JOHN STACKHOUSE LAVERTY, merchant, was born May 11, 1856, at Parkesburg, Chester County, Pa.; son of Charles and Margaretta McClure (Stackhouse) Laverty, who lived at Parkesburg, Leaman Place, and Philadelphia, Pa., served as an employee of the Pennsylvania Railroad for fifty-two years, and was a member of the board of education of Lancaster County for a number of years; grandson of Robert and Rebecca (Morgan) Laverty of Morgantown, Pa., the former a representative in the Pennsylvania state legislature from Chester County, elected on the Tory ticket, and of John and Elizabeth (McFarland) Stackhouse, who lived near Parkesburg, Pa.; great-grandson of Samuel Laverty, a native of Lancaster County, Pa., whose father, an Irish immigrant, settled in Philadelphia County, Pa.  Through an accident, Mr. Laverty lost the sight of one eye when he was twelve years old, and a year later became totally blind.  Prior to the accident, he had attended the public schools at Leaman Place, Pa., and later entered the Philadelphia school for the Blind, where he was graduated after six years of training.  The year after his graduation, he entered upon his life's vocation of teaching music.  His first position was that of musical director in the Louisiana State School for the Blind, at Baton Rouge, which position he held for several years.  He was then elected to the musical department of the Alabama School for the Blind at Talladega, and held that position for twenty-one years.  He opened a music store in Talladega in 1888, and a branch house in Gadsden in 1905, incorporating the business at Gladsden in 1910, under the name of the Laverty Music Company.  He is a Democrat; and an Episcopalian.  Married: July 8, 1880, at Baton Rouge, La., to Maria Louisa, daughter of Richard and Mary Warren (Newcomb) Loucks, of that place, the former a lawyer and at one time attorney general of Louisiana; grand-daughter of Henry Loucks, a lawyer in Albany, N. Y., and of Francis Dana Newcomb,  whose father, Richard English Newcomb, was probate judge of Greenfield, Mass., for twenty-eight years, and served in the Massachusetts legislature.  Children: 1. Charles DeWilton, m. Frances Ella Thornton; 2. Phebe Maria, married Dr. Edwin Gray Little; 3. Mary Warren, married Marion McDonald Lawrence; 4. John Stackhouse, deceased; 5. Robert Latta, married Daisy Alston Armstead; 6. Margaretta Nye, married Rufus Cobb Fell.  Residence:  Talladega.
Source: History of Alabama & Dictionary of Alabama Biography by Thomas McAdory Owen, LL.D. - Vol. 4 of 4 - Published: Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co., 1921 ~ Page 1014

C. L. LAVRETTA, mayor of Mobile, 1894 - 97.
Source: History of Alabama & Dictionary of Alabama Biography by Thomas McAdory Owen, LL.D. - Vol. 4 of 4 - Published: Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co., 1921 ~ Page 1014

JOHN LAW, Scottish financier and adventurer.  See Indian chiefs and associated characters.
Source: History of Alabama & Dictionary of Alabama Biography by Thomas McAdory Owen, LL.D. - Vol. 4 of 4 - Published: Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co., 1921 ~ Page 1015

JULIUS A. LAW, lieutenant colonel, 2nd Alabama reserves, C. S. Army.
Source: History of Alabama & Dictionary of Alabama Biography by Thomas McAdory Owen, LL.D. - Vol. 4 of 4 - Published: Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co., 1921 ~ Page 1015

JAMES HENRY LAWSON, business man, was born Sept. 27, 1848, at Talladega; son of James and Mary (Elliott) Lawson, the former who was born in Sevierville, Tenn., lived at Ashville, St. Clair County, and Talladega, served as postmaster of Talladega, and as justice of the peace for forty-seven consecutive years; grandson of Robert and Martha (Nickles) Lawson, of Sevierville, Tenn., and Talladega, and of Capt. Thomas and Elizabeth Elliott, of Winchester, Tenn, and Talledega.  Mr. Lawson was educated in the schools of Talledega; served as a private in Co. A., Maj. Joseph Hardie's battalion of reserves, Alabama State Troops, in the War of Secession; served as county surveyor for more than twenty years; was a public school trustee for eighteen yeas; and was for a number of years a member of the county board of education.  He represented Talladega County in the State legislature, 1896-1897, and again in 1907.  He is a Methodist and an Odd Fellow.  Married:  Dec. 31, 1873, at Talladega, to Alice E. Cross, daughter of Col. Thomas J. and Eliza (Edwards) Cross, the latter of descendant of a Revolutionary soldier.  Residence:  Talladega.
Source: History of Alabama & Dictionary of Alabama Biography by Thomas McAdory Owen, LL.D. - Vol. 4 of 4 - Published: Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co., 1921 ~ Page 1019