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ANDREW LAFAYETTE KING. Giles county numbers among her native sons Andrew Lafayette King, prominent merchant and banker of Pulaski. His birth occurred on the 3d of October, 1850, a son of Griffin L. and Annie (Howard) King, natives of Tennessee. The father was born in 1798 and in early life engaged in farming, in which he achieved substantial success, and he lived retired for some time prior to his demise in 1864. Mrs. King was born in 1812 and died in 1872.
The private schools of Giles county afforded Andrew Lafayette King his early education. After putting his textbooks aside he engaged in farming until 1888, when he came to Pulaski and entered the mercantile business. He is now a member of the firm of King & Flournoy and they are the leading drygoods merchants in Pulaski. The best principles of integrity and honor have governed Mr. King in all transactions and he is highly esteemed in this community for his integrity and sterling worth. Aside from the mercantile business he is active in financial circles being vice president and a director of the Peoples Bank.
In Giles county, on the 29th of January, 1879, occurred the marriage of Mr. King to Miss Mary E. Mason, a daughter of Albert and Mary (Scruggs) Mason, natives of Giles county. Mr. Mason served throughout the Civil war in defense of the Confederacy. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. King two children have been born: Annie, who was born in 1887 and died in 1898; and Mildred E., who was born in 1900, and is now the wife of J. S. Nelson, a prominent business man of Pulaski.
Since attaining his majority Mr. King has given his political allegiance to the democratic party. For years he has been a member of the board of city aldermen, and also for many years he has been chairman of the local school board and is now secretary and treasurer of that board. His religious faith is that of the Methodist church, in which he is a steward. Although Mr. King is not actively engaged in farming at the present time, he maintains his farming interests. His influence has ever been on the side of advancement and improvement and he is readily conceded to be one of Pulaski's foremost and substantial citizens.
(Tennessee, The Volunteer State, 1769-1923, Vol. 2, John Trotwood Moore and Austin P. Foster, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1923, pp. 685-6)
Giles County Marriage Records, 1833 include the 21 Sep 1833 marriage of Griffin L. King and Nancy H. Burrows, Martin S. Jones their security. Was Nancy H. Burrows the same as Ann ("Nancy?") Howard, and if so, was she the widow of a Burrows? Griffin and Ann H. KING are on the 1850 Giles County, TN Census, District 9, p. 457, dwelling No. 715-715, Griffin L. KING, 50 M VA, Farmer, $1,800; Ann H. 37 F NC, Mary A.V. KING, 16 F TN, and (all born in TN) Elizabeth R., 14 F Student, James, 12 M Student, Indiana V., 10 F Student, Thomas B., 8 M Student, Emily J., 6 F, Martha J., 4 F, and George A., 1 M.
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