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CALDWELL, Dr. HENRY
M - The Chief Pioneer of Birmingham
Passes Over to Rest
Dr. H. M. Caldwell was stricken some months ago, and his
illness at that time excited grave apprehensions; but when he so far
recovered, under treatment of the highest medical skill, as to
appear again on the streets, hopes of his entire recovery were
indulged. Several days ago, however, he was stricken with paralysis,
and it became evident to his sorrowing friends that death was
hovering near. At 11:45
Wednesday night, in the presence of all his family except one
daughter, the end came – Dr. Caldwell was at
rest.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Henry Martin Caldwell was
born at Greenville, this state, in 1836,
and was therefore 59 years old when he died. His father was John C.
Caldwell, a native of North
Carolina, who moved to Alabama with his young wife,
Elizabeth Beck, before the state had been long in the union. His father died in 1870 and
his mother the next year.
He was educated at the schools of Greenville, receiving a good education and at
the age of 21 graduated in medicine at the University of
Pennsylvania. Returning to Greenville
after his graduation he began the practice of his chosen profession,
meeting with splendid success.
While yet a very young man he was married to Miss Milner, a
sister of Maj. W. J. Milner of this city, and as the result of his
union he has tow sons and two daughters, Charles H. and John Mr.
Caldwell, and Mrs. Charles O. Locke and Mrs. Johnson, all of whom
are still living. Mrs.
Caldwell died the latter part of August 1894, after a short
illness.
Dr. Caldwell was thoroughly imbued with the polities
prevailing in his section and which matured into the formation of
the Confederacy. At the beginning of the war he entered the medical
department of the army and until the surrender served in the army
mostly with the Thirty-third Alabama infantry. After the surrender
he returned to that practice of medicine at Greenville. Early in the 70’s he removed
with his family to Birmingham and in 1875 was elected
president of Elyton Land Company, the most potent factor in the
growth and development of this city and district. He was reelected present
annually and served in that capacity until about two months ago when
he resigned on account of failing
health.
He has been identified with the industrial development of
Birmingham from the very foundation
of the city, and has had more to do in shaping the policy of Elyton
Land Company and fixing the prices of real estate in this city than
perhaps any other man. He was stockholder and director in a great
many of the enterprises that have existed here and which contributed
to the prosperity of Birmingham, and was the largest
individual property holder in the city. Hew as president and the
larges stockholder in the company that built the Caldwell Hotel, a
director in the Highland Avenue and Belt Railroad company, in the
Birmingham Trust and Savings company, Williamson Iron company,
Birmingham Iron Works, Birmingham water Works company and various
other enterprises.
Dr. Caldwell was a member of the First Presbyterian church of
this city, and belonged to the order of Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons. He was strictly temperate, energetic, prudent and
faithful.
He devoted the best energies of this life to the enhancement
of the interests of the company of which he was president and to the
up building of the city.
Source: Hamilton
News Press, Marion County AL, August 15, 1895 - Transcribed by
Veneta McKinney
LINTON, JOHN , soldier of the American Revolution,
aged 76 years, and a resident of Butler County; private N. C.
Militia and State Troops; enrolled on Oct 19, 1833, under act of
Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual
allowance, $76.66. — Revolutionary Pension Roll, in part 3, vol.
xiii. Sen. doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in
Butler County, June 1, 1840, with Hugh Linton, aged 82.— Census of
Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.
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
LITTLE, JOHN BUCKNER, educator
and editor, was born October 10, 1861; son of John G. and Sophronia
E. (Howell) Little, of Greenville. He entered the University of
Alabama in 1879, and received the degrees of A. B., 1883, and A. M.,
1886, from this institution. He was assistant professor of
chemistry. University of Alabama, 1883-87; president, South Alabama
institute, Greenville, 1887-90; principal, Military academy,
Huntsville, 1890-91; editor, "Tuscaloosa Times," 1886, "True
Democrat," 1888, "State Review," 1895-96; later a teacher in Butler
County. Author: "History of Butler County," 1885. Married: in 1890,
to Lula Duncan, of Huntsville. Residence: Butler
County.
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
LITTLE, JOHN GOODWIN, farmer,
was born December 3, 1825, near Ridgeville, Butler County, deceased;
son of Amos and Elizabeth (Hays) Little, who came from Union
District, S. C., to Butler County in 1820, later moving to Conecuh
County; grandson of John and Martha (Manning) Little, and of Thomas
Norris and Cansody (Goodwin) Hays, all of Union District, S. C. The
Hays, Little and Manning families were all of Irish stock, having
come from near Cork, Ireland, to Maryland, prior to the
Revolutionary war. Mr. Little was reared on a farm, and received a
limited education in the country schools. In 1846, he became
employed as overseer with Col. Estey of Mississippi for eighteen
months; later invested in land near Cedar, Butler County; during the
War of Secession raised provisions for the army; engaged in farming
for five years after the war; moved to Monterey, where he lived for
fifteen years; and in 1888 moved to Greenville, where he lived in
retirement. He was a Democrat and a Baptist. Married: December 22,
1855, to Sophronia Elizabeth Howell, who died January 10, 1892.
Children: 1. Theresa Jenelia, m. Dr. Jabes J. Garrett; 2. Susan
Elizabeth, m. William Andrew Jackson Stuart; 3. John Buckner, who
was assistant professor of chemistry, University of Alabama,
1883-1887, president of the Southern Alabama institute, Greenville,
1887-1890, principal of the Military academy at Huntsville,
1890-1891, editor of the "Tuscaloosa Times," 1886, of the "True
Democrat," 1888, of the "State Review," 1895-1896, and author of
"History of Butler County," m. Lula Mary Duncan; 4. Annie B., m. Dr.
Frank H. Mason; 5. Charles Town, merchant, m. Eugene McDowell. Last
residence: Butler County.
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, BENJAMIN, primitive
Baptist minister and compiler of hymns, was born October 6, 1804, in
Talbot County, Ga., and died January 14, 1860. in Greenville; son of
John E. and Elizabeth Lloyd. His paternal ancestors came from Wales
with William Penn chiefiy settling in Virginia, though members of
the original family remained in Pennsylvania, others settled in
Maryland, one branch continuing southward from Virginia. Benjamin
Lloyd was a minister of the gospel, in the Primitive Baptist church.
Under President Buchanan's administration, he was receiver of the
land office of the United States, at Greenville. He was major of
militia in the Indian War of 1836. Author: "Primitive hymns"; "The
primitive hymns, spiritual songs, and sacred poems, regularly
selected, classified and set in order, and adapted to social
singings and all occasions of Divine Worship." Married: February 22,
1832, at Eatonton, Ga., to Naomi Ann, daughter of Elder Cary and
Martha (Roundtree) Cox, who lived at Eatonton. The family of
Roundtrees lived in Edgefield District, S. C. Children: 1. John
Franklin, Confederate soldier, died from wounds received in battle
of Chickamauga, Tenn., m. Mary Eliza Lee; 2. Cary Chapelle (q. v.),
Confederate soldier and Baptist minister, m. (1) Susan M. Lee, (2)
'Julia A. Snelgrove; 3. Joseph Lafayette, Baptist minister, m. (1)
Mary Ann Henderson; (2) Lucy Payne; 4. Columbus James, d. in
infancy; 5. Eugene Emory, d. unmarried; 6. Benjamin, jr.,
Confederate soldier, killed during War of Secession in railroad
accident, near Cleveland, Tenn., September 9, 1862; 7. Frances
Elizabeth, d. in infancy; S.William Holt, Confederate soldier, m.
Mary Frances Reynolds; 9. Andrew Jackson, Confederate soldier,
killed at the battle of Richmond, Va., July 2, 1862; 10. Wylie
Willis, Confederate soldier, m. Carrie Cooper; 11. Jesse Cox,
Confederate soldier, m. Mattie Eliza Reynolds; 12. Orren Datus,
Confederate soldier, m. Mary E. Norvell; 13. Milton Stephens,
Confederate soldier, m. Melissa Harwell; 14. Martha Ann Eliza, d.
young; 15. Ichabod David, m. Mary Hundley; 16. Fannie Joe, m. Y. C.
Norris; 17. Thomas Jefferson, m. (1) Fannie Perryman, (2) unknown;
18. James Buchanan (q. v.), m. (1) Maggie Herbert Adams, (2) Sallie
Barnett Adams; 19. Albert Adams, m. Lena Brown. Last residence:
Greenville.
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, CARY CHAPPELLE, physician,
was born April 2, 1834, at Talbotton, Talbot County, Ga. ; son of
Rev. Benjamin and Naomi Ann (Cox) Lloyd (q. v.). He received his
academic education in the common schools of the period and completed
his medical studies at the Jefferson medical colleges, Philadelphia,
Perin., and Atlanta, Ga., graduating with honors in 1856, at the age
of twenty-two, at the latter institution. He entered upon the
practice of his profession at Greenville, the following year. He
enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861, at the outbreak of the War
of Secession, Co. D, 17th Alabama cavalry regiment, and was made
assistant regimental quartermaster with the rank of captain of
cavalry. He is a Democrat, an ordained minister of the Missionary
Baptist church, and was clerk of the Alabama Baptist association for
twenty-five years. Married: April 28, 1858, at Mt. Willing, Lowndes
County, to Susan Miller, daughter of Rev. David and Mary (Coleman)
Lee of that place. Children: 1. Carrie Lee, m. John R. Brooks,
Liberty, N. C.; 2. Francis Bartow, (q. v.) m. Sarah Lillian Carter,
Butler Springs; 3. Eleanor C., Greenville. Residence:
Greenville.
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, JAMES
BUCHANAN, merchant, was born February 2, 1857, near Old
Fort Dale, Butler County; son of Benjamin and Naomi Ann (Cox) Lloyd
(q. v.), the former who was born in Talbot County, Ga., emigrated to
Alabama in 1836, lived in several places in the state, was a
Primitive Baptist minister and the compiler of the "Primitive
Baptist Hymn Book," was a major of Alabama militia in the Indian war
of 1813, and receiver of the U. S. land office at Greenville under
Buchanan's administration; grandson of Cary and Martha (Roundtree)
Cox, of Eatonton, Ga. The Lloyds came from Wales with William Penn.
Mr. Lloyd was educated in the Greenville schools, and after leaving
school engaged in merchandising. He was postmaster at Pine Apple,
1891- 1897; and represented Wilcox County in the State legislature,
1911. He is a Democrat and a member of the Christian church.
Married: (1) November 8, 1882, to Maggie Herbert Adams, and (2)
December 28, 1892, to Sallle Barnett Adams; both daughters of :Dr.
David and Martha (Blankenship) Adams, of Pine Apple; granddaughters
of John and Mahalath (Atkins) Adams of Georgja, and of John and
Eliza (Carter) Blankenship. Children, by second marriage: 1. James
Adams. Residence: Pine Apple.
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
LOBMAN, NATHAN,
merchant, was born June 2, 1851, in New York City; son of Henry and
Theresa (Steiner) Lobman, natives, respectively, of Heidelberg,
Bavaria, and Tachan. Austria, who emigrated to New York in 1846 or
1847, and were married in that city, who came to Greenville in 1854,
and moved to Montgomery in 1861, the former of whom engaged in
cabinet making and merchandising until the death of his wife in
1876, when he went to Pineapple to live. He was educated in a school
taught by Col. Thomas Herbert in Greenville, and after leaving
school, clerked for two years in Greenville, for the firm of L. Bear
and company. In 1869, he moved to Montgomery where he conducted a
general store, and two years later moved to Pineapple, where he
opened a general store in partnership with L. Steiner. under the
firm name of Steiner and Lobman. After nineteen years in business
together at Pineapple, Mr. Lobman and Mr. Steiner opened a wholesale
drygoods house in Montgomery. Mr. Lobman was elected alderman of
Montgomery in April, 1903. He is a director in the Peoples cotton
factory, a director of the Commercial and industrial association,
and a trustee of the Jewish Temple. He is a Mason; an Odd Fellow; a
Knight of Pythias; a member of the National Union; and of the B'nai
B'rith. Married: January 14, 1884, to Carrie, daughter of Joseph
Pollock, of New York City. Children: 1. Theresa; 2. Walter; 3.
Myron; 4. Bernard. 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
LONG, JOHN LEE, business man, was born
January 12, 1868, at Greenville; son of John T. and Louisa (Thagard)
Long, who lived in Greenville; grandson of Solomon and Patience P.
(Warr) Long, and of Rev. Solomon Thagard. In early life, Mr. Long
clerked in a store, then went into business for himself as a cotton
buyer. He has served Greenville several times as councilman,
treasurer, and member of the school board: has been chairman of the
board of revenue for Butler County ; chairman of the Democratic
executive committee of Butler County; a member of the State
executive committee, and chairman of the congressional executive
committee; was a member of the constitutional convention of 1901;
became a member of the staff of Gov. Joseph F. Johnston with the
rank of lieutenant colonel; was elected to the State legislature in
1906, and was re-elected in 1910 and 1919; served in 1910 as
chairman of the campaign committee having in charge the successful
fight against the adoption of the proposed amendment to the State
constitution providing for constitutional prohibition; was appointed
chairman of the State tax commission in 1911, and held that position
until September, 1913, when he resigned to enter business in
Greenville. He is a Democrat and an Episcopalian. Married: May 23,
1900, to Sallie Dickerson of Greenville. Residence: Greenville.
LONG, JOHN R., merchant, was born August 25, 1835, in Pickens
County; son of Richard and Mary H. (Coleman) Long, natives of
Virginia, who moved first to South Carolina, and in 1828, to
Alabama, settling on a plantation in Pickens County, near
Pickensville, until the death of the former in 1858. His paternal
grandfather was born in Ireland, and his grandmother in England. He
began life for himself as a clerk for Drury Miller, a merchant at
Bridgeville, and remained Micro for three years, when, on the death
of his father, he returned home and took charge of the plantation,
at the same time conducting a farm of his own in Noxubee County,
Miss. He enlisted in the C. S. Army in 1861, joining Co. C,
Forty-first Alabama infantry, and remained in the service of the
commissary department until the latter part of 1864, when he was
discharged on account of disability for service. In 1866, he formed
a partnership in the mercantile business with Dr. A. M. Wilkins at
Pickensville, and at the same time formed a partnership with S. W.
Hood, at Franconia. He maintained the latter association until 1869,
when he sold his interest in the business at Franconia, and gave his
entire attention to the store in Pickensville, assuming full control
of the business in 1887. He was a township trustee for twenty years,
and is a Mason. Married: (1) in 1869, to Dora Stinson, who was born
in Pickens County, and died December, 1882, daughter of James and
Nancy (Cotton) Stinson; (2) in November, 1886, to Mary Archibald, a
native of Pleasant Ridge, Greene County. Children, by first
marriage: 1. Walter, b. in January, 1871, a graduate of Marion
military institute, 1892; 2. Julia, b. in March, 1873, attended
Judson college; 3. Lillie, b. in December, 1875, attended Judson
college; 4. John R., jr., b. in January, 1877, attended Pickensville
institute; 5. Drury, b. in July, 1881; by second marriage: 6. Annie,
b. in January, 1889. Residence: Pickensville.
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
MILNER, JOHN
COOPER of Vernon. Ala., was born May 28. 1868. at
Georgiana. Butler county. Ala., and is the son of John Ashley and
Sallie (Cooper) Milner, and the grandson of Pitt Sanders and
Parmelia N. (Parler) Milner respectively of Barnesville. Ga.. and of
Georgiana, Ala., and of Peter and Symantha (Moncrief) Cooper, of
Cooper's Station. Ala. The Milner family came originally from
England. One Captain John Milner. presumably an ancestor of John C.
Milner. served in the CaroIinas in the War of the Revolution. John
A. Milner. being a civil engineer, lived in various places in
Alabama. During the War period he was employed by the Confederate
Government in the manufacture of iron. John C. Milner, at various
times, attended several schools in different parts of Alabama; also
attended Moores' Business University in Atlanta, and in June, 1889,
he graduated from the Law Department of the University of Alabama,
and very soon thereafter he entered upon an active practice of law
in Birmingham. He was county solicitor of Lamar county, Ala.,
1891-1892, Mayor of Vernon, Ala.. 1895-1896. His only claim to
Military service is that of having been a private in Co. "M" Alabama
State Troops (as they were then called), in 1892-1894. He is a
Democrat, and was Chairman of Campaign Committee of Lamar County. He
was beat commissioner 1896-1898, delegate to most of the State
conventions, member of State Executive Committee. 1906-1910, and a
member of Congressional Executive Committee. 1906-1910. He joined
the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, in 1882. and has been a
steward in it continuously since 1896. He is a Mason; and Odd
Fellow; and a member of the A. T. O. fraternity. He was married.
June 29. 1892. at Vernon, Ala., to Adine Pearl Cobb, the daughter of
Roland Wallace and Laura Chappel (Price) Cobb, and the granddaughter
of Alexander Cobb, who was a member of the Alabama Legislature from
Fayette county during the entire war period. 1801-1865, and was
Judge of Probate of Lamar county from 1874 to the time of his death
in December, 1887. Source: Alabama Official and
Statistical Register - by Alabama Department of Archives and
History. Compiled by Thomas M. Owen, LL. D., Director , Montgomery,
Ala. THI Brown Printing Company 1911 - Transcribed and submitted by
Veneta McKinney
WAGSTER, WILLIAM, soldier of
the American Revolution, age not given, and a resident of Butler
County; private S. C. Continental Line; enrolled on July 16, 1819,
under act of Congress of March 18, 1818; payment to date from July
5, 1819; annual allowance, $96; suspended under act May 1, 1820.
Continued and transferred from Edgefield District, S. C., from
January 22, 1829. — Revolutionary Pension Roll. in vol. xiv, Sen.
Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34.
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
WATTS, JOHN WADE, lawyer, was born August
30, 1846, in Butler County, and died April 5, 1913; son of Gov.
Thomas Hill and Eliza B. (Allen) Watts (q. v.). He was educated in
the private schools of Montgomery, and graduated from the University
of Virginia, B. L., 1867. He served on the body-guard of Gen. E. W.
Rucker, C. S. Army, 1863; and on the staff of Gen. James H. Clanton,
1864, with the rank of captain. After the close of the War of
Secession he practiced law in partnership with his father in
Montgomery. He was a Democrat; and a Baptist. Married: June 5, 1872,
to Nannie Ross Sanders, of Un- iontown. Children: 1. Gabrlella,
deceased; 2. Sophia, secretary to commissioner of conservation; 3.
John; 4. Madge, m. Gaston Scott; 5. Polly; 6. Annie Campbell,
deceased; 7. Flournoy. Last 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
WATTS, THOMAS
HILL, lawyer, soldier, attorney-general, Confederate States
of America, and governor of Alabama, was born January 3, 1819, in
Butler County, about a mile from Fort Bibb and sixteen miles west of
the present town of Greenville, and died September 16, 1892, in
Montgomery; son of John Hughes and Prudence (Hill) Watts, the former
a native of Fauquier County, Va., who came to Alabama in 1819, later
becoming prominent planters, the latter of Clarke County, Ga.;
grandson of Thomas Watts of Virginia, who served in the
Revolutionary War under John Marshall, later chief justice of the
supreme court of the United States and of Thomas Hill, of Clarke
County, Ga. He was of Welsh and English descent. Governor Watts was
educated in the schools of Butler County and at Airy Mount academy,
Dallas County; and at the University of Virginia, where he graduated
in 1840, with honors. Though just out of college, he took an active
part in the presidential campaign of 1840, supporting Harrison
against Van Buren. In 1841, he was admitted to the bar at
Greenville, remaining there until 1847 when he removed to
Montgomery. He represented Butler in the legislature of 1842, 1844
and 1845. In 1848 he was an elector at large for General Taylor. In
1849 he was elected to the lower house from Montgomery County, and
in 1853 State senator from Montgomery and Autauga Counties. He was
the "Know Nothing" candidate for congress in 1856, but was defeated.
In 1860 he supported Bell and Everett. He was what was called a
Union man, but with the election of Lincoln on a purely sectional
platform, he changed his ideas and became a Secessionist and was
elected to the convention of 1861, with William L. Yancey
representing Montgomery County. He became chairman of the judiciary
committee and exerted much infiuence in the convention. He
maintained "that the power of the convention to interfere with the
constitution was confined to such changes as were necessary to the
perfect accomplishment of secession." Fleming says "Foreseeing war,
Watts proposed that the general assembly be given power to
confiscate the property of alien enemies, and also to suspend the
collection of debts due to alien enemies." In 1861 he received a
fiattering vote for governor, but was defeated by John Gill Shorter.
Upon the opening of hostilities he organized the 17th Alabama
infantry regiment, C. S. Army, and became its colonel. He saw
service with this organization at Pensacola, Fla., and Corinth,
Miss., while in command of his regiment at Corinth, President Davis
selected him as attorney-general for the Confederate government.
This honor was wholly unsolicited on his part. However, he
immediately resigned his command and proceeded to Richmond, where he
took the oath of office on April 9, 1862. Against his wishes he was
elected governor of Alabama in August, 1862, filling this position
from December, 1863, to the spring of 1865, the most trying period
through which the State has ever passed. It was during his term that
the clash between the state militia and conscription officers
occurred, and the meeting of southern governors to remonstrate
against the Confederate government's restriction of trade was held.
In the spring of 1865, Governor Watts, calling on the people to
renew their efforts against the invader, said in the New York Times,
April 4, 1865, "we hold more territory than a year ago, more of
Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Georgia is overrun but is ready to
rise. Our financial condition is better than four years ago. Arms,
commissary and quartermaster's stores are more abundant now." Soon
after the collapse of the Confederate government, Governors Shorter
and Watts were taken prisoners and confined in northern prisons.
Upon his return to Alabama he opened law offices in Montgomery. He
had formerly been associated in the practice with Jefferson F.
Jackson, afterwards U. S. district attorney for the southern
district, Thomas J. Judge and D. S. Troy. Before the war he had
accumulated a comfortable fortune, but with the cessation of
hostilities the Federal troops destroyed all his property, and he
was left a poor man, having to begin again to build up his property.
In June, 1872, he was one of the counsel for the defense in the case
of the United States vs. Smith, Pyland and Bozeman, one of the Ku
Klux cases. His speech before the jury was considered to be the
cause of the mistrial. Governor Watts never held office again with
the exception of 1880-81, when he represented Montgomery 1733 County
in the legislature. However he never ceased to be active in
politics. In 1868, upon his pardon by President Johnson, he
supported Seymour and Blair. In 1872 he urged the people to support
Horace Greeley, because of his considerate treatment of President
Davis. He supported Tilden for the presidency in 1876; Hancock in
1880; and Cleveland in 1884, 1888 and 1892. He was in 1889-90
president of the Alabama bar association. He was formerly a Whig,
but from 1868 acted with the Democratic party. He was a prominent
member of the Baptist church and contributed very liberally of his
means to its support. Married: (1) January 10, 1842, to Eliza B.
Allen, of Montgomery, daughter of Wade and Eliza (Sayre) Allen (q.
v.) ; (2) September, 1875, to Mrs. Ellen (Noyes) Jackson, widow of
one of his former partners, Jefferson F. Jackson. Children: by first
wife, 1. John Wade (q. v.), m. Nannie Ross Sanders; 2. Thomas Henry
(q. v.), m. Johness Bealle Eddins; 3. Florence, m. Col. Daniel S.
Troy (q. v.); 4. Catherine, m. Capt. Robert Collins; 5. Alice, m.
Alex Troy (q. v.) ; 6. Minnie Garrett, uritn. Last 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
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