Shelby County AlArchives Biographies.....Carey, Walter S. October 1853 - 
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Author: "Memorial Record of Alabama", volume 2, published by Brant & Fuller in Madison, WI (1893), pages 892-893

Walter S. Cary, a prominent young attorney of Montevallo, was born October 
1853.  He is a son of William A. and Matilda (McMeans) Cary.  The former was 
educated at LaGrange, Ala., and afterward attended, and graduated from, the 
Medical college at Philadelphia.  He first began to practice at Cahaba, Dallas 
County, Ala., and afterward, beside other places, he practiced at LaGrange, 
where he remained, however, only a short time, when he moved to Talladega 
Springs.  Here he remained until 1856, when he removed to Shelby county and 
opened and office at Montevallo, where he remained until his death in 1867.  He 
was a son of James and Mrs. (Sledge) Cary, who removed from Baltimore to North 
Carolina at an early day.  James Cary was a native of England, but left England 
and came to Baltimore when a young man.  He was an architect by profession.  
The maternal grandfather was, for many years, a leading attorney at Ashville, 
Saint Clair county.  Walter S. Cary was educated at Montevallo, receiving the 
advantages of the common school.  He afterward attended a literary institution 
at Lexington, Ky., three years, and then engaged in merchandising in 
Montevallo.  He continued in this business until 1880, when, having prepared 
himself therefore by hard study, he opened a law office and began the practice 
of the law.  He now has a large and lucrative practice in his profession.  In 
1878 (1), he married Ludie C. Morrow, daughter of Lafayette and Mrs. (Young) 
Morrow, the former, a native of Mississippi, coming to Alabama in 1845, and 
following his vocation as a farmer until the breaking out of the war.  He 
enlisted as a private soldier in the Forty-fourth Alabama infantry, but was 
promoted to captaincy, and served to the close of the war.  To the marriage of 
Walter S. Cary with Miss Morrow, there have been five children, viz.: Edgar S., 
Earl, Virgil, Tabor, and an infant.  Mrs. Cary was born and raised in 
Montevallo, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, south.  Mr. Cary 
was elected a justice of the peace of Montevallo, but, after three months’ 
service, resigned.  He has always been an ardent democrat, but with the 
exception above noted would never allow his name to go before the people as a 
candidate for office.

Additional Comments:
(1) Shelby County Marriage Records, 1869-1885, page 462, shows Walter S. Carey 
married Ludie C. Morrow on November 18, 1878.

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