The following is a selection from a biography of Lycurgus Leven Stanford published in "GEORGIA'S PUBLIC MEN, 1902-1904", compiled and published by Thomas W. Loyless, Press of the Byrd Printing Company, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia. While much of the information in this bio is correct, there are numerous errors, also. The book is public domain.
HON. L. L. STANFORD
Lycurgus L. STANFORD, lawyer and farmer, Hamilton, Harris County, Georgia, son of Nehemiah and Elizabeth (Wyatt) Stanford, was born in Putnam County, Georgia in 1831.
Mr. Stanford was reared on a farm and received his primary education at Jefferson Academy in Putnam county. He afterward attended Maryville College, Maryville, Tenn., from which he was graduated in 1854. In 1857 he was chosen president of the Hamilton Female College, and later went to Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., from the law department of which he graduated in 1851. In 1862 he enlisted in Company B (Capt. B. A. Thornton), Third Georgia Cavalry, and after serving two months was commissioned as Captain of Company K, same regiment. With his command lie participated in many engagements, some of them bloody and important. Among them: Bridgeport, Vinegar Hill, Munfordville, Perryville, Crab Orchard, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Resaca. At the last named battle (May 14, 1864) he was captured and sent to Johnson's Island, Ohio he was detained as a prisoner for about thirteen months, reaching home after his release in July, 1865. He at once entered upon the practice of law, and has uninterruptedly pursued it since, growing in reputation, with a clientage all the time gradually increasing in volume, value and influence. In 1868 he was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention, and in 1877 was elected to represent his county in the General Assembly, and again in 1881.
Mr. Stanford was married in 1854 to Miss Maggie, daughter of John and Sarah (Smith) Henry, of East Tennessee. She died in 1858, leaving two sons John C., who died in 1879, aged 24, and William H., who died in 1893, aged 26. Her father was a native Virginian and a near relative of Patrick Henry, the eloquent Virginia patriot. Later in life he moved to Tennessee, where he became very prominent. In 1859 Mr. Stanford married Miss Maggie A. Passmore, born in Harris county in 1836 daughter of James and Nancy (Lester) Passmore. She died in 1862, leaving one living child, Maggie, wife of J. A. Brawner. In 1865, for his third wife, he married Miss Marietta Walker born in Muscogee county, Georgia, in 1836 daughter of James and Lucinda (Ferguson) Walker. She died early in 1882, leaving one child, Lycurgus W. Late in the same year, Stanford was married to Miss Eliza C. Walker, sister of his last wife, by whom he has had one child, James L.
HON. L. L. STANFORD
Lycurgus L. STANFORD, lawyer and farmer, Hamilton, Harris County, Georgia, son of Nehemiah and Elizabeth (Wyatt) Stanford, was born in Putnam County, Georgia in 1831.
Mr. Stanford was reared on a farm and received his primary education at Jefferson Academy in Putnam county. He afterward attended Maryville College, Maryville, Tenn., from which he was graduated in 1854. In 1857 he was chosen president of the Hamilton Female College, and later went to Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., from the law department of which he graduated in 1851. In 1862 he enlisted in Company B (Capt. B. A. Thornton), Third Georgia Cavalry, and after serving two months was commissioned as Captain of Company K, same regiment. With his command lie participated in many engagements, some of them bloody and important. Among them: Bridgeport, Vinegar Hill, Munfordville, Perryville, Crab Orchard, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Resaca. At the last named battle (May 14, 1864) he was captured and sent to Johnson's Island, Ohio he was detained as a prisoner for about thirteen months, reaching home after his release in July, 1865. He at once entered upon the practice of law, and has uninterruptedly pursued it since, growing in reputation, with a clientage all the time gradually increasing in volume, value and influence. In 1868 he was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention, and in 1877 was elected to represent his county in the General Assembly, and again in 1881.
Mr. Stanford was married in 1854 to Miss Maggie, daughter of John and Sarah (Smith) Henry, of East Tennessee. She died in 1858, leaving two sons John C., who died in 1879, aged 24, and William H., who died in 1893, aged 26. Her father was a native Virginian and a near relative of Patrick Henry, the eloquent Virginia patriot. Later in life he moved to Tennessee, where he became very prominent. In 1859 Mr. Stanford married Miss Maggie A. Passmore, born in Harris county in 1836 daughter of James and Nancy (Lester) Passmore. She died in 1862, leaving one living child, Maggie, wife of J. A. Brawner. In 1865, for his third wife, he married Miss Marietta Walker born in Muscogee county, Georgia, in 1836 daughter of James and Lucinda (Ferguson) Walker. She died early in 1882, leaving one child, Lycurgus W. Late in the same year, Stanford was married to Miss Eliza C. Walker, sister of his last wife, by whom he has had one child, James L.
The following is a selection from a biography of Lycurgus Leven Stanford published in "GEORGIA'S PUBLIC MEN, 1902-1904", compiled and published by Thomas W. Loyless, Press of the Byrd Printing Company, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia. While much of the information in this bio is correct, there are numerous errors, also. The book is public domain.
HON. L. L. STANFORD
Lycurgus L. STANFORD, lawyer and farmer, Hamilton, Harris County, Georgia, son of Nehemiah and Elizabeth (Wyatt) Stanford, was born in Putnam County, Georgia in 1831.
Mr. Stanford was reared on a farm and received his primary education at Jefferson Academy in Putnam county. He afterward attended Maryville College, Maryville, Tenn., from which he was graduated in 1854. In 1857 he was chosen president of the Hamilton Female College, and later went to Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., from the law department of which he graduated in 1851. In 1862 he enlisted in Company B (Capt. B. A. Thornton), Third Georgia Cavalry, and after serving two months was commissioned as Captain of Company K, same regiment. With his command lie participated in many engagements, some of them bloody and important. Among them: Bridgeport, Vinegar Hill, Munfordville, Perryville, Crab Orchard, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Resaca. At the last named battle (May 14, 1864) he was captured and sent to Johnson's Island, Ohio he was detained as a prisoner for about thirteen months, reaching home after his release in July, 1865. He at once entered upon the practice of law, and has uninterruptedly pursued it since, growing in reputation, with a clientage all the time gradually increasing in volume, value and influence. In 1868 he was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention, and in 1877 was elected to represent his county in the General Assembly, and again in 1881.
Mr. Stanford was married in 1854 to Miss Maggie, daughter of John and Sarah (Smith) Henry, of East Tennessee. She died in 1858, leaving two sons John C., who died in 1879, aged 24, and William H., who died in 1893, aged 26. Her father was a native Virginian and a near relative of Patrick Henry, the eloquent Virginia patriot. Later in life he moved to Tennessee, where he became very prominent. In 1859 Mr. Stanford married Miss Maggie A. Passmore, born in Harris county in 1836 daughter of James and Nancy (Lester) Passmore. She died in 1862, leaving one living child, Maggie, wife of J. A. Brawner. In 1865, for his third wife, he married Miss Marietta Walker born in Muscogee county, Georgia, in 1836 daughter of James and Lucinda (Ferguson) Walker. She died early in 1882, leaving one child, Lycurgus W. Late in the same year, Stanford was married to Miss Eliza C. Walker, sister of his last wife, by whom he has had one child, James L.
HON. L. L. STANFORD
Lycurgus L. STANFORD, lawyer and farmer, Hamilton, Harris County, Georgia, son of Nehemiah and Elizabeth (Wyatt) Stanford, was born in Putnam County, Georgia in 1831.
Mr. Stanford was reared on a farm and received his primary education at Jefferson Academy in Putnam county. He afterward attended Maryville College, Maryville, Tenn., from which he was graduated in 1854. In 1857 he was chosen president of the Hamilton Female College, and later went to Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., from the law department of which he graduated in 1851. In 1862 he enlisted in Company B (Capt. B. A. Thornton), Third Georgia Cavalry, and after serving two months was commissioned as Captain of Company K, same regiment. With his command lie participated in many engagements, some of them bloody and important. Among them: Bridgeport, Vinegar Hill, Munfordville, Perryville, Crab Orchard, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Resaca. At the last named battle (May 14, 1864) he was captured and sent to Johnson's Island, Ohio he was detained as a prisoner for about thirteen months, reaching home after his release in July, 1865. He at once entered upon the practice of law, and has uninterruptedly pursued it since, growing in reputation, with a clientage all the time gradually increasing in volume, value and influence. In 1868 he was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention, and in 1877 was elected to represent his county in the General Assembly, and again in 1881.
Mr. Stanford was married in 1854 to Miss Maggie, daughter of John and Sarah (Smith) Henry, of East Tennessee. She died in 1858, leaving two sons John C., who died in 1879, aged 24, and William H., who died in 1893, aged 26. Her father was a native Virginian and a near relative of Patrick Henry, the eloquent Virginia patriot. Later in life he moved to Tennessee, where he became very prominent. In 1859 Mr. Stanford married Miss Maggie A. Passmore, born in Harris county in 1836 daughter of James and Nancy (Lester) Passmore. She died in 1862, leaving one living child, Maggie, wife of J. A. Brawner. In 1865, for his third wife, he married Miss Marietta Walker born in Muscogee county, Georgia, in 1836 daughter of James and Lucinda (Ferguson) Walker. She died early in 1882, leaving one child, Lycurgus W. Late in the same year, Stanford was married to Miss Eliza C. Walker, sister of his last wife, by whom he has had one child, James L.
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