Cleveland Prichard was the oldest son of Daniel Mason and Mary Alvarez Prichard. The Prichards migrated to South Alabama from Virginia. Cleveland married Elizabeth Charlotte Shelton on April 30, 1867.
The Prichard family resided in Toulminville, Alabama on St. Stephens Rd. just 4 miles north of downtown Mobile.
Cleveland enlisted as a Private in Company A of the 3rd Alabama Infantry in the Confederate States Army. The 3rd was organized in Montgomery, Alabama in April of 1861 and was the first regiment from Alabama to be assigned to The Army of Northern Virginia. Cleveland was discharged as a Sergeant.
In 1879, Cleveland Prichard purchased land, just north of Mobile, Alabama, adjacent to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad line with the intentions of establishing a livestock and vegetable farming center that would supply other regions of the country with fresh vegetables & livestock via rail. Prichard encouraged the growing of truck crops and bought them from the farmers. This business model was copied by entrepreneurs throughout Florida, Texas and other states. Newspapers of the time referred to Cleveland Prichard as "The Vegetable King." Cleveland's brother, Hardy, worked with him in this enterprise.
Prichard also built the Prichard Horse Race Course, which flourished briefly as a winter training ground for thoroughbred race horses. He also ran a livery stable in downtown Mobile, Alabama on the corner of Royal and State Streets.
The city of Prichard, Alabama is named for Cleveland Prichard.
The Prichard family resided in Toulminville, Alabama on St. Stephens Rd. just 4 miles north of downtown Mobile.
Cleveland enlisted as a Private in Company A of the 3rd Alabama Infantry in the Confederate States Army. The 3rd was organized in Montgomery, Alabama in April of 1861 and was the first regiment from Alabama to be assigned to The Army of Northern Virginia. Cleveland was discharged as a Sergeant.
In 1879, Cleveland Prichard purchased land, just north of Mobile, Alabama, adjacent to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad line with the intentions of establishing a livestock and vegetable farming center that would supply other regions of the country with fresh vegetables & livestock via rail. Prichard encouraged the growing of truck crops and bought them from the farmers. This business model was copied by entrepreneurs throughout Florida, Texas and other states. Newspapers of the time referred to Cleveland Prichard as "The Vegetable King." Cleveland's brother, Hardy, worked with him in this enterprise.
Prichard also built the Prichard Horse Race Course, which flourished briefly as a winter training ground for thoroughbred race horses. He also ran a livery stable in downtown Mobile, Alabama on the corner of Royal and State Streets.
The city of Prichard, Alabama is named for Cleveland Prichard.