Coosa County AlArchives Biographies.....Smith, Felix L. April 30 1847 - living in 1893 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson alabammygrammy@aol.com May 17, 2004, 4:15 pm Author: Brant & Fuller (1893) FELIX L. SMITH, attorney at law at Rockford, Ala., is a son of Simeon L. and Sarah R. (Persons) Smith, the former of whom was born in Troup county, Ga. He was reared there, and married about 1828. He resided there until 1847, when he came to Alabama, settling at Dadeville, where he remained until his death in 1869, his widow dying in 1884. He was a farmer and miller by occupation, and in politics an uncompromising whig. He was very moral and chaste in his language. His family consisted of eight children, five of whom are living, viz.: Thomas J., postmaster at Dadeville; Jones P., farmer of Opelousas, La.; Mary R., wife of Allen J. Thomas, of Nixburg; O. A., a farmer of Homer, La., and Felix L. The Persons family are prominent in Georgia, Henry R. Persons having been a member of congress, and others also occupying prominent positions. Felix L. Smith was born April 30, 1847, in Dadeville. He enlisted January 30, 1863, at the age of sixteen, in company L, Twelfth Louisiana infantry, and took a position in the commissary department. His services were given mainly in the western army. He was in the battle of Baker's Creek, or Champion Hills, as it is otherwise called, and captured, but he escaped. He was one of the four men who saw General Polk killed, near Marietta, and secured the ambulance which carried him away. After the war he went to school until 1868 at Dadeville. In the latter part of 1868 and 1869 he read law with Oliver & Vaughan, and was admitted to the bar in 1872. In that year he was elected county solicitor of Tallapoosa county on the democratic ticket, defeating in the democratic convention Colonel Garrett, an old lawyer. He held this office four years. He then practiced in Dadeville until 1878, when he removed to Rockford, where has ever since been engaged. In 1884 he was one of the Cleveland electors, and canvassed his district for the ticket. He has been always present as a delegate at the congressional and state conventions, never having lost one for twenty-one years. He is making a specialty of criminal law. He was married at Nixburg, November 28, 1879, to Ida I. Thomas, daughter of A. J. Thomas. This is an old Alabama family of good standing. Mrs. Smith was born and reared in Coosa county, and is a graduate of a female college at Wetumpka, Ala. By this marriage Mr. Smith has three children, viz.: Bertha, Posey and Beatrice. Politically, Mr. Smith is a democrat, and he is a Knight of Honor. Mr. Smith is one of the most prominent members of the Coosa county bar. Additional Comments: from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 741 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb