Coosa County AlArchives Biographies.....Lauderdale, A. R. June 1 1852 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    A. R. LAUDERDALE, merchant of Good Water, Ala., is a son of John and Rebecca
(McElrath) Lauderdale. So far as traceable this branch of the Lauderdale family
came from Ireland. The great-great-grandfather of John Lauderdale emigrated from
Ireland in colonial days. The family originated, it is believed, in Scotland, as
its name is found in Miss Jane Porter's "Scottish Chiefs." Robert Lauderdale,
great-grandfather of John, took part in the Revolutionary war under Gen. Morgan;
after the war he settled in Virginia, and later went to Kentucky and finally to
Tennessee, where he died. His wife was a Lytle. Joseph, the father of John, was
reared in Green county, Tenn., and when quite a young man came to Alabama,
settling in Morgan county. This was in 1817. He married Luvina Couch and reared
his family in that county. In 1836 he removed to Coosa county, and located about
two miles south of the present site of Good Water, where he died in 1871. John
Lauderdale was born in Morgan county in 1822, removed with the family to Coosa
county in 1836, and has since lived on the same old homestead, his wife being
also still alive. He was married in 1849 in Coosa county, and had four children,
viz.: Milton K., deceased; A. R.; Ella J , single, and living at home, and Alma
F., wife of Edward Webb of Kellyton, Ala. John Lauderdale served in the late war
in company D, Seventeenth Alabama infantry, as a private soldier. He was
stationed at Mobile until the Atlanta campaign was in progress, and then he
joined Johnston at Resaca, remaining with that general until after the fall of
Atlanta. He started back with Hood, but was taken sick and lay in a hospital
till the general was on his return to the south, when he joined his command
again and went to North Carolina, where he was at the time of the surrender. He
was a quiet man; a member of the Presbyterian church and of the Masonic
fraternity. The McElrath family are of Scotch ancestry and came from South
Carolina to Alabama in 1835, settling in Coosa county. Mrs. Rebecca Lauderdale
was born in Georgia, but was reared in Alabama. A. R. Lauderdale was born June
1, 1852, on the old homestead near Good Water. He received an ordinary education
and began farming for himself at the age of twenty-one. After farming five years
he taught school several years. In 1881, went into business as a member of the
film of Crew, McElrath & Co., and after a year the firm changed to McElrath &
Lauderdale. The next year it changed to A. R. Lauderdale & Co., and so continued
till 1889, when it became Lauderdale & Crew, as it remains at present. This firm
carries a general stock of merchandise, worth about $3,000. Mr. Lauderdale has
been a justice of the peace for the last twelve years. He was married October
21, 1881. He married J. Scott, by whom he has four childeren, viz.: Alma
Moselle, Juliette Estelle, Mary Belle, and Rebecca Orodelle. In politics Mr.
Lauderdale is a democrat. He is a master Mason, Knight of Honor and member of
the Presbyterian church. The Lauderdale family is one of the oldest and one of
the most respected in the county.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 728-729



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