The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-27

| the Creek war of 1Sl3-14 When the city
 of Tuscaloosa was founded MT; Mcnea ca
 became Register of the Land Office, ana in 1923 was elected to Congress from
 the Middle Alabama District, serving
 Brewers Alabama says of Mir Mckee:
 He was one of the noblest of our puohc
 men. He was stalwart and han1solae.
 an educated and sociable gentleman:
 tertaining .onversationalt powers.
 MT. Mckee lived and died bachelor.
 He had no hnsfolk but was devotedigy
 father of Col. John Mckee Gould, who
 bears his name. and who now lives m
 Boligee. Greene County. at the ola n9ine
 where MT. Mckee lived and is burlfa; ..i3;1;
 He died in 1892. aged 65 years Hilf III
 of Howth" near Boligee, is the name or
 the home of MT. Mckee and Colonel
 secured by MT. Owen from Colonel
 Two Distinguished Montgomerians.
 On the west side of the gallery Is a Wirt Allen vho lived 'n Montgomery:
 and was a Major General of Cavalry
 in the Confederate Army. The picture IS in a Confederate uniform. The work was done by Miss Adelaide Everhart,
 and the painting, which is handsomely
 Department by Messrs. Wade Allen of Montgomery. and J. V. Allen of Birm- inghain. sons of General Alle1. Thij dis tinguished Alabamian is we'll remem-
 first President of the Conf derate Sur vivors' Association" organized in Mont |, l gomery shortly after the close of the war between the States.
 , The Department has recently received a splendid oil painting of Col. Tennent Lomax, of Montgomery. which will be
 given a conspicuous place on the walls
 of the gallery. This picture l. familiar : to Montgomerians as the one which hung for so many years in the hall of Lomax
 Fire Company. When the fire company
 disbanded it was given to the family ot I Colonel Lomax. and was prt sented tn e MT. Owen by Hon. Tennent LomaX, son f of Colonel Lomax.
 r Near one of the pictures of Mir. Yancey !, there hangs d small oil painting of Gen. e sides in New Orleans: This portrait was l made while General Bragg was in the service of the United States Army, and s shortly after the Mexican war. It is q f bust picture and represents General @ Bragg in the uniform of a Federal off,
 cer. This picture was presented to the d Historical Department by Mrs. Dora l. Bragg Beers, who recently removed e from Montgomery to Selma
 s Governor Bagby and Judge Ligon' r On either. side of the desk of the Pres 'i ident of the Senate are ouc-fhird life ]. size pictures of Arthur P: Bagby,o tenth It Governor of Alabama and David Green . hill Ligon, one of the early settlers of i- the State. These pictures are appropri- .t1 The picture of Governor Bagby is an n n enlarged photograpf1 copied from an ,r gushed Alabamian when he was Min tn ister to Russia. This miniature is in the 10 possession of Mrs. J. c. Mcclellan of ? Montgomery, granddaughter of Gov s- The portrait of Judge Ligon is in
 crayon. and was presented oy his daugn-
 ter, Mrs. E. C.. Mcdonald, who now re- Is sides in Moulton. Daird Greenhill Agon IS was a native of Virginia, and was one of
 the early settlers of Lawrence G"Hnty Hnty e Supreme Court in the fifties.
 r. There are a number of interesting pie pie @ federate panel High above the other t: framed steel 5I'e engraving % of Cen. Robert ,f E. Lee. There have probably bGen mil l. lions of pictures of Lee. and there is g nothing remarkable about this one ex- d cept that it is said to he an unusually It fine likeness. and presented his contour y Just below 1t Is little picture showing Is the Confederate flags in cclorS and Ie photograph of the monument erected Tn D. Charleston to the memory of Calhoun. Il Close by the side of General Lee Is r. very fine crayon of Gen. stephen D. Lee.
 who, although MissisSiPpiAn coni- a mauded an Alabama brigade It was 1- taken in uniform. Genera! Lee now re- Q sides In Columbus, Miss. and himself Is sent this portrait to the Historical De- IS Staff of the 14th Alabama
 It A group picture in the Confederate ' panel' which attracts attention Is likeness of the staff officers of the l4th j. Alabama Regiment On closer inspec- IT ton one finds the familiar face of Dr. ,s J. B. Gaston In the group MT Owen says he had this picture quite aWmle 'l a officers. The information was furnished ie hlm by Dr. GastOn. Tkey are: Thomas J. Judge of Montgomery, Colonel; D. B. W. Bane of Iowndes County Lieuter
 ant Colonel. McJ,PmOrp Of Cham
 bers County. Major; Lucius Pinckard l. or I, Macon County Adiuta9t; F. w w. c- fiinkle of Montgomery, A. ." M. pr ,e J. B. Gaston of Montgomery. A. c; S., al and an officer named Hanshaw who's" IS residence and ti+le is unknown All Of B. these officers are dead but pr. Gaston IS and Captain Pinckard who resides in r. Atlanta, Ca IL is one of the lew le group pictures of officers of Alabama IS Although NIr. Owen has more than ts fifty rare cabinet photographs of dis sn tnguished Southerners, particularly 1t been framed for hanging upon the walls n- of the gallery. Among those Which al-
 ready adorn the walls is splendid se bama, who commanded a brigade in the e. Confederate Army, presented by his ly widow, who now resides in New York CT City; a magnificent 'sculptograph" of in Hon. Hilary A. Herbert, Aidba ma s 1e only Cabinet officer since the war, re- Id gently sent to the Department by Col
 A D. of Preston Brooks. Senator from South ge Carolina who had the distinguished honor to use his cane on the back of ys Charles Sumner. This picture of MT. Sy Brooks was sent to MT. owen by James y- B. Marshall of Birmingham, who Is his ze grand nephew.
 ,il Numerous Group Pictures.
 of Tn the numerous group pictures hang n. ing on the walls one finds larRe-siZed ld nhotoeraDhs of the members of six Ala Id hama Legislatures, an enlarged photo of graph of the members of the Constitu- d. tional Convention of 1875. as well as a q photograph of the delegates to the Con-
 vention recently held. and group pie sa ture of the members of the Birmingham UT Bar Association. -, e,., ne Carolina several years ago. MT. owen as picked up a number of rare pictures, of books and curios. Among these is a pie m ture of the grave of Osceola. the iainous te Macon County indian, and chiet oI the g. Seminoles. His grave as is well known know, ne to students of Indian lore, IS on S9lll- se vans Island. in the shadow or forl 't. Moultrie , . ke MT. Owen also secured on ms trip a or copy of Browns Portrait Gallery q SC rare old volume containing slinouetes to 1 of distinguished Americans. This oooR
 was issued in 1s46, and one of the strik-
 ing profiles is that of Dixon H. LeWls' ,e who was at that time United States Sen is | ator from Alabama. He died in lSiS and