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 Governor Thomas E. Kilby - Anniston, AL Posted by:  Lat34North
N 33° 39.430 W 085° 48.867
16S E 609923 N 3724774
Outstanding local industrialist as President, Kilby Steel Company; Mayor of Anniston (1905-09); state Senator (1911-15); Lieutenant Governor (1915-19); Governor of Alabama (1919-23). 10th Street @ Johnston Drive in Anniston, AL.
Waymark Code: WMF77K
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 09/04/2012
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Governor Thomas E. Kilby
Outstanding local industrialist as President, Kilby Steel Company; Chairman, Board of Directors, Alabama Pipe Company; President, City National and Anniston National Banks. Served as Mayor of Anniston (1905-09); state Senator (1911-15); Lieutenant Governor (1915-19); Governor of Alabama (1919-23).
His administration as Governor of Alabama notable for sound business principles, for prison reform, for advancement and expansion of charitable institutions, and for constitutional amendments which provided state bond issues for highway and bridge development and for building the State Docks in Mobile.
Governor Kilby was a member of Grace Episcopal Church and a member of the vestry. His interment is on the hill, near fence, at Highland Cemetery.
Alabama Historical Association 2001
Encyclopedia of Alabama: Thomas E. Kilby (1919-23)
Wikipedia: Thomas Erby Kilby, Sr.
Marker Name: Governor Thomas E. Kilby
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
"Kilby was born in Lebanon, Tennessee, and was educated in public schools. In 1887, he was an agent for the Georgia-Pacific Railroad in Anniston, Alabama. He became a successful businessman in the industrial and banking business." [Source: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kilby]
Date Dedicated / Placed: 2001
Marker Number: Not listed
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