LACY, Alonzo, Rankin County, MS., then Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
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ALONZO LACY, SCOTT.--Alonzo Lacy was born in Rankin county, Mississippi,
December 13, 1856. He is the son James M. and Ellen (Gates) Lacy. Both
parents were natives of Mississippi, where they were married, and had born
to them three children, two sons and a daughter, viz.: the subject of this
sketch, Beauregard, deceased, and Sarah A., wife of Anderson Vincent, of
Calcasieu parish. The mother died in Mississippi, in 1861; and the father
of our subject married a second time, Miss Rebecca Singleton. He served
during the Civil War and was a gallant soldier; his field of operation
being in Tennessee. He was captured in Tennessee, and was not released
until after the war closed. Supposing him to be dead, his wife married
again. Returning home, Mr. Lacy obtained a divorce, and with his two
children removed to Louisiana, where he again married, Miss Talitha Semar.
He is now a resident of Calcasieu parish.
The subject of this sketch has given almost his entire attention to
planting, and now owns a farm of one hundred and sixty four acres, which he
cultivates in corn and cotton. He also gives some attention to stock
raising. Mr. Lacy was married, in 1876, to Mary West. To them have been
born seven children.: Nellie, Lacy, Joseph, Ellen, Cesseal, and two
who died in infancy. Mr. Lacy and wife are members of the Catholic church.
Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
233-234. Edited by William Henry Perrin. Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.