Biography:

Attorney. Born– September 17, 1898, Pike County. Parents– William High and Mary (Henderson) Brantley. Married– Evelyn Ann Hassinger, June 23, 1924. Children– Three. Education– University of Alabama; Harvard University Law School. Employed as a lawyer in Birmingham with avocation of amateur historian. Long-time trustee of Samford University. Died June 19, 1964.

Source:

James I. J. Brantley’s Dear Grandchildren and Three Capitals (1976 reprint)

Publication(s):

Banking in Alabama, 1816-1860. Birmingham, Ala.; Author, 1961-1967.

The Battle of Horseshoe Bend in Tallapoosa, County, Alabama, March 27, 1814. Birmingham, Ala.; Southern University Press, 1969.

Chief Justice Stone of Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.; Birmingham Publishing Co., 1943.

Three Capitals; a Book About the First Three Capitals of Alabama. S.l.; Privately printed, 1947.

Papers;

Papers of William H Brantley are held by the Samford University Law Library.