Anniston in Calhoun County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Governor Thomas E. Kilby
1865-1943
Photographed By Tim & Renda Carr, September 14, 2010
1. Governor Thomas E. Kilby Marker
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.
Erected 2001 by Alabama Historical Association.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Churches & Religion • Government & Politics • Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles.
Location. 33° 39.419′ N, 85° 48.877′
Photographed By Tim & Renda Carr, September 14, 2010
2. Governor Thomas E. Kilby Marker
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Temple Beth El Section Hillside Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); Anniston Memorial Hospital (approx. half a mile away); Grace Episcopal Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); Calhoun County World War I Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Tyrus Raymond Cobb (approx. 0.7 miles away); Parker Memorial Baptist Church (approx. 0.7 miles away); “Spirit of the American Doughboy” (approx. ¾ mile away); Temple Beth El (approx. ¾ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Anniston.
Also see . . . Alabama Governors, Thomas Erby Kilby by the Alabama Department of Archives and History. (Submitted on September 15, 2010, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama.)
Photographed By Tim & Renda Carr, September 14, 2010
3. Governor Thomas E. Kilby Marker at Highland Cemetery
Photographed By Tim & Renda Carr, September 14, 2010
4. The Kilby Family Plot
Photographed By Tim & Renda Carr, September 14, 2010
5. Governor Thomas E. Kilby Grave Site
Alabama Department of Archives and History, January 12, 2004
6. Governor Thomas E. Kilby
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