Macon County Alabama Genealogy and History Biographies LEGRAND, MILTON PAUL, physician, business man, was born November 10, 1832, at Wadesboro, N. C., and died September 22, 1893, in Montgomery;son of William C. and Jane (Paul) LeGrand, natives of North Carolina, of Huguenot and English ancestry, respectively, who came to Alabama in 1837, and settled at Tuskegee where they spent the remainder of their lives, the former dying in 1839, and the latter in 1842. He received his early education at Tuskegee, and as a preliminary step toward preparing himself for the medical profession, entered a drug store at Marion. At the end of four years, he returned to Tuskegee and opened a drug store on his own account. He conducted that store for about three years, then opened a similar business in Montgomery on a much larger scale. His failing health caused him to give up the drug business, and after a rest of a year or two, he entered the grocery and dry goods business, and built up the largest trade in that line that Montgomery had ever possessed. He continued in that business until 1882. He was one of the organizers of the Montgomery and Florida railroad company, and was elected its president in 1881. In June, 1886, finding other business affairs too pressing, he declined re-election to the presidency, and was made vice president of the company. On the organization of the Commercial fire insurance company in 1876, Mr. LeGrand was made president. In 1889. he organized the Bank of Montgomery, which he conducted until his death. He had served for two years in the C. S. Army, having retired from active service because of his physical condition. Married: in February, 1854, at Tuscaloosa, Louisa Jones, who died August 21, 1891, daughter of Dr. Erastus W. Jones, of Tuscaloosa. Children: 1. Milton Paul, b. March 25, 1861, at Tuscaloosa, d. in August, 1913, at his summer home on Perdido Bay, was graduated from Vanderbilt university, B. S., 1883, and from the University of Alabama, LL. B., 1894, began the practice of law with Horace String-fellow in the firm of Stringfellow and LeGrand, became president of the Bank of Montgomery on the death of his father, and held that position until 1900, when that bank and the Merchants and planters bank were consolidated, became vice-president of the resulting Merchants and planters bank, was on Gov. Jones' staff for four years, and on Gov. Seay's staff four years, occupying the position of judge advocate general of state troops, m. April 27, 1893, to Mary Virginia Goldthwaite, daughter of Robert W. and Annie (Paul) Goldthwaite (q. v.), of Montgomery; 2. William Homer, planter, b. June 15, 1871, attended the University of Alabama, m. Kate Elsberry, Montgomery; 3. Eloise, d. in 1900, m. J. Craig Smith (q. v.), formerly state treasurer. 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 LETCHER, MARION, U. S. consular official, a native and for a number of years a resident of Alabama, was born in Macon County, September 5, 1872; son of Dr. Francis Marion and Claudia Caroline (Howard) Letcher, and a brother of John Talbert Letcher (q. v.). He graduated from the University of Alabama, A. B., 1894; taught at Hamner Hall, 1895-97; was principal Seale high school, 1897-98; 1st Lieutenant Co., A, Fifth U. S. infantry regiment (Immunes), Spanish-American war, 1898; president Douglassville college, Ga., 1900-01; employed in U. S. Bureau of education, Washington, 1903-09; consul at Acapulco, Mex., 1909-11, Chihuahua, 1911-16; acting foreign trade adviser, department of state, Washington, since June 10, 1916; appointed consul general, April 16, 1917; rendered valuable aid to Gen. Pershing during the punitive expeditions of 1916-17. He is a member of the Sigma Nu college fraternity; a Democrat; and an Episcopalian. Married: November 7, 1901, to Marilu Ingram, of Coweta County, Ga. Residence: Chevy Chase, Md. 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, OSCAR SCOTT, lawyer, was born June 12, 1872, at Tuskegee, Macon County; son of Lawrence and Marion (Kelton) Lewis, the former who was born at Boolnose, Sweden, emigrated to America in 1855 and came to Tuskegee in 1859, entered the C. S. Army, January, 1861, as a member of the Zouaves, was wounded at the first battle of Manassas, but fought throughout the war; grandson of Lawrence and Katherine Lewis, natives of Bollnas, Sweden, and of Miltoti Scott and Elizabeth Mariah Kelton, of Tuskegee. He received a high school education; studied law and entered upon the practice in January, 1898, at Tuskegee, in partnership with Wilbur F. Foster; served as mayor of Tuskegee, 1903-1909; was captain of Co. K, Second infantry, Alabama national guard, 1908-1914; was appointed chancellor of the southeastern division to succeed Hon. W. R. Chapman, October 1, 1915; and was elected to the State senate from the twenty-sixth district, 1915. He is an Episcopalian and a Mason. Married: July 7, 1907, at Atlanta, Ga. to Eva, daughter of Barzillai Yale and Miranda (Roys) Sage, of that city. Children: 1. Oscar Yale; 2. Eva Placide. Residence: Tuskegee. 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 LIGON, ROBERT FULWOOD, lawyer, was born September 24, 1864, at Tuskegee; son of Robert Fulwood and Emily (Paine) Ligon (q. v.), of Tuskegee and Montgomery, the former who was lieutenant governor of Alabama; grandson of Robert and Wilhelmlna (Fulwood) Ligon, of Halifax County, Va., who moved to Watkinsville, Clarke County, Ga., and of Edward and Matilda (Brinton) Paine, of Georgia. Both grandfathers were lawyers. Mr. Ligon was prepared at the Park high school at Tuskegee; and was graduated from the Agricultural and mechanical college, at Auburn, A. B., 1882. He was admitted to the bar, vol. rv-4 September, 1886; took the summer law course at the University of Virginia in 1888; was mayor of Tuskegee, 1886-1888; entered in a law partnership with Gen. George P. Harrison at Opelika, 1888; moved to Montgomery in 1892 and became law partner of the late Tennant Lomax; was elected clerk of the supreme court, 1898, and re-elected in 1904 and 1910; was appointed a trustee of the Alabama polytechnic institute, 1900; has served as captain of the Tuskegee light infantry, and lieutenant colonel on the staff of Gov. Jones and of Gov. Oates; was adjutant general of Alabama, 1896-1899, embracing the period of the Spanish - American War; was nominated brigadier general and inspector general of the Alabama national guard, by Gov, Jelks in 1903, and by Gov. Comer in 1907, and each time unanimously confirmed by the senate; was nominated brigadier general and quartermaster general by Gov. Emmet O'Neal in 1911, and again unanimously confirmed by the senate; was placed on the retired list of the national guard officers at his own request in 1911, with the rank of brigadier general. He is a Democrat and served as a delegate to the national convention, at Baltimore, 1912; is a Methodist; a Mason; Knight of Pythias; a member of the Phi Delta Theta college fraternity; of the Alabama State bar association; and has served as president of the Alumni association of the Alabama polytechnic institute. Married: January 31, 1895, at Montgomery, to Aileen, daughter of Dr. Thomas A. Means (q. v.), of Montgomery; granddaughter of Dr. Thomas Alexander Means, president of Emory College, Oxford, Ga., for a long time. Children: 1. Emily Castleton. 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 ©2008 Genealogy Trails