Willie L., Ethbert
C., Franklin K., Hester May and Amy Lee. Mrs. Rosamond died November 15, 1882,
and the Doctor contracted his second marriage December 6, 1883, with Miss
Henrietta, daughter of David F. Dinsmore, of Laudersville. Mr. Dinsmore was a
prominent citizen, and held several county offices in Lawrence County.

    Nathaniel J. Rosamond, Dr. Rosamond's father, was of French Huguenot origin.
His ancestors came to Virginia about the time of the Edict of Nantes (1598). The
Doctor's mother, Amy Lowell, was born in Kentucky, and came to South Carolina
with her parents, and was married there.

    Dr. Rosamond is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and of
the Masonic fraternity.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical
Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land
1888

PART III.
HISTORICAL RESUME OF THE VARIOUS COUNTIES IN THE STATE.
MINERAL BELT.


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