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LISTER, J. N., telegrapher, was bom June 6, 1840, near Aberdeen, Miss.; son of Jeremiah and Eliza (Bush) Lister, the former of Georgia
removing to Mississippi from Alabama, but later returned ; grandson of John Bush, an early settler and Indian fighter, of St Clair County. He attended the schools of Cahaba, and early became interested in telegraphy. In 1858 he was placed in charge of the telegraph office
at Cahaba; and later transferred to Selma. When the War of Secession opened, he was detailed to the telegraph department of the Confederate government at Cahaba, but later sent to Selma. At the close of the war, he was train-dispatcher at McDowell. In 1867, he located permanently at Demopolis, Marengo County, where he has since been connected
with the telegraph service. He is a Democrat; a Mason; and a Christian. Married: December 1866, at McDowell to Joella Coats. They have
eight children: Residence: Demopolis.
[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 Veneta McKinney]