Toombs-Montgomery County GaArchives Biographies.....McQueen, Alexander S. 1889 - living in 1913
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   ALEXANDER S. MCQUEEN. Energetic, enterprising and progressive, A. S. McQueen
has acquired prominence in business and political circles, being connected with
the Citizens Bank of Vidalia, and is now in 1912, running, without opposition,
as candidate for justice of the peace in the fifty-first district. A son of the
late Philip A. McQueen, he was born, October 4, 1889, in that part of Montgomery
county, Georgia, that is now included within the boundaries of Toombs county. He
is of pioneer stock, his paternal grandparents, Angus and Harriet (McMillin)
McQueen, having migrated from North Carolina to Georgia, settling in this state
as planters, the grandfather subsequently serving in the Confederate army during
the Civil war.

   Philip A. McQueen was for many years one of the leading citizens of Toombs
county. He served as county school commissioner for five years, in that position
doing much to advance the educational standards. In June, 1908, in company with
A. F. Sawyer, R. D. McQueen established The Toombs County Local, and on January
1, 1909, Mr. Philip A. McQueen bought Mr. Sawyer's interest in the paper, of
which he was subsequently editor and general manager until his death, in July,
1911.

   Philip A. McQueen married Minnie R. McLeod, whose father was born in Toombs
county, about four miles from Vidalia, where his ancestors settled on coming
from North Carolina to Georgia. Her father served as a soldier in the Civil war,
being a member of General Wheeler's, cavalry. Eight children were born of their
union, all of whom are living, the five sons being as follows: H. M., assistant
cashier of the First National Bank of Lyons, Georgia; R. D.; A. S., whose name
we have placed at the head of this sketch; George D.; and Archibald A.

   R. D. McQueen was born on the home farm, in Toombs county, July 8, 1887, and
as a boy and youth received excellent educational advantages. Since the death of
his father he has had the entire control of the Toombs County Local, a weekly
publication issued Thursday of each week, and is managing it ably and
successfully. He is a young man of considerable prominence in the community, and
an active member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

   A. S. McQueen is a man of fine scholarly attainments, as a pupil in the
Vidalia high school having won the state and first congressional district medals
for the best essays, while at the Vidalia Collegiate Institute he Avas graduated
with honors, being valedictorian of his class. He has since studied law and is
now justice of the peace. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons, being now secretary of the local lodge, and belongs to the Oriental
Order of Pilgrim Knights. Religiously he is a member of the Presbyterian church
of Vidalia.


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A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

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

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