History of Apalachicola, (Franklin County) Florida United States of America

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George Pettus Raney, jurist, was born at Apalachicola, Fla., Oct. 11, 1845; son of David Greenway and Frances Harriet (Jordan) Raney; grandson of William and Rebecca (Abernathy) Raney, and of Miles and Hariot (Pettus) Jordan. He was educated in the schools of his native town, and entered the University of Virginia in 1863; was in the Confederate army from September, 1863, till the close of the civil war; studied law at the University of Virginia in 1866?67; was admitted to the bar in 1867, and practised his profession at Apalachicola until he moved to Tallahassee in the latter part of 1869. He was a member of the Florida legislature, 1868?70; a member of the Democratic state executive committee, 1876?80; attorney-general of Florida, 1877?85; reporter of the decisions of the state supreme court, 1877?85; associate justice of the state supreme court, 1885?89, and chief justice, 1889?94, when he resigned and returned to the practice of law at Tallahassee. He was a presidential elector, 1896; a member of the state legislature from Leon county, 1899?1902, and a member of the Democratic national committee for 1900?04. He was married twice: first, in November, 1873, to Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Thompsom Byrd and Sarah (Bailey) Lamar, who died in 1900, and secondly, in November, 1901, to Evelyn Byrd, daughter of Walker Anderson and Elizabeth Page (Walker) Cameron.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Apalachicola, (Franklin County) Florida

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