Alonzo C. "Lon" Scurlock, 14th president, was born in New Market, Ala., in 1845. At age 16 he was serving in the Army of the Confederacy in Walder’s Battalion. He was the son of James F. and Rebecca Criner Scurlock, who founded the town of Grandview, Texas. He attended Oakland College, which was west of old Grandview. For a time Scurlock was engaged in ranching in western Texas.