Son of William Lowndes Yancey, U.S. Congressman, AL State Representative and C.S.A. and Sarah Caroline Earle
Husband of Lucy Gratton Deupree Yancey
Yancey, a business man, was born in Montgomery, son of William Lowndes and Sarah Caroline (Earle) Yancey, (q. v.). He was educated in the private schools of Montgomery and Coosa Counties; attended the University of Alabama, 1861-62; University of Georgia, 1863 and 1865-66; and took a course at Eastman's business college, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1866-67.
During the Civil War, he served as a private in John Hunt Morgan's Kentucky cavalry, CSA, and was wounded several times. He worked for a short while as a bookkeeper in Montgomery; was cashier of the "Atlanta Intelligiencer," Atlanta, 1867-68; cashier, Princeton manufacturing company, Athens, Ga., 1868-72, and alderman, Athens, Ga., 1884-96. At one time he was the owner of several Georgia newspapers. He next engaged in planting and finally, 1899, became secretary of the prison commission of Georgia.
From 1886 to 1896, he held the office of lieutenant, captain, lieutenant-colonel and colonel of the 3rd Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He was a Democrat; Baptist; and a Knight of Pythias. Married: (1) in September, 1872, at Athens, Ga., to Lucy Grattan, daughter of Lewis J. and Martha (Adams) Dupree, the former a banker and planter, of Lexington, Ga.; (2) in June, 1899, to Ruby W., daughter of Albert Mandeville, of Athens, Ga., a northerner by birth but who served during the Civil War in the Army of Northern Virginia. Children: by first marriage, 1. Mary Ella; 2. William Lowndes, m. Lillian Horan; 3. Lewis Dupree, m. Ollie Hamby; 4. Goodloe Harper, m. Charm Oliver; 5. Lucy Grattan, m. Howell Cobb Erwin; 6. Benjamin Earle, m. Lula Harris; by second marriage,,7. Sidney Turner; 8. Sarah Elizabeth.
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Husband of Lucy Gratton Deupree Yancey
Yancey, a business man, was born in Montgomery, son of William Lowndes and Sarah Caroline (Earle) Yancey, (q. v.). He was educated in the private schools of Montgomery and Coosa Counties; attended the University of Alabama, 1861-62; University of Georgia, 1863 and 1865-66; and took a course at Eastman's business college, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1866-67.
During the Civil War, he served as a private in John Hunt Morgan's Kentucky cavalry, CSA, and was wounded several times. He worked for a short while as a bookkeeper in Montgomery; was cashier of the "Atlanta Intelligiencer," Atlanta, 1867-68; cashier, Princeton manufacturing company, Athens, Ga., 1868-72, and alderman, Athens, Ga., 1884-96. At one time he was the owner of several Georgia newspapers. He next engaged in planting and finally, 1899, became secretary of the prison commission of Georgia.
From 1886 to 1896, he held the office of lieutenant, captain, lieutenant-colonel and colonel of the 3rd Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He was a Democrat; Baptist; and a Knight of Pythias. Married: (1) in September, 1872, at Athens, Ga., to Lucy Grattan, daughter of Lewis J. and Martha (Adams) Dupree, the former a banker and planter, of Lexington, Ga.; (2) in June, 1899, to Ruby W., daughter of Albert Mandeville, of Athens, Ga., a northerner by birth but who served during the Civil War in the Army of Northern Virginia. Children: by first marriage, 1. Mary Ella; 2. William Lowndes, m. Lillian Horan; 3. Lewis Dupree, m. Ollie Hamby; 4. Goodloe Harper, m. Charm Oliver; 5. Lucy Grattan, m. Howell Cobb Erwin; 6. Benjamin Earle, m. Lula Harris; by second marriage,,7. Sidney Turner; 8. Sarah Elizabeth.
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Son of William Lowndes Yancey, U.S. Congressman, AL State Representative and C.S.A. and Sarah Caroline Earle
Husband of Lucy Gratton Deupree Yancey
Yancey, a business man, was born in Montgomery, son of William Lowndes and Sarah Caroline (Earle) Yancey, (q. v.). He was educated in the private schools of Montgomery and Coosa Counties; attended the University of Alabama, 1861-62; University of Georgia, 1863 and 1865-66; and took a course at Eastman's business college, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1866-67.
During the Civil War, he served as a private in John Hunt Morgan's Kentucky cavalry, CSA, and was wounded several times. He worked for a short while as a bookkeeper in Montgomery; was cashier of the "Atlanta Intelligiencer," Atlanta, 1867-68; cashier, Princeton manufacturing company, Athens, Ga., 1868-72, and alderman, Athens, Ga., 1884-96. At one time he was the owner of several Georgia newspapers. He next engaged in planting and finally, 1899, became secretary of the prison commission of Georgia.
From 1886 to 1896, he held the office of lieutenant, captain, lieutenant-colonel and colonel of the 3rd Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He was a Democrat; Baptist; and a Knight of Pythias. Married: (1) in September, 1872, at Athens, Ga., to Lucy Grattan, daughter of Lewis J. and Martha (Adams) Dupree, the former a banker and planter, of Lexington, Ga.; (2) in June, 1899, to Ruby W., daughter of Albert Mandeville, of Athens, Ga., a northerner by birth but who served during the Civil War in the Army of Northern Virginia. Children: by first marriage, 1. Mary Ella; 2. William Lowndes, m. Lillian Horan; 3. Lewis Dupree, m. Ollie Hamby; 4. Goodloe Harper, m. Charm Oliver; 5. Lucy Grattan, m. Howell Cobb Erwin; 6. Benjamin Earle, m. Lula Harris; by second marriage,,7. Sidney Turner; 8. Sarah Elizabeth.
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Husband of Lucy Gratton Deupree Yancey
Yancey, a business man, was born in Montgomery, son of William Lowndes and Sarah Caroline (Earle) Yancey, (q. v.). He was educated in the private schools of Montgomery and Coosa Counties; attended the University of Alabama, 1861-62; University of Georgia, 1863 and 1865-66; and took a course at Eastman's business college, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1866-67.
During the Civil War, he served as a private in John Hunt Morgan's Kentucky cavalry, CSA, and was wounded several times. He worked for a short while as a bookkeeper in Montgomery; was cashier of the "Atlanta Intelligiencer," Atlanta, 1867-68; cashier, Princeton manufacturing company, Athens, Ga., 1868-72, and alderman, Athens, Ga., 1884-96. At one time he was the owner of several Georgia newspapers. He next engaged in planting and finally, 1899, became secretary of the prison commission of Georgia.
From 1886 to 1896, he held the office of lieutenant, captain, lieutenant-colonel and colonel of the 3rd Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He was a Democrat; Baptist; and a Knight of Pythias. Married: (1) in September, 1872, at Athens, Ga., to Lucy Grattan, daughter of Lewis J. and Martha (Adams) Dupree, the former a banker and planter, of Lexington, Ga.; (2) in June, 1899, to Ruby W., daughter of Albert Mandeville, of Athens, Ga., a northerner by birth but who served during the Civil War in the Army of Northern Virginia. Children: by first marriage, 1. Mary Ella; 2. William Lowndes, m. Lillian Horan; 3. Lewis Dupree, m. Ollie Hamby; 4. Goodloe Harper, m. Charm Oliver; 5. Lucy Grattan, m. Howell Cobb Erwin; 6. Benjamin Earle, m. Lula Harris; by second marriage,,7. Sidney Turner; 8. Sarah Elizabeth.
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