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Butler
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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
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
