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S. E. Lackey, farmer and trader, is the son of William M. and Martha A. (Hocker) Lackey. The father was born November 25, 1815, in Madison County, Ky., and is of Irish descent. He is a farmer and followed this occupation for some time in his native county. In 1846 he moved to Lincoln County, Ky., where he has since resided. His wife is a native of Madison County, Ky., born August 28, 1822. To them were born two children, our subject being the only one living. He was born in Madison County, Ky., in 1841, and received his education in the schools of Lincoln County and at the University of Virginia, Charlotteville, where he attended two sessions. He was at the above mentioned institution at the breaking out of the war and in the summer of 1862 he enlisted in Company B, Sixth Regiment Cavalry (Confederate Army) under Gen. Buford. He was in the battles of Perryville and Murfreesboro and after the latter fight was transferred to Morgan’s command, being with him in his famous raid through Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. He was captured at Cheshire, Ohio, was taken to Camp Chase, then to Camp Douglas, and retained in both prisons about seven months. He escaped and afterward was one of twenty-three who captured the town of St. Albans, Vt., which created such great excitement at the time on our Northern frontier. In October, 1864, on demand for extradition by the United States, for himself and comrades, he was tried and acquitted and demand for extradition denied by the British Government. He was, however, exempt from the general amnesty proclamation of President Johnson, but was afterward included and in 1866 returned to his native State and began trading in stocks. He has been engaged in the same business more or less ever since. In November, 1869, he married Miss Susie K. Alexander, a native of Gallatin, Tenn., and the daughter of James and Nancy J. Alexander. Three living children were the result of our subject’s marriage, viz.: William W., Samuel E. and Mattie Alma. In 1870 Mr. Lackey came to Gallatin, where he has since resided. He resides in the suburbs of Gallatin on a beautiful stock farm in which he takes a pardonable pride. He is a Democrat in politics, casting his first presidential vote for Seymour and Blair in 1868. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the K of P., the K. of H., and he and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.