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life. He is a stanch Democrat and served two terms and part of an unexpired term in the office of sheriff of the county, while he has held minor offices of public trust. He is a member of the United Confederate Veterans and maintains a lively interest in his old com- rades of the Civil war. On May 7, 1865, Mr. Lewis wedded Miss Mary E. Harris, daughter of Rev. Henry J. and Nancy M. (Rodgers) Harris, the father being a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and concerning the children of this union the follow- ing data are entered: Dr. William H. is engaged in the practice of medicine, in Fayette, Miss .; Fletcher J. and John S. are deceased; Nannie E. is the wife of Henderson A. Magruder, of Woodville; Lyttleton is serving as treasurer of Wilkinson county; and Sydney M. is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, South.
Lindsay, James Robert, is one of the prominent members of the bar of Amite county, being engaged in the practice of his profession at Liberty, the county seat, and he is also a leader in the ranks of the Democratic party in this section of the State. Mr. Lindsay is a native of Amite county, where he was born Oct. 9, 1865, and he is a son of George M. and Annie E. (Graves) Lindsay, the former of whom was born in Alabama and the latter in Amite county, Miss., the father being of Anglo-Scotch descent. He was a lawyer by profession, as was also his father, and both held high rank at the bar of Texas. The subject of this sketch was reared to maturity in his native county, in whose public schools he secured a good practical education. For a number of years he was engaged in farming and he then took up the study of law under private preceptorship, gaining a broad and comprehensive knowledge of the science of jurisprudence and being admitted to the bar in 1901, since which time he was engaged in gen- eral practice at Liberty, where he is well upholding the professional prestige and honor of the family name. The Democratic party receives his unequivocal allegiance and he was a member of its execu- tive committee in his county for a period of four years, being at the present time a member of the executive committee of the Seventh congressional district. In 1900 he was a special representative in the national executive committee of the party. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church, and he is affiliated with the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. On April 6, 1904, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Lindsay to Miss Dora Beard, daughter of Joseph A. Beard, of Liberty, and they are distinctively popular in the social life of the community.
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Lockwood, Theodore Prentiss, M. D., is one of the prominent and veteran physi- cians and surgeons of Copiah county and is engaged in the practice of his profession in his native town of Crystal Springs, where he was born Sept. 11, 1839. His also is the distinction of being one of the loyal sons of Mississippi who rendered valiant service in the Confederate cause in the war between the States. The doctor is a son of Dr. Ephraim Thomas Lockwood and Nancy (Cottingham) Lockwood, the former of whom was born in Ohio and the latter in Georgia, both being of English descent and members of families founded in America in the colonial era. The doctor's great-great-grandfather in the paternal line was president of Yale college and his paternal grandfather served in both the army and navy of the colonies during the War of the Revolution. His father's youngest sister, Mrs. Secor, of Carrollton, Ill., is one of the original thirty members of the Daugh- ters of the Revolution. Dr. Lockwood was reared to manhood in Copiah county, in whose schools he secured his early educational training. He was twenty years of age at the inception of the Civil war and he showed his loyalty to the Confederacy by enlisting in the Sixth Mississippi infantry, with which he proceeded to the front, taking part in a number of engagements. He was wounded in the battle of Shiloh and upon his recovery he was assigned to duty in the medical department of the service, there remaining until the close of the war. He had previously begun the study of medicine and after the war he entered the New Orleans medical college, in which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1866, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He at once located in his native town and here he has been successfully engaged in the practice of his pro- fession during the intervening forty years. His father was also an able physician and was a resident of Mississippi for fifty years prior to his death. The subject of this review is a valued member of the Mississippi State medical association, of which he formerly served as vice-president, and he is also identified with the Copiah county medical society. He is a stalwart supporter of the cause of the Democratic party and he holds membership in the United Confederate Veterans, the Knights of Honor and the Woodmen of the World. He served for twenty-five years as local surgeon of the Illinois Central railroad. In 1905-6 he served with the rank of major on the staff of General Lowry, commander-in-chief of the Mississippi division of the Confederate Veterans. He is one of the most eloquent public speakers in the State and has written a number of excellent poems. In 1869 Dr. Lockwood was united in marriage to Miss Olivia E. Patton, daughter of William Y. Patton, who was a prominent and influential member of the Mississippi bar. Dr. and Mrs. Lockwood have had three children-Benson Mott William
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B. and Olivia Genevieve, of whom Benson Mott is deceased. His untimely death occurred in 1896, when twenty-six years of age, and at the time he was one of the most brilliant and promising young physicians in the State. He graduated in medicine and surgery at Beaumont medical college, St. Louis, Mo., and at once associated himself with his father in the practice of medicine at Crystal Springs and had practiced with marked success several years before his death. A wife and son, Benson Miller, were left to mourn their great loss. Olivia Genevieve became the wife of Louie H. Dent, a prominent merchant of Crystal Springs. She is one of the most accomplished musicians in the State both in instrumental and vocal music.
Lockard, Walter Washington, of Yazoo City, is one of the representative members of the bar of Yazoo county and is also incumbent of the office of county super- intendent of education. Mr. Lockard was born in Livingston, Sumter county, Ala., Aug. 28, 1872, and is a son of Edward and Amanda (Chandler) Lockard, the former of whom was born in South Carolina and the latter in Sumter county, Ala. The early educational training of Mr. Lockard was secured in the public schools of Merid- ian, Miss., and in a private night school in the same city. His higher education he gained through his own efforts, defray- ing the expenses of the same by teaching in the schools of Yazoo City. He entered the University of Mississippi, in which he was graduated with second honor as a member of the class of 1895, re- ceiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. After his graduation he was principal of the high school in Yazoo City for four years, at the ex- piration of which he was elected county superintendent of education, in the autumn of 1899, being chosen as his own successor in 1903 and being the present able and popular incumbent of this important and somewhat exacting office. After his first election, and before assuming the duties of his office, Mr. Lockard was matriculated in the law department of the University of Mississippi, in September, 1899. He was graduated with distinction with second honor in June of the following year, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, having previously given careful attention to preliminary study of a tech- nical sort. Since that time he has been actively and successfully engaged in the practice of his profession in Yazoo City, in connection with fulfilling the duties of his office as superintendent of education. The board of supervisors of Yazoo county was the first board in the State to raise the salary of the county superintendent of education to $1,800, under the laws of 1906. Mr. Lockard is unwavering in . his support of the principles and policies of the Democracy and he is affiliated with the Yazoo City lodge, No. 473, Benevolent and
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Protective Order of Elks, and with the Phi Delta Theta college fra- ternity.
Lopez, Lazaro, Sr., one of the prominent and honored citizens of Biloxi, died in the city of Rome, Italy, Sept. 26, 1903, after visiting his native land in company with his wife and younger children. A work of this nature exercises its most important function when it enters a mem- oir of the life and accomplishment of such a man-one who was in the fullest sense the architect of his own fortune and whose virile strength was as the number of his days. Mr. Lopez emi- nently deserves classification among those purely self-made men who have distin- guished themselves for their ability to master the opposing forces of life and to wrest from fate a large measure of success and an honorable name. The following direct resume of his career is paraphrased from an article appearing in the Biloxi Herald at the time of his death: "Lazaro Lopez, Sr., was born in Aviles, province of Asturias, Spain, Oct. 11, 1850, of a good Spanish family. He received but the rudiments of an education at home and at the age of thirteen years left for the New World to seek his fortunes. He first went to Cuba, where he remained several years, thence proceeding to Texas, from which State he came to Biloxi, Miss., in 1868, without any knowledge of the English language and practically penniless. He went to work at whatever his hand found to do, with the energy and intelligence which ever afterward marked his career, and before many years had passed he owned a retail grocery business at what is now the corner of Howard avenue and Lameuse street. From that location he removed to the corner of Reynoir street and Howard avenue, where his business was en- larged and extended. It was after Mr. Lopez launched in the busi- ness of canning shrimp and oysters that he found full scope for his ability as a manager and financier. About twenty-two years ago, in company with F. W. Elmer, W. K. M. Dukate, James Maycock and William Gorenflo, he formed a company for canning oysters. Messrs. Lopez and Dukate withdrew from the firm in 1894 and organ- ized another canning company, under the name of Lopez, Dunbar's Sons & Company. Later the firm was called Lopez & Dukate, and the concern became one of the largest packers of oysters and shrimp in the world, owning large canneries at Biloxi, Miss., and Neptune and Rigolets, La., with a large fleet of boats and other appurtenances. While Mr. Lopez had the actual management of these large canning concerns he also gave his attention to other business matters, having remained in the mercantile, business, " been . vice-president of the Bank of Biloxi, largely interested in the ice plants of that city and numerous other enterprises, which were wisely managed under his supervision and which have been continued without loss or interrup-
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tion. Mr. Lopez attained to the degree of Knight Templar in the Masonic fraternity and took an active interest in the work of the order. He was one of the leaders in the organization of the Com- mercial Club of Biloxi and continued its president from the start until his death. He was a stanch adherent of the Democratic party and occupied the office of alderman at large for his home city for a number of years, but the only interest he had in politics was the improvement of the city, in which he took great pride and pleasure. Many of the extensive improvements with which the city has been favored, are due, in a great measure, to his ability to plan and his will to carry out these designs. He was a communicant of the Catho- lic church and his life was ordered and governed by the loftiest spirit of integrity and honor, animated by liberality, charity and tolerance, so that he gained and retained the unqualified confidence and esteem of his fellow men. In Biloxi, in 1871, Mr. Lopez was united in mar- riage to Miss Julia Dulion, who survives him, as do also seven of their ten children. The living children are: Mrs. H. M. Folkes, Lazaro, Jr., Arnaud, Erena, Julius, Rowena and Noreta. The re- mains of Mr. Lopez were brought from the 'Eternal City' to his home in Biloxi, where his funeral was held at the Catholic church, Oct. 19, 1903, all classes of citizens coming forth to pay a last tribute of respect and esteem to a noble and honored citizen. He had visited his venerable parents in his native province and thereafter con- tinued his continental trip, reaching the city of Rome, where he was taken ill two days later, his death resulting from acute inflam- mation of the kidneys. One who knew him long and well has paid the following tribute to Lazaro Lopez: 'He was honest, public- spirited, ready at all times to promote the happiness and prosperity of the town, and he should be looked upon as one of Biloxi's greatest benefactors. Every public improvement, nearly every monument that has been erected in the pretty and picturesque little city, are as many proofs of his wonderful business ability and noble gener- osity, for not only did he never fail to come in with his share of sound, practical advice but he also backed it up by in a substantial manner with the means which by hard and energetic work he had accumu- lated. His public career was ever honest and efficient, actuated only by the desire to do his duty.' "
Lucas, Fielding A., deceased, until recently a wealthy and ex- tensive planter of Holly Springs, was a son of Col. P. W. Lucas of Holly Springs. Colonel Lucas was born in or near Gallatin, Tenn., in the latter part of the eighteenth century, lived for a time in Memphis, Tenn., and in 1836 removed to Holly Springs. During the Florida campaign he served under General Jackson, and before the Civil war had been a very prominent and prosperous planter. He died in 1870 at the home of a son-in-law, Judge I. W. Clapp, in Memphis. Fielding A. Lucas was a graduate of the University of Nashville. He was twice married, his first wife being Miss Sallie Walker, a sister of Dr. Henry Walker of Memphis. The Walker family was prominent in the affairs of Tennessee and was always renowned for the beauty of its women. To the first union two sons were born; Peter was killed while
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serving in the Confederate army and Robert died from the effects of his army life. Mr. Lucas' second wife was Miss Ella Bracken, a daughter of Elvis Jett Bracken, a prosperous planter and for many years post- master at Holly Springs. Mrs. Lucas' mother was Mary A. F. Wright, a sister of Brig .- Gen. Marcus J. Wright, a brilliant and dashing leader of the Confederacy, and of Hon. John V. Wright, a member of the Con- federate congress. Mrs. Lucas' great-grandfather, John Wright, was a native of Savannah, Ga., and a captain of the Georgia line in the Revolutionary war. A brother of John Wright was the last colonial governor of Georgia. John Wright's son Benjamin (grandfather of Mrs. Lucas) was major in the Thirty-ninth infantry, U. S. A., and saw service in the Seminole war, the Creek war, the Mexican war, and was intimately associated with "Sam" Houston in the Texas trouble, and later became a member of Houston's cabinet. Daisy Ella Lucas, the only child of Fielding A. and Ella (Bracken) Lucas, married a cousin, Lieut. Benjamin Wright, son of Brig .- Gen. Marcus J. Wright. Lieutenant Wright was for seventeen years an officer in the U. S.Navy and fought at Manila under Admiral George Dewey. He has since passed away and is buried in the Holly Springs cemetery. Mrs. Lucas and her daughter Mrs. Wright make their home in Holly Springs, where they are actively engaged in the church and philan- thropic work of the Episcopal society.
Lockwood, William Byron. It is grati- fying to note that the subject of this sketch has attained to prominence and definite success as a member of the bar of his native city and county, being engaged in the practice of his profession in Crystal Springs, Copiah county, and being known as a versatile and able lawyer. He was born in Crystal Springs, Dec. 31, 1873, and is a son of Dr. Thomas B. and Olivia E. (Patton) Lockwood, both of whom were likewise born and reared at Crystal Springs, where they still maintain their home, the father being one of the representative physicians and surgeons of this section of the State. The lineage on both sides is traced back to English origin and the respective families were early founded in America. Mr. Lockwood prosecuted his preparatory studies in the public schools and then entered the University of Mississippi, where he remained a student for three years, at the expiration of which he was ma- triculated in the law department of the Vanderbilt university, Nash- ville, Tenn., where he took his initial course of lectures, then entering the law school of Cumberland university, at Lebanon, that State, where he was graduated as a member of the class of 1892, receiving his well earned degree of Bachelor of Laws and soon afterward being admitted to the bar of his native State. Later he took a post-gradu- ate course in the law department of the historic old University of Virginia. Immediately after his graduation Mr. Lockwood entered
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upon the practice of his profession in Crystal Springs, and he now controls a large and important law business, his practice extending into both the State and Federal courts. He is an active worker in the ranks of the Democratic party and is one of its prominent repre- sentatives in Copiah county. He has served as a member of the Democratic executive committee of his congressional district and is at the present time a member of the State committee. In 1903 he was elected to represent his county in the lower house of the State legislature, and he has made a most excellent record in that delibera- tive branch of the government of this commonwealth. In a fraternal way he is identified with the Knights of Pythias and Woodmen of the World.
Lofton, Wm. Milford, mayor of the at- tractive little city of Mendenhall and a representative member of the bar of Simpson county, was born in Smith county, Miss., Aug. 28, 1871, being a son of William and Nancy (Davis) Lofton, both of whom were born and reared in South Carolina, whence they came to Mississippi prior to the Civil war, settling in Smith county, where the father became a successful planter and stock grower and where he continued to reside until his death, Nov. 27, 1892. He was a Democrat in his political proclivities. His wife sur- vives him and now resides in Rankin county. After completing a course in the high school at Raleigh, Smith county, Wm. Milford Lofton, who had passed his boyhood days on the homestead plantation, engaged in teaching school, and he did excellent service in the pedagogic profession for a total period of about five years. In the meanwhile he formulated definite plans for his future career, deciding to adopt the legal profession. He accordingly entered the law school of the University of Mississippi, at Oxford, where he was graduated as a member of the class of 1897, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He began the practice of his profession in Raleigh, Smith county, and in September, 1898, came to Simpson county, where he has ever since been engaged in the work of his profession, practicing in both the State and Federal courts, and having built up a very satisfactory business among the best class of clients. He was located in Westville until the removal of the county seat from that place to Mendenhall, in July, 1901, when he also came to the latter city, where he has since made his home and professional headquarters, while in December, 1904, he was signally honored by being elected mayor of the town. As chief executive of the municipal government he has given an administra- tion which has amply justified the popular confidence reposed in him. He took an active part in selling the bonds and in raising the money for building the splendid new school house in Mendenhall. The Democracy claims the unqualified allegiance of Mr. Lofton
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and fraternally he is identified with the time-honored order of Free- masonry. On March 27, 1900, Mr. Lofton was united in marriage to Miss Emma Durr, daughter of Emanuel and Emma (Brent) Durr, of Westville, this county, and they have two children, Milford, who was born April 22, 1904, and an infant daughter, born May 4, 1906. Lundy, Frank Jefferson, head of the firm of F. J. Lundy & Company, dealers in gen- eral merchandise at Ocean Springs, Jack- son county, is also associated with his brother in the ownership of the fine Ocean Springs hotel, one of the most popular resorts on the gulf coast, while he is also -- cashier of the local branch of the Scranton State bank, being recognized as one of the most progressive business men and leading citizens of Jackson county. Mr. Lundy was born in the historic old city of Mobile, Ala., Oct. 23, 1863, and is a son of William A. and Margaret Louisa (Broughton) Lundy, both of whom were likewise native of that State and representatives of prominent old families of the commonwealth. Frank J. Lundy completed his specific educational discipline in the Barton academy, in Mobile, and in 1879 he became a clerical employee in the dry goods establishment of the firm of Wolf & Hogg, of Mobile, with whom he remained about ten years, familiar- izing himself with the various details of the business and gaining an excellent reputation as a salesman. In 1891 he located in Ocean Springs, Miss., and engaged in the general merchandise business, forming a copartnership with Wm. A. Horton, under the firm name of Horton & Lundy. Mr. Horton retired from the firm in 1896, Mr. Lundy acquiring his interest in the business, which he has since continued most successfully, under the title of F. J. Lundy & Company. In 1898, discerning the need for better facilities in the line, Mr. Lundy secured the establishing in Ocean Springs of a branch of the Scranton State bank, and he has since been cashier of the local branch, whose business has grown to be large and profitable. He is a stockholder in the main bank at Scranton, and a member of its board of directors. In 1900 Mr. Lundy became associated with his brother, Louis A. Lundy, in the purchase of the Ocean Springs hotel, one of the most attractive and popular resort hotels on the coast. The hotel, which is thoroughly modern in structure and appointments, is situated in a nine-acre grove of live oaks and cedars, with the south front facing the gulf, while the great gallery or veranda of the hotel is 500 feet in length. The place is ideal as a resort during the entire year and its hold on popular favor is constantly strengthening. Mr. Lundy is essentially and uncompromisingly an adherent of the Democratic party, is a member of the Masonic fraternity and holds membership in the Baptist church. In 1892 he was married to Miss Vera Poitevent, daughter of Capt. June and May (Staples) Poitevent, of New Orleans, La., and she died in 1895, being survived by one child, Vera May.
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In September, 1902, Mr. Lundy wedded Miss Mignon Coursen, daughter of Henry E. and May (Swearinger) Coursen, of Chicago, Ill., and they have one child, Margaret Louise.
Lowrey, Rev. William Tyndale, D. D., LL. D., is one of the leading representa- tives of the clergy of the Baptist church in the State and is also a recognized power in the educational field, being now presi- dent of historic old Mississippi college, at Clinton-an institution which was found- ed in 1826 and is owned and controlled by the Baptist denomination in Mississippi. Dr. Lowrey was born near Booneville, Prentiss county, Miss., March 3, 1858, and is a son of Gen. Mark P. and Sarah (Holmes) Lowrey, the former a native of McNairy and the latter of Lincoln county, Tenn., where the former was born Dec. 28, 1829, and the latter in the same year. General Lowrey was a gallant officer in the Confederate army. He was colonel of the Thirty-second Mississippi infantry until after the battle of Chickamauga and was promoted brigadier-general Oct. 6, 1863, commanding Lowrey's brigade, Cleburne's division, Hardee's corps, Army of Tennessee. After the battle of Franklin, in which the brilliant General Cleburne met his death, General Lowrey com- manded Cheatham's old division, but the war ended before he re- ceived his official commission as major general. He and his wife passed the closing years of their lives in charge of Blue Mountain female college, which famous institution was founded by General Lowrey in 1873. Dr. W. T. Lowrey was reared on the home planta- tion of his father until he had attained the age of sixteen years. At the age noted he entered Blue Mountain male academy in which he remained a student for two years. In 1878 he entered the sopho- more class in Mississippi college, where in 1881 he received the de- gree of Bachelor of Arts, and the first honors in a splendid class. He then entered the Southern Baptist theological seminary, in the city of Louisville, Ky., where he remained until 1885. He received the degree of D. D., in 1892, from Keachi college, which at that time was the Baptist college of Louisiana. In 1904 he received the degree of LL. D., from the South Western Baptist university, Jackson, Tenn. Upon leaving the theological seminary Dr. Lowrey accepted the presidency of Blue Mountain female college, at Blue Mountain, Miss., which position he filled with conspicuous success for thirteen and one-half years. In 1898 he accepted the presidency of Missis- sippi college at Clinton, Miss. His labors have more than maintained its already high prestige. The institution has taken on new life. The attendance, the endowment and the value of the equipments have all more than doubled under his administration of eight years. Dr. Lowrey is one of the most distinguished figures in the religious and educational circles of his native State. He is a Democrat in
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