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LACEY, EDWARD PULASKI physician, was born
October 1, 1856, at Maylene, near Montevallo, Shelby County; son of James P. and Ann (Mclnnis) Lacey, the former
a native of Livingston County, Ky., who removed to Jefferson County, and later settled in Shelby County, where
he remained until his death in 1884, being a soldier of the Seminole Indian War and a major in the Alabama State
troops; grandson of William and Rebecca Lacey, who lived in Livingston County, Ky., prior to his location in Jefferson
County, and of Murdock and Mary McInnis of Montevallo; great grandson of Gen. Edward Lacey, who, at the age of
sixteen, settled in Chester District, S. C., and at the commencement of the Revolution, joined the army and rose
to the rank of colonel, soon after peace was won the war clouds again rose and he was elected brigadier-general,
and was also appointed one of the first county court judges in Chester District, which he also represented in the
legislature of South Carolina. The Laceys immigrated from England and settled on the Chesapeake Bay and removed
to Cumberland County, Va. Edward Pulaski Lacey received his elementary education in the public schools of Shelby
County, where he completed his studies in the high school. He graduated in medicine at Vanderbilt university, February,
1883, and entered upon the practice at Woodward in 1885, as resident physician for the Woodward iron company. Two
years later he took up his residence in Bessemer where he remained until his death. He was surgeon for the Bessemer
rolling mill, several railway systems of the section and on the surgical staff of the Elizabeth Duncan hospital.
He served two terms as city councilman, and was for twelve years a member of the board of education of Bessemer.
He was a Democrat and served one term on the Jefferson County Democratic executive committee, from which county
he was also elected to the Alabama legislature, 1900-01. He had the distinction of leading the ticket in the general
election in the fall of the former year. He was for ten years a member of the Alabama national guard and in which
he was assistant surgeon with the rank of first lieutenant on the staff of Col. L. V. Clark, 1898. He was not connected
with any church, nor secret society, but was a member of the Jefferson County medical association, the American
medical association and the National geographical society. Married: (1) January 8, 1884, in Talladega, to Maggie
E., daughter of William and Elizabeth Morris of Mobile; (2) January 22, 1913, at Chattanooga, Tenn., to Mrs.Rachael
L. Rains, daughter of C. F. and Clara Landis of that city. Children: by the first marriage: 1. Philip, resident
engineer for the Hazelhurst construction company, Lakeland, Fla.; 2. William, superintendent of ore mines for the
Woodward iron company, near Bessemer; 3. James C., locomotive engineer, Louisville and Nashville railroad, Bessemer;
4. Joseph E., engineer in the government service, Hunting! on, W. Va.; 5. Ann; 6. Kate; 7. Robert; 8. Charles M.
Last residence : Bessemer. LINDSAY, DAVID, soldier of the American Revolution. A soldier of this name is buried at Elliottsville, Shelby County, but no facts as to his age or service have been ascertained. 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, NEEDHAM, farmer, was born December 10, 1808, in East Tennessee; son of Needham and Susan (Bailey) Lee (q. v.). He was raised upon a farm and had little opportunity for attending school. He came to Alabama with his parents in 1816, and eventually became a farmer in Shelby County. He was elected justice of the peace in 1839, and served in that position continuously until 1888. He was elected tax collector in 1847, and at different times refused the candidacy for the State legislature, for sheriff and for probate judge. He was a Democrat; a Presbyterian; and a Mason. Married: (1) May 13, 1829, to Nancy Wharton, who was born August 10, 1809, in South Carolina, and died December 24, 1869, daughter of Stephen and Sarah (Griffin) Wharton, natives of South Carolina, who came to Alabama in the twenties, the former of whom was a son of a colonel in the Revolution; (2) February 2, 1871, to Martha (Stripling) Broadenax, daughter of Aaron and Susan Stripling. Children, by first marriage: 1. Edward Fields, served in Co. B, Second Alabama cavalry regiment, C. S. Army; 2. Stephen Wharton, served in the C. S. Army; 3. Susan J.; 4. William Martin, entered the C. S. Army as second lieutenant, was promoted to captain of Co. C, Tenth Alabama regiment, was wounded in the seven days fight before Richmond, and died in a hospital shortly afterward; 5. James Lacy, served in the Second Alabama cavalry, C. S. Army; 6. Parthena; 7. Anna P.; 8. Hellen N.; 9. Martha M.; 10. Josephine. Last residence: Shelby 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 LEE, NEEDHAM, SR., pioneer, was born in Virginia, and died in 1820, at his home in Cahaba Valley, Shelby County; son of Thomas and Mary Lee, the former of whom is said to have been very closely related to Light Horse Harry Lee. Not much is known .of his early life, but he probably lived for a time at Crab Orchard. Ky., then in Hawkins County, Tenn., and later at Bean Station, Knox County, Tenn. It is possible that he lived in Cumberland County, Tenn., also. He moved to Alabama in 1816. and settled in Cahaba Valley, Shelby County, which was at that time St. Clair County, Alabama territory, living there until his death. The second year after his arrival he was a candidate for the legislature and was defeated by a majority of one vote. He served as justice in the first court ever held in Shelby County, and held that office until his death. When he came to Alabama, his second son brought the family and party down the Tennessee River to Gunter's Landing, while Mr. Lee and his eldest son brought the horses and stock overland. The family walked from Gunter's Landing, one hundred miles to the place of settlement. At least three of his sons and forty-six of his grandsons served in the War of Secession, a record probably unequalled in the United States. Married: probably in Virginia, to Susan Bailey. Children: 1. Thomas, served in the War of 1812, married, children, Frederick, d. in War of Secession, Willis, captain in C. S. Army, and Bailey; 2. Col. William Carroll, served in the War of 1812, and in the Indian Wars, where he was promoted to colonel, married, children, William Carroll, Jr., served in C. S. Army, John Shakelford. served in the C. S. Army, Martin, enlisted in the C. S. Army from Mississippi, James Ed and Rev. Polk Darcus, both of whom served in Co. A, Tenth Alabama infantry, C. S. Army, Henry Gaines, Bryan Oldham and Robert Edward; 3. Winifred, m. James Bailey; children, James Irwin and Tom, both of the Twentieth Alabama infantry, C. S. Army, William, Needham and John Sevier, the last two of whom enlisted in Co. K., Thirtieth Alabama infantry, C. S. Army; 4. Zilpha, m. Samuel Acton, children, Needham. member of the home guard during the War of Secession, John and Dr. Samuel, both of Co. K, Thirtieth Alabama regiment, the latter sur- peon of the regiment, Gaines, served in the Twentieth Alabama and died on Dag Creek, Dr. William Madison, served in the Thirtieth Alabama and was shot down while leading a charge, Aaron Crawford, served with the Twentieth Alabama, and Thomas Monroe; 5. Ingram, married, children, James, served in Whistnant's Company, C. S. Army, Edward Givins, served in the Tenth Alabama infantry, and S. A.; 6. John W., married, children, Perry, served in Second Alabama cavalry and died at home before the war was over, Sidney, Thomas. Gregory and William C., the latter two of whom served in the Tenth Alabama infantry, and Needham; 7. Sallie, m. Edward Byrum, children, Alden, Marion, served with Co. K, Thirtieth Alabama, killed in 1864 in 1031 front of Atlanta, Ga., Mai, Co. K, Thirtieth Alabama infantry, Enarden, Silas, Co. K, Thirtieth Alabama, and William; 8. Elizabeth, m. Rev. William Acton, children, John Vincent, William H., and James Gaines, all of whom served in the C. S. Army; 9. Needham, Jr. (q. v.) ; 10. Henry R., married, children, Mitchell and Capt. Melvin, members of Alabama regiments, C. S. Army, and William; 11. Edward, served in the C. S. Army with the Twentieth Alabama regiment, married, children, Warren, Co. B, Second Alabama regiment, Thomas, Co. C, Tenth Alabama, and James J. Polk, died about close of war; Perry, enlisted in Twentieth Alabama, d. of measles at Mobile, married, children, William and Shelley, members of Alabama regiments, C. S. Army, Needham, and A. Jackson; 13. Mary, m. Maiden Roy, children, Bill, Marion, Lafayette, and Perry, the first three served in the C. S. Army; 14. Gaines, married, child, David Needham; 15. Susan, m. Wesley Hall Hollingsworth, children, Jchn Perry, and Ed Columbus, both served in C. S. Army, the latter captured and held prisoner at Syracuse, N. Y.; 16. Martin; 17. James Franklin, served throughout the War of Secession. Last residence: Cahaba Valley, Shelby 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 WAGNER, C. G., lawyer, was born in Charleston. S. C., about 1820; the nephew of Henry Bailey, a lawyer of Charleston and for six years attorney general of that state. He was educated in the private schools of that city, and graduated from Charleston college. He first engaged in the mercantile business, but in 1839 studied law, with his uncle as preceptor; was admitted to the bar in 1845, and began the practice in Aiken, S. C., in 1853. He removed to Charleston; in 1854 to Washington, D. C., as secretary of the judiciary committee of the U. S. senate; later accepted a position in the interior department, where he remained until the secession of South Carolina, when he resigned and returned home, remaining but a few days. On coming to Montgomery he was appointed by Pres. Jefferson Davis as clerk of the Confederate war department under secretary of war, Leroy Pope Walker. Thus it became his duty to send the telegram to Gen. Beauregard to fire on Ft. Sumter and to receive and transmit to the president the telegram announcing the surrender of the same, and was instructed by him to make public this telegram. He, assisted by Alex B. Clitherall, assistant secretary of the Confederate congress, raised the first official fiag, which was saluted by a battery of guns, fired by the Montgomery True Blues. Maj. Wagner was connected with the war department until the close of the war. When the capitol was removed to Richmond, Va., he was stationed in Montgomery to develop the arsenal service, efficiently performing those duties. At the return of peace, he removed to Shelby County, where he practiced law until his health forbade. Residence: Shelby 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 HOME |
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