Mildred J StathelsonAuthor Mildred J. Stathelson traces her roots to the first settlers in the area, who arrived in the 1830s. Her interests include genealogy and church and local history. She is the author of A Family History Outline, the history of her family, and haswritten various articles in the Talladega Historical Newsletter and in Bonds of Love, a church periodical. Stathelson has also extensively researched the early Baptist Church in Alabama. Read More Read Less