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LEMUEL J. STANDIFER was born in Tennessee, and came in his youth to the state of Alabama, where he received his education and afterward read law. In course of time he was admitted to the bar at Rome, Ga., in which state he practiced his profession for some time. Mr. Standifer belongs to a well known Georgia family, who removed from that state into Tennessee, and took up their residence in Bledsoe county. From this county Mr. Standifer's father moved to Cherokee county. Ala., in an early day, and died there in 1860, at an advanced age. Mr. Standifer's mother was a Miss Hogue, who was the mother of seven sons and three daughters. She died in 1882, when eighty-eight years old. Lemuel J. Standifer, after practicing his profession for a short time in Georgia, and marrying at Cold Springs, returned to Alabama, and until 1860, was a farmer. In that year he became a candidate for the office of probate judge, was elected and filled the office a short time. He then entered the army, was in active service, on behalf of the southern cause, for a time, when, on account of physical disability, he was discharged. He then came back to his home and resumed his judicial duties, which he contin- ued to discharge until 1868. From that time until 1874 he practiced law, and when sixty-nine years old was appointed United States commissioner, located at Gadsden. In this capacity he served several years. Mr. Stan- difer's wife was a Miss Sarah F. Underwood, who was born in Decem- ber, 1850, and of their marriage were born eight children, viz .: Leoni, wife of John L. Daughrill; William H .: L. V., widow of C. H. Harrison. deceased; Augusta G., wife of John H: Disque; Walter S .; Florence, wife of W. W. Stevenson; John H., and Ada. The Standifer family are strict Presbyterians, liberal, progressive, and highly esteemed.
WALTER S. STANDIFER, the present popular and efficient postmaster of Gadsden, was born March 6, 1856, in Cherokee county, Ala., but the family removed to Gadsden in 1869, and he received a limited education. In 1880 he entered the furniture business, and ran it successfully for seven years, and after this, until 1890, he was in the sash, door and blind trade. He then superintended the building of the Chattanooga Southern
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railroad at the Gadsden end of that line, until September, 1891. In that year he was appointed by President Harrison postmaster at Gadsden, and, although a republican, he received the cordial endorsement of nearly every business man in the city. The Times-News of September 24, 1891, among other good things, said:
"Mr. Standifer, while an ardent republican, has the respect and con- fidence of men of all parties, and is a young man able and willing to per - form the duties of a first-class postmaster, and we look for a successful administration of the postoffice affairs at his hands."
He was married November 8, 1887, to Kate M., daughter of W. P. Hollingsworth, and five children have blessed the marriage, Fred H., Edward M., Mary, Walter S., deceased, and Charles L. Mr. Standifer is a master Mason, an Odd Fellow and K. P. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, has sung in choir since 1873, and is now first tenor in its choir, and takes great interest in its Sunday school. He is devoted to music, and all of his children are natural musicians. His residence is one of the foremost in Gadsden.
JOHN H. STANDIFER, brother of Walter S., was born in Chesterfield, Ala., February 2, 1862. He began life as a railroad office boy at the age of fourteen years, and since that time has been connected with railroad work, including telegraphy and all the details necessary for a first-class railroad man to know. He spent the year of 1885 in New Orleans, and thence went to Birmingham and Gadsden. He was appointed agent of the Anniston & Cincinnati road at Gadsden, and has since held that posi- tion, the road in the meantime having passed into the hands of the Louisville & Nashville system. He has since been appointed agent for the Chattanooga & Southern road, and is now serving both roads. He has never married, and, like his brother, is a stanch republican.
FAYETTE COUNTY.
A. W. AGNEW, M. D., physician at Fayette Court House, Ala., was born in Abbeville county, S. C., September 17, 1824. He was the ninth of nine children born to Andrew and Anna (Cowan) Agnew, both natives of South Carolina. Mrs. Cowan was the daughter of Isaac and Anna Cowan, also natives of South Carolina. Andrew Agnew came to Ala- bama in 1836, and was thus one of the earliest settlers of the county. He was a farmer by occupation. Dr. A. W. Agnew was educated at the Liberty academy in Alabama, and then attended the medical college at Lexington, Ky .. where he graduated in 1844. He immediately afterward located in Pickens county, Ala., and began the practice of medicine, and there he remained, thus engaged, for thirty-eight years. Then, in 1883, he removed to Fayette Court House, where he has since resided, and where he enjoys a large and lucrative practice. Dr. Agnew has been married twice. In 1850 he married Miss Amanda S. Burdine, daughter
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of James T. Burdine, and a native of Alabama. To this marriage three children were born, viz .: Dr. James A., Lilly J., and Louis A. He was married again in 1871 to Mrs. M. R. Beckwith, of Mississippi, by whom he has no children. Dr. Agnew was quite prominent in the politics of Pickens county, and served as a representative of that county in the state legislature. He has been a very successful and prominent physi- cian, and is now surgeon for the Richmond & Danville Railroad company, a position which he has held for the past two years. On account of the necessity for professional services such as he is capable of rendering, he was permitted to remain at home during the war. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, is an Odd Fellow, and is well known as a public-spirited man in all things.
HOLLAND M. BELL, probate judge of Fayette county, was born in Tuscaloosa county, Ala., June 25, 1839. He was the fifth of ten children born to Anthony F. and Elizabeth (Middleton) Bell, the former a native of South Carolina, and the latter of Alabama. Anthony F. Bell came to Alabama in 1816, and was thus one of the very earliest settlers of the state. He was a tanner by trade, and became one of the prominent citi- zens of the county of Fayette. He was elected county commissioner a number of times before the war, and was elected county treasurer in 1874. His parents were John and Amelia (Heard) Bell, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of South Carolina. The father of Mrs. Elizabeth Bell was Zachariah Middleton. Judge Holland M. Bell was reared in Alabama, and educated in both public and private schools until he was twenty-one years of age. He then entered the La Grange Mili- tary academy in Franklin county, Ala., where he remained fifteen months, when upon the breaking out of the war he enlisted, April 14, 1862, in company H, Forty-first Alabama infantry, and served until captured, 29th of March, 1865. He was in several of the important battles of the war, among them being that of Murfreesboro, Drewry's Bluff, Chickamauga, Richmond, Petersburg and Hatcher's Run, in which last battle he was captured, 29th of March, 1865, and taken to Washington, where he was held eight days, and then taken to Johnson's island. Here he was kept two months and was then paroled. He enlisted as a private soldier, but was soon promoted to sergeant major of his regiment, which position he held until a vacancy occurred in the position of first lieutenant in the company, to which he was elected, and continued as first lieutenant until 1864, when he was promoted to eaptain, and held this position until the close of the war. He was married in 1866 to Miss Margarette Miles, a native of Georgia, and a daughter of Robert P. Miles, of Georgia. To this marriage there were born seven children, viz .: John M., Edna and Ethel, all deceased; Ernest S., Claude and Lucy, and one not named, hav- ing died in infancy. Mr. Bell is a member of the Missionary Baptist 61
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church, Mr. Bell is very popular in his county. He was elected circuit clerk in 1874, and was elected county and probate judge in 1880, and has held this position ever since.
BENJAMIN F. MCCLURE. a prominent farmer of Fayette county, was born in the same county, June 7, 1839. He is the ninth of a family of ten children born to John and Ellen (Phelps) McClure, the former of whom was a native of Kentucky and the latter of Alabama. John McClure came to Alabama in 1820, and engaged in farming until his death in 1858. Benjamin McClure was reared in Alabama, and was educated in the private schools of this state. He has followed farming and is one of the most extensive farmers in the county. He owns 1,200 acres of land, 300 of which are under a high state of cultivation. He has been married twice, first, in 1860, to Josephine Miles, a native of South Carolina. To this marriage there was born one child, Melissa C. In 1867 he married Miss Ellen Anderson of Alabama. Mr. McClure enlisted in 1862 in com- pany F, Thirteenth Alabama battalion of cavalry, and served therein until the close of the war. In this year the Thirteenth and First Alabama battalions were consolidated and became the Fifty-sixth. He served in many of the important battles of the war, among them being the fight at New Hope church, and the Georgia campaign from beginning to end. He was in Forrest's raid in northern Mississippi. He was wounded in the thigh by a shell at Atlanta; but was out of service but a short time. He returned to his command and afterward was neither wounded nor captured. Mr. McClure is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, as are also the other members of his family. He is also a member of the order of Odd Fellows. He is a strong democrat, but has never sought for any office in the county. He was one of the guards who accompanied Jefferson Davis when he carried the treasure of the failing Confederacy through the Carolinas. He has always contributed liberally to the support of public institutions, such as schools, churches and other praiseworthy objects.
JOSEPH H. MCGUIRE, attorney-at-law of Fayette Court House, Ala., was born in Tuscaloosa county, Ala., September 29, 1848. He was the youngest of six children born to Henry W. and Sarah (Embry) McGuire, both natives of Alabama. The parents of Henry W. McGuire were John and Nancy (Rogers) McGuire, both natives of Tennessee. John McGuire came to Alabama in 1817, and was one of the early settlers and prominent characters in that early day. The father of Mrs. Sarah McGuire was Joseph Embry. Joseph H. McGuire was reared in Alabama and educated in private schools. He then entered the law department of the univer- sity of Alabama, and graduated in 1878, taking also a course in English. He practiced law in Pickens county one year, and then removed to Fayette, where he has since remained, and where he has a large and profitable practice. He is one of the foremost lawyers in the county. He owns considerable land in different counties, and valuable city prop-
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erty in Birmingham, but does no farming himself, preferring to rent it to others. He was married in 1878 to Mrs. Seleta J. Windham, née Anderson, a native of Alabama, by whom he has four children, viz. : Everett, Joseph, Mary and Florence. Mr. McGuire has filled several official positions, among them register in chancery fromn 1880 to 1883, in Fayette county, and he also filled the same position in Walker county from 1872 to 1876. He is a strong democrat, and belongs to one of the best families in the state. He has been a member of the. Missionary Baptist church since 1867. He takes great interest in all laudable public enterprises, and is well and widely known as a public-spirited man.
ROBERT FRIERSON PETERS, attorney-at-law, of Fayette, Fayette county, Ala., was born in Tuscaloosa, Ala., October 11, 1862. He is the eldest of four children born to Benjamin F. and Ada M. (Frierson) Peters, the former a native of South Carolina and the latter of Tennes- see. The father was a Presbyterian minister of distinction, and is still living at the age of seventy-five. His parents were Jordan and Elizabeth (Crews) Peters, both of South Carolina. The parents of Mrs. Ada M. Peters were Robert and Mary C. (McCrea) Frierson, of Tennessee. Benjamin F. Peters occupied a prominent position in the public eye while a resident of Fayette county, being superintendent of instruction in the county, as well as a popular minister of the gospel. Robert F. Peters was reared in Fayette county, and educated by his father, who is a grad- uate of the university of Virginia. At the age of twenty-four he entered the university of Alabama, and graduated in 1887 from the department of law. He immediately began practice at Fayette Court House, where he has since remained, and where he now has a very large and lucrative practice. He also takes an active part in the politics of the county. He was appointed by Gov. Seay, in 1887, circuit clerk, and has filled that office up to the present time. In 1892 he was a candidate for the position of representative in the legislature from Fayette county. He is now county solicitor. He is a very popular young man in the county in which he lives. He was married June 2, 1891, to Miss Len Jones, daughter of James B. Jones. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and of the Masonic fraternity. He is also a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, and is a liberal supporter of all public enterprises that are worthy of support.
JAMES J. RAY, attorney-at-law of Fayette Court House, Ala., was born in Fayette county, Ala., July 31, 1857. He was the sixth of seven chil- dren born to Elijah and Lucy A. (Wright) Ray, both natives of Virginia. The former was one of the early settlers of the county, having come to Alabama sixty years ago. His father was one of the first men to open up a farm in this section of the state. The parents of Mrs. Lucy A. Ray were Jesse and Elizabeth Wright of Virginia. James J. Ray was reared in Alabama, and educated in the private schools of the state. At the age of twenty-three he entered the law department of the university of Ala-
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bama, and graduated therefrom in 1881. He began the practice of the law immediately in the town of Fayette, and has been continuously engaged there ever since in the practice of the law. He is prominent in the politics of the county, and is now register in chancery, having held the office for nine years. He is also a notary public, and a justice of the peace. He educated himself by teaching school to earn the money to pay his way through the university, and he is in every way a self-made man. He has been married twice. first in 1884 to Miss Ida I. Jones, a native of Alabama, and a daughter of Dr. W. W. Jones, who died August 31, 1887. To this marriage there was born one son, Alex. Bismarck Ray. Mr. Ray was married May 1, 1890, to Miss Ella E. Edney, a native of Alabama, and a daughter of John M. Edney, by whom he has one child. The Ray family is of English origin. Mr. Ray is well known, and is one of the prominent and popular men in the county.
JOHN B. SANFORD, attorney-at-law, at Fayette Court House, was born in Jefferson county, Ala., February 19, 1844. He is the only son of Thomas and Marguerite (Burford) Sanford, the former of whom was a. native of Tennessee and the latter of Alabama. Thomas Sanford came to Alabama in an early day, settled in Jefferson county, and there engaged in farming and in merchant tailoring. The father of Mrs. Mar- guerite Sanford was John Burford, who was also one of the early settlers of Jefferson county and one of its leading citizens. John B. Sanford was reared in Alabama and educated in private schools. He is a lawyer and has been in active practice for the past twenty-five years. He was mar- ried, in 1870, to Miss Marguerite S. Robertson, a native of Alabama and a daughter of John C. Robertson. To this marriage there have been born six children, viz .: Samuel F., John T., Mary J., Susie, Earline, and Pinkie. Mr. Sanford was in the late war, enlisting, in 1861, in com . pany B. Tenth Alabama infantry, which surrendered at Appomattox Court House in 1865. He was engaged in several of the important bat- tles of the war, Sharpsburg, Gettysburg, second battle of Manassas, Seven Pines, Williamsburg, and the battles around Richmond and Deep Bottom. He was slightly wounded at Salem Church near Fredericksburg. Mr. Sanford is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, the Masonic fraternity and of the order of Odd Fellows. He is a democrat and has filled several official positions. He was superintendent of in- struction in Jefferson county when only twenty-nine years of age. He was county solicitor from 1870 until 1890. He was sent to the state legis- lature from Fayette county in 1882, and filled all these positions with credit to himself and with satisfaction to those whoni he served. He has lived at Fayette Court House for thirty-five years and has served as mayor of the town for the past six years. He is a representative citizen and is widely and popularly known to the poeple of this part of the. state.
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ROBERT W. WOODS, farmer and merchant of Fayette county, was born in the same county, July 3rd, 1850. He is the eldest of three chil- dren, born to Robert M. and Cornelia (Trull) Woods, both of whom are. natives of Alabama. Robert M. Woods was the son of David E. and Peggy Woods of South Carolina, the former of whom was one of the very earliest settlers in Alabama, coming here in 1821. He remained here afterward most of his life, dying when he was eighty-five years old. The parents of Mrs. Cornelia Woods were Griffin and Sally Trull of South Carolina. They were also among the first settlers in Alabama. Robert M. Woods was born and reared in this state and died in 1862, during the war. Robert W. Woods was educated in the private schools of his native state until he was sixteen years of age, when he entered the Southern university at Greensboro, remaining three years. In 1881 he entered the Louisville Medical college at Louisville, Ky., and grad- uated in 1882. He had, however, read medicine somewhat before, and took a course of lectures in 1875. Immediately upon his graduation in 1882 he began the practice of medicine, and remained thus engaged for five years. He then abandoned medicine and established himself at Bankston in the mercantile business, and since then he has been thus oc- cupied, and is now also giving his attention to farming. He owns a plantation of 560 acres of land, 250 acres of which are under cultivation. He was married in 1877 to Miss Fanny C. Cole, a native of Alabama, and a daughter of William Cole. To this marriage there have been born four children, viz .: Cornelia A., Willie W., Eller E .; Chester A. Mr. and Mrs. Woods are members prominent of the Missionary Baptist church. Mr. Woods is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and always has taken an active interest in all laudable public enterprises. His is one of the oldest and best families in the state, and he is respected and honored by all who know him.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
JUDGE GEORGE C. ALMON, senior member of the highly respected law firm of Almon & Bullock of Russellville, Ala., is a native of this state, and was born in Lawrence county, March 27, 1852, the third of seven children born to George V. and Nancy B. (Eubank) Almon, natives of Tennessee and Virginia, respectively. The paternal grand- parents of the judge were Nathaniel and Elizabeth Almon of North Caro- lina; and his maternal grandfather was Thomas Eubank of Virginia. At the age of twenty years George C. Almon entered the law department of the university of Mississippi, at Oxford, having been thoroughly pre- pared for the university under private tutors in his native county. He graduated from the law department mentioned, in 1873, and at once entered upon the practice of law at Franklin, Franklin county, where he was meeting with a promising patronage. A year later, however, the
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seat of justice was removed to Russellville, and his business being with the courts, he of course followed the court house, this event occurring in 1875, success following him as he had followed the court house. In 1879 the court house was again removed. this time to Bel Green, the present county seat. Having, in the meantime, been appointed probate judge, Mr. Almon also removed to Bel Green, where he remained till 1887, when he returned to Russellville to resume his private practice, and Russellville has been his home ever since. In 1886 he was elected to the state senate from the twelfth senatorial district, his popularity as a citi- zen equalling his reputation as a lawyer. The marriage of the judge took place in 1876, to Miss Modena Burgess, daughter of William Bur- gess of Alabama, and there has been born to them one child, Susie B. The judge and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, and he is a K. of P. In politics the judge is a stanch democrat, and takes great interest in the party, especially in its election of candi- dates who are fully qualified to fill the positions for which they may be nominated.
WILLIAM I. BULLOCK, of the firm of Almon & Bullock, attorneys at law, Russellville, Ala., was born in Franklin county, Ala., October 6, 1859, and is the elder of the two children born to Frank and Kate (Tomp- kins) Bullock. Frank Bullock was a son of William J. and Elizabeth (Sugg) Bullock of North Carolina and Alabama, respectively, was a farmer by calling, and was killed in the battle of Perryville, Ky!, while fighting for southern independence. Mrs. Kate Bullock's parents were William and Harriet Tompkins, of Alabama. William I. Bullock was educated in his native county, and was married, in 1887, to Lelia Ander- son, daughter of Judge Sidney S. Anderson, of Alabama, the union being blessed with two children, Lucile and William Almon. Mr. and Mrs. Bullock are members of the Missionary Baptist church, and faithfully live up to its teachings. The Knights of Pythias also claim Mr. Bullock as one of their order. In the politics of the county and state Mr. Bul- lock takes a lively interest, and the democratic party takes a lively inter- est in him. In -1884-85 he was elected by that party to represent Frank- lin county in the state legislature. He is a member of the democratic state executive committee, and is altogether an active worker for the party's interests and for the general good of the people. The law firm with which he is connected, is looked upon as the leading one in the county, and its business is consequently quite lucrative. The Bullock family is of English extraction, and the Alabama branch has always been held in the highest esteem.
JOHN T. EZZELL, lawyer of Bel Green, Franklin county, Ala., was born in Calhoun county, Ala., March. 21, 1846, the eldest in a family of nine children born to Robert and Nancy A. (Hunnicutt) Ezzell, of Georgia and South Carolina-the former a son of William and Margaret (Ward Ezzell, of French descent, and the latter a daughter of John and Rebecca
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(Thompson) Hunnicutt, of Irish extraction, all of South Carolina. John T. Ezzell was well educated in his native country, and was variously employed until thirty-four years of age, when he entered the law school at Lebanon, Tenn., from which he graduated in 1882 and settled in Bel Green for practice. He has been very successful at the bar, reaping an ample reward for his labors. For a number of years he was also in the real estate business, and is still owner of 1,100 acres of good land on Cedar Creek. in Franklin county, besides holding an interest in wild lands to the extent of 1,000 acres. Of his local property he has 200 acres under cultivation. His fortune is of his own making, as he began his business life at the age of twenty-one with no capital, but he inherited the energy and skill of his father, who farmed in Franklin county from the time of his coming, in 1858, until his death. March 16, 1889. The marriage of John T. Ezzell took place December 30, 1875, to Miss Laura O. Moody, of Alabama, who has borne him seven children, as follows: Othello C., Annie, Mary B., Gertrude, James N., Robert T. and Florence. Mr. Ezzell's religious convictions are those promulgated by the Christian church, and fraternally he is a Mason. He is one of the leading and substantial citizens of Franklin county, and stands deservedly high in the esteem of its inhabitants.
JUDGE JAMES M. JORDAN, planter, of Russellville, Franklin county, Ala., is a native of Paulding county, Ga., born August 26, 1844. He is the eldest of a family of nine children born to Joshua R. and Mary B. (Campbell) Jordan, natives of Georgia and of Scotch-Irish descent. Joshua R. Jordan came to Alabama in 1860 and was employed in farming and in mechanical work until his death in 1877. The maternal grand- parents of James M. Jordan were Duncan and Frances Campbell, and his paternal grandmother bore the maiden name of Beesly. James M. came from Georgia to Alabama with his father, and here his home has been made ever since. In September, 1862, he enlisted in company L, Fourth Alabama cavalry, and served with the same until the close of the war. His main battles were at Iuka, Day's Gap, Brice's cross roads, and Har- risburg, but, like all other cavalrymen, was in innumerable skirmishes. He was neither wounded nor captured, and was never off duty one day from the time he enlisted until he was paroled in 1865, at Pond Springs, Ala. Mr. Jordan is very prominent and very active in Franklin county politics. In 1871 he was elected tax assessor, and was re-elected in 1874 and 1877, serving in all nine years; in 1886 he was elected probate judge, and served six years to the full satisfaction of all concerned. He is also engaged in farming. owning 200 acres of arable land, of which seventy- five are kept in a high state of cultivation. The marriage of Mr. Jordan took place, in 1861, to Miss Sarah C. Gober, of Alabama, and a daughter of John Gober, of Tennessee. Nine children have been the fruit of this union, and are named as follows: James J., William P., Albert O.,
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