Flinn And Brabston Families Papers, 1913-1954

Thomas Granville Brabston was born in 1880 in Warren County, Mississippi. He attended public schools and Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. In 1905, he married Nellie Davis of Columbus, Mississippi, and they had one daughter, Mary Virginia. After moving to Birmingham, Alabama the family lived at 926 28^th Street South. Mrs. Brabston's sister, May Davis Flinn, lived with them. Brabston started work with the Birmingham Electric Company in 1899. In 1905 he became Traffic Manager, then General Superintendent of Transportation. In 1935 he was promoted to Assistant to the Vice President, and in 1937 he became General Passenger Agent, the position in which he remained until his retirement in 1950. Brabston was active in community affairs with an emphasis on his work in the Masonic Order.

Source:

Grove, Frank L. Library of Alabama Lives. Hopkinsville, Ky.: Historical Record Association, 1961.

The material in this collection was generated by the Brabston household. The collection reflects the interests and mores of an upper-middle class family in the period 1910-1950 These papers are divided into two series: Flinn and Brabston. The Flinn series contains the correspondence of May Davis Flinn (Mrs. Frank Flinn) both before and after her marriage and a photograph of Lawrence Pierce with whom she corresponded before her marriage. The Brabston series contains material relating chiefly to Mary Virginia Brabston. Included are letters she wrote as a child, lists relating to her wedding, and material generated as a result of her death in 1949. Also included are photographs of various Brabston family members as well as Mary Virginia Brabston's memory book containing newspaper clipping relating to the engagements and marriages of young women from prominent Birmingham families in the early 1930s.

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Birmingham (Ala.) -- History.
Brabston, Thomas Granville, (1880- )
Flinn, May Davis.

Collection Number: 61

Size: 1½ linear feet ( boxes)

Restrictions: Standard preservation and copyright restrictions.

RA/7-6-01