Biography:

Historian of Alabama; School principal; state legislator. Born– December 17, 1855, Gaston, Sumter County. Parents– Benjamin Eusebius and Sarah Elizabeth (Horn) DuBose. Married– Alice Vivian Horn, August 8, 1883. Education– Graduated from Professor S.S.Mellon’s Mt. Sterling Academy; University of Alabama, B.A., 1872; M.A., 1878. Served as principal of Pushmataha High School, 1878-1883; Snow Hill Academy, 1883-1886; Livingston Military Academy, 1886-1888; South Highland Academy in Birmingham, 1888-1898; DuBose’s School for Boys in Birmingham, 1900-1917; special literary researcher at the Library of Congress and government departments in Washington, 1888-89. Contributed to The Monthly (University of Alabama), 1879; The Methodist Review, 1899. Founder and editor of Gulf States History Magazine. Member, Alabama Historical Society.Served in the Alabama Legislature, 1903-1907; successfully advocated a law establishing county public high schools. Died March 7, 1917.

Source:

Alabama Alumni News, June 1918

McNeely, DuBose Genealogy

Who Was Who in Alabama

Who Was Who in America, Vol. 4

Publication(s):

Alabama History. Richmond, Va.; B. F. Johnson Pub. Co., 1908.

Sketches of Alabama History. Philadelphia; Eldredge & Bro., 1901.

Editor:

Notable Men of Alabama; Personal and Genealogical. Atlanta; Southern Historical Association, 1904.