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Walker County, Alabama Biographies
LAMAR,
HOWARD, lawyer; graduate
of the Alabama polytechnic institute, with the B. A. degree, in 1882.
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
LAMAR, THEODORE
JEMISON, teacher, son of Dr. William Harmong and Ann Maria (Gleen)
Lamar (q. v.). Prof. Lamar was graduated from the Agricultural and
mechanical college, A. B., 1869, later A. M.; co-principal of West
Georgia college; also of Opelika seminary; president, Auburn female
college; vice president, Tuscaloosa female college, 1887; principal of
the Prattville graded schools; principal, Opelika training school;
founder of the Lamar training school for young men, Jasper, 1894, and at
one time superintendent of education, Walker County. Married: Orlena
Augusta, daughter of Cromwell Cleveland, a member of the Georgia
legislature and a signer of the ordinance of secession of that State,
and a direct descendant of one of the Cromwells who left England on the
downfall of Oliver Cromwell. Children: 1. Leander, died in infancy; 2.
Theodore J., Jr., a labor leader, founder, and editor of the "Labor
Review," married Edna Alice Ramsey; 3. Orlena Augusta; 4. Louis, died
young; 5. Charles Cromwell; 6. Carrie Amanda; 7. William Harmong.
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
LEITH,
MARTIN LUTHER, lawyer,
was born February 19, 1868, near Corona, Walker County; son of Michael
Porter and Sissaline (Chilton) Leith, the former a native of Centerville,
who lived at Carbon Hill, and was a Confederate soldier; grandson of George
and Elizabeth (Branner) Leith, and of Richard and Sallie (Key) Chilton, all
of whom came from Rockingham County, Va., to Jefferson County, Tenn., and later
moved to Alabama, settling in Bibb County; great-grandson of Ebenezer Leith, a
Baptist preacher, who came from Scotland. Mr. Leith was educated in the common
schools of Walker County; worked on a farm until he was nineteen years of age,
after which he spent six years working in coal mines; studied law under Thomas L.
Sowell; was admitted to the bar in December, 1897, in Walker County; has continuously
practiced law in that county; was elected to the State senate from the twelfth district
in 1907-1911; and re-elected in 1919. He is a Democrat; a Methodist; and a Woodman of
the World. Married: October 18, 1891, in Walker County, to Clelia, daughter of John K.
and Mary (Johnson) Guthrie, of Townley, Walker County, the former a planter, and sheriff
of Walker County during the War of Secession; granddaughter of Robert Guthrie, a Baptist
preacher, and a merchant. Children: 1. Carlos, deceased; 2. Vera, m. David Erskine Moore;
3. Quinnie, m. Ralph Root; 4. Willie, m. Leo Edwards. 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
LOLLAR, JOHN B.,
farmer, was born November 30, 1835, near Jasper; son of John A. and Susan (Gillin)
Lollar, the former of whom came to Walker County at its first
settlement; grandson of Hugh Lollar, who named the town of Jasper. He
was a brother of Hugh Lollar, jr., who served as sheriff of Walker
County before the War of Secession, and who was killed at the battle of
Murfreesboro. He was reared on a farm at Lost Creek, and entered the C.
S. Army as third lieutenant of Co. G, 1063 Thirteenth Alabama cavalry
regiment, under Col. Hewlitt. The regiment Thirteenth Alabama cavalry
regiment, under Col. Hewlitt. The regiment was consolidated with the First Alabama, commanded by Col.
Boyle of Mobile, and for about a year did garrison duty at
Columbus, M4ss., later serving at other places in that state. For some years
after the war, Mr. Lollar raised corn and cotton on Lost Creek.
He was elected sheriff of Walker County in 1877; was elected tax collector in
1880; was appointed postmaster at Jasper, 1885; and in 1886 was
elected clerk of the circuit court. Married: in 1857, to Elizabeth,
daughter of Isaac Taylor, a citizen of Poplar Cove, who died
in Texas. Children: 1. William R.; 2. Fannie E.; 3. Meta J.; 4. Queen Victoria; 5. Margaret E.; 6. Isaac H.; 7.
Andrew J.; 8. Joe. 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
LONG, BENJAMIN McFARLAND,
merchant, was born November 5, 1827, at Carrollton, Ga., and died June
17, 1903, at Cordova; son of John and Nancy Davis (Long) Long, who lived
at Marshall's Ferry, Grainger County, Tenn., until 1826, when they moved
to Carrollton, Ga., the former a native of Marshall's Ferry, Tenn., who
served in the Georgia legislature, 1868-1869, and was clerk of the
superior court at Carrollton, Ga., for forty years; grandson of Robert
and Isabel (Leeper) Long, who lived at Marshall's Ferry, Tenn., and of
James and Jane (Walker) Long, of Carter's Valley, Hawkins County, Tenn.
The Long family came from Belfast, Ireland, and settled in Rockbridge
County, Va., in 1750. Mr. Long was the first white child born in Carroll
County, Ga., and was reared and educated at Carrollton. He was one of
the first volunteers in the Mexican War, and served throughout that war
under the command of Robert E. Lee. He became a merchant in partnership
with his father at Carrollton, 1849-1856, and continued in the
mercantile business for the remainder of his life. He moved to Alabama
before the War of Secession, and settled near Cordova, Walker County. At
the beginning of the war, he raised the first company from that county,
was elected captain, and entered the C. S. Army as captain of Co. G,
Col. Looney's regiment, Hindman's division. He conducted his business in
Jasper for a long while after the war was ended, then moved to Cordova,
and founded that town. He was a leader in the coal development of Walker
Cunty, and was directly responsible for the location of Indian head
mills at Cordova. He was a member of the constitutional convention in
1865; served in the Georgia legislature, 1872-1874, and in the
Alabama legislature, 1880-1882; was presidential elector from
the sixth Alabama district in
1884; was a candidate for
governor of Alabama on the Republican ticket, 1890; and was the candidate
of that party for congress in
1894. He was opposed to
secession, was originally a Whig, then became a Know-Nothing, and after the
War of Secession was affiliated
with the Republican party. He
was a Methodist, and a Royal
Arch Mason. Married : October 17, 1854. near Carrollton, Ga., to Amanda Caroline,
daughter of Henry Pope and
Melissa Caroline (Hinton)
Wootten, who lived at Wllkes
County, Ga., prior to their residence in Carroll County, Ga. Children: 1. Henry
Whitfield, merchant at Cordova,
1884-1899, and at Carrollton,
Ga., after that time, m. at Carrollton, Ga., Lula Mandeville; 2. John Benjamin,
m. Missouri Musgrove, Jasper; 3.
Carrie Gertrude, m. (1) Newton
Carnak, (2) Roy Garner, Lawrenceburg, Tenn.; 4. Thomas Leeper (q.
v.); 5. Robert Wootten, Jasper;
6. Ida Jane, m. Dr. J. M.
Miller, Cordova; 7. Effie Lou, m. Horace Stewart, Carrollton, Ga.; 8. Ada
Clare, m. Sidney Holderness,
Carrollton, Ga.; 9. Pope McFarland, m. Bertie Ellis, Cordova; 10.
Jesse Orville, m. Nona Bell
Sprott, Jasper; 11. Edgar Wootten, m. Catherine Phifer, Cordova, Last
residence: Cordova.
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
LONG, THOMAS LEEPER,
merchant, was born May 18, 1860, at Carrollton, Carroll County, Ga.; son
of B. M. and Amanda C. (Wooten) Long (q. v.). He was educated in the
common schools of Georgia. He is a merchant; was mayor of Carrollton,
Ga., 1885; mayor of Jasper twice; presidential elector, 1892;
representative from Walker County in the legislature of 1890 and 1900;
and a member of the constitutional convention of 1901. He is now engaged
in the real estate business in Florida, but retains his Alabama
residence. He is a Democrat, and a Methodist. Married: May 29, 1889, at
Livingston, to Augusta M. Sprott. Children: 1. Henry M., served as
captain in 117th Field artillery, U. S. Army during the European War; 2.
Carrie, m. ; 3. Fred. 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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