Henry County AlArchives Biographies.....Koonce, William C. 1838 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    WILLIAM C. KOONCE, druggist of Columbia, Henry county, is one of the
public-spirited and active business men of this county. He was born in Henry
county in 1838, and is a brother of Hon. Jefferson S. Koonce, whose sketch
appears elsewhere in this work, as also does that of the father. Beginning life
as a farmer's boy, he early took up the study of pharmacy, and became a
registered druggist. After having been engaged in farming two years, he, in
1858, engaged in the drug business the next two years. In 1866, he opened a drug
store in Abbeville, in connection with a stock of general merchandise. Both of
these lines of business he conducted successfully until 1870, when he disposed
of his merchandise, moved back to Columbia, and for the next eight years was
engaged in farming. He then again established himself in the drug business, and
has since been thus engaged. In 1871 he was married to Miss Claudia V. Goocher,
daughter of William and Mary Goocher. William Goocher settled in Henry county in
1819, and was one of the pioneer and representative men of the county. The wife
of W. C. Koonce was born in Alabama, in 1840. She was married at the age of
thirty, and is the mother of five children, four of whom survive. viz.:
Angerona, wife of Albert Williams, one of Henry county's prosperous young
farmers, living near the city of Columbia; Daniel A., single, and living at
home; William R., single, and also living at home; Miss Libbie, attending
Columbia high school. In 1891, in connection with a number of others, Mr. Koonce
organized a stock company for the purpose of erecting a cotton mill. This
project was carried out, and a cotton mill of 2,000 spindles, and with the very
latest improvements, was erected, and is now in operation in the city of
Columbia. Mr. Koonce was one of the first to encourage this enterprise, and is
now one of the board of directors. He officiated as postmaster of the city of
Columbia for a number of years, and is now one of the school trustees. He has
served as one of the executive committee for a number of years, and in other
ways has been selected by his fellow-citizens to take charge of their public
affairs. He owns several thousand acres of good land in Florida, Georgia and
Alabama, as well as one of the best equipped drug stores in Columbia. He has a
beautiful home, surrounded with everything that tends to make life: pleasant. In
politics he is a democrat, and in manner cordial. In general, he is a good
citizen, and enjoys the respect of all who know him.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 1098-1099
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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