Source: "Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1907" State of AL Dept of Archives and History, compiled by Thomas M. Owen, L.L, D. Director, Brown Publishing Co, Montgomery, AL, 1907 p. 100 Legislative Department, Houston County WILLIAM LOVARD LEE, of Columbia, Houston county, was born April 17, 1873 at Clayton, Barbour county. He is the son of Alto V. Lee, solicitor of the 3rd judicial district for 18 years, and captain in the Confederate army, and of Lillie (Lawrence) Lee. (For further ancestral facts see sketch of his brother, L.H. Lee, supra) His early education was obtained in the public schools of Clayton. Later, he entered the University of Alabama where, in 1892, he graduated. He read law with Lee & Lee, of Clayton, and entered upon the practice of his profession Dec 28, 1895 at the town in which he now resides. He was city attorney 1897-99; major. 1899-1903; and is a member of the Legislature, 1907. He is a Democrat, having served his party as a member of the executive committee of Henry county, 1896-98; 1901-03; as chairman of same, 1898-99; and as member and secretary of executive committee, Houston county, 1903 to 1906. He is a Methodist; a Mason; and a Knight of Pythias. In 1896, he married Ellen, daughter of Peter F. and Ellen (Cassady) Thomas of Lawrenceville, Ala., the former a Confederate soldier.