Fulton County GaArchives Biographies.....KILBY, Gov. Thomas E. January 9, 1865 - October 22, 1943 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Candace (Teal) Gravelle http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00023.html#0005680 February 7, 2006, 4:15 pm Author: "The Roanoke Leader" Roanoke, Randolph Co., Alabama NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, January 29, 1919 BRIEF SKETCH OF GOVERNOR THOMAS E. KILBY Born January 9, 1865 in Lebanon, Tennessee. Went to Atlanta, Georgia with his parents when little more than a mere lad. Received a common education in Atlanta. In 1887 removed from Atlanta to Anniston, Alabama. At Anniston he was agent for the Georgia Pacific Railroad. He was twice elected mayor of Anniston and served two terms consecutively. He left the railroad business in 1889 and went into the business which resolved itself into the business he is now engaged in, known as the Kilby Car and Foundry Company of which he is president. He was married in 1894 to Miss Mary Clark, daughter of Colonel Whitfield Clark of Barbour county and Annie Dent Clark, whose parents were South Carolinians. In 1895 he was elected president of the National Bank of Anniston which was consolidated with the Anniston National Bank in 1911, of which he is now president. He was elected state senator in 1911. He was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1915. He was elected Governor of Alabama on Nov. 5, 1918 and was inaugurated as the state's highest executive on Monday the 20th of January 1919, at the capitol, Montgomery. Additional Comments: Alabama Deaths, 1908 - 1959 Name: Thomas E Kilby Death Date: 22 Oct 1943 Death County: Calhoun Volume: 38 Certificate: 18867 Roll: 4 * For more information on Gov. Kilby, see: http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_kilbyt.html File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/fulton/bios/kilby867gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb