Calhoun County AlArchives Biographies.....Micou, Benjamin May 1865 - 
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    BENJAMIN MICOU, one of the leading young attorneys of Anniston, Ala., was
born in Tallassee, Elmore county, Ala., in May, 1865. He is a son of Benjamin H.
and Mary J. (Sims) Micou, both natives of Augusta, Ga. The former was born in
1825, came to Alabama in 1846, located in Montgomery and engaged first in the
mercantile business, and was also interested in planting, being at one time one
of the largest planters in the state, owning 5,000 acres of land. He is one of
the original stock-holders in the cotton factory at Tallassee, it being the
largest in the state. He was elected president of the company, and was president
up to the time of its failure, in 1874, when he engaged in cotton planting. In
politics he was always a democrat, and took great interest in elections. He was
a member of the Protestant Episcopal church. He was a son of William and Martha
Ann (Chatfield) Micou. Benjamin Micou was reared in Tallassee and Montgomery. He
then attended the university of the South from 1882 to 1885, graduating in the
latter year. In 1886 he entered the law department of the university, remaining
until 1887, when he returned home on account of his father's illness. He
practiced law in Montgomery until 1888, when he removed to Anniston, and has
since been engaged in the practice of his profession in that city. In 1891 he
married Miss Ella A. Herbert, daughter of Col. H. A. Herbert. Mr. Micou has
always taken an active interest in politics, and gives his time, influence and
money to further the interests of the democratic party. He was attorney for the
city of Anniston from 1888 to 1890. Mr. Micou has made commendable progress in
his profession for so young an attorney, and has as bright a future as any young
attorney in the state.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 603-604

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