General Notes

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"Dr. Joseph T. Hearne, retired physician and surgeon, and extensive
planter of St. Clair, Lowndes county, was born in what is now Lowndes
county, February 7, 1819. He is a son of Thomas and Abigail Hearne, both
born in North Carolina, the former in 1780 and the latter in 1782. They
both went with their respective parents to Georgia, where they were
married, and in 1818 came to Alabama, settling in the woods in what is
now Lowndes county, near where the city of Lowndesboro now is. Mr. Hearne
died there in October, 1836, and Mrs. Hearne in 1865. He was a planter,
and was conservative in politics and other public affairs. He was one of
the first settlers in Lowndes county, and the very first in his own
immediate neighborhood. His father, Elisha Hearne, was a native of
Delaware, who went to sea for a term of years. Afterward he married and
removed to North Carolina, and later to Georgia, where he died. He was a
soldier in the Revolutionary war. A brother of his, William Hearne, the
maternal grandfather of Dr. Hearne, was also in the Revolutionary war. He
came to Alabama in 1819, and died in Lowndes county in 1832. He was a
planter and mechanic, and was a sailor for some years in early life. His
wife also died in Lowndes county, aged eighty-six years. His father,
Ebenezer Hearne, was native of Wales, and died in Delaware, when the sons
were boys. Dr. Joseph T. Hearne was the youngest but one of a family of
nine children, eight of whom lived to years of maturity; but of whom only
three are now living, he and his two sisters. He was reared on a farm in
the pioneer days of this county, and received a good academic education
at Lowndesboro, after which he studied medicine under Dr. H. P. Perry, in
1842, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, in 1844. After
practicing a short time in the city hospitals of Philadelphia, he
returned to his home, and practiced there until 1857. Since then he has
turned his attention to farming and planting. He was married, in 1853, to
Ann Henrietta, daughter of Gen. John Archie and Ann Elmore, both born in
Virginia, married in South Carolina, and came to Alabama, where they
settled in 1817, in what is now Elmore county, and it was after them that
the county was named, and there he died in 1834. He was a general in the
war of 1812, was a planter after coming to Alabama, and also ran a
saw-mill. He was one of the very first settlers of Elmore county. His
eldest son, Hon. Franklin Elmore, succeed Hon. John C. Calhoun in the
United Sate senate from Sought Carolina. The other sons were Thomas and
William. The latter died in Philadelphia in 1891. He had been a resident
of New Orleans since 1835, and was superintendent of the mint there until
the outbreak of the war; Capt. Rush Elmore commanded a company in the
Mexican war, and was territorial judge of Kansas; Hon. Henry Elmore was
probate judge of Macon county, prior to the war; John A. Elmore was one
of the most distinguished lawyers if Montgomery; Albert Elmore, now of
the old home in Elmore county, is the only son now living. Gen. Elmore
was very popular in his day, and one of the most widely known men in the
state. His wife died in 1855. Mrs. Hearne was born in Elmore county, and
was educated in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. She has had two
children, both of whom are now dead. During the war Dr. Hearne remained
at home providing for soldiers in the field and their families at home to
the best of his ability. Although frequently requested to do, he never
permitted his name to be used in connection with office. From 1870 to
1880 he did a very large advance business to farmers. He now owns about
1,800 acres of land. He was formerly a Mason and an Odd Fellow, but he
has allowed his connection with these order to lapse. His wife is