Background
Jeffries, Louis Eugene was born on February 14, 1868 in Uniontown, Alabama, United States. Son of John Miller and Emily Epps (Norris) Jeffries.
Jeffries, Louis Eugene was born on February 14, 1868 in Uniontown, Alabama, United States. Son of John Miller and Emily Epps (Norris) Jeffries.
University of Alabama, 1884, 85. Law department University of Virginia, 1886-1887.
Admitted to Alabama bar, 1888, and practiced at Selma. Later member firm Pettus & Jeffries. Appointed general attorney Southern Railway Company, at Washington, District of Columbia, 1912, general counsel, 1916, vice-president and general counsel, since 1918.
Also vice-president and general counsel C.,North.O.&T.P. Railway, Alabama Great Southern Railroad, North.O. & Northeastern Railroad, M.&O. Railroad, Georgia Southern & Florida Railway, Riggs National Bank, Washington, et cetera
Mason.
Married Virginia Caperton Hardie, June 24, 1891. Children: Josephine (wife of Alfred A. Cunningham, United States.M.C.), Virginia (Mistress George G. Munce), Louis Eugene, Alexander Hardie.