Johnson J. Hooper

1815 - 1861

Author, Editor, Lawyer

Secretary of Congress, C.S.A.

As a writer he created

Captain Simon Suggs

of the Tallapoosa Volunteers,

fictional character whose

humorous, rascally escapades

of pioneer days in Alabama

became world famous.

Marker is at the intersection of North Broadnax Street and East Cusseta Street, on ...