Background
Barksdale, Alfred Dickinson was born on July 17, 1892 in Halifax, Virginia, United States. Son of William Randolph (judge Sixth Judicial Circuit of Virginia) and Hallie Poindexter (Craddock) B.
Barksdale, Alfred Dickinson was born on July 17, 1892 in Halifax, Virginia, United States. Son of William Randolph (judge Sixth Judicial Circuit of Virginia) and Hallie Poindexter (Craddock) B.
Educated Cluster Springs Academy, 1907-1908. Bachelor of Science, Virginia Military Institute, 1911. Bachelor of Laws, University Virginia, 1915.
Admitted to Virginia bar, August 13, 1915, and began practice in Lynchburg. Judge Sixth Judicial Circuit of Virginia, 1938-1940. Judge The United States of America District Court, Western District of Virginia, 1940-1972.
Member Virginia Senate, 1924, 26, 27. Served as captain 116th Infantry, United States Army, with American Expeditionary Forces, World War. Member American, Virginia, Lynchburg bar associations, Kappa Alpha, Phi Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Clubs: Boonsboro Country (Lynchburg).
Married Louisa Estill Winfree, December 15, 1934. Children: Louisa Estill Winfree, Mary Owen.