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3 deadly family feuds in Alabama history that rival Hatfields and McCoys
Thursday, November 7, 2013 17:03
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Via Billy 
Most everyone knows the story of the Hatfields and McCoys, the families that feuded across decades and state lines in West Virginia and Kentucky, until a dozen people had been killed.
But Alabama history includes some rough-and-tumble families of its own and several feuding families used pioneer justice to settle their differences. Here are the stories of three major Alabama family feuds:
Aunt Jenny Brooks’ boys ‘died with their boots on’
Aunt Jenny Brooks of Lawrence County in Alabama lived to the ripe old age of 98, dying in 1924. Thanks to their gun-slinging ways, she outlived her husband and sons, but Aunt Jenny reportedly said “they died like men, with their boots on.”
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Source: http://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2013/11/3-deadly-family-feuds-in-alabama.html
