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Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical: officers of civil and military organizations. (search)
s buried in the English cemetery, Belle Vista, between Callao and Lima. Leroy Pope Walker Leroy Pope Walker, the first war secretary, was born near Huntsville, Alabama, July 28, 1817, the son of the distinguished John William Walker, who presided over the convention which framed the constitution of the State. He was admitted to the bar in 1838, was elected brigadier-general of Alabama militia, and in 1843 was elected to the legislature by Lawrence county. In 1847 he represented Lauderdale county, and was chosen speaker of the House that year and in 1849. At the first election of judges by the people, in 1850, he was chosen judge of the Fourth judicial circuit, a position he resigned in 1853 to be returned to the legislature, where he ably discussed the measures for internal improvement, the issues of that day, and demonstrating great abilities in the debates in which Alabama's great men, like Judge, Curry, Meek and Cochrane, participated. He then devoted himself to his law