John O'Brien is a writer currently living in North Alabama. Long fascinated by the long ago, he spends his free time looking at old records so he can more effectively gossip about dead people. John...view moreJohn O'Brien is a writer currently living in North Alabama. Long fascinated by the long ago, he spends his free time looking at old records so he can more effectively gossip about dead people. John runs a blog about North Alabama history called Huntsvillain. You can find it on the internet and Facebook.view less