Siluria, Alabama
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Siluria is a community located in Shelby County, Alabama in the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area. It was the home of a large cotton mill and company-built mill village which began operations in 1896 and finally closed in 1979. The community has been annexed by the city of Alabaster.
[edit] Notable residents
- Jim Davenport, born in Siluria, major league baseball player[1]
- Willie Kirkland, born in Siluria , major league baseball player[1]
- Cathy O'Donnell, born in Siluria, actress, on July 6, 1923
[edit] References
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- ^ a b [1969] (1979) in Reichler, Joseph L.: The Baseball Encyclopedia, 4th edition, New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8.
- Seales, Bobby Joe (n. d.) "Siluria Cotton Mill Company" - accessed February 15, 2007
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