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CHAMBERS, WILLIAM LEA, lawyer, was born March 4, 1852, in Columbus, Muscogee County, Ga.; a son of William Henry and Anna Lane (Flewellen) Chambers (q. v.), who In 1854 removed to Eufaula. Ala., where he began his education, his first teachers being a Miss Slnkfleld; followed by his uncle, Robert Alexander Chambers, who was killed In the battle of Rome, Ga.; Prof. Patterson; and Capt. S. H. Dent. He attended Emory College, Oxford, Ga., 1869-71, leaving a few months before graduation to teach school: subsequently he received the degree of A. B.; and the honorary degree of LL. D. In 1909. His legal education was acquired in the office of Stone & Clopton at Montgomery, both of whom served on the supreme court bench.
Mr. Chambers began practice in Montgomery, In November, 1873. and continued there until May, 1888, as a member of the firm of Clopton, Herbert & Chambers; then removed to Sheffield. In the meantime he had served as cashier and president of the First National Bank of Montgomery; was Instrumental in organizing the Montgomery Land & Improvement Company, of which he was vice president; and became president of the company which founded Sheffield, which has become the second city In the south in Iron production. Since then he has engaged in the practice of law In Washington, D. C. He was a member of the commission appointed by the United States. England and Germany to settle the trouble in Samoa In 1893 and in 1897 was chosen by the U. S. government as chief Justice of Samoa; In 1901 was appointed a member of the Spanish treaty commission; and later was chairman of the arbitration board to settle the controversy between the labor brotherhoods and railroads. He has always supported the Democratic party and was secretary of the state Democratic committee in two campaigns; Is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. South; was chairman of the board of stewards of Court Street church, Montgomery, and of Mount Vernon Place church, Washington D. C: and is a member of the Chi Phi college fraternity and the Knights of Pythias. He has frequently contributed articles to newspapers and magazines; and throughout life has been In some way identified with educational, social and religious movements; was a teacher for several years before entering upon the practice of law; was chairman of the board of education of Montgomery for several years; a member of the Society for Promotion of Religious Education, Washington, D. C; recent of Fairmont Seminary: a member of the National Geographic Society and American Institute of Archaeology.
Married: October 27. 1873. In Montgomery to Laura Llgon Clopton, daughter of David band Martha (Ligon) Clopton, who lived at Tuskegee and later Montgomery. Mr. Clopton was a member of the U. S. congress prior to the War of Secession; enlisted as a private In the C. S. Army; and was a member of the Confederate congress at the time of Lee'a surrender. Children: 1. Anne Laura, m. in 1900 Benjamln Palmer Carter, of New Orleans, a distinguished mining engineer and general manager of the greatest gold producing mine In the world at Johannesburg, Transvaal. South Africa; 2. David Clopton, m. Elisabeth McLean, of Tuscumbla. and Is a successful farmer of Montgomery County, Ml, having resigned a lucrative position In the department of Justice; 3. William Henry, associated with his brother in the conduct of Bon Acre Farm, of which dairying is the principal feature; 4. Louise L., living with her parents at their country home near Washington, D. C. Residence: Washington, D. C.
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; Transcribed by C. Anthony
LEE, ALTO VELA , lawyer, was born July 28, 1876, at Clayton, Barbour County; son of Alto Vela and Lillie* (Lawrence) Lee (q. v.); and brother of Henry Fitzhugh Lee (q. v.) and of William Lovard Lee (q. v.). He was prepared for college in Clayton Academy; was graduated with honor from the University of Alabama, A. B., 1897, M. A., 1899, and LL.B., 1903. He taught as principal of the Clio public school, 1897-1898; was a fellowship student at the University of Alabama, 1898-1899; principal of Attalla public school, 1899-1902 ; served as commandant of the University of Alabama, 1902; and began the practice of law in Gadsden in 1903. He is owner of a half interest in the Etowah Abstract Company; was elected to the State legislature from Etowah County, 1907; and to the State senate from the sixth district, 1915; is a Democrat; a Methodist; a Mason; and an Elk. Married: February 28, 1906, at Attalla, to Eloise Frost, daughter of Clarence Miller and Anna Lavinia (Hudspeth) Frost, of that place; granddaughter of George Washington and Eliza Jane Frost, and of William L. and Sophia Hudspeth. Children: 1. Eloise; 2. Lillian. Residence: Gadsden.
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
LEE, HENRY FITZHUGH, accountant, State Auditor, was born August 31, 1874, at Clayton, Barbour County, son of Alto Vela and Lillian Frances (Lawrence) Lee, (q. v.); brother of Alto Vela Lee (q. v.), and William Lovard Lee (q. v.). Mr. Lee was educated in the common schools of Clayton, and later took a business course in Columbus, Ga. In 1900 he was chief clerk of the probate court in Eufaula, having charge of the business of the branch court house there. He served as examiner of public accounts under Governors Jelks and Comer, 1906-1911; was chief clerk in State auditor's office, 1911-15; secretary, State board of equalization, 1915-1919, and was elected State auditor in November, 1919. He is a Democrat, a Methodist, a Mason, a Knights of Pythias, and a Woodman of the World. Married: January, 1897, at Clayton, to Wyllanne Pruett, daughter of Judge William H. and Anne (Browder) Pruett of Eufaula. Children: 1. Henry Fitzhugh, Jr. Residence: Montgomery.
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
LEE, LAWRENCE H., lawyer, was born August 2, 1867, at Clayton; son of Alto V. and Lillie (Lawrence) Lee; brother of Fitzhugh Lee (q. v.) He was educated in the common schools of Clayton; graduated A.B., in 1887, and LL.B., in 1888, from the University of Alabama. He served as solicitor for Barbour County, 1889-90; alderman of Clayton, 1896- 97; and representative from his county to the State legislature, 1898-99. In September, 1901, he removed to Gadsden and was city attorney, 1902-03. He was appointed reporter of the supreme court of Alabama, November 29, 1905, and still holds that position. Married: October 29, 1889, to Augusta, daughter of Judge Augustus H. Alston (q. v.). Children: 1. Lilly, m. Dexter Rood, of New Haven, Conn.; 2. Mildred, m. Capt. Charles Buckner, U. S. Army; 3. Theodosia; 4. Lawrence H., Jr. Residence: Montgomery.
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
LEE, ROBERT MONROE, farmer, was born August 19, 1846, at Louisville, Barbour County; son of Needham and Emiline (Lewis) Lee, the former a native of Jefferson County, Ga., who served in the Indian War of 1836; grandson of Needham and Lydia (Pryor) Lee, and of Elvy and Emeline (Benton) Lewis, of North Carolina. His Lee ancestors came from England to Virginia in the sixteenth century. He was educated in the common schools of Louisville; entered the C. S. Army, March 10, 1862, joining Co. A, Forty-fifth Alabama infantry regiment; participated in the battle of Murfreesboro, and in all subsequent battles of the Western Army until July 22, 1864, at which time he was captured; was carried to Camp Chase, Ohio, as a prisoner of war, and paroled March 2, 1865. After the war, he engaged in farming; represented Barbour County in the State legislature, 1907; is a Democrat; a Methodist; a Mason. Married: January ' 19, 1881, to Annie T., daughter of Dr. John A. and Sarah Elizabeth (Huey) Reynolds, of Louisville. Children: 1. Robert Davis, deceased; 2. George Greer; 3. Huey Reynolds. Residence: Clio.
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
LEE, WILLIAM LOVARD, lawyer, was born April 17, 1873, at Clayton, Barbour County; son of Alto Velo and Lillie (Lawrence) Lee (q. v.). He attended the public schools of Clayton, and the University of Alabama, graduating from the latter place in 1892. He read law in the office of Lee and Lee, Clayton, and began the practice of his profession at Columbia, in 1895. He served as city attorney, 1897-1899; mayor, 1899-1903; and a representative in the State legislature from Houston County, 1907. He is a Democrat, having served as a member of the executive committee of Henry County, 1896-1898, 1901-1903, as chairman of the same, 1898-1899, and as a member and secretary of the executive committee of Houston County, 1903-1906. He is a Methodist; a Knight of Pythias; and a Mason. Married: in 1896, to Ellen, daughter of Peter F. and Ellen (Cassady) Thomas, of Lawrenceville, the former a Confederate soldier. Children: 1. William Lovard, Jr.; 2. Wallace Thomas; 3. Elolse. Residence: Columbia.
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
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