Chattahoochee County GaArchives Biographies.....King, G. W. unknown - living in 1933
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Author: N. K. Rogers
G. W. KING

    G. W. King, County School Superintendent since the death of Dr. C. N.
Howard, Sr. in 1923 is son of G. W. King. Sr., and Alice Catherine King.

    G. W. King Sr., sometimes called "The Cotton King of Chattahoochee County"
and once reputed to be the wealthiest man in the county, inherited much of this
wealth from his father. Henry King, one of the pioneers of this section. He
served as sergeant in Co. D, 46th Regt. Ga. Infantry; was wounded three
times—once severely and his son says he heard him tell about crawling to a
running stream of water to cleanse his wounds. This indicates his splendid
physique which was so nearly perfect at the age of 75 that he could with ease
ascend a ladder to the roof of a house in the covering of which he was aiding
and directing workmen. Mr. King was a patron of education, sending all his
children to higher institutions of learning after they had finished at Cusseta.

    G. W. King, Jr. graduated at the University of Georgia 1908 after which he
engaged in teaching school, mercantile business and farming. For he inherited
from his land-baron ancestors the urge to possess broad acres, even though
economic conditions have rendered the possession of large bodies of land
unprofitable at present.

    The improvement of roads paved the way for consolidation of schools here, so
during the last years of Dr. Howard's super-intendency there was much agitation
among those interested in the schools on this subject. During Mr. King's
incumbency this has culminated in the reduction of the white schools of the
county from ten to three.

    There have been marked changes, in meeting the standard of requirements of
the state supervisors in construction of new buildings and additions to old
ones; in equipment of schools and qualification of teachers as well as the
transportation of high school pupils from one edge of the county to the other.
Mr. King has given all the needs of the school system his earnest consideration,
for he and his wife are both deeply interested in the general welfare of the
county.

    They have three children whose lives, like those of all other families are
being influenced by the environment created by the civic, social and educational
standards of the county.

    An outstanding characteristic of this family traced back to the first
emigrant of that name in Virginia, has been a sturdy independence in thought and
action which has been of inestimable value in all pioneering ventures.

    Mr. King, who is a man of high ideals, also possesses this independence of
thought, which with other characteristics give assurance to his desire to keep
the educational standards of the county on the highest plane commensurate with
the means at his command.



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HISTORY OF CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, GEORGIA
By N. K. Rogers

Dedicated to

KASIHITA CHAPTER U. D. C.

and all worthy descendants of the County's first settlers.

Copyright 1933

by N. K. ROGERS

PRINTED   BY
COLUMBUS  OFFICE  SUPPLY CO. COLUMBUS, GA.

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