Chatham County GaArchives Biographies.....Carson, John Avery Gere 1856 - living in 1913
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Author: William Harden
p. 576-577

   JOHN AVERY GERE CARSON. Prominent among the representative citizens of
Savannah is John Avery Gere Carson, ex-president of the board of trade;
president of the Carson Naval Stores Company; and prominent in commercial and
financial affairs of the city. He has resided here for more than forty years and
for a great portion of that time has figured conspicuously in the history of the
city, to whose institutions he is very loyal and to whose welfare he is ever
ready to contribute in any way within his power.

  Mr. Carson, by the circumstance of birth, belongs to Baltimore, Maryland, his
life record having begun in that city, February 19, 1856. He is the son of
Carvill Hynson and Sarah Frances (Gere) Carson. As his name indicates his
ancestry on both sides represents families of distinct prominence in the
Colonial history of Maryland. His father was the son of David and Sarah Taylor
(Hynson) Carson, the latter being the daughter of Charles and Sarah (Waltham)
Carson. On the Hynson side the ancestry runs back through, several generations
to Thomas Hynson of England, who came to Maryland in 1650, settled at Kent in
the then colony of Maryland, and became one of the commissioners in charge of
the government of and holding of elections in Kent county. He also became a
member of the Maryland assembly. On his mother's side Mr. Carson is descended,
from George Geer (as it was then spelled—now Gere), who with his brother, Thomas
Gere, came from Hevitree, Devonshire, England, to America in 1621 and settled in
the town of Enfield, Connecticut. Thus the family was founded on these shores
only a few months after the arrival of the Pilgrim fathers. The mother of Mr.
Carson was born in Baltimore, the daughter of John Avery Gere. This admirable
lady is still living in Savannah, the possessor of univeVsal respect and esteem.
The father, who died on February 18, 1911, in Savannah, was born at Baltimore,
November 14, 1830. A man of unblemished record, his memory will long remain
green in the hearts of his numerous friends and admirers.

   Mr. Carson received his education in the public schools of Baltimore and in
the Normal College at Lycoming county, Pennsylvania. He came to Savannah with
his parents in 1870 and has resided within the pleasant boundaries of the city
ever since that time. On January 1, 1884, he became identified with Mr. J. P.
Williams in the latter's business enterprises, and upon the organization of the
J. P. Williams Company (naval stores) in 1897, Mr. Carson became vice-president
of the concern. In January, 1910, he organized the Carson Naval Stores Company,
which succeeded the J. P. Williams Company and of which he is president. The
continual progress and present standing of the company is largely credited to
the experience, executive ability, tireless energy, engineering skill and genius
in the broad combination of applicable forces possessed by Mr. Carson.

   This distinguished gentleman is ex-president of the Savannah Board of Trade,
one of the strongest organizations of its kind in the South. He was for nine
years, from 1900 to 1909, the president of the Merchants' National Bank of
Savannah, and did much to add to the confidence felt in this important monetary
institution. He was alderman of the city from 1889 to 1893. In 1893 he was
elected by the largest vote received by any candidate, as a member of the first
board of county commissioners of Chatham under the new law for such boards that
went into effect at that time. He served in that capacity until 1897, with
credit to himself and honor and profit to the people. He has always been
interested in affairs military and was a lieutenant in the Chatham Artillery in
1895 and 1896. He has been deputy governor-general for Georgia of the Society of
the Colonial Wars since its organization in 1896. Since starting in business as
a young man his chief interests have been in grain, cotton and naval stores and
he keeps in touch with Georgian resources and development.

   Fraternally, Mr. Carson is a Mason and is entitled to the white-plumed helmet
of the Knight Templar. He is a member of the Oglethorpe Club and a life member
of the Savannah Volunteer Guards.

   Mr. Carson was happily married January 29, 1879, his chosen lady being Miss
Carrie Gordon Cubbedge, daughter of Stephen Jackson Maxwell and Caroline Rebecca
(Tubbs) Cubbedge. They share their home, one of the most hospitable and
delightful in Savannah, with four interesting children: John Avery Gere, Jr.,
Gordon Cubbedge, Edwin Williams, and Carvill Hynson.



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From:

A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME I
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913


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