Crowell was a delegate to the United States House of Representatives from 1817 to 1819. After Alabama became a state, he served as a representative in the House from 1819 to 1821. He was appointed an agent for the Creek Indians from 1821 to 1836.
Dr. Baldwin practiced medicine in Montgomery, Alabama, and he was president of the American Medical Association in 1868. In 1871 he cofounded the First National Bank of Montgomery and served as the institution's first president.
King represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1819 to 1852. He was elected vice president of the United States in 1852 but died a few weeks after taking the oath of office in 1853.
Hentz, a novelist and educator, was originally from Massachusetts. Her last book, THE PLANTER'S NORTHERN BRIDE, was published in 1854 as a rebuttal to UNCLE TOM'S CABIN by Harriet Beecher Stowe.