LOCKE, HUGH ALLEN, lawyer,was born February 9, 1885, near Moscow,
Fayette County; son of Robert and Susannah Francannah (Crenshaw) Locke,
the former a native of Murfreesboro, Tenn., who lived at different
places in that state, who served four years as a Confederate soldier,
and was a civil engineer and a farmer. The grandson of David Shelton and
Clarissa Caroline Crenshaw, who lived near Memphis, Tenn., and of Robert
Locke, who was from the north of Ireland, of Scotch descent, came to
America and finally settled near Memphis, Tenn., where he became a
planter. The Crenshaws are of Welsh descent, and settled in North
Carolina. Judge Locke was educated in the grammar and high schools of
Somerville, Tenn. He graduated from Birmingham college, 1905, B. S.;
from Vanderbilt university, LL.B., 1907, and the same year began the
practice of law in Birmingham. He served as assistant solicitor of
Jefferson County from January, 1911, to April, 1914; was elected judge
of the tenth judicial circuit of Jefferson County, January, 1916; and is
a trustee of the Birmingham-Southern college. He is a Democrat; a member
of the Methodist Episcopal church, south; is a Mason; a Shriner; A Odd
Fellow; Knight of Pythias; Woodman of the World; and a MacCabee. He is
unmarried. Residence: Birmingham.
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
