Noble Leslie DeVotie was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, January 24, 1838. He spent his early life in Marion, Alabama. He entered the University of Alabama in October, l 853, in the sophomore class, having spent one year at Howard College. All through his university course he brilliantly maintained his intellectual supremacy. His grade for his entire course at Alabama was 96.75. He was graduated as valedictorian at the head of his class July 17, 1856. In the fall of 1856 he entered the freshman class at the Princeton theological school. He was graduated from there in 1859. Then he became pastor of the First Baptist Church at Selma, Alabama. In 1861 he enlisted as chaplain in the C.S.A. when the Independent Blues and the Governor's Guard of Selma were sent to Fort Morgan. On February 12, 1861, as he was about to board a steamer at Fort Morgan, Alabama he made a misstep and fell into the water. Three days later his body was washed ashore. He was the first Alabama man to lose his life in the Civil War.
There is a Civil War Marker at 30‹ 13.792Œ N, 88‹ 1.4Œ W. Marker is in Fort Morgan, Alabama, in Baldwin County. Marker can be reached from Dixie Graves Parkway (State Highway 180) when traveling west.
He also was involved in founding the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
There is a Civil War Marker at 30‹ 13.792Œ N, 88‹ 1.4Œ W. Marker is in Fort Morgan, Alabama, in Baldwin County. Marker can be reached from Dixie Graves Parkway (State Highway 180) when traveling west.
He also was involved in founding the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
Noble Leslie DeVotie was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, January 24, 1838. He spent his early life in Marion, Alabama. He entered the University of Alabama in October, l 853, in the sophomore class, having spent one year at Howard College. All through his university course he brilliantly maintained his intellectual supremacy. His grade for his entire course at Alabama was 96.75. He was graduated as valedictorian at the head of his class July 17, 1856. In the fall of 1856 he entered the freshman class at the Princeton theological school. He was graduated from there in 1859. Then he became pastor of the First Baptist Church at Selma, Alabama. In 1861 he enlisted as chaplain in the C.S.A. when the Independent Blues and the Governor's Guard of Selma were sent to Fort Morgan. On February 12, 1861, as he was about to board a steamer at Fort Morgan, Alabama he made a misstep and fell into the water. Three days later his body was washed ashore. He was the first Alabama man to lose his life in the Civil War.
There is a Civil War Marker at 30‹ 13.792Œ N, 88‹ 1.4Œ W. Marker is in Fort Morgan, Alabama, in Baldwin County. Marker can be reached from Dixie Graves Parkway (State Highway 180) when traveling west.
He also was involved in founding the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
There is a Civil War Marker at 30‹ 13.792Œ N, 88‹ 1.4Œ W. Marker is in Fort Morgan, Alabama, in Baldwin County. Marker can be reached from Dixie Graves Parkway (State Highway 180) when traveling west.
He also was involved in founding the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
