Author: Brant & Fuller
COL. CHARLES S. G. DOSTER is a native of Autauga county, Ala., and
its oldest lawyer. His father, Absalom Doster, was born in Mecklenburg
county, N. C., 1796, and his mother, Mrs. Sarah (Alexander) Doster, in
Greene county, Georgia, in 1806. Absalom Doster received a fine English
education when young, and at the age of sixteen was taken by his
parents to Georgia, and in 1818 came with them to Autauga county, Ala.,
where he engaged in merchandising at old Washington, then the oldest
town in this part of the state. He was married in 1822, and continued
in the mercantile business and in farming at Washington for several
years, when he removed to a point near Prattville, where he continued
to be a leading planter until his death in 1882. He was a man of good
business capacity and sound sense, and served in the state legislature
in 1840-41, when the capitol was located at Tuscaloosa, and was the
only whig that ever represented Autauga county in that body. He was
prominent as a deacon in the Baptist church, at Prattville, for many
years, and was forty years a Mason-first a member of the lodge at
Washington, and then of Hampden-Sydney lodge at Robinson Springs,
Elmore county. In the war of 1812 he was stationed at Savannah, Ga. His
parents, James and Lydia Doster, came from an influential family of
North Carolina, of Irish extraction. Mrs. Lydia Doster died at
Wetumpka, Ala., Mrs. Sarah (Alexander) Doster is still living and has
been a member of the Baptist church since early womanhood. Her parents,
Edmond and Mary Alexander, came to what is now Lowndes county, when
Alabama was a vast wilderness, inhabited by wild animals and still
wilder men. Mr. Alexander was a Virginian by birth, and entered the
colonial army when but twelve years of age. He and wife ended their
days in Lowndes county, where they reared a large family of children.
Charles S. G. Doster is the second in a family of four sons and two
daughters, viz.: Dr. Edmond A., who was a graduate from a New York
university, and attained a high rank as a physician, but is now
deceased; Charles S. G., who was born in 1830; Victoria, wife Zachariah
Abney, prominent as a lawyer in Prattville; Madora, wife of M. D.
Lamar, and two that died young. Col. Charles S. G. Doster was reared on
the home plantation, received his early education at Rocky Mound
academy, then attended the East Tennessee university, and in 1853
graduated from the Centenary college at Jackson, La. He had read law
for some years prior to his final graduation under the late
distinguished ex-Governor Watts, with whom he was very intimate for
half a century, and in 1851 was admitted to the bar, Col. Doster is now
one of the oldest lawyers in the state and one of the most eminent.
In 1854 Col. Doster married Miss Caroline E., daughter of John and
Nancy (Harris) Slaton, who were natives respectively, of Kentucky and
Georgia, were married in Georgia, and in 1835 settled in Autauga
county, where Mr. Slaton was engaged in planting until his death in
1846. His widow survived until 1882. Of the large family born to this
couple two sons were in the late war, viz.: Maj. William F. Slaton, who
is now superintendent of education at Atlanta, Ga.; he was in the army
of the Tennessee, was wounded and captured at Corinth, and served a
time in a Federal prison; Capt. Henry H. Slaton, after the war, became
a member of the Florida legislature, but later moved to Arkansas, in
which state he died. Col. C. S. G. Doster has been very active in
politics and in public life in general. His first office was that of
justice of the peace; from 1854 he was from six to eight years
superintendent of education of Autauga county. He was colonel in the
state militia before the war, and during that struggle was commandant
of the militia stationed at Prattville. After the war had closed he
served in the state legislature until the republicans gained control of
the state, and was chairman of the commit-tee on education and a member
of the judiciary committee. In 1870 he was again sent to the
legislature and served on the judiciary committee. In 1872 he was
elected to the state senate for four years, in which body he was
chairman of the committee on privileges and elections and a member of
the judiciary committee. He resigned, however, before the expiration of
his term to make the race for the position of circuit judge, but was
defeated, and has never sought office since. He was also, in 1866, a
member of the celebrated national convention which met at Philadelphia
to sustain President Andrew Johnson in his reconstruction policy. This
convention was composed of many of the most eminent men of the country,
and Col. Doster was one of its secretaries. Col. Doster is a large
stock-holder and a director in the Prattville Cotton Mills and Banking
company, and to the large property he inherited he has added
materially. He has for many years been a member of Prattville lodge,
No. 89, F. & A. M., is chairman of the board of stewards of the
Methodist Episcopal church, and has been for many years president of
the board of school trustees of the Prattville Male and Female academy.
Mrs. Doster, who was born in Georgia, is the mother of five children.
viz.: Mary Tulula, wife of W. W. Reynolds; Charles E., a lawyer and
planter; Corinne, now Mrs. J. L. Alexander: Howard S., editor and
proprietor of the Prattville Progress, and Carrie M. Col. Doster, the
largest planter and land-holder in the country, is universally popular,
and is perhaps more familiar with its early history than any other
inhabitant of the state.
Charles Smith Graves Doster was a Lawyer title (Col.given to lawyers in the SOUTH) Memorial Records of Alabama Vol. 1 (1917) Alabama Archives. A native of Autauga Cy., Alabama and its oldest lawyer. His Father Absalom Doster, was born in Mecklenburg Cy.,N.C. in 1796 and his mother, Mrs. Sarah (Alexander) Doster, in Green Cy.,GA in 18006. He lived down the road from the Doster Family Cemetery.
COL. CHARLES S. G. DOSTER is a native of Autauga county, Ala., and
its oldest lawyer. His father, Absalom Doster, was born in Mecklenburg
county, N. C., 1796, and his mother, Mrs. Sarah (Alexander) Doster, in
Greene county, Georgia, in 1806. Absalom Doster received a fine English
education when young, and at the age of sixteen was taken by his
parents to Georgia, and in 1818 came with them to Autauga county, Ala.,
where he engaged in merchandising at old Washington, then the oldest
town in this part of the state. He was married in 1822, and continued
in the mercantile business and in farming at Washington for several
years, when he removed to a point near Prattville, where he continued
to be a leading planter until his death in 1882. He was a man of good
business capacity and sound sense, and served in the state legislature
in 1840-41, when the capitol was located at Tuscaloosa, and was the
only whig that ever represented Autauga county in that body. He was
prominent as a deacon in the Baptist church, at Prattville, for many
years, and was forty years a Mason-first a member of the lodge at
Washington, and then of Hampden-Sydney lodge at Robinson Springs,
Elmore county. In the war of 1812 he was stationed at Savannah, Ga. His
parents, James and Lydia Doster, came from an influential family of
North Carolina, of Irish extraction. Mrs. Lydia Doster died at
Wetumpka, Ala., Mrs. Sarah (Alexander) Doster is still living and has
been a member of the Baptist church since early womanhood. Her parents,
Edmond and Mary Alexander, came to what is now Lowndes county, when
Alabama was a vast wilderness, inhabited by wild animals and still
wilder men. Mr. Alexander was a Virginian by birth, and entered the
colonial army when but twelve years of age. He and wife ended their
days in Lowndes county, where they reared a large family of children.
Charles S. G. Doster is the second in a family of four sons and two
daughters, viz.: Dr. Edmond A., who was a graduate from a New York
university, and attained a high rank as a physician, but is now
deceased; Charles S. G., who was born in 1830; Victoria, wife Zachariah
Abney, prominent as a lawyer in Prattville; Madora, wife of M. D.
Lamar, and two that died young. Col. Charles S. G. Doster was reared on
the home plantation, received his early education at Rocky Mound
academy, then attended the East Tennessee university, and in 1853
graduated from the Centenary college at Jackson, La. He had read law
for some years prior to his final graduation under the late
distinguished ex-Governor Watts, with whom he was very intimate for
half a century, and in 1851 was admitted to the bar, Col. Doster is now
one of the oldest lawyers in the state and one of the most eminent.
In 1854 Col. Doster married Miss Caroline E., daughter of John and
Nancy (Harris) Slaton, who were natives respectively, of Kentucky and
Georgia, were married in Georgia, and in 1835 settled in Autauga
county, where Mr. Slaton was engaged in planting until his death in
1846. His widow survived until 1882. Of the large family born to this
couple two sons were in the late war, viz.: Maj. William F. Slaton, who
is now superintendent of education at Atlanta, Ga.; he was in the army
of the Tennessee, was wounded and captured at Corinth, and served a
time in a Federal prison; Capt. Henry H. Slaton, after the war, became
a member of the Florida legislature, but later moved to Arkansas, in
which state he died. Col. C. S. G. Doster has been very active in
politics and in public life in general. His first office was that of
justice of the peace; from 1854 he was from six to eight years
superintendent of education of Autauga county. He was colonel in the
state militia before the war, and during that struggle was commandant
of the militia stationed at Prattville. After the war had closed he
served in the state legislature until the republicans gained control of
the state, and was chairman of the commit-tee on education and a member
of the judiciary committee. In 1870 he was again sent to the
legislature and served on the judiciary committee. In 1872 he was
elected to the state senate for four years, in which body he was
chairman of the committee on privileges and elections and a member of
the judiciary committee. He resigned, however, before the expiration of
his term to make the race for the position of circuit judge, but was
defeated, and has never sought office since. He was also, in 1866, a
member of the celebrated national convention which met at Philadelphia
to sustain President Andrew Johnson in his reconstruction policy. This
convention was composed of many of the most eminent men of the country,
and Col. Doster was one of its secretaries. Col. Doster is a large
stock-holder and a director in the Prattville Cotton Mills and Banking
company, and to the large property he inherited he has added
materially. He has for many years been a member of Prattville lodge,
No. 89, F. & A. M., is chairman of the board of stewards of the
Methodist Episcopal church, and has been for many years president of
the board of school trustees of the Prattville Male and Female academy.
Mrs. Doster, who was born in Georgia, is the mother of five children.
viz.: Mary Tulula, wife of W. W. Reynolds; Charles E., a lawyer and
planter; Corinne, now Mrs. J. L. Alexander: Howard S., editor and
proprietor of the Prattville Progress, and Carrie M. Col. Doster, the
largest planter and land-holder in the country, is universally popular,
and is perhaps more familiar with its early history than any other
inhabitant of the state.
Charles Smith Graves Doster was a Lawyer title (Col.given to lawyers in the SOUTH) Memorial Records of Alabama Vol. 1 (1917) Alabama Archives. A native of Autauga Cy., Alabama and its oldest lawyer. His Father Absalom Doster, was born in Mecklenburg Cy.,N.C. in 1796 and his mother, Mrs. Sarah (Alexander) Doster, in Green Cy.,GA in 18006. He lived down the road from the Doster Family Cemetery.
Author: Brant & Fuller
COL. CHARLES S. G. DOSTER is a native of Autauga county, Ala., and
its oldest lawyer. His father, Absalom Doster, was born in Mecklenburg
county, N. C., 1796, and his mother, Mrs. Sarah (Alexander) Doster, in
Greene county, Georgia, in 1806. Absalom Doster received a fine English
education when young, and at the age of sixteen was taken by his
parents to Georgia, and in 1818 came with them to Autauga county, Ala.,
where he engaged in merchandising at old Washington, then the oldest
town in this part of the state. He was married in 1822, and continued
in the mercantile business and in farming at Washington for several
years, when he removed to a point near Prattville, where he continued
to be a leading planter until his death in 1882. He was a man of good
business capacity and sound sense, and served in the state legislature
in 1840-41, when the capitol was located at Tuscaloosa, and was the
only whig that ever represented Autauga county in that body. He was
prominent as a deacon in the Baptist church, at Prattville, for many
years, and was forty years a Mason-first a member of the lodge at
Washington, and then of Hampden-Sydney lodge at Robinson Springs,
Elmore county. In the war of 1812 he was stationed at Savannah, Ga. His
parents, James and Lydia Doster, came from an influential family of
North Carolina, of Irish extraction. Mrs. Lydia Doster died at
Wetumpka, Ala., Mrs. Sarah (Alexander) Doster is still living and has
been a member of the Baptist church since early womanhood. Her parents,
Edmond and Mary Alexander, came to what is now Lowndes county, when
Alabama was a vast wilderness, inhabited by wild animals and still
wilder men. Mr. Alexander was a Virginian by birth, and entered the
colonial army when but twelve years of age. He and wife ended their
days in Lowndes county, where they reared a large family of children.
Charles S. G. Doster is the second in a family of four sons and two
daughters, viz.: Dr. Edmond A., who was a graduate from a New York
university, and attained a high rank as a physician, but is now
deceased; Charles S. G., who was born in 1830; Victoria, wife Zachariah
Abney, prominent as a lawyer in Prattville; Madora, wife of M. D.
Lamar, and two that died young. Col. Charles S. G. Doster was reared on
the home plantation, received his early education at Rocky Mound
academy, then attended the East Tennessee university, and in 1853
graduated from the Centenary college at Jackson, La. He had read law
for some years prior to his final graduation under the late
distinguished ex-Governor Watts, with whom he was very intimate for
half a century, and in 1851 was admitted to the bar, Col. Doster is now
one of the oldest lawyers in the state and one of the most eminent.
In 1854 Col. Doster married Miss Caroline E., daughter of John and
Nancy (Harris) Slaton, who were natives respectively, of Kentucky and
Georgia, were married in Georgia, and in 1835 settled in Autauga
county, where Mr. Slaton was engaged in planting until his death in
1846. His widow survived until 1882. Of the large family born to this
couple two sons were in the late war, viz.: Maj. William F. Slaton, who
is now superintendent of education at Atlanta, Ga.; he was in the army
of the Tennessee, was wounded and captured at Corinth, and served a
time in a Federal prison; Capt. Henry H. Slaton, after the war, became
a member of the Florida legislature, but later moved to Arkansas, in
which state he died. Col. C. S. G. Doster has been very active in
politics and in public life in general. His first office was that of
justice of the peace; from 1854 he was from six to eight years
superintendent of education of Autauga county. He was colonel in the
state militia before the war, and during that struggle was commandant
of the militia stationed at Prattville. After the war had closed he
served in the state legislature until the republicans gained control of
the state, and was chairman of the commit-tee on education and a member
of the judiciary committee. In 1870 he was again sent to the
legislature and served on the judiciary committee. In 1872 he was
elected to the state senate for four years, in which body he was
chairman of the committee on privileges and elections and a member of
the judiciary committee. He resigned, however, before the expiration of
his term to make the race for the position of circuit judge, but was
defeated, and has never sought office since. He was also, in 1866, a
member of the celebrated national convention which met at Philadelphia
to sustain President Andrew Johnson in his reconstruction policy. This
convention was composed of many of the most eminent men of the country,
and Col. Doster was one of its secretaries. Col. Doster is a large
stock-holder and a director in the Prattville Cotton Mills and Banking
company, and to the large property he inherited he has added
materially. He has for many years been a member of Prattville lodge,
No. 89, F. & A. M., is chairman of the board of stewards of the
Methodist Episcopal church, and has been for many years president of
the board of school trustees of the Prattville Male and Female academy.
Mrs. Doster, who was born in Georgia, is the mother of five children.
viz.: Mary Tulula, wife of W. W. Reynolds; Charles E., a lawyer and
planter; Corinne, now Mrs. J. L. Alexander: Howard S., editor and
proprietor of the Prattville Progress, and Carrie M. Col. Doster, the
largest planter and land-holder in the country, is universally popular,
and is perhaps more familiar with its early history than any other
inhabitant of the state.
Charles Smith Graves Doster was a Lawyer title (Col.given to lawyers in the SOUTH) Memorial Records of Alabama Vol. 1 (1917) Alabama Archives. A native of Autauga Cy., Alabama and its oldest lawyer. His Father Absalom Doster, was born in Mecklenburg Cy.,N.C. in 1796 and his mother, Mrs. Sarah (Alexander) Doster, in Green Cy.,GA in 18006. He lived down the road from the Doster Family Cemetery.
COL. CHARLES S. G. DOSTER is a native of Autauga county, Ala., and
its oldest lawyer. His father, Absalom Doster, was born in Mecklenburg
county, N. C., 1796, and his mother, Mrs. Sarah (Alexander) Doster, in
Greene county, Georgia, in 1806. Absalom Doster received a fine English
education when young, and at the age of sixteen was taken by his
parents to Georgia, and in 1818 came with them to Autauga county, Ala.,
where he engaged in merchandising at old Washington, then the oldest
town in this part of the state. He was married in 1822, and continued
in the mercantile business and in farming at Washington for several
years, when he removed to a point near Prattville, where he continued
to be a leading planter until his death in 1882. He was a man of good
business capacity and sound sense, and served in the state legislature
in 1840-41, when the capitol was located at Tuscaloosa, and was the
only whig that ever represented Autauga county in that body. He was
prominent as a deacon in the Baptist church, at Prattville, for many
years, and was forty years a Mason-first a member of the lodge at
Washington, and then of Hampden-Sydney lodge at Robinson Springs,
Elmore county. In the war of 1812 he was stationed at Savannah, Ga. His
parents, James and Lydia Doster, came from an influential family of
North Carolina, of Irish extraction. Mrs. Lydia Doster died at
Wetumpka, Ala., Mrs. Sarah (Alexander) Doster is still living and has
been a member of the Baptist church since early womanhood. Her parents,
Edmond and Mary Alexander, came to what is now Lowndes county, when
Alabama was a vast wilderness, inhabited by wild animals and still
wilder men. Mr. Alexander was a Virginian by birth, and entered the
colonial army when but twelve years of age. He and wife ended their
days in Lowndes county, where they reared a large family of children.
Charles S. G. Doster is the second in a family of four sons and two
daughters, viz.: Dr. Edmond A., who was a graduate from a New York
university, and attained a high rank as a physician, but is now
deceased; Charles S. G., who was born in 1830; Victoria, wife Zachariah
Abney, prominent as a lawyer in Prattville; Madora, wife of M. D.
Lamar, and two that died young. Col. Charles S. G. Doster was reared on
the home plantation, received his early education at Rocky Mound
academy, then attended the East Tennessee university, and in 1853
graduated from the Centenary college at Jackson, La. He had read law
for some years prior to his final graduation under the late
distinguished ex-Governor Watts, with whom he was very intimate for
half a century, and in 1851 was admitted to the bar, Col. Doster is now
one of the oldest lawyers in the state and one of the most eminent.
In 1854 Col. Doster married Miss Caroline E., daughter of John and
Nancy (Harris) Slaton, who were natives respectively, of Kentucky and
Georgia, were married in Georgia, and in 1835 settled in Autauga
county, where Mr. Slaton was engaged in planting until his death in
1846. His widow survived until 1882. Of the large family born to this
couple two sons were in the late war, viz.: Maj. William F. Slaton, who
is now superintendent of education at Atlanta, Ga.; he was in the army
of the Tennessee, was wounded and captured at Corinth, and served a
time in a Federal prison; Capt. Henry H. Slaton, after the war, became
a member of the Florida legislature, but later moved to Arkansas, in
which state he died. Col. C. S. G. Doster has been very active in
politics and in public life in general. His first office was that of
justice of the peace; from 1854 he was from six to eight years
superintendent of education of Autauga county. He was colonel in the
state militia before the war, and during that struggle was commandant
of the militia stationed at Prattville. After the war had closed he
served in the state legislature until the republicans gained control of
the state, and was chairman of the commit-tee on education and a member
of the judiciary committee. In 1870 he was again sent to the
legislature and served on the judiciary committee. In 1872 he was
elected to the state senate for four years, in which body he was
chairman of the committee on privileges and elections and a member of
the judiciary committee. He resigned, however, before the expiration of
his term to make the race for the position of circuit judge, but was
defeated, and has never sought office since. He was also, in 1866, a
member of the celebrated national convention which met at Philadelphia
to sustain President Andrew Johnson in his reconstruction policy. This
convention was composed of many of the most eminent men of the country,
and Col. Doster was one of its secretaries. Col. Doster is a large
stock-holder and a director in the Prattville Cotton Mills and Banking
company, and to the large property he inherited he has added
materially. He has for many years been a member of Prattville lodge,
No. 89, F. & A. M., is chairman of the board of stewards of the
Methodist Episcopal church, and has been for many years president of
the board of school trustees of the Prattville Male and Female academy.
Mrs. Doster, who was born in Georgia, is the mother of five children.
viz.: Mary Tulula, wife of W. W. Reynolds; Charles E., a lawyer and
planter; Corinne, now Mrs. J. L. Alexander: Howard S., editor and
proprietor of the Prattville Progress, and Carrie M. Col. Doster, the
largest planter and land-holder in the country, is universally popular,
and is perhaps more familiar with its early history than any other
inhabitant of the state.
Charles Smith Graves Doster was a Lawyer title (Col.given to lawyers in the SOUTH) Memorial Records of Alabama Vol. 1 (1917) Alabama Archives. A native of Autauga Cy., Alabama and its oldest lawyer. His Father Absalom Doster, was born in Mecklenburg Cy.,N.C. in 1796 and his mother, Mrs. Sarah (Alexander) Doster, in Green Cy.,GA in 18006. He lived down the road from the Doster Family Cemetery.
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