Greene County AlArchives Biographies.....McQueen, Joseph P. 1854 - 
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Author: Smith & De Land, publishers

    JOSEPH P. MC QUEEN, Attorney-at-law, was born in Eutaw, June 22, 1854. His
father, John McQueen, was born in Robeson County, N. C. When quite a young man
he removed into Bennettsville, Marlborough District. S. C., and there practiced
law until he was sent to Congress, where he represented his district for
thirteen consecutive years prior to the war.

    As the name indicates, John McQueen was of Scotch extraction, and was born
February 9, 1804. He was in Washington City at a time memorable in American
history. This was when the country was on the eve of the great civil strife. As
was natural, judging from the part of the country that he came from, he took an
active interest in the secession movement, and went out of the Union with his
State when the final separation came. He was identified with the first
delegation that seceded and became a member of the Confederate States Congress,
remaining in that memorable body four years.

    John McQueen was a man of abundant means, and, after the war, devoted
himself to his extensive agricultural interests. He was married in 1852, to Miss
Sarah Pickens, of Eutaw, a daughter of Joseph Pickens, and a granddaughter of
Gen. Andrew Pickens, of Revolutionary fame.

    Andrew Pickens, a son of General Pickens, was Governor of South Carolina,
and his son Francis W. Pickens, was Governor of that State at the breaking out
of the war, and made the famous demand of Major Anderson for the surrender of
Fort Sumter to the Confederate Government.

    The Pickens family are related to that of the great John C. Calhoun.

    The subject of this sketch was in South Carolina until sixteen years old,
and, upon the death of his father in 1867, came with his mother to Eutaw. After
the completion of his scholastic training, he read law with Chancellor Clark and
Judge Wiley Coleman, and was admitted to the bar April 15, 1875. He has been
practicing law ever since, and with such success as to place him among the best
lawyers in his section of the State. He has eschewed political life, and with
the exception of representing his county in the Legislature, during the session
of 1884—1885, has always remained in private life.

    Mr. McQueen was married in December, 1875, to Miss Roberta Kirksey, daughter
of Robert B. W. Kirksey, of Marengo County. Three children have been born to
this union: Anna, John and Sarah.



Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical
Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land
1888

PART III.
HISTORICAL RESUME OF THE VARIOUS COUNTIES IN THE STATE.
COTTON BELT.


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