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ALABAMA STATE LEE, JESSE, Baptist minister, was born in 1803, in Alabama, and died October 9, 1872. He became a preacher in 1837, and removed to Caddo Parish, La., in 1847. He also served at Shreveport and Sumner Grove. [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] LEGRANDE, JOHN C., president of the medical association of Alabama, 1900. [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] LENNARD, JOHN BORUM, planter, was born January 1, 1807, on his father's plantation located on Kettle Creek, near Washington, Ga., and died December 6, 1870, at Woodland, Freestone County, Tex.; son of John Born in and Mary (Wood) Lennard, natives of Virginia, who after their marriage removed to Wilkes County, Ga.; grandson of Thomas and Nettie (Borum) Lennard, of Virginia, and of Capt. and Katherine (Price) Wood, natives of Virginia, the former was either a captain or colonel in the Revolutionary War, and was killed in battle, his widow, Katherine Price Wood, married again, and removed to Georgia, where she was celebrated during the war period for several acts of bravery, carrying important dispatches and molding bullets for Washington's army. The Lennards are descended from French Huguenots who migrated to Virginia. The maternal lines are Scotch-Irish. John Borum Lennard received his education at Washington, Ga., and after his father's death, which occurred when he was fourteen years of age, he entered the mercantile business. Upon suffering severe losses by fire, he engaged in agriculture and left a valuable landed estate to his heirs. In 1847, he removed from Washington, Ga., to Nixburg, Coosa County, but after the War of Secession located in Texas. He was a major of cavalry in the Florida Indian Wars, 1833, his regiment being commanded by Col. Robert Toombs of Georgia. In 1861 he was a member of the Alabama Secession convention; a Whig in politics and opposed to the State's withdrawal from the Union, but finally yielded and voted with the majority for the inevitable. He was a Methodist; and Mason. Married: (1) December 2, 1829 to Sarah Frances, daughter of Joseph and Mrs. Anne (Grinnage) Beard Marshall, of Columbia County, Ga. ; granddaughter of Levi Marshall; great-granddaughter of 1037 Daniel Marshall, a pioneer Baptist minister and closely related to Chief Justice John Marshall, niece of Dr. Nathan Crawford, who was grandfather of Senator Charles Culberson of Texas, and also related to Gov. Crawford, W. H. Crawford, and Nathan Crawford Barrett, notable characters in Georgia's political history; (2) April 14, 1835, to Jane Daniel, also of Georgia; (3) to Eliza Townsend of Alabama. Children: by the first marriage, 1. Joseph Marshall, graduate Jefferson medical college, Philadelphia, surgeon in the Confederate Army, Nixburg; 2. John Borum, III, planter, lieutenant. C. S. Army, m. L. A. Smith, daughter of Alexander Smith of Coosa County, a member Alabama legislature before the War of Secession, resided at Alexander City; by the second marriage, 3. Mary Ann, m. Alexander Kendrick; 4. William Daniel, died of fever in Virginia as a Confederate soldier; 5. Eliza J., m. A. M. Kendrick; 6. Thomas C., killed at the battle of South Mountain, fighting with the Confederates; 7. Sarah, m. John A. Smith; by the third marriage, 8. Kate E., m. M. H. Harris, Freestone County, Texas; 9. Alice L., m. W. P. Oden, Sylacauga; 10. Ellen, m, A. J. Oden, Sylacauga. Last residence: Woodland, Texas. [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] LEWIS, .THOMAS H., major of Lewis' battalion Alabama cavalry, C. S. Army. [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] LEVERT, ENGENE V., grand master, grand council, Masons, 1866-67. [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] LITTLETON, CHARLES, Revolutionary Soldier. Died March 29th, 1848, at 3 o'clock P. M. Aged about 103 or 105 years. Mrs. P. H. Mell, in Alabama Historical Society, Transactions, vol. iv, p. 554. There is a discrepancy in the age given in the official records and on his tomb. [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] LITTLETON, JESSE TALBOT, college professor and dean, was born October 27, 1856, at Portsmouth, Norfolk County, Va.; son of Oscar and Martha Elizabeth (Bernard) Littleton, the former a native of Leesburg, Loudoun County, Va., who later by virtue of his being a Methodist minister, lived at a number of Virginia towns, being both pastor and presiding elder during his career; grandson of Thomas and Elizabeth (Buffington) Littleton, also of Lees- burg, and of Overton and Martha Jane (Thomas) Bernard of Portsmouth, Va. The Bernard ancestry sprang from French Huguenot stock that belonged to the old aristocracy. The Buffingtons were New England people and the Littletons were of English ancestry. Dr. Littleton received his preparatory education in his home from his father. He later attended Locustville and Onancock academies in Accomac County, Va. He graduated with the A. M. degree in 1880 from Randolph-Macon, where he won the writer's prize in the college magazine, and also the mathematics prize and the Pace medal for the best English essay. He was for two years at Sauveur College des Langues, Amherst, Mass., and attended summer schools in Paris and Brussels. In 1877 he was assistant . in Greek at Randolph-Macon; was professor of modern languages Wesleyan female college, Murfreesboro, N. C., 1881-83; taught Greek and German at Wofford college, S. C., 1883-86; principal of Belle Haven academy, 1887-90; taught English and modern languages in the Danville college for young ladles, 1890-93; and English and modern languages at Emory Henry, Va., 1893-98. He also taught modern languages at the Southern university, Greensboro, 1898-1910 and at Woman's college of Alabama, of which last institution he was also for several years the dean. Since 1914 he has been president of the Thomas industrial institute, Florida He was the founder of the Literary and scientific association at Greensboro. He is a Democrat and a Methodist. Author: "Story of Captain Smith and Pocahontas"; "My pet cage bird" "Spencer and Tennyson"; "The Drama"; "How shall I educate my girl"; "How shall I educate my boy"; "King Lear"; "The Idyls of the king'; "Our educational renaissance"; "Modern languages versus ancient." Married4 December 26, 1882, at Farmville, Va., to Lucile daughter of Leonidas and Martha Woodward (Chandler) Rosser of Portsmouth, Va.; granddaughter of John A. and Christina Elizabeth (Nollner) Chandler, the former a lawyer of Norfolk, Va., who was a member of the house of delegates from his county in 1831-32, president of the Virginia bank of Portsmouth great-granddaughter of Kincher and Mary Rosser Henry, and of Jane Nollner. The Nollners were originally of German stock. Children: 1 Martha Elizabeth, M. A., University of Illinois professor of French and German, Galloway college, Ark.; 2. Jesse Talbot, jr., Ph. D., University of Wisconsin; assistant professor of physics, University Michigan, Ann Arbor m Bessie Cook; 3. Leonidas, Ph. D., University of Illinois, professor of chemistry, Emory- Henry college, Va.; 4. Oscar Emory; 5. Lulie Bernard; 6. Wilbur Fisk; 7. Norman Lunnison; 8. Wallace Duncan. Residence: DeFuniak Springs, Fla. [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] LLOYD, FRANCIS ERNEST, botanist, a resident of Alabama, 1908-12, was born October 4, 1868, at Manchester, Eng.; son of Edward and Leah (Pierce) Lloyd, both natives of Wales, who removed to the United States about 1882. He was educated at the Liverpool institute, England; York collegiate institute, Pennsylvania; Lafayette college, Easton, Pa., A. B., 1891; and Princeton university, A. M., 1895, studied at Munich, 1898, and at Bonn, 1901. He was instructor in biology at Williams college, 1891-92; professor in biology and geology, 1892-95, and biology, 1895-97, at Pacific university, Forest Grove, Ore.; adjunct professor of biology, Teacher's college, Columbia university, 1897-1906; staff member of Desert botanical laboratory, Carnegie institution of Washington, 1906; instructor, Harvard summer school, 1907; cytologist, Arizona agricultural experimental station, 1907; director of the department of investigation, Continental-Mexican rubber company, 1907-08; professor of botany and plant physiologist, Alabama polytechnic institute and Alabama agricultural exprimental station, 1908- 12; and is now McDonald professor of botany, McGlll university, Montreal. He was the editor of The Plant World, 1905-08, and is the author of various books and papers on botanical subjects. He is a Mason. Married: May 18, 1903, to Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Lucinda (Wotton) Hail, respectively of Northfield and Boston, Mass. Children: 1. Mary Elizabeth, deceased; 2. Francis Ernest L., jr.; 3. David Pierce C. Residence: Montreal. [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] LLOYD, WILLIAM R., former secretary of the State tax commission [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] LOCKETT, SAMUEL HENRY, educator, civil engineer, was born July 7, 1837, in Mecklen- berg County, Va., and died October 12, 1891, at Bogota, United States of Colombia. He moved to Alabama with his father when he was a child; was graduated from Howard college at (.he age of sixteen; and in 1854, was appointed a cadet from Alabama to the U. S. military academy, at West Point. He was graduated with the second highest rank in his class, 1859; was made second lieutenant of engineers; appointed an assistant professor at West Point; and assisted in the construction of Forts Pn- laski and Jackson, near Savannah, until his resignation, which immediately followed the secession of Alabama. He was made a major in the engineering corps of the army of the state of Alabama, in February, 1861, and served with Gen. Bragg at Pensacola, Fla., until August, 1861; succeeded Gen. J. F. Gilmer a« chief engineer of the C. S. army, with the rank of captain upon the staff of Gen. A, S. Johnston; and at the battle of Shiloh acted with gallantry on the field. Promoted to major, he served on the staff of Gen. Pemberton as chief engineer, participating in the battle of Baker's Creek, constructing and improving the defenses of Vicksburg. and performed important duty all through the siege. After his exchange as one of the Vicksburg garrison, he served with distinction on the staff of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, and during 1864-1865 had charge of the defenses of Mobile, which he constructed with such ability as to win a wide reputation as an engineer. He also planned and partly constructed the defenses of Pensacola, Corinth, Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and 1061 Jackson. At the close of the war, he surrendered with the troops of Gen. Richard Taylor. After the war he became professor of mathematics and natural sciences at Judson institute, Marion. 1865-1867; professor of mechanics and engineering, and commandant of cadets, Louisiana State university, 1867-1873, and director of the Louisiana topographical survey, 1869-1873; was president of a school in Alabama, 1874-1875; was colonel of engineers in the Egyptian Army, 1875-1877. Upon his return to this country, he became professor of engineering and mechanics in the University of Tennessee; was principal assistant engineer to Gen. C. P. Stone in the placing of the Bartholdi statue of liberty, 1883-1884; constructed water and gas works in various cities of the United States, 1884-1888; was sent to Chili in 1888, and secured a twenty million dollar contract for the North and South American construction company; was appointed chief engineer to construct water works by the United States of Colombia, and was holding that position at the time of his death. Last residence: Bogota, United States of Colombia. [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] LOCKHART, H. C., lieutenant colonel of Lockhart's battalion, Alabama Exempts, during the War of Secession. [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] LODOR, JOHN A., grand master, grand lodge. Masons, 186? [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] LONGSTREET, JAMES, soldier, was born in Edgefield District, S. C., January 8, 1821, and died January 2, 1904; son of James and Mary Ann (Dent) Longstreet of New Jersey and Maryland respectively. He removed with his parents to Alabama in 1831 and was appointed from that State to the U. S. military academy at West Point, where he was graduated in 1842 and assigned to the Fourth U. S. infantry, and served in the Indian and Mexican wars. He rose to the rank of lieutenant-general, C. S. Army, and was accredited to Alabama for his whole Confederate service. After the war he united with the Republican party; was appointed purveyor of customs at New Orleans by President Grant; later was supervisor of internal revenue of Louisiana; postmaster at Gainesville, Ga.; U. S. minister to Turkey; U. S. marshal for district of Georgia; and after 1897, was commissioner of Pacific railroads. Married: (1) March 8, 1848, to Maria Louise Garland of Lynchburg, Va., who d. December 28, 1889; and (2) September 8, 1897, to Helen Dortch, of Atlanta, Ga. Last 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; Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer] LORIMORE, T. B., minister of the Christian church. Residence: Mars Hill. [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] LOVELL, WILLIAM S., major, 1st battalion Georgia infantry regiment, C. S. Army; major, 36th, Villepigue's, Georgia infantry regiment; major, 1st Confederate infantry regiment, formerly the 36th Georgia. [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] LOVEMAN, ROBERT, lyric poet and author, was born April 11, 1864, at Cleveland, Ohio; son of David Reuben and Esther (Schwartz) Loveman, the latter the daughter of Alexander Schwartz, all natives of Hungary, the parents coming to America during the early eighties. He received his academic education in th« schools of Crawford and Dalton, Ga., and graduated from the University of Alabama with the A. M. degree, later studying and traveling abroad. He has for the past twenty-five years contributed to the highest class magazines. He has published several books of verse, 1889, 1893, 1897, 1900, among them, "A book of verse;" "The gate of silence," 1905; "Songs from a Georgia garden;" "The blushful South," 1909, "On the way to Willowdale," 1912; "Sonnets of the strife, 1917. Reviewers both in America and England, have given Mr. Loveman's poems the very highest praise, and have compared his work to the greatest lyric poets. His poem "The rain song," has been declared by the critics to be "one of the best songs in American poetry, and the most widely copied poem since the days of Longfellow and Tennyson." Unmarried. Residence: Dalton, Ga. [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] LUCAS, JOHN, soldier of the American Revolution, private, particular service not disclosed; enrolled on January 10, 1837, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832; annual allowance, $20; no record made of any payment. — Pension Book, State Branch Bank, Mobile. [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] LUCAS, RANDOLPH, soldier of the American Revolution, private, particular service not disclosed; enrolled on January 10, 1837, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832; annual allowance, $20; no record of any payment having been made. — Pension Book, State Branch Bank, Mobile. [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] WADDELL, BOSWELL DEGRAFFENRIED. lawyer, was born August 25, 1865, at Columbus, Muscogee County, Ga.; son of James Flemming and Adelaide Victoria (deGraffenried) Waddell, the former who was a native of Hillsboro, N. C., served during the Mexican War as a second lieutenant in the Twelfth U. S. infantry, was appointed U. S. consul to Matamoros, Mexico, was captain of a company in the Sixth Alabama regiment, and raised a battalion of artillery, was captured at Vicksburg, Miss., was paroled and served until the close of the war; grandson of Haynes Waddell who served as first lieutenant in the War of 1812, and of Dr. Edward and Martha (Kirkland) deGraffenried of Columbus, Ga.; great-grandson of Hugh Waddell who married the daughter of Gen. Francis Nash, the later who was killed at the battle of Germantown in the Revolutionary War; great- great- grandson of Gen. Hugh Waddell who was a colonial officer and resided in North Carolina. The deGraffenrieds came from Switzerland and settled in New Berne, N. C., and the Kirklands came from Scotland, settling near Wilmington, Ky. Mr. Waddell was educated at Columbus and at Seale. He studied law; was admitted to the bar in April, 1887, at Seale; became a delegate to the constitutional convention of 1901, serving on the committees on militia and local legislation in that body; at the general election of November, 1902, was elected to the legislature; and was re-elected in 1903. He is a Democrat; an Episcopalian; and a member of the Society of the Cincinnati of North Carolina. Residence: Seale.  [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] WADDELL, JAMES FLEMING, lawyer, soldier, consul and probate judge, was born in 1826, in Hillsboro, N. C., and came to Alabama when a young man; was appointed 2nd lieutenant in the 12th U. S. infantry, and served in the Mexican war; was appointed consul to Matamoros in 1849, and was wounded in the attack on the town by Caravajal's men, in 1851; enlisted in the C. S. Army as captain of a company in the 6th Alabama infantry regiment, but later organized a light battery; served his guns at Baker's Creek and at Vicksburg where he was captured; was later promoted to the rank of major, and commanded a battalion consisting of Barrett's, Bellamy's, and Emery's batteries, and doing faithful service in the Dalton-Atlanta campaign. He was appointed probate judge of Russell County in 1865, and elected in 1866, serving in this capacity until 1868. He practiced law in Seale during his later years. Last residence: Seale.  [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] WAILES, WILLIAM EDWIN, soldier, merchant and author, was born August 12, 1837, at Salisbury, Wicomlco County, Md., and died September 28, 1910, at Dalton, Ga.; son of Dr. William Handy and Sarah Ann (Leonard) Wailes, the former of Salisbury, graduate of the Baltimore medical college, and eminent physician for many years; grandson of Benjamin and Anna (Handy) Wailes, who lived at Handy Hall, Somerset County, Md., the former a native of Scotland who, in 1770, settled in Somerset County, Md., the latter a descendant of Samuel Handy, native of England, who came in 1675, in the bark "Assurance" from London to Maryland, and whose descendant was a signer 1713 of the Declaration of Independence, of Maryland, July 26,  1775, and of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Stanford) Leonard, who lived in Somerset County, ancestors of the former coming from the north of Ireland; great-great-grandson of Joseph Leonard, a Protestant, who, for religious reasons, came to Maryland, settling in Somerset County, the plantation which he bought being still in the possession of his descendants. Mr. Wailes received his academic education in the private schools in Salisbury; was a clerk there and in Baltimore. In January, 1860, he came to Selma, and was a book-keeper until the beginning of the War of Secession. From November, 1866 to January, 1873, he was a member of a dry goods firm, but afterwards, in 1890, joined a company of cotton commission merchants; was director of the City national bank, and for thirteen years director in the Central city insurance company. During many years he was a trustee of the Dallas academy, and chairman of the board of education of Selma. In November, 1861, he joined the Confederate Army as a member of Captain S. J. Murphy's company of cavalry. In May, 1862, he was promoted to a second lieutenancy, Co. F, 3d Alabama cavalry. After the battle of Murphreesboro he was promoted to a majority and joined the staff of Major-General Joseph Wheeler, having acted as his assistant staff adlutnnt for some months. After the battle of Bentonville, again he was promoted lieutenant-colonel and chief of staff to Gen. Wheeler. He was vice- president and later president of the Dallas County United Confederate veterans and vice- president of the State association of veterans. He was a demitted Mason; a Democrat; and a Methodist. Author: "Campaign of Wheeler and his cavalry," 1898. The facts contained in this narrative of the operations of Wheeler and his cavalry were furnished by General Wheeler himself and compiled by Col. Wailes and others of Wheeler's itaff, the greater part of the data being from private papers which Col. Wailes had preserved from the time of war, for his personal library. Married: December 22, 1864, at Plantersville, Dallas County, to Georgia, daughter of Thomas Stanford and Emily Stanford (McGee) Driskell, who lived on a plantation home at Plantersville, Mrs. Wailes' paternal and maternal ancestors were descendants of David and Elizabeth Stanford of Somerset County, Md. Children: 1. Laura Stanford, m. David K. McKamy, Dalton, Ga.; 2. Sarah E.; 3. Will D., Dalton, Ga.; 4. Catherine Eugenia, m. Norris N. Smith, Rome, Ga.; 5. William Edwin, m. Cleo Johnson, Hattiesburg, Miss. Last residence: Dalton, Ga. [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] WALLER, CHARLES E., speaker of the house of representatives, State of Alabama, 1898-99. Residence: Greensboro.   [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] WANNAMAKER, OLIN DANTZLER, teacher for about four years a teacher in Alabama, was born July 16, 1875, at Bamberg, Barnwell County, S. C.; son of Francis Marion and Eleanor Margaret (Bellinger) Wannamaker of South Carolina. He received his early education in the public schools of St. Matthews. Wofford college, Spartanburg, S. C 1896; M. A., Vanderbilt university, 1900, and Harvard university, 1902; post-graduate work at Johns Hopkins university, 1908-09 and Columbia university, 1911-12. He has been connected with various colleges in the United States and China; was head of the department of English, Alabama polytechnic institute, 1911- 14; and on leaving Alabama went to Dallas university. Married: February 7, 1907, at Canton, China, to Katharine Miller, daughter of Edward Sackett and Charlotte Elizabeth (Chandler) Hume, of New Haven, Conn., and Bombay, India. Residence: Dallas, Tex.  [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] WARDEN, SAMUEL, soldier of the American Revolution, aged 84, resided in Benton County, June 1, 1840, with David Barnwell. — Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 148. [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] WARNER, WILLARD, U. S. senator, was born September 4, 1826, in Granville, O., and died November 23, 1906, in Chattanooga, Tenn. He was raised on a farm and was graduated at Marietta college, Ohio, 1845. Four years later he struck out for California and dug gold for several years, after which he returned to Ohio and built and managed a machine plant at Newark. He entered the U. S. Army as major of the Seventy-sixth Ohio infantry regiment, December 3, 1861; was promoted to lieutenant colonel, December 15, 1863; served as inspector general on the staff of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman; appointed colonel of the One Hundred and Eightieth Ohio volunteer infantry, October 27, 1864; brevet brigadier general of volunteers "for gallant and meritorious service in the Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina campaigns," March 13, 1865; and major general "for gallant and meritorious conduct during the war, March 13, 1865." After the close of the War of Secession, he served in the Ohio state senate, 1865-1867; located in Alabama in 1867 and engaged in planting and raising cotton; was elected to the Alabama state legislature, 1868; elected to the U. S. senate as a Republican, June 25, 1868, and served until March 3, 1871; served as collector of customs of the port of Mobile, 1871-1875; was appointed by President Grant as governor of New Mexico, but declined the appointment; went into the iron business in Alabama and organized the Tecumseh Iron Company in 1873, acting as president and manager of the company until 1890 when the plant was shut down; moved to Tennessee, where some years before he had built other blast furnaces; settled in Chattanooga where he became identified with various interests; was elected to the Tennessee legislature in 1900; and in 1905 served one term as commander of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Last residence: Chattanooga, Tenn. [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] WARREN, JAMES M., major 22nd battalion Alabama cavalry, C. S. Army, lieutenant colonel, 5th Alabama cavalry, C. S. Army .  [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] WARREN, WILLIAM H., captain of Warren's battalion, Alabama cavalry, C. S. Army.  [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] WEAKLEY, JAMES HARVEY, surveyor-general of Alabama, was born in 1798 in Halifax County, Va., and died in 1856, in New Orleans; eldest Eton of Samuel and Sarah (Vaughn) Weakley, of Halifax County, who removed to Tennessee in 1799; grandson of William Vaughn, and wife, a Miss Barksdale, of Halifax, and of Capt. Robert Weakley and wife, who was a Miss McCarthy, the former a Revolutionary soldier, in Halifax, Va., whose second wife was Jane Locke, of Salisbury, N. C.; brother of Gen. Samuel Davies Weakley (q. v.). The first American ancestor of this branch of the Weakley family was from Devonshire, England, who settled in Cumberland County, Pa,, about 1735. He was educated at the Cumberland university; studied surveying under his father, who laid off Nashville and was one of its settlers. In 1817, Judge Weakley was appointed by Gen. John Coffee, surveyor of public lands in Alabama and took up his residence at Huntsville, where he served under Gen. Coffee until the death of the latter, after which Pres. Andrew Jackson appointed him to the office of surveyor-general. This office was abolished in 1851, and he removed to New Orleans where he engaged in the cotton business until his death. He was a Demcorat; and an Episcopalian. Married: in 1830 at Huntsville, to Ellen M. Donegan, a native of Ireland, who after Judge Weakley's death, entered the convent of St. Cecilia, at Nashville. No children. Last residence: New Orleans. [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] WEBB, JAMES DANIEL, lawyer, legislator and Confederate brigadier-general, was born February 26, 1818, in Lincoln County, N. C., and died July 19, 1863, on Elk River, Tenn.; son of Henry Young and Elizabeth (Forney) Webb (q. v.). He came to Alabama with his parents in infancy, and after completing a college course read law under Pleasant N. Wilson, in Livingston and in Hillsboro, N. C.; entered upon the practice at Greensboro, 1838; represented Greene County in the legislature of 1843 and 1851; State senator, 1853; was on the Bell electoral ticket of 1860, and elected a member of the secession convention, over his brother; member constitutional convention, 1861, and signed the ordinance of secession; and trustee University of Alabama, 1858-63. At the beginning of hostilities between the States he entered the 5th Alabama regiment as a private, but was promoted to quartermaster and served in this capacity for a year. He assisted in raising the 51st Alabama cavalry, and was appointed lieutenant-colonel, acting as regimental commander a great deal of the time, owing to the absence of Colonel Morgan on detached service. While his regiment was guarding the rear of General Bragg's retreat on Chattanooga, July 2, 1863, and skirmishing on Elk River, he was mortally wounded and captured. Two weeks later he died from pneumonia incident to his wounds, being promoted brigadier-general just prior to his death. Married: August 2, 185—, Jestina I. Walton. Children: 1. Jessie, m. Cocke; 2. Minnie C. Last residence: Greensboro.  [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] WEBB, JOHN COX, planter and Confederate officer, was born in Hillsboro, N. C., where he was educated at the military institute. Leaving school in May, 1861, he entered the Confederate service, and was sent to Fort Macon, N. C., as a drill master, and later to Norfolk, Va., where he was engaged In drilling the Third North Carolina infantry regiment. In 1862, he assisted in raising the Orange light artillery with which he served first as a private, later being promoted to orderly-sergeant, and finally to first lieutenant, and was in command of the battery at the close of the war. He participated in the battles of Seven Pines and Galnes' Mill, in Virginia, and later was on duty in North Carolina. He served against Sherman in the spring of 1865. In June, 1866, he removed from Hillsboro, N. C., to Demopolis, and engaged in planting. He held the rank of major on the staff of General Harrison, commanding the Alabama division, United Confederate veterans. Married: in December, 1870, to Sallie C. Creagh, of Demopolis. Children: five. Residence: Demopolis.  [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] WEBB, LUCIUS de YAMPERT, physician and planter, was born at Greensboro, June 18, 1846; son of John Henry Young and Julia (de Yampert) Webb. He was a student at the University of Alabama, 1863-64, and graduated in the medical department of the University of New York, and practiced in Greensboro. Married: February 21, 1883, to Sarah Christian Brown. [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] Copyright © 2006-2009 Genealogy Trails All Rights Reserved