Albert
Martin
Ayers
Born in Macon, Bibb, Georgia, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Nancy Lucinda Crayton (Foster) Ayers
— married
30 May 1878 in Guntersville, Marshall, Alabama, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 78
in Georgia Mountain, Guntersville, Marshall, Alabama, United States
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Biography
Albert Martin Ayers was born on 23 October 1843 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia. He was the son of Asher Ayers and Mary Ann Cutter.[1]
Albert served in the military during the American Civil War. As a civil engineer, he enlisted as a Sergeant in Company B, 1st Engineers Regiment, Confederate States of America.[2]
Battles Fought Fought on 20 Feb 1864 at Olustee, FL. Fought on 1 May 1864. Fought on 6 Apr 1865 at Sailor's Creek, VA. Fought on 7 Apr 1865 at Farmville, VA.
Was captured and became a prisoner At Point Lookout, VA until after the war ended.
He was asked to come to Alabama by General Ira Foster to build a road up Georgia Mountain. Came, built the road, fell in love with the General's daughter and stayed.
Albert married Nancy Lucinda Crayton Foster (1848-1925) on 30 May 1878 in Marshall County.[3]
He surveyed and built many roads in Marshall County and north Alabama during his career, and was a Judge in Marshall County later in his life.[4]
Albert resided on Georgia Mountain.[5] In 1910, Albert, Nannie, and their son Albert were living in Warrenton, Marshall, Alabama.[6]
Albert passed away at age 78 on 17 October 1922 in Guntersville, Marshall County, Alabama.[1] He was buried at Foster-Ayres Cemetery in Marshall County, Alabama.[7]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDLV-V9V : 11 January 2021), Albert M. Ayres, 1922.
- ↑ "Alabama, Census of Confederate Veterans, 1907, 1921, 1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DP-WBQC : 17 March 2018), Albert Martin Ayers, 1907; citing Guntersville, Marshall, Alabama, United States, citing Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,533,729.
- ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:29NF-NW2 : 19 February 2021), Albert Ayers and Nannie Foster, 30 May 1878; citing Marshall, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 2,266,555.
- ↑ "Judge Ayers Here," The Gadsden Times-News (Gadsden, Alabama), 8 January 1907, page 3, column 3.
- ↑ "Local Items," The Guntersville Democrat (Guntersville, Alabama), 1 August 1912, page 3, column 2.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK7J-JWD : accessed 24 September 2021), Albert M Ayers, Warrenton, Marshall, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 105, sheet 16B, family 311, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 25; FHL microfilm 1,374,038.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62660704/albert-martin-ayres : accessed 23 September 2021), memorial page for Judge Albert Martin Ayres I (23 Oct 1843–17 Oct 1922), Find A Grave: Memorial #62660704, citing Foster-Ayres Cemetery, Marshall County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Iris Ayres Smale (contributor 47399189).
See also:
- His memoirs were published by his great-granddaughter - http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/albert-martin-ayres-i-~-memoirs/95216
- "Local Items," The Guntersville Democrat (Guntersville, Alabama), 18 May 1911, page 3, column 2.
- Confederate Soldiers in Marshall County, Alabama
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