The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-07-06
GENERAL LAWToN DEAD.
Re Died at Clifton Springs, New York,
Last Thursday.


pae,,3 peacefully away 90 Clifton Springs
yrsserfav morning. ot - o'clock.
The a. pcrt soon became spread around
the City. and though tAe end was not I'm
expected. deep SORROW ana regret were eN-
pressed ON every side. His services 70 the
south. 20 his cou- try. 20 lis state. and by
40 means lssl OF all. TO MS city, have
rpai.. him known everywhere and beloved
10y all an4 the raerot "a his death. there
fore. lna. we'll bc said to rave been uni
Sketch OF the Deceased.
General AIs>ari,t Robert Lowtcn was
born Ia Sp,ttvrs' pa ylsh. Beaufort district,
south Carolina. November (. ISIS. Ills
,.raulfIthcr was an onicer in the conti-
ncutal army suI his father was a planter.
Ills youth WAS spent ON the plantation
ANA his ,arlN education was acpuir"u az
private schools in tho district supported
l,y IN, Wealthy planters for the instruction
of fr.i. children. Al sixteen Young Law on
WIS ai.paiutel cadet at West Point. H."
..1s.. tuat.I i'm f>l3 with the rank OF second
lieutenant and was assigned TO the First
United States Artillery and WAS stationed
al various points iu the north and east
alone tr.. Canadian huriers. lie graduated
with Ges.sr rails llaFiact. CANDY. Bur-on,tH-
m.r. Stevens and Hunt. Reaigniag his com
mission in the ARMY iu 1911, after two
,..gts of service. Lieutenant Lawton en-
tered the Dane law school at Cambridge,
Mass. ana graduated IN l42. Returning
south he spent six mouths in law studies
at home. and after a thorough examination
before the court OF appeals Of South Caro-
lima. was admitted to the bar. year Ia
tor. IN 1913. he came 20 savannah and be-
ean the practice Of the profession. which he
con iuued ror over half century.
General I.agtou was married in Novem-
her. 1875. to Miss Sarah "a. Alexander,
daughter Of Adam L.. Alexander and
sister of General r. r. Alexander. who
survives htv husband.
I'm 1873 he accepted the presidency Of the
Aueusta and Savannah railroad. lie was
a representative from Chatham county in
lN-5--f. and was in thc senate In 1S6D-'6l.
IN I,4f- - he was again represc NATIVE from
Chatham and was in 1871 vice president of
the convention which framed the state con-
stitutlon. lie was president Of the cleo
t1ral college IL 1876 and east The vote OF
Georgia fer samuel J. Tilden. lie was
chairman Of tAs Georgia delegation In the
Cincinnati convention which nominated
General Hancock for president ana also OF
the Georgia delegation at the Chicago corr
Ntution which nominated President Cleve-
mated 10y President Cleveland for minister
10 RUSSIA. The technical question as to
his eligibility having arisen on account
CT his confederate services. he requested
the president to withdraw his name. Tie
hrsI act OF the next session OF congress
was 10 remove his disability. lie was then
made minister TO AUSTRIA, where his ser
vices Tor Two years Were marked with sue
cess IA every way. lie was the first colo
mel oiFthe first volunteer regiment of Geor-
gia, brigadier general in tna confederate
army III command of Ike military district
of Georgia in 1861. served in Virginia in
lni2, was wounded at SharpsburE, under
Stonewall Jackson, and in August, 1865.
was appointed quarternaster general Of
the Confederate States, hold ne that posi-
tion at The cessation of hQstiities.
As a lawyer and orator. General Lawton
was p~e-emiHent. lie had ais enormous
practice ana chief couI sci of the Central
railroad for twenty-onc years treated ques
tons OF private and corporate right i'm the
supreme cCu rts Of Georgia, South Carolina
and Florida. and i'm the United States
supreme court.
He was che Of the ten founders of the
| American Bar Association and mad a lead
| inS part In the formation OF the Georgia
| Bar Association.