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LEIGH, JOHN
DAVID, lawyer, circuit judge, was born
June 25, 1872, at Pollard, Escambia County; son of Norvelle Robertson and
Catherine (Burnett) Leigh (q. v.). He was educated at Brewton collegiate
institute, and was graduated from the law school of the University of Alabama,
1894. He entered the practice of law at Brewton, July 21, 1894; has acted as
solicitor for fourteen years; and is now judge of the twenty-first judicial
circuit composed of the counties of Monroe, Conecuh, Escambia and Baldwin. He
has been county chairman of the Democratic executive committee for twenty- seven
years; is a trustee and steward in the Methodist Episcopal church, South; and a
Knight of Pythias. Married: February 26, 1908, at Brewton, to Mabel, daughter of
William and Florence Crook, who lived at that place. Children: 1. Catherine
Burnett, b. 1909. Residence: Brewton.
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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