Calhoun County ALArchives Biographies.....Ledbetter, W. G. 1851 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   W. G. LEDBETTER, president of the bank at Anniston and president of the
Woodstock Iron Company, was born in Madison county, Ala., in 1851. He is a son
of John W. and Elizabeth (Glover) Ledbetter, the former of whom was a native of
Virginia, born there in 1811 and came to Alabama in 1821. John W. Ledbetter was
the son of Archie Ledbetter. Mrs. Elizabeth Ledbetter was a native of South
Carolina. William G. was reared in Madison county and received but a very
limited education, for the war came on just in time to prevent his continuance
in school. After the war he went to New York, where for nine years he was
engaged in the wholesale hat business. He then removed to Lynchburg, Va., where
he was engaged for five years in the manufacture of tobacco. He next moved to
Winston, N. C., and was there engaged four years in the manufacture of tobacco.
In 1887 he came to Alabama, locating in Anniston, where the same year he
assisted in the organization of the bank of Anniston. Of this bank he was
elected vice-president and served two years, when he was elected president and
has since then been in this position. In 1890, when the Piedmont Land
Improvement company was organized, Mr. Ledbetter was chosen vice-president, but
as the president resided in Delaware, Mr. Ledbetter was practically the
president of the company, to which position he was elected in 1892. When the
Anniston Land company was organized he was made a director in it, he also
organized the Ledbetter Land company and in 1886, just before the boom purchased
350 acres of land, for which in less than sixty days he was offered large
advances on the price paid, but which refused. In 1877 he married Sarah Draper,
daughter of Daniel D., and Caroline (Woods) Draper, both natives of South
Carolina. To this marriage there have been born seven children, four of whom are
living : Ruth, Ralph, Grace and Willie G. Mrs. Ledbetter was born in Oxford,
Ala. Mr. Ledbetter and wife are members of the Baptist church, of which he is a
deacon. He is also a Mason. Both he and wife are higly respected and useful
members of society.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 600

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