|
|
Sumter County |
LINDSEY, WALLACE HENRY,
lawyer, was born October 8, 1872, at Gaston, Sumter County; son of Henry
Thompson and Martha Jane (Wallace) Llndsey, the former a native of Greene
County, who lived at Desotoville, and served in the C. S. Army as lieutenant of
Co. C, Fifty-fourth Alabama infantry regiment, 1861-1865; grandson of Ellis and
Martha (Thompson) Lindsey, of DeSotoville, the former who came to Alabama from
Georgia in 1820, and of Daniel and Jennie (Kennedy) Wallace, of DeSotoville and
Spray, Miss., the former an Irishman, and the latter born in South Carolina, of
Irish parents. He obtained his education in the common schools of Choctaw
County, and at Chapel Hill academy, DeSotoville. He began the practice of law at
Butler, 1905, having read law while clerk of the circuit court of Choctaw
County, to which office he was elected in 1898, and re-elected in 1904. He
resigned that position in 1905, when he began to practice law. Prior to his
election as clerk, he had taught in the public schools of Choctaw County. In
1907, he was appointed deputy solicitor of Choctaw County, a position which he
held for some time; was a member of the board of education of that county, and
at one time public administrator; and represented his county in the State
legislature, 1907. He is a Democrat; a Methodist; a Royal Arch Mason; Knight of
Pythias; and a Woodman of the World. Married: December 28, 1904, at Butler, to
Maggie, daughter of William B. and Janie (Brewster) Gilmer, of Butler,
granddaughter of J. W. Brewster, an early settler of Choctaw County. The Gilmers
came from Dallas County, and settled near Mt. Sterling, in Choctaw County.
Children: 1. Mary. Residence: Butler.
LITTLE, WILLIAM G., JR., member of the constitutional convention of 1875, from Sumter County; president of the State senate, 1878-79.
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
