Leroy Franklin Box

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Judge Leroy Franklin Box 1 2 3 4 5, son of Allen Box and Mary Box, was born on 9 Apr 1837 in St. Clair County, Alabama 1 3 4 5, died on 26 Mar 1895 1 3 5 and was buried in Ashville Cemetery, St. Clair County, Alabama 3.

Medical Notes: Served as Lieutenant of the 10th Alabama Regiment during the Civil War. 1

Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation 1. Superintendent of Education for St. Clair County

• Occupation 1. Alabama State Superintendent of Education

• Occupation 1. Circuit Judge of the Seventh District

• Census; 1850, District 40, St. Clair County, Alabama 4. Listed as a 13 year old male, born in Alabama, and living at home with his parents.

• Census; 1880, Ashville Township, St. Clair County, Alabama 6. Listed as a 43 year old white male attorney, born in Alabama. Both parents from South Carolina.

• Military; 1862, St. Clair County, Alabama. Company A 10th Alabama Infantry. Went in as a Sergeant and came out as a 1st Lieutenant in the Confederate Army.

Leroy married Sarah Isabella Vandergrift on 22 Apr 1866 in Ashville, St. Clair County, Alabama. Sarah was born on 3 Nov 1839 in Ragland, St. Clair County, Alabama, died on 19 Nov 1915 in Ashville, St. Clair County, Alabama and was buried in Ashville Cemetery, St. Clair County, Alabama. They had three children: Lula E., Albert E., and Stella I..

Noted events in her life were:

• Census; 1880, Ashville Township, St. Clair County, Alabama 6. Listed as a 43 year old white female from Alabama, keeping house. Father from South Carolina, mother from Alabama.

Lula E. Box 3 6 was born on 24 Jan 1867 in Alabama 3 6, died on 26 Dec 1939 3 and was buried in Ashville Cemetery, St. Clair County, Alabama 3.

Noted events in her life were:

• Census; 1880, Ashville Township, St. Clair County, Alabama 6. Listed as 13 year old, white female student from Alabama, living at home with parents.

Albert E. Box 6 was born in 1869 in Alabama 6.

Noted events in his life were:

• Census; 1880, Ashville Township, St. Clair County, Alabama 6. Listed as 11 year old, white male student, from Alabama, living at home with parents.

Stella I. Box 6 was born in 1872 in Alabama 6.

Noted events in her life were:

• Census; 1880, Ashville Township, St. Clair County, Alabama 6. Listed as an 8 year old, white female student, born in Alabama, and living with both parents.


Sources

1. Burt Veal, Those Faces We Never Saw, (1983, Pages 7-15. Arkansas History Commission).

2. Rubye Hall Edge Sisson, From Trout Creek to Ragland, (Gregath Publishing Company, 1997).

3. Ruby Sisson, St. Clair County Marriages 1819-1899, (Gregath Publishing Company- 1999).

4. 1850 Federal Census - District 40, St. Clair County, Alabama, (www.Ancestry.com Online Image Database as posted March 24, 2002.)

5. Glenn Holemon, Tombstone of Judge Leroy Franklin Box. Ashville Cemetery, St. Clair County, Alabama., (Photographed by Glenn Holemon - GHolemon@charter.net, April 2003. Copy sent to Pris Weathers, April 2003.)

6. 1880 Ashville Township, St. Clair County, Alabama United States Federal Census, (1880 - www.familysearch.com Online Federal Census Transcription Database.)