Dadeville lawyer finds rare book by famed local humorist while cleaning out bookcase
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Siri Hedreen / The Outlook The book comes “With 10 Illustrations by Darley.”

Dadeville attorney Teresa Fulmer was packing up the contents of her bookcase this summer when she came across a tattered volume with a familiar-sounding author, that may have once belonged to an Alabama governor.

The name was Johnson J. Hooper, the famed Dadeville humorist commemorated on historical marker N Broadnax Street, across from the Tallapoosa County Courthouse.

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Siri Hedreen / The Outlook Contrary to what the historical marker states, Johnson J. Hooper died in 1862.
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Siri Hedreen / The Outlook A handwritten inscription appears to read “Wm C. Oates Aug 1st 1882.” William C. Oates (1835-1910) was Alabama’s 29th governor.
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Siri Hedreen / The Outlook The stamp “Oates Library Belvoir” may refer to the Belvoir mansion in Montgomery, once the family residence of William C. Oates Jr.
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Siri Hedreen / The Outlook Local historian Bill Ponder peruses “Simon Suggs’ Adventures, Late of the Tallapoosa Volunteers.”