Carroll County GaArchives Biographies.....Candler, William B. 1838 - uk
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Author: MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA
WILLIAM B. CANDLER, merchant, Villa Rica, Carroll Co., Ga., son of
Samuel C. and Martha (Beall) Candler, was born in Carroll county in 1847. An 
ancestor of the family, which is one among the most distinguished in Georgia at 
this time, was an officer in Cromwell's army. Mr. Candler's great-grandfather, 
William C. Candler, came from Ireland to America before the revolutionary war 
and was an officer in the patriot army. His paternal grandparents, Daniel and 
Sarah (Slaughter) Candler, were native Georgians. Mr. Candler's father was born 
in Upson county, Ga., in 1809, and removed to Carroll county in 1832, where he 
began life by working in the gold mines at $6 a month. His life success affords 
another and striking illustration of the opportunities this country affords for 
acquiring fortunes and achieving distinction. He served as a justice of the 
inferior court of the county a number of years; he represented the county in 
the general assembly-once as senator and twice as representative and was in 
Charleston in 1860 at the democratic presidential convention. He was one of 
eleven children, all of whom are living but one; he was a "live" member of the 
Masonic fraternity, and at the age of sixty joined the Methodist church. From 
a poorly-paid workingman he rose to wealth and honor and lived to a ripe old 
age. Mr. Candler's maternal grandparents, Noble and Justain (Hooper) Beall, 
were of Scotch descent and early settlers in Georgia. Mr. Candler was reared on 
the farm within a mile of where he now lives, and attended school at 
the "regulation" log school house. But, as during his youth hood war raged the 
fiercest, and there was the direst necessity for field labor, his educational 
advantages were seriously curtailed. After the war ended he taught school six 
months and after that (1868) embarked in the mercantile business, in which he 
has been exceptionally successful. In 1871 Mr. Candler was married to Miss 
Lizzie Slaughter born In Carroll county, daughter Dr.  J. T. and Melvina 
(Freeman}Slaughter. Dr. Slaughter was a leading and one of the most prominent 
physicians in the state. Four children blessed this happy union: Eugene, 
Florence, Lizzie and William B. Mr. Candler and two of the children are members 
of the Presbyterian church, and Mrs. Candler and the other two children are 
members of the Methodist church. Mr. Candler rates high in the commercial world 
as a man of practical business and financial ability, while in social life 
himself and family are outranked by none.	



Additional Comments:
“MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA”, Historical and Biographical Sketches
by S. Emmett Lucas, Jr., Published in 1896.  Transcribed by Elizabeth Robertson 
July 2004.


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