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Sadler, Benjamin Harrison

b. 2 September 1889 - Pennsylvania; d. 19 October 1963 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
"Benjamin Sadler" (obituary) Birmingham News 21 Oct 1963: 26.

Salmon, Herbert Spencer

b. 22 Sep 1887 - IN ; d. 14 Oct 1941 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
"Engineers Club Elects Officers: H. S. Salmon is Chosen President" Age Herald 13 Jan 1931: 14.
"Herbert Salmon will Head Coal Producers Body" Birmingham News 22 Nov 1935: 2.
"Mining Engineer Passes at Home: Death Ends Long Career of Herbert Salmon, Pioneer Resident" Birmingham Age-Herald 15 Oct 1941: 11.
"Rites Arranged for H. S. Salmon: Services Will be Held at South Highlands Church" Birmingham Age-Herald: 16 Oct 1941: 7.

Sample, James Douglas

b. 28 Sep 1885 - Charlotte, NC; d. 8 Dec 1944 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
"James D. Sample Dies After Long Illness" Birmingham News 8 Dec 1944: 8.

Schuler, Robert Eustace

b. 8 May 1898 - Chicago, IL; d. Oct 1966 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
"Civic, Industrial Leader Schuler Dies" Birmingham News 10 Oct 1966: 29.
"Electrical Pioneer R. E. Schuler Dies" Birmingham Post-Herald 10 Oct 1966: 19.
"R. E. Schuler" (obituary) Birmingham News 11 Oct 1966: 21.

Schwend, Charles

b. July 1862 - AL; d. 3 Feb 1949; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
"Charles Schwend Rites are Held" Age-Herald 5 Feb 1949: 2.

Scruggs, Josiah Hubert

b. 27 Dec 1874 - Decatur, AL; d. 24 Feb 1952 - Birmingham, AL; buried Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
"Pioneer Building Contractor, Josiah Hubert Scruggs, Dies" Birmingham News 25 Feb 1952: 4.

Sizemore, Clarence Brown

b. 31 March 1886 - d. 5 February 1918; d. 12 May 1993 - Jefferson Co., AL
"Clarence Brown Sizemore" (obituary) Birmingham News 13 May 1993: 10.

Sleeman, William C.

b. 7 February 1891 - PA; d. 15 January 1965 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
"Industrial Figure, W. C. Sleeman, Dies" Birmingham News 17 Jan 1965: A-35.
"Mr. William C. Sleeman" (obituary) Birmingham News 18 Jan 1965; 23.

Smith, Algernon L.

b. 9 Jan 1868 - Prattville, AL; d. 27 Oct 1964 - Mountain Brook, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
"A. L. Smith Dies in Mountain Brook" Birmingham News 27 Oct 1964: 23.

Smith, Hewitt

b. 14 October 1897 - AL; d. 23 June 1976 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Oak Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
"Hewitt Smith Dies; Retired Industrialist" Birmingham News 24 June 1976: 6.

Sommers, Paul Higgins

b. ; d. 20 June 1988 - Montgomery Co., AL; Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery (Montgomery Co., AL)
"Paul Higgins Sommers" (obituary) Montgomery Advertiser 22 June 1988: 3B.

Speed, J. O.

"City Man is Appointed Safety Counselor in BECO Moye" Birmingham Age-Herald 7 Dec 1945: 19.
"J. O. Speed Named New Beco Official" Birmingham News 7 Dec 1945: 3.

Sponsler, John McClure

b. d. 7 December 1963 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
"John Sponsler" (obituary) Birmingham News 8 Dec 1963: A-29.

Stewart, Charlie G.

b. 03 Dec 1902 - AL; d. 8 Oct 1996 - Birmingham, AL; bur.: Oakland Cemetery
"Veteran has Several Inventions 'In the Bag' Made in Spare Time" Birmingham Post-Herald 21 Jan 1948: 20.
"Charlie Green Stewart" (obituary) Birmingham News 9 Oct 1996: 7C.

Steward, Truman Cox

b. 21 August 1903 - Birmingham, AL; d. 21 August 1975 - AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
"Truman Cox Steward" (obituary) Birmingham News 12 Aug 1975: 36.

Stockham, Herbert Clark

b. 24 March 1888 - Chicago, IL; d. 24 Jan 1958 - Birmingham, AL
"Funeral Services are Held for Herbert C. Stockham" Birmingham Post- Herald 27 Jan 1958: 8

Strong, James Edward

b. 30 Apr 1864 - Plymouth, England ; d. 9 Jan 1929 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
"James Edward Strong, Industrial Leader, Dies" Birmingham Age-Herald 10 Jan 1929: 2.

Swann, Theodore

b. 5 September 1886 - Dandridge, TN; d. 5 February 1955 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
Beaird, Ann. "On Haunted Ground: The Curse of the Swann House" Alabama Heritage Summer 2007: 24-25.
Beaird, Ann. "Restoring Chaucer Hall: Birmingham's Swann-Coleman House" Alabama Heritage Summer 2007: 16-23.
Beiman, Irving. "Swann Develops Gas Fired Furnace to Melt Iron Ores" Birmingham News 25 Oct 1952: 9.
"Funeral Services for Theodore Swann, Industrialist, Will Be Held Here Sunday" (obituary) Birmingham News 6 Feb 1955: B-2.
Griffith, Edward and Carolyn Green Satterfield. The Triumphs and Troubles of Theodore Swan. Montgomery, Ala.: Black Belt Press, 1999.
Stanley, C. M. "Theodore Swann: His Genius in Chemistry" Montgomery Advertiser 23 Feb 1955: 3-B.

Tate, Thomas J.

b. 23 July 1900 - Hatchet Creek, Clay Co., AL; d. 15 October 1987 - Goodwater, AL
"Talladegan May End Hotel Fires" Birmingham News 10 June 1948, p. 14.
"Alabama Man Invents Phone Fire Alarm" Birmingham News 18 July 1952: p. 8.

Temple, Robert Allyn

b. 10 July 1901 - Chicago, IL; d. 28 March 1962 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Chicago, IL
"Robert Temple" (obituary) Birmingham News 29 March 1962: 6.

Thomas, Duke Demetres

b. 18 July 1896 - AL; d. 4 September 1974 - AL; buried: Jefferson Memorial Gardens East (Jefferson Co., AL)
"Duke Demetres Thomas" (obituary) Birmingham News 5 Sep 1974: 48.

Thompson, Herbert Leroy

Beiman, Irving. "Local Engineer Patents Idea to Convert Sea Water" Birmingham News 3 Sep 1959: 67

Tschudy, Frederick

b. 29 May 1870 - Wintertour, Switzerland; d. 5 July 1938 - Birmingham, AL.
Ennis, Clyde W. "Rites to be Set for F. Tschudy: Noted Engineer, Former Count in Switzerland, Dies" Birmingham Age-Herald 7 July 1938: 2.

Turnham, Fitzhugh Hobson

b. 16 May 1898; d. 5 August 1975 - Jefferson Co., AL; buried: Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
"F. Hobson Turnham" (obituary) Birmingham News 6 Aug 1975: 36.

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