John Allen Dubberley, Sr. (b 1852, d 1943 in Macon County, Alabama) was the son
of Harriett Walker and Sacker Dubberley.
Married L.D. Bufford, who was the daughter of Sarah Ann Bedell and James
Jeffries Bufford. John Allen Dubberley was a landowner and planter who owned and operated his own cotton gin. As the Great Depression began to affect so many
people through loss of fortune and jobs, those who lived on his plantation felt
little of the hardship until the 1930's.The farm fed the families who lived and
worked on the place. This proud man was finally impacted by the depressed
economy. His production of cotton never ceased and was always revered as some of the finest in the south. As the economic situation grew more desperate in the
1930's, the price of cotton began to fall, reaching an all-time low of $.10 a
bale. He refused to sell at such a low price as he considered this "giving it
away" so he stored his cotton in every out building on the property as well as
in the groves surrounding the house and barn for several years waiting for the
price to reach an acceptable rate of sale. As far as the eye could see, there
were bales of cotton, which eventually rotted and had to be burned by his family in 1938.He was never the same jovial man as he once was following the loss of his great harvest.
He and his wife, L. Dee were members of the Armstrong United Methodist Church for 73 years. They raised and educated 6 children–John Allen Dubberley, Jr.(University of Tennessee); Jeffries Nathaniel Dubberley (Alabama
Polytechnical Institute); Cliffie Beulah Dubberley Ray (Birmingham Business
College); Walter Benjamin Dubberley (U.S. Postal Service); Annie Mae Dubberley Whatley (mother of nine children); and Vannie Dubberley (died in her teens).The children studied by kerosene lamp at night and were tested yearly by Miss Mary Robinson, a visiting teacher, to check their educational progress.
John Allen Dubberley provided each of his children land from the original
plantation, money, and a family home to raise their children. Considered to be a medicinal tonic, each evening, he enjoyed a small jigger of Four Roses Bourbon with a slice of orange peel. The tonic proved effective as he lived a long and fruitful life, leaving this earth at age 91.
The above material was provided by a direct descendant of John Allen Dubberley,
Sr. The contributor wishes to remain anonymous.
of Harriett Walker and Sacker Dubberley.
Married L.D. Bufford, who was the daughter of Sarah Ann Bedell and James
Jeffries Bufford. John Allen Dubberley was a landowner and planter who owned and operated his own cotton gin. As the Great Depression began to affect so many
people through loss of fortune and jobs, those who lived on his plantation felt
little of the hardship until the 1930's.The farm fed the families who lived and
worked on the place. This proud man was finally impacted by the depressed
economy. His production of cotton never ceased and was always revered as some of the finest in the south. As the economic situation grew more desperate in the
1930's, the price of cotton began to fall, reaching an all-time low of $.10 a
bale. He refused to sell at such a low price as he considered this "giving it
away" so he stored his cotton in every out building on the property as well as
in the groves surrounding the house and barn for several years waiting for the
price to reach an acceptable rate of sale. As far as the eye could see, there
were bales of cotton, which eventually rotted and had to be burned by his family in 1938.He was never the same jovial man as he once was following the loss of his great harvest.
He and his wife, L. Dee were members of the Armstrong United Methodist Church for 73 years. They raised and educated 6 children–John Allen Dubberley, Jr.(University of Tennessee); Jeffries Nathaniel Dubberley (Alabama
Polytechnical Institute); Cliffie Beulah Dubberley Ray (Birmingham Business
College); Walter Benjamin Dubberley (U.S. Postal Service); Annie Mae Dubberley Whatley (mother of nine children); and Vannie Dubberley (died in her teens).The children studied by kerosene lamp at night and were tested yearly by Miss Mary Robinson, a visiting teacher, to check their educational progress.
John Allen Dubberley provided each of his children land from the original
plantation, money, and a family home to raise their children. Considered to be a medicinal tonic, each evening, he enjoyed a small jigger of Four Roses Bourbon with a slice of orange peel. The tonic proved effective as he lived a long and fruitful life, leaving this earth at age 91.
The above material was provided by a direct descendant of John Allen Dubberley,
Sr. The contributor wishes to remain anonymous.
John Allen Dubberley, Sr. (b 1852, d 1943 in Macon County, Alabama) was the son
of Harriett Walker and Sacker Dubberley.
Married L.D. Bufford, who was the daughter of Sarah Ann Bedell and James
Jeffries Bufford. John Allen Dubberley was a landowner and planter who owned and operated his own cotton gin. As the Great Depression began to affect so many
people through loss of fortune and jobs, those who lived on his plantation felt
little of the hardship until the 1930's.The farm fed the families who lived and
worked on the place. This proud man was finally impacted by the depressed
economy. His production of cotton never ceased and was always revered as some of the finest in the south. As the economic situation grew more desperate in the
1930's, the price of cotton began to fall, reaching an all-time low of $.10 a
bale. He refused to sell at such a low price as he considered this "giving it
away" so he stored his cotton in every out building on the property as well as
in the groves surrounding the house and barn for several years waiting for the
price to reach an acceptable rate of sale. As far as the eye could see, there
were bales of cotton, which eventually rotted and had to be burned by his family in 1938.He was never the same jovial man as he once was following the loss of his great harvest.
He and his wife, L. Dee were members of the Armstrong United Methodist Church for 73 years. They raised and educated 6 children–John Allen Dubberley, Jr.(University of Tennessee); Jeffries Nathaniel Dubberley (Alabama
Polytechnical Institute); Cliffie Beulah Dubberley Ray (Birmingham Business
College); Walter Benjamin Dubberley (U.S. Postal Service); Annie Mae Dubberley Whatley (mother of nine children); and Vannie Dubberley (died in her teens).The children studied by kerosene lamp at night and were tested yearly by Miss Mary Robinson, a visiting teacher, to check their educational progress.
John Allen Dubberley provided each of his children land from the original
plantation, money, and a family home to raise their children. Considered to be a medicinal tonic, each evening, he enjoyed a small jigger of Four Roses Bourbon with a slice of orange peel. The tonic proved effective as he lived a long and fruitful life, leaving this earth at age 91.
The above material was provided by a direct descendant of John Allen Dubberley,
Sr. The contributor wishes to remain anonymous.
of Harriett Walker and Sacker Dubberley.
Married L.D. Bufford, who was the daughter of Sarah Ann Bedell and James
Jeffries Bufford. John Allen Dubberley was a landowner and planter who owned and operated his own cotton gin. As the Great Depression began to affect so many
people through loss of fortune and jobs, those who lived on his plantation felt
little of the hardship until the 1930's.The farm fed the families who lived and
worked on the place. This proud man was finally impacted by the depressed
economy. His production of cotton never ceased and was always revered as some of the finest in the south. As the economic situation grew more desperate in the
1930's, the price of cotton began to fall, reaching an all-time low of $.10 a
bale. He refused to sell at such a low price as he considered this "giving it
away" so he stored his cotton in every out building on the property as well as
in the groves surrounding the house and barn for several years waiting for the
price to reach an acceptable rate of sale. As far as the eye could see, there
were bales of cotton, which eventually rotted and had to be burned by his family in 1938.He was never the same jovial man as he once was following the loss of his great harvest.
He and his wife, L. Dee were members of the Armstrong United Methodist Church for 73 years. They raised and educated 6 children–John Allen Dubberley, Jr.(University of Tennessee); Jeffries Nathaniel Dubberley (Alabama
Polytechnical Institute); Cliffie Beulah Dubberley Ray (Birmingham Business
College); Walter Benjamin Dubberley (U.S. Postal Service); Annie Mae Dubberley Whatley (mother of nine children); and Vannie Dubberley (died in her teens).The children studied by kerosene lamp at night and were tested yearly by Miss Mary Robinson, a visiting teacher, to check their educational progress.
John Allen Dubberley provided each of his children land from the original
plantation, money, and a family home to raise their children. Considered to be a medicinal tonic, each evening, he enjoyed a small jigger of Four Roses Bourbon with a slice of orange peel. The tonic proved effective as he lived a long and fruitful life, leaving this earth at age 91.
The above material was provided by a direct descendant of John Allen Dubberley,
Sr. The contributor wishes to remain anonymous.
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