LACY, SHERIFF, lawyer and register in chancery, was born May 7, 1853, in Randolph County; son of Abner Wise and Martha (Brewster) Lacy, the former a native of Maury County, Tenn., who settled in St. Clair County, where he held numerous official positions and was at the time of his death, in 1887, probate judge of the county; grandson of William and Mary (Wise) Lacy who lived in Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama, and of Sheriff and Malinda (Wortham) Brewster of South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. He received a common school education in St. Clair and Talladega Counties, and read law in the office of Bradford and Bishop, in Talladega, 1879-81. He was licensed to practice his profession the latter year, and in 1882, located at Jasper, where he has since resided. In 1883, he was appointed register in chancery for Walker County and has continued to fill that office. He was a member of the Alabama legislature, 1898-99; county solicitor, Walker County, 1886- 87-88; for several years a member of the board of aldermen, Jasper; member city board of education. He is a Democrat; and a Baptist. Married: December 24, 1876, to Mary Ella, daughter of John Marion and Ruth (Skinner) McCollough, of Macon County, the former a native of Anderson District, S. C., a Confederate soldier under Hood and was killed in Peachtree Creek battle, near Atlanta, Ga. Children: 1. Ernest Renfroe (q. v.) ; 2. Cecil Justus; 3. Clyde; 4. Pauline; 5. Ruth; 6. Lorene. Residence: Jasper.
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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