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 the right when traveling north on North Broadnax Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
