Russell County Alabama Genealogy and History Biographies  LEE, MARY (GRAVES) GRAVES, vice-president, for Alabama of the Confederate ladies memorial association of the South, was born October 15, 1835, in Abbeville District, S. C., and died in Montgomery September, 1916; daughter of Dr. Thomas and Harriet (Lomax) Graves, of Abbeville S. C.; niece of Col. Tennant Lomax (q- v.); granddaughter of Dr. George and Mary (Scott) Graves; great-granddaughter of Samuel Scott, a Revolutionary soldier of the South Carolina line. In 1856 she removed with her parents from South Carolina to Glenville. Some years previous to the War of Secession she removed with her husband to Lafayette County, Ark. During the war she and her husband opened both home and private hospital for the benefit, without charge, to sick and wounded Confederates. In 1868, their property swept away, they came to Montgomery to make their home, and opened a large private hotel. This business she carried on, after her husband's death until her own demise. She engaged actively in the patriotic labors of Montgomery women; was member of Sophie Bibb chapter, U. D. C. ; vice-president, and later president of the Ladies memorial association of Montgomery, the oldest patriotic organization in America, concerning the War of Secession, and as president, caused the placing of the memorial tablet in the hall of representatives in the Capitol, Montgomery; was elected vice- president, for Alabama, of the Confederate States memorial association; assisted materially, in assembling the money to erect the Chickamauga monument, Chickamauga Park. She was active in caring for the inmates of the Soldiers home, Mountain Creek; vice-president for Alabama Confederate Southern memorial association. Married: in 1859, to Dr. J. C. Lee, of near Glenville. 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 WADDELL, GEORGE HOOPER, business man, was born February 9, 1855. in Russell County; son of George H. and Celestia Roberta (Wynne) Waddell, the former born at Chapel Hill, N. C., a brother of Maj. James Fleming Waddell (q. v.) ; removed to Barbour County, and later to Russell County, of which he was probate judge, and where he was killed by Wilson's Raiders, April, 1865, his wife dying in November of the same year. Among other children, George H. Waddell, sr., had a daughter, Victoria Celestia, who married Judge A. A. Evans (q. v.). Mr. Waddell went as a boy to Columbus. Ga., in 1866, where he was educated. In 1870. he entered the cotton business there; in 1886, removed to Birmingham; in 1887 entered the Alabama national bank as cashier; in 1891 was made president of the American national bank; and was treasurer of South Highlands and State manager for the Union mutual insurance company of Portland, Me. He is an Episcopalian; a Mason; Knight of Pythias, and a Mystic Shriner. Married: November 5, 1879, in Columbus, Ga., to Laura, daughter of T. S. Spear. Children: 1. George H., lr.; 2. Elliott S.; 3. Celeste Wynne. 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 WADDELL, JAMES FLEMING, lawyer, soldier, consul and probate judge, was born in 1826, in Hillsboro, N. C., and came to Alabama when a young man; was appointed 2nd lieutenant in the 12th U. S. infantry, and served in the Mexican war; was appointed consul to Matamoros in 1849, and was wounded in the attack on the town by Caravajal's men, in 1851; enlisted in the C. S. Army as captain of a company in the 6th Alabama infantry regiment, but later organized a light battery; served his guns at Baker's Creek and at Vicksburg where he was captured; was later promoted to the rank of major, and commanded a battalion consisting of Barrett's, Bellamy's, and Emery's batteries, and doing faithful service in the Dalton-Atlanta campaign. He was appointed probate judge of Russell County in 1865, and elected in 1866, serving in this capacity until 1868. He practiced law in Seale during his later years. Last residence: Seale. 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 ©2009 Genealogy Trails