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Subject: [IA-CIVIL-WAR] 1903 Bio of John F. Lacey
Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 10:55:59 EDT

JOHN F. LACEY was born at New Martinsville, West Virginia, on the 30th of
May, 1841.  In 1855 he came with his father to Oskaloosa, near which they
located on a farm.  His education was limited by lack of means and he learned
the trade of bricklaying.  When the Civil War began he enlisted in Company H,
Third Iowa Infantry, was captured at the Battle of Blue Mills but was soon
released on parole.  He returned home and began to read law with Samuel A.
Rice, then Attorney-General of Iowa.  After being exchanged in 1862, he
enlisted in Company D, Thirty-third Iowa Volunteers, of which Mr. Rice was
appointed colonel.  He was soon promoted to first lieutenant of Company C and
later was appointed Assistant Adjutant-General on the staff of General
Steele, serving in that position to the end of the war.  He participated in
the battles of Helena, Little Rock, Elkin's Ford, Prairie d'Ann, Camden,
Jenkin's Ferry and Blakely.  Upon his return home he entered upon the
practice of law.  In 1869 he was elected on the Republican ticket to the
House of the Thirteenth General Assembly, serving one term.  He was city
solicitor and is the author of Lacey's Railway Digest in two volumes and also
of the Third Iowa Digest.  He was first elected to Congress from the Sixth
District in 1888 and has been repeatedly reelected, serving to the close of
the Nineteenth Century.  He has taken a deep interest in the preservation of
the forests and animals of the country and is the author of numerous
important laws on the subject.


Debbie Clough Gerischer
Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County
<A HREF="http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/">http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/</A>;
IAGENWEB: Special History Project:
http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm
Gerischer Family Web Site:
<A HREF="http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/">http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/</A>;

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