People of Selma and Dallas County Alabama

Albert Gallatin Mabry
Selama Alaama physician known for his essays on congestive fever and his papers on the cause and treatment of yellow fever and malaria.

Howard W. Gilmore
Selma Alabama native, CDR Howard W. Gilmore was The first U.S. submariner to receive the Medal of Honor in World War II,

Alexander James Dallas
Dallas County named in honor of Alexander James Dallas U.S. District Attorney and Secretary of the Treasury.

William Rufus King Selma Founder
Alabama Senator and Vice president of the United States.

Lt. General Nathan Bedford Forrest CSA
Wizard of the Saddle, Was defeated at Selma in one of the last battles of the U.S. Civil War.

Catesby ap Roger Jones
Commanded the Naval Foundry and Ordnance Works at Selma Alabamam during the Civil WAr

Jean Baptiste LeMoyne, The Sieur de Bienville
The First Governor of Louisiana.

Benjamin Sterling Turner (1825—1894)
A former slave who became the first Black member of the House of Representatives from Alabama



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