Ambrose Nall is the son of David Satterwhite Nall and Rebecca Davidson Nall, His father was the son of John Nall and Elizbeth Satterwhite who was the daughter of David Satterwhite.
Ambrose Nall was from South Alabama. In 1864 he was in the panhandle of Florida when he went on board a Union naval vessel and enlisted as a refugee. He served on three U.S. ships in the blockade of Confederate ports. One of these, the U.S.S. Constellation, is the only surviving military ship from the Civil War, and is now docked in Baltimore. Ambrose was a late arrival in Marshall County, marrying there in 1876, serving as a clerk at Old Bethel Church, and taking up residence in the Poplar Springs community. His wife Catherine was an early school teacher at Poplar Springs. Her mother, Sally Holcomb, gave the land for the nearby New Harmony Baptist Church, across the line in Dekalb County. Sally was living with the Nalls when she died in February 1905, in the midst of snow and ice which made the road to the cemetery almost impassable. She is buried beneath the cedar tree at Old Bethel. Catherine was wearing a lace bonnet when she was laid near her mother in 1918.
Alabama State Historical Marker erected in 1991.
Says this about Ambrose Nall:
A sailor in Union Blocade of the Confederacy
Ambrose Nall was from South Alabama. In 1864 he was in the panhandle of Florida when he went on board a Union naval vessel and enlisted as a refugee. He served on three U.S. ships in the blockade of Confederate ports. One of these, the U.S.S. Constellation, is the only surviving military ship from the Civil War, and is now docked in Baltimore. Ambrose was a late arrival in Marshall County, marrying there in 1876, serving as a clerk at Old Bethel Church, and taking up residence in the Poplar Springs community. His wife Catherine was an early school teacher at Poplar Springs. Her mother, Sally Holcomb, gave the land for the nearby New Harmony Baptist Church, across the line in Dekalb County. Sally was living with the Nalls when she died in February 1905, in the midst of snow and ice which made the road to the cemetery almost impassable. She is buried beneath the cedar tree at Old Bethel. Catherine was wearing a lace bonnet when she was laid near her mother in 1918.
Alabama State Historical Marker erected in 1991.
Says this about Ambrose Nall:
A sailor in Union Blocade of the Confederacy
Ambrose Nall is the son of David Satterwhite Nall and Rebecca Davidson Nall, His father was the son of John Nall and Elizbeth Satterwhite who was the daughter of David Satterwhite.
Ambrose Nall was from South Alabama. In 1864 he was in the panhandle of Florida when he went on board a Union naval vessel and enlisted as a refugee. He served on three U.S. ships in the blockade of Confederate ports. One of these, the U.S.S. Constellation, is the only surviving military ship from the Civil War, and is now docked in Baltimore. Ambrose was a late arrival in Marshall County, marrying there in 1876, serving as a clerk at Old Bethel Church, and taking up residence in the Poplar Springs community. His wife Catherine was an early school teacher at Poplar Springs. Her mother, Sally Holcomb, gave the land for the nearby New Harmony Baptist Church, across the line in Dekalb County. Sally was living with the Nalls when she died in February 1905, in the midst of snow and ice which made the road to the cemetery almost impassable. She is buried beneath the cedar tree at Old Bethel. Catherine was wearing a lace bonnet when she was laid near her mother in 1918.
Alabama State Historical Marker erected in 1991.
Says this about Ambrose Nall:
A sailor in Union Blocade of the Confederacy
Ambrose Nall was from South Alabama. In 1864 he was in the panhandle of Florida when he went on board a Union naval vessel and enlisted as a refugee. He served on three U.S. ships in the blockade of Confederate ports. One of these, the U.S.S. Constellation, is the only surviving military ship from the Civil War, and is now docked in Baltimore. Ambrose was a late arrival in Marshall County, marrying there in 1876, serving as a clerk at Old Bethel Church, and taking up residence in the Poplar Springs community. His wife Catherine was an early school teacher at Poplar Springs. Her mother, Sally Holcomb, gave the land for the nearby New Harmony Baptist Church, across the line in Dekalb County. Sally was living with the Nalls when she died in February 1905, in the midst of snow and ice which made the road to the cemetery almost impassable. She is buried beneath the cedar tree at Old Bethel. Catherine was wearing a lace bonnet when she was laid near her mother in 1918.
Alabama State Historical Marker erected in 1991.
Says this about Ambrose Nall:
A sailor in Union Blocade of the Confederacy
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Ambrose Nall
Born Apr. 14, 1843
Died August 16, 1906
- Death, where is thy sting
- Grave, where is thy victory
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