Amelia Gayle Gorgas
Librarian
Amelia Gayle Gorgas was librarian and postmaster of the University of Alabama for 25 years until her retirement at the age of eighty in 1907. She expanded the library from 6,000 to 20,000 volumes. The primary library at the university is named... Wikipedia
Born: June 1, 1826, Greensboro, AL
Died: January 3, 1913 (age 86 years), Tuscaloosa, AL
Parents: John Gayle and Sarah Ann Haynsworth Gayle
Children: William C. Gorgas
Siblings: Sarah Gayle Crawford, Richard Haynsworth Gayle, John Marshall Gayle, and more
Partner: Josiah Gorgas (1853–)