Butler County AlArchives Biographies.....Flowers, William M. September 14 1842 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    WILLIAM M. FLOWERS.-The gentleman whose biographical mention is herewith
presented is the second son of W. H. and Sarah T. Flowers, and was born in
Fayette county, Georgia, September 14, 1842. He was reared on a farm, early
learned by practical experience the meaning of the words hard work, and in
January, 1862, enlisted in company C, Thirty-third Alabama infantry, with which
he served as private until 1863, when he was appointed sergeant-major of the
regiment. He held that position until the fall of 1864, at which time he was
elected first lieutenant of company C, and continued in that capacity until the
close of the war. Mr. Flowers' command was stationed at Pensacola till after the
battle of Shiloh, and then joined Bragg's army at Tupelo and moved with it to
Chattanooga. At the battle of Perryville he received a bullet wound in the right
shoulder and was taken prisoner and sent to Harrisburg, Ky., for treatment,
thence, in December, 1862, to Vicksburg, Miss., where he was exchanged. He
rejoined his regiment just after the battle of Murfreesboro, and subsequently
participated in the battles of Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, and Lookout Mountain,
and wintering at Dalton, Ga., took part in the bloody campaign of Atlanta. He
was with Hood's army in its raid through Tennessee, and did valiant service in
the battles of Franklin and Nashville, and after the latter engagement obtained
a furlough and spent twenty days at home, afterward rejoining his command at
Harrisburg, S. C. Returning home after the close of the war Mr. Flowers accepted
a position with the saw-mill firm of Evans, Teal & Co., with which he remained
two years, and for one year thereafter filled the position as agent for the M. &
M. railroad company at the city of Montgomery. Severing his connection with
railroading, he next engaged with Milner & Caldwell, lumber manufacturers at
Bolling, and after continuing in their employ less then a year moved to a farm
on Cedar Creek and followed the pursuit of agriculture until his election as
sheriff of Butler county in the fall of 1874. He proved a popular and efficient
officer until the expiration of his term of three years, at which time he
embarked in the mercantile business at Greenville and continued the same until
1880, when in partnership with R. E. Corry he purchased a mill and began the
manufacture of lumber in the vicinity of the county seat. The firm thus
constituted lasted until 1884, at which time it was dissolved, Mr. Flowers
effecting a copartnership in the milling and lumber business at Forest with G.
J. Peagler, under the firm name of Flowers & Peagler, by which style the company
is still known. Mr. Flowers is justly considered one of the prominent men of the
county; his well known integrity and business ability have won him an enviable
place in the affections and minds of those who know him best, and his whole life
is an exemplification of what honesty and perseverance will give those whose
aims are prompted by noble emotions. Mr. Flowers and Sophronia E. Peagler were
made man and wife on the 25th day of January, 1868, and they are now the parents
of five children, namely: Abbey, wife of O. R. Porter; George, Katy, Walter and
Willie. Mr. and Mrs. Flowers are members of the Baptist church. The fraternities
to which Mr. Flowers belongs are the Masonic lodges, the K. of H. and K. of P.,
and his political views are in harmony with the principles of democracy.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 558-559


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