William R. Pettiford was a minister and banker in Birmingham, Alabama. Early in his career, he worked as a minister and teacher in various towns in Alabama, moving to the 16th Street Baptist Church in 1883 and serving there for about ten years. Pettiford was born in Granville County, North Carolina on January 20, 1847, […]

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