LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA
BIOGRAPHIES
FELIX GRUNDY LAMBETH
FELIX GRUNDY LAMBETH,
a well known citizen of Florence, Ala., and postmaster of that city, was born in Hardiman
county, Tenn., March 9, 1846. His father, Alfred Moore Lambeth, was born in North
Carolina, in 1799, and went to west Tennessee with a colony, in the early days. The
western part of the state at that time was full of Indians. He was a planter by
occupation, and followed that vocation until his death, in 1886. He was then eighty-seven
years old. His wife was Caroline Eliza Campbell, who was born in Tennessee about 1819, and
died in 1884. Felix Grundy Lambeth was reared in Hardiman county, Tenn., and he was
educated I the country schools of that county. His education was interfered with by the
breaking out of the war. He remained on the farm during the period of the war, and in 1866
took a position as clerk in his brother's store at Middleton, Tenn., where he remained
until December 18, 1870. He then removed to Florence, and in 1871 engaged in mercantile
business in that city. The next year he sold out his business and became a clerk in the
office of the probate judge of Lauderdale county. He remained in that office until
November, 1874. In 1877 he went to Denver, Col., and spent the winter, returning to
Florence in 1875,** and became a clerk in the post office, remaining thus engaged until
1882. In the meantime, he became engaged in business with John B. Price, the firm name
being Lambeth & Price. In 1883 he purchased Mr. Price's interest in the business, and
continued to carry it on alone until 1886, when he sold out and engaged in the real estate
business. In 1889 he was appointed postmaster of Florence, taking charge of the office
November 1, that year. He still retains the position. Mr. Lambeth is a republican in
politics, and takes great interest in the party. He has served as chairman of the
Lauderdale county republican executive committee for a number of years, and is a member of
that committee at the present time. He is a member of the Knights of Honor, and Legion of
Honor. He was married, in west Tennessee, December 18, 1870, to Miss Susan Allington,
daughter of Thomas T. Allington who was at one time probate judge of Lauderdale county,
and for eight years, postmaster of Florence. To this marriage five of the eight children
born are living.
[Memorial Record of Alabama. Vol. II. Brant & Fuller. Madison, Wis., 1893. pp.
360-361]
**[NOTE: The dates mentioned in this sentence are as stated. Obviously, they are wrong.]
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