GADDIS, WILLIAM PEACE, lawyer, was born December 27, 1841, in Coosa County, and died March 24, 1899, at Wetumpka; son of John and Elizabeth (Lloyd) Gaddis, natives of Newnan, Ga. Leaving school in 1861, he enlisted in the early part of the year in the C.S. Army, joining Co. B, Twelfth Alabama Infantry, was made sergeant, and served until the fall of that year when he was discharged because of ill health. In the spring of 1862 he entered the Second Alabama Cavalry as a second lieutenant; was promoted a year later to first lieutentant; and in June 1863 was retired on account of wounds received at Mud Creek, Miss. He taught school from 1865 until 1869, when he moved to Wetumpka and entered the law office of Col. Tom Williams to study law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1870; was appointed register in chancery in 1871, and held that position for nine years. He was for several years president of the Wetumpka Bridge Company; served several terms as mayor of Wetumpka; and at the time of his death was probate judge of Elmore County. He was a member of the Alabama Historical Society, a Knight of Pythias, and a Knight of Honor.
Married: December 20 1877, Ella daughter of Col. John and Sarah (Hutcheson) Bass, the former at one time warden of the Alabama State Prison. Children: 1. Bessie; 2. Zula; 3. William; 4. Eleanor; 5. John B; 6.Charles B.; 7. Stella; 8. Lloyd. Last residence; Wetumpka. (Last child born was 9. Genevieve after this article was written)
In 1895 WP Gaddis was mayor of Wetumpka, his picture hangs in the Wetumpka Courthouse.
In 1898 until Mar 1899 (when he died) WP Gaddis was Probate Judge in Wetumpka.
He was admitted to the bar in 1870; was appointed register in chancery in 1871, and held that position for nine years. He was for several years president of the Wetumpka Bridge Company; served several terms as mayor of Wetumpka; and at the time of his death was probate judge of Elmore County. He was a member of the Alabama Historical Society, a Knight of Pythias, and a Knight of Honor.
Married: December 20 1877, Ella daughter of Col. John and Sarah (Hutcheson) Bass, the former at one time warden of the Alabama State Prison. Children: 1. Bessie; 2. Zula; 3. William; 4. Eleanor; 5. John B; 6.Charles B.; 7. Stella; 8. Lloyd. Last residence; Wetumpka. (Last child born was 9. Genevieve after this article was written)
In 1895 WP Gaddis was mayor of Wetumpka, his picture hangs in the Wetumpka Courthouse.
In 1898 until Mar 1899 (when he died) WP Gaddis was Probate Judge in Wetumpka.
GADDIS, WILLIAM PEACE, lawyer, was born December 27, 1841, in Coosa County, and died March 24, 1899, at Wetumpka; son of John and Elizabeth (Lloyd) Gaddis, natives of Newnan, Ga. Leaving school in 1861, he enlisted in the early part of the year in the C.S. Army, joining Co. B, Twelfth Alabama Infantry, was made sergeant, and served until the fall of that year when he was discharged because of ill health. In the spring of 1862 he entered the Second Alabama Cavalry as a second lieutenant; was promoted a year later to first lieutentant; and in June 1863 was retired on account of wounds received at Mud Creek, Miss. He taught school from 1865 until 1869, when he moved to Wetumpka and entered the law office of Col. Tom Williams to study law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1870; was appointed register in chancery in 1871, and held that position for nine years. He was for several years president of the Wetumpka Bridge Company; served several terms as mayor of Wetumpka; and at the time of his death was probate judge of Elmore County. He was a member of the Alabama Historical Society, a Knight of Pythias, and a Knight of Honor.
Married: December 20 1877, Ella daughter of Col. John and Sarah (Hutcheson) Bass, the former at one time warden of the Alabama State Prison. Children: 1. Bessie; 2. Zula; 3. William; 4. Eleanor; 5. John B; 6.Charles B.; 7. Stella; 8. Lloyd. Last residence; Wetumpka. (Last child born was 9. Genevieve after this article was written)
In 1895 WP Gaddis was mayor of Wetumpka, his picture hangs in the Wetumpka Courthouse.
In 1898 until Mar 1899 (when he died) WP Gaddis was Probate Judge in Wetumpka.
He was admitted to the bar in 1870; was appointed register in chancery in 1871, and held that position for nine years. He was for several years president of the Wetumpka Bridge Company; served several terms as mayor of Wetumpka; and at the time of his death was probate judge of Elmore County. He was a member of the Alabama Historical Society, a Knight of Pythias, and a Knight of Honor.
Married: December 20 1877, Ella daughter of Col. John and Sarah (Hutcheson) Bass, the former at one time warden of the Alabama State Prison. Children: 1. Bessie; 2. Zula; 3. William; 4. Eleanor; 5. John B; 6.Charles B.; 7. Stella; 8. Lloyd. Last residence; Wetumpka. (Last child born was 9. Genevieve after this article was written)
In 1895 WP Gaddis was mayor of Wetumpka, his picture hangs in the Wetumpka Courthouse.
In 1898 until Mar 1899 (when he died) WP Gaddis was Probate Judge in Wetumpka.
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