Autauga County Alabama Genealogy and History

Autauga County, Alabama Biographies

LIVINGSTON, HENRY JAMES, lawyer, colonel C. S. Army, was born July 27, 1833, near Prattville, Autauga County, and died September 13, 1907, at Prattville; son of Robert Tatum and Rachel (Whitstone) Livingston natives of South Carolina, who were married September 2, 1813, in Orangebury District, S. C., and lived at that place until 1821, when they moved to Alabama, and settled in Autauga County, near Prattville. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced his profession at Prattville. During the War of Secession, he was colonel of the Eighth Alabama cavalry regiment, C. S. Army. He was a Democrat; a Methodist; and a Mason. Married: September 24, 1863, near Benton, Lowndes County, to Eleanor E., daughter of George Livingston and Amanda Ann (Bishop) Stewart, who lived near Benton. Children: 1. George Stewart, b. June 19 1865, near Benton, d. February 27, 1919, was graduated with honors from Southern university, 1885, was admitted to the bar, 1889, was appointed a trustee of the townslte board f Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory, by President Cleveland, 1893, became bookkeeper with the Prattville cotton mills and banking company, was elected judge of probate of Autauga County in 1898, and served in that office for three terms, married, two children; 2. John R., civil service, Chattanooga, Tenn.; 3. Mel, Prattville. Last residence: Prattville. Source: History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, By Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen, Published by The S. J. Clarke publishing company, 1921; Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer

WADSWORTH, WILLIAM WHITE, lumberman, was born October 1, 1841, near Prattville, and died December 2, 1912; son of Daniel and Sallie (Mathis) Wadsworth, the former a native of Moore County, N. C., who removed to Autauga County in 1832 where he became an extensive planter and slave owner; grandson of Abraham and Charlotte (Hill) Mathis, natives of Georgia who removed to Autauga County, and of William and Sarah Wadsworth, the former native of Connecticut who removed to Moore County, N. C., where lie Became a planter and at one time served as a member of the legislature. Mr. Wadsworth received a sound but limited education. He became overseer on his father's plantation after leaving school, later removed to Arkansas but returned to Autauga County in 1861. He enlisted in the Prattville dragoons at the beginning of the War of Secession but was rejected on account of the condition of his arms, both wrists having been broken and not set while he was in Arkansas. He again attempted to enlist in August 1861. In the latter part of 1862 he succeeded in joining the 21st Alabama infantry regiment; was transferred June, 1863, to the Army of Tennessee and assigned to Co. H, 3rd Alabama cavalry. As a scout and sharpshooter he performed valiant work. He was captured near Strawberry Plains, Tenn., in 1864, but managed to escape. After the war he returned to Autauga County and engaged in the sawmill business and in agriculture. He owned one of the largest sawmills in the State, maintained a commissary at both Rushton and Montgomery and served for twenty- three years as postmaster of Wadsworth. He was the first president of the Southern lumbermen's association. He was a .Methodist. Married: May 9, 1866, to Idella P., daughter of Burkett Thompson, one of the early settlers of Autauga County. Children: 1. William M., m. Tippie Black; 2. Frances Ellen, m. Dr. S. W. Jackson; 3. Mary, m. C. E. Gullege; 4. Edward White, m. Edna Hudleston; 5. Magnolia, d. in infancy. Last residence: Wadsworth.