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LACKLAND, JOHN T., lawyer, was born about 1852, in Virginia, and died December 26, 1914. He moved to Alabama when a young man; was admitted to the bar at Eutaw; located at Grove Hill in the practice of law; practiced for a number of years alone, then formed a partnership with Massey Wilson, which continued until the election of the latter as attorney general, 1902; was elected circuit judge in 1904; and re-elected for a term of six years, November 8, 1910.
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
LAGARIE, J. K., physician, graduate of the medical department of the University of New York, 1886. Residence: Forkland.
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
LAIRD, ORVILLE D., physician, was born January 20, 1840, in Columbus, Ga.; son of Dr. Orville P. and Nancy (Dyer) Laird, natives of Oneida County, N. Y., the former was a dentist, who lived in Georgia, and New York, removing in 1857 to Ohio, and later to Michigan. Dr. Laird was reared in New York, received a good academic education and began life as a clerk. In April, 1861, he enlisted in Co. E, Seventh Ohio infantry regiment, U. S. A.; later joined the. 116th New York infantry regiment; was promoted in 1863 to quartermaster's department; and in 1861, lieutenant of light artillery. In 1859, he graduated as M. D. from Ann Arbor, Michigan. After cessation of hostilities, he practiced in Tennessee, locating at Clinton, in 1866. He engaged in the railroad and furnace business in 1869; was appointed U. S. commissioner for the district court, northern district of Alabama; later moved to Cross Plains. Married: October 25, 1865, to Mary C., daughter of Rev. R. M. and Nancy (King) Stevens, natives of Tennessee. Children: 1. Harvey; 2. George Edgar; 3. James G. Residence: Cross Plains.
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
LEE, MOSES J., farmer, was born in 1830, in Greene County, Ga. ; son of Charles S. and Elizabeth (Broughton) Lee, natives of Greene County, Ga., who moved to Alabama in 1835, and settled in Chambers County, moved after a few years to Bullock County, then to Coffee County in 1850, and finally moved to Elba where they spent the remainder of their lives; grandson of William Lee, a native of Virginia, and a member of the distinguished Lee family of that state, who served in the. Revolutionary War, and moved from Virginia to Greene County, Ga., and of John H. Broughton, a South Carolinian, who moved to Greene County, Ga., and served in the Revolution. Mr. Lee was reared on a farm, received a common school education, and attended LaGrange male college. When he was twenty years of age, he began life for himself as a clerk in Bullock County; later he was for a time in the collecting business; then became occupied in farming. He was also, at different times, engaged in the mercantile business. During the War of Secession, as his four brothers and three brothers-in-law were in the C. S. Army, Mr. Lee remained at home to take care of the family. Later he entered the State service, and became captain of a company which performed provost duty. Married: in 1862, at Union Springs, to Georgia A. Coleman, a native of Morgan County, Ga., who was educated at Union Springs, daughter of James M. and Patience Coleman, natives of Wilkes and Morgan Counties, respectively, who moved to Bullock County in 1844, and to Coffee County in 1860, the former a merchant and planter who died in 1868, the latter who died in 1892, in Gainesville, Ga. Children: 1. Charles S.; 2. Robert E.; 3. Moses J.; 4. Lillie, deceased; 5. William J.; 6. Mary; 7. John C., deceased; 8. Jack D.; 9. Edward Lamar; 10. Anna. Residence: near Elba, Coffee 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
LEWIS, JOSIAH, Methodist minister, president Southern university, was born May 4, 1839, at Raytown, Talliaferro, Ga., and died January 13, 1885, at Sparta, Ga.; son of Josiah and Elizabeth (Moore) Lewis, sr., who lived at that place, the former a native of Siloam, Greene County, Ga., who lived at Sparta, Ga., and was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, south; grandson of Walker and Mary (Graham) Lewis, who lived at Siloam, Green County, Ga., the latter a native of Mecklenburg County, N. C., and of Gen. John P. and Nancy .(Davis) Moore, who lived near Lincolnton, Ga.; great- grandson of J. H. Lewis, who was born either in Mecklenburg or Dlnwiddie County, Va., and who lived in both counties. He attended various common schools where his father was stationed, and was graduated from Emory college with first honors, A. B., 1859, and A. M., 1862. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, but never practiced the profession. He entered the C. S. Army in 1861, and served through the four years of the war. He accepted a professorship in Emory college in 1866, and taught Greek and Latin in that institution until 1877. He became a professor in the Southern university at Greensboro in 1877, and became chancellor of that university in 1879. He resigned the latter position in 1881, and entered the Methodist itineracy. The honorary degree of D. D. was conferred upon him by Trinity college, North Carolina, in 1878. He was a Democrat; and a frequent contributor to magazines. Married: (1) May 3, 1866, to Mary Rosina Hubert, who died April 14, 1873, at Athens, Ga., daughter of Dr. Robert W. and Nancy (Turner) Hubert, who lived at War- renton. Ga.; (2) March 25, 1875. at Monticello, Fla., to Sarah Williamson Lamar, who lives at Marietta, Ga. Children by first marriage: 1. Laura Elizabeth, m. Barry Palmer Harris, Brunswick, Ga.: 2. Mary Rosina, d. October 15, 1904, m. Osiah George Mingledorff, Guyton, Ga.; 8. Claudia Julia, unmarried, Sparta, Ga.; 4. Josiah Sidney, professor of languages and mathematics at Rhinehart college, Waleska, Ga. ; by second marriage: 5. Sarah Lamar, unmarried, Marietta, Ga.; 6. Dr. Lamar Thompson, Luzon, Philippine Islands; 7. Col. Miles Walker, Jacksonville, Fla. Last residence: Sparta, 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
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