Etowah County AlArchives Biographies.....Standifer, Lemuel J. ? - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   LEMUEL J. STANDIFER was born in Tennessee, and came in his youth to the state
of Alabama, where he received his education and afterward read law. In course of
time he was admitted to the bar at Rome, Ga., in which state he practiced his
profession for some time. Mr. Standifer belongs to a well known Georgia family,
who removed from that state into Tennessee, and took up their residence in
Bledsoe county. From this county Mr. Standifer's father moved to Cherokee
county. Ala., in an early day, and died there in 1860, at an advanced age. Mr.
Standifer's mother was a Miss Hogue, who was the mother of seven sons and three
daughters. She died in 1882, when eighty-eight years old. Lemuel J. Standifer,
after practicing his profession for a short time in Georgia, and marrying at
Cold Springs, returned to Alabama, and until 1860, was a farmer. In that year he
became a candidate for the office of probate judge, was elected and filled the
office a short time. He then entered the army, was in active service, on behalf
of the southern cause, for a time, when, on account of physical disability, he
was discharged. He then came back to his home and resumed his judicial duties,
which he continued to discharge until 1868. From that time until 1874 he
practiced law, and when sixty-nine years old was appointed United States
commissioner, located at Gadsden. In this capacity he served several years. Mr.
Standifer's wife was a Miss Sarah F. Underwood, who was born in December, 1850,
and of their marriage were born eight children, viz.: Leoni, wife of John L.
Daughrill; William H.: L. V., widow of C. H. Harrison, deceased; Augusta G.,
wife of John H. Disque; Walter S.; Florence, wife of W. W. Stevenson; John H.,
and Ada. The Standifer family are strict Presbyterians, liberal, progressive,
and highly esteemed.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 1021
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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