Elmore County AlArchives Biographies.....Gaddis, W. P. December 27 1841 - 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 20, 2004, 10:25 pm Author: Brant & Fuller (1893) W. P. GADDIS, a prominent lawyer of Wetumpka, Elmore county, Ala., was born in Coosa county, December 27, 1841, and was educated in the schools of the county. His parents, John Gaddis and his wife, Elizabeth (Lloyd) Gaddis, were natives of Georgia, and are both now deceased. Leaving school in 1861, W. P. Gaddis, in the early part of the year, enlisted in company B, Twelfth Alabama infantry, in the Confederate army; was made a sergeant, and served until the fall, when he was discharged on account of ill-health. In the spring of 1862 he entered the Second Alabama cavalry as second lieutenant, a year later was promoted to be first lieutenant, and in June, 1863, was retired on account of wounds received at Mud Creek, Miss. In 1865, at the close of the war, he was engaged in teaching school, which occupied his attention until 1869, when he moved to Wetumpka and entered the law office of Col. Tom Williams to study law, and in 1870 was admitted to the bar, where his proficiency has won him distinction. In 1871 he was appointed register in chancery, and satisfactorily performed the functions of the office until 1880. In December 1877, he wedded Miss Ella Bass, daughter of Col. John Bass, at that time warden of the Alabama state prison, the happy union being now blessed with eight children, named as follows: Bessie, Zula, William P., Eleanor, John B., Charles B., Stella and Lloyd. Mr. Gaddis is very popular socially, as well as professionally, and is a Knight of Pythias and a Knight of Honor. He has been for several years president of the Wetumpka Bridge company, and as the election in February, 1893, was elected mayor of the city of Wetumpka. Additional Comments: from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 936-937 Published by Brant & Fuller (1893) Madison, WI This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb