Barbour County AlArchives Biographies.....Alto. V. Lee December 28 1844 - after 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   HON. ALTO. V. LEE, solicitor of the third judicial district of Alabama,
belongs to one of the oldest and most respectable families of Barbour county,
which moved to this state from Atlanta, Ga., early in the twenties. His father,
Lovard Lee, was born in Georgia and accompanied his parents to Alabama when a
boy, and became quite a prominent citizen of Barbour county, where he still
resides. He is a veteran of the Indian war of 1836, led a company in the late
Civil war, and prior to 1860 was general of militia for one of the southern
Alabama districts. His wife, whose maiden name was Susan Lovelace, bore him two
children, namely: Julia, deceased, who married A. T. Williams, and the gentleman
whose name appears at the beginning of this sketch. Capt. Alto V. Lee was born
near Louisivlle, Barbour county, Ala., on the 28th day of December, 1844. He
prepared himself in the schools of his county for admission to the university of
Alabama, but the war breaking out interferred with his plans, and instead of
becoming a student he entered the army as orderly, sergeant in the first company
organized in Barbour county, the Clayton Guards, which became a part of the
First Alabama infantry in January, 1861. He served with the command twelve
months at Pensacola, Fla., and upon his return home, at the expiration of his
year's service, assisted in the organization of the Lee Guards, so named in
compliment to his family, of which he became second lieutenant. This company
belonged to Hilliard's legion and did active service in the western army, but
Capt. Lee did not remain long with his company, owing to physical disability,
which necessitated his retirement from the ranks. After resigning his
commission, he accepted a cadetship in the Alabama university, where he pursued
his studies for a period of eight months, at the end of which time, his health
being fully restored, he returned home and raised what was known as the "boy
company" for service on the southern coast. Of this company he was elected
captain and he led it in the battles of Blakely and Spanish Fort, and with it
fell into the enemy's hands at the latter place and spent several months
thereafter a prisoner on Ship island. Upon the declaration of peace he was
paroled at Meridian, Miss., and returning home began the study of law in the
office of Col. D. M. Seales at Clayton, under whose instructions he continued
until his admission to the bar in 1867. Since that year he has given his entire
attention to the profession and has made a record as a successful attorney in
the courts of Barbour and other counties, second to that of no other
practitioner in the southern part of his state. From 1868 to 1872 he was
solicitor of his county, filled the same position again from 1874 to 1876, and
in the latter year was honored by an election as solicitor of the eighth
judicial district of Alabama. In 1880, the number of circuits being reduced and
renumbered, Captain Lee was elected solicitor of the third judicial circuit and
by re-election succeeded himself in 1886, now filling the office with
distinguished success, and earning a reputation as a prosecutor which has
brought him into prominent notice among the leading lawyers of the state. Capt.
Lee is known as being one of the most thorough and well posted lawyers of the
Barbour county bar. He is a close student, and owing to his practical and
thorough acquaintance with the writings of eminent lawyers is enabled to unravel
and make plain the most intricate legal questions. As a citizen Capt. Lee is
deservedly popular, and few men of Barbour county occupy as high a place in the
confidence and esteem of the general public. He is a trustee of the university
of Alabama, appointed as such in 1890, and as a democrat is prominent in party
affairs in his part of the state. He belongs to the K. of H.. and Masonic
fraternities, in the latter of which he has taken a number of degrees, including
that of Sir Knight and thirty-second degree, Scottish rite. Capt. Lee and Lillie
Lawrence, daughter of Judge W. H. Lawrence, were married in Tuscaloosa, Ma.,
December 19, 1865, and are the parents of nine children, seven of whom are still
living, as follows: Lawrence H., attorney at Clayton; Lillie Vela, wife of
George W. Peach; William L. and Charles W. (twins); William, student in Alabama
university; Charles, medical student at Vanderbilt university, at Nashville,
Tenn.; Fitzhugh, Alto V., Jr., and Lucien Tennent. The captain and his wife are
members of the Methodist church.



Additional Comments:
from "Memorial Record of Alabama" p. 439-440


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