Lamar County, Alabama
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Lamar County is a county in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,972. Its county seat is Vernon and it is a dry county. It is named in honor of Lucius Quintus Cincin
Lamar County Courthouse in Vernon
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II was an American politician, diplomat, and jurist and former Confederate soldier and official. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Mississippi in both h
Lamar County, Alabama
…the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,972. Its county seat is Vernon and it is a dry county. It is named in honor of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, a former Confederate officer and former member of both houses of the United States Congress from Mississippi. Jones County, Alabama was established…
Lamar, 1870–1880
Portrait of L.Q.C. Lamar (c. 1850–1860)
A page from Harper's Weekly showing the seceding Mississippi Delegation; Lamar is bottom-left.
Lamar in 1862 while in the Confederate Army