Thomas George "Tom" Kile, Jr. is the son of Thomas George Kile, Sr. and Drucilla ?Elizabeth (Lawrence) Kile. His grandfather may be James Coile; however, Franklin M. Garrett told Frank W. Salley, Jr. that his grandfather was John Kile and that before the family spent 2 generations in Sugar Hill, GA that they lived in Virginia.
Thomas Kile, Jr. was an early pioneer and builder of Marthasville (later Atlanta), GA.
Excerpt from “Pioneer Citizens' History of Atlanta 1833 – 1902”, Pg. 214:
"Mr. Kyle[sic]: In 1843 there were about seven families here. Just beyond where the Governor's Mansion now stands was the burying-ground."
"By N. A. McLendon [an Early Inhabitant]: Thomas Kyle[sic] was the proprietor of a small store, which then stood where the Healy building now stands, corner of Peachtree and Marietta streets; he carried a mixed stock of goods, but the biggest part of his trade was in very wet goods."
Marthasville grew rapidly once a railroad was built to Augusta and many families and men including Thomas Kile put forth their best efforts to build up the town and raise it to a condition of law and order.
Excerpts from “Atlanta and Its Builders: A Comprehensive History of the Gate City of the South, Vol. One” by Thomas H. Martin:
[Page 37]
"On the southwest corner of Marietta and Peachtree streets stood a small grocery story[sic], owned by Jonathan Norcross. Fronting this stood Kile's grocery store, and down near where the Markham House now stands was a grocery store kept by Collins & Loyd."
[Page 42]
"But men who had the faith that would stake its last dollar on the destny[sic] of the town were not lacking in Marthasville. Upon the completion of the Macon road and until the city of Atlanta was formally organized less than two years late, the active spirits in the advancement of the town were: [list of names] . . .Thomas Kile. . . "
[Page 44]
"Toward the close of the Marthasville period the town was laid out, according to Colonel Z. A. Rice, about as follows: There were four roads - Peachtree, running in from Peachtree creek: Marietta, coming from the town of that name; Whitehall, named from a large white house which stood at its terminus in West End, and Decatur, connecting with that town. These roads met where the artesian well now stands, and the junction was known as the 'cross-roads.' Whitehall road then extended to the Decatur and Marietta roads, instead of terminating at the railroad. On the northwest corner of this junction stood the grocery store kept by a man named Kile; on the northeast corner was Mr. Wash. Collier's grocery, containing the post-office; the southwest corner was known as 'Norcross's Corner', and on it stood a general store owned by Jonathan Norcross. The southeast corner was vacant. . . "
Thomas Kile married Mary Kile on 02 Apr 1846 in DeKalb Co., Georgia and she became Mary (Kile) Kile. They resided in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia and had 7 children:
Letitia (Kile) Queen (20 Nov 1846-26 Jun 1921)
Zachary Taylor Kile (1849-1849)
Josephine (Kile) Dunlop (?Jun 1850-20 Jan 1923)
Franklin Kile (c1855-)
George W. Kile (c1858-23/24 Feb 1920)
C. S. Kile (1858-1858)
Mary Kile (c1859-aft. 08 Aug 1870)
Atlanta's first municipal election was held in Thomas Kile's Grocery on 29 Jan 1848 - Moses Formwalt defeated Jonathan Norcross for mayor.
In 1851, he is on a list of residents of Atlanta as "Thomas Kile, grocer". On 12 May 1854, he is among a 50 citizen delegation asking the Legislature for the removal of the State Capitol from Milledgeville to Atlanta.
On 15 Jan 1855, he was elected Councilman - Atlanta General Council, Board of Common Council for the 5th Ward. He was again elected to The Council on 25 Jan 1856. On "November 28 [1856], a committe[sic] consisting of Haygood, Simpson and Kile, reported in favor of taking $100,000 stock in Air Line Railroad, and issuing 7 per cent bonds, for it."
On "March 19, [1858] Thomas Kile was paid [by The Council] $400 for ground necessary to extend Houston street from Pryor street to Peachtree street".
And again in Jan 1861, Thomas was elected Councilman - Atlanta General Council, Board of Common Council under Mayor Jared I. Whitaker.
The War Between the States began on 12 Apr 1861 with an engagement between the Confederates and Union held Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Bay.
A shell hit the Kile house when Sherman bombarded Atlanta on 22 Jul 1864. Excerpt from "City of Atlanta - A Descriptive, Historical and Industrial Review of the Gateway City of the South", Page 24: "Shells struck the houses of Mr. Hacket, Mr. Kelly, Thos. Kile, . . . Mrs. William Barnum and others."
Excerpt from "City of Atlanta - A Descriptive, Historical and Industrial Review of the Gateway City of the South":
"The Mayor, James M. Calhoun, a cool, courageous and devoted man had remained. He would not leave his post. [On the morning of 02 Sep 1864, Mayor Calhoun and party surrendered the City of Atlanta.] He held a conference with several Councilmen and leading men near the site of the present artesian well. J. E. Williams, E. E. Rawson, Thomas Kile, Julius Haydon and a number of others were present, all on horses. They started out to find Gen. Sherman, and to make a formal surrender and thus get protection. At Mayor Calhoun's suggestion they all gave up their weapons, and rode out Marietta street, which was torn up and so littered with debris, that the passage was difficult through it. The birds were twittering upon the deserted cannons. Over fragments of army wagons and caissons, through the bones, by the recent pits and entrenchments, they rode on. Meeting a squad of Federals they were carried and introduced to Gen. Sherman, who approved of their coming, accepted the surrender, and promised protection of life, liberty and private property [which Sherman never honored]. He added with an oath: "This is war, you know; and I must place the town under Marshal Law, which does not hurt good citizens, but would play the devil with the bad ones." The Federals took immediate possession of the city."
[Bio is in process]
~ Bio compiled by Meredith Drew Trawick, a 3rd great-granddaughter
∼Lot abstract shows that Thomas Kile bought this whole lot in 1869. Apparently his wife, Mary, was buried here as well, as she died in 1877. But Oakland has no record for her.
Oakland's records do not show the body being disinterred. However, Westview shows that Mary and Thomas were buried there on March 27, 1900. Oakland's records do show that the lot ownership changed hands on June 5, 1900.
Thomas Kile, Jr. was an early pioneer and builder of Marthasville (later Atlanta), GA.
Excerpt from “Pioneer Citizens' History of Atlanta 1833 – 1902”, Pg. 214:
"Mr. Kyle[sic]: In 1843 there were about seven families here. Just beyond where the Governor's Mansion now stands was the burying-ground."
"By N. A. McLendon [an Early Inhabitant]: Thomas Kyle[sic] was the proprietor of a small store, which then stood where the Healy building now stands, corner of Peachtree and Marietta streets; he carried a mixed stock of goods, but the biggest part of his trade was in very wet goods."
Marthasville grew rapidly once a railroad was built to Augusta and many families and men including Thomas Kile put forth their best efforts to build up the town and raise it to a condition of law and order.
Excerpts from “Atlanta and Its Builders: A Comprehensive History of the Gate City of the South, Vol. One” by Thomas H. Martin:
[Page 37]
"On the southwest corner of Marietta and Peachtree streets stood a small grocery story[sic], owned by Jonathan Norcross. Fronting this stood Kile's grocery store, and down near where the Markham House now stands was a grocery store kept by Collins & Loyd."
[Page 42]
"But men who had the faith that would stake its last dollar on the destny[sic] of the town were not lacking in Marthasville. Upon the completion of the Macon road and until the city of Atlanta was formally organized less than two years late, the active spirits in the advancement of the town were: [list of names] . . .Thomas Kile. . . "
[Page 44]
"Toward the close of the Marthasville period the town was laid out, according to Colonel Z. A. Rice, about as follows: There were four roads - Peachtree, running in from Peachtree creek: Marietta, coming from the town of that name; Whitehall, named from a large white house which stood at its terminus in West End, and Decatur, connecting with that town. These roads met where the artesian well now stands, and the junction was known as the 'cross-roads.' Whitehall road then extended to the Decatur and Marietta roads, instead of terminating at the railroad. On the northwest corner of this junction stood the grocery store kept by a man named Kile; on the northeast corner was Mr. Wash. Collier's grocery, containing the post-office; the southwest corner was known as 'Norcross's Corner', and on it stood a general store owned by Jonathan Norcross. The southeast corner was vacant. . . "
Thomas Kile married Mary Kile on 02 Apr 1846 in DeKalb Co., Georgia and she became Mary (Kile) Kile. They resided in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia and had 7 children:
Letitia (Kile) Queen (20 Nov 1846-26 Jun 1921)
Zachary Taylor Kile (1849-1849)
Josephine (Kile) Dunlop (?Jun 1850-20 Jan 1923)
Franklin Kile (c1855-)
George W. Kile (c1858-23/24 Feb 1920)
C. S. Kile (1858-1858)
Mary Kile (c1859-aft. 08 Aug 1870)
Atlanta's first municipal election was held in Thomas Kile's Grocery on 29 Jan 1848 - Moses Formwalt defeated Jonathan Norcross for mayor.
In 1851, he is on a list of residents of Atlanta as "Thomas Kile, grocer". On 12 May 1854, he is among a 50 citizen delegation asking the Legislature for the removal of the State Capitol from Milledgeville to Atlanta.
On 15 Jan 1855, he was elected Councilman - Atlanta General Council, Board of Common Council for the 5th Ward. He was again elected to The Council on 25 Jan 1856. On "November 28 [1856], a committe[sic] consisting of Haygood, Simpson and Kile, reported in favor of taking $100,000 stock in Air Line Railroad, and issuing 7 per cent bonds, for it."
On "March 19, [1858] Thomas Kile was paid [by The Council] $400 for ground necessary to extend Houston street from Pryor street to Peachtree street".
And again in Jan 1861, Thomas was elected Councilman - Atlanta General Council, Board of Common Council under Mayor Jared I. Whitaker.
The War Between the States began on 12 Apr 1861 with an engagement between the Confederates and Union held Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Bay.
A shell hit the Kile house when Sherman bombarded Atlanta on 22 Jul 1864. Excerpt from "City of Atlanta - A Descriptive, Historical and Industrial Review of the Gateway City of the South", Page 24: "Shells struck the houses of Mr. Hacket, Mr. Kelly, Thos. Kile, . . . Mrs. William Barnum and others."
Excerpt from "City of Atlanta - A Descriptive, Historical and Industrial Review of the Gateway City of the South":
"The Mayor, James M. Calhoun, a cool, courageous and devoted man had remained. He would not leave his post. [On the morning of 02 Sep 1864, Mayor Calhoun and party surrendered the City of Atlanta.] He held a conference with several Councilmen and leading men near the site of the present artesian well. J. E. Williams, E. E. Rawson, Thomas Kile, Julius Haydon and a number of others were present, all on horses. They started out to find Gen. Sherman, and to make a formal surrender and thus get protection. At Mayor Calhoun's suggestion they all gave up their weapons, and rode out Marietta street, which was torn up and so littered with debris, that the passage was difficult through it. The birds were twittering upon the deserted cannons. Over fragments of army wagons and caissons, through the bones, by the recent pits and entrenchments, they rode on. Meeting a squad of Federals they were carried and introduced to Gen. Sherman, who approved of their coming, accepted the surrender, and promised protection of life, liberty and private property [which Sherman never honored]. He added with an oath: "This is war, you know; and I must place the town under Marshal Law, which does not hurt good citizens, but would play the devil with the bad ones." The Federals took immediate possession of the city."
[Bio is in process]
~ Bio compiled by Meredith Drew Trawick, a 3rd great-granddaughter
∼Lot abstract shows that Thomas Kile bought this whole lot in 1869. Apparently his wife, Mary, was buried here as well, as she died in 1877. But Oakland has no record for her.
Oakland's records do not show the body being disinterred. However, Westview shows that Mary and Thomas were buried there on March 27, 1900. Oakland's records do show that the lot ownership changed hands on June 5, 1900.
Thomas George "Tom" Kile, Jr. is the son of Thomas George Kile, Sr. and Drucilla ?Elizabeth (Lawrence) Kile. His grandfather may be James Coile; however, Franklin M. Garrett told Frank W. Salley, Jr. that his grandfather was John Kile and that before the family spent 2 generations in Sugar Hill, GA that they lived in Virginia.
Thomas Kile, Jr. was an early pioneer and builder of Marthasville (later Atlanta), GA.
Excerpt from “Pioneer Citizens' History of Atlanta 1833 – 1902”, Pg. 214:
"Mr. Kyle[sic]: In 1843 there were about seven families here. Just beyond where the Governor's Mansion now stands was the burying-ground."
"By N. A. McLendon [an Early Inhabitant]: Thomas Kyle[sic] was the proprietor of a small store, which then stood where the Healy building now stands, corner of Peachtree and Marietta streets; he carried a mixed stock of goods, but the biggest part of his trade was in very wet goods."
Marthasville grew rapidly once a railroad was built to Augusta and many families and men including Thomas Kile put forth their best efforts to build up the town and raise it to a condition of law and order.
Excerpts from “Atlanta and Its Builders: A Comprehensive History of the Gate City of the South, Vol. One” by Thomas H. Martin:
[Page 37]
"On the southwest corner of Marietta and Peachtree streets stood a small grocery story[sic], owned by Jonathan Norcross. Fronting this stood Kile's grocery store, and down near where the Markham House now stands was a grocery store kept by Collins & Loyd."
[Page 42]
"But men who had the faith that would stake its last dollar on the destny[sic] of the town were not lacking in Marthasville. Upon the completion of the Macon road and until the city of Atlanta was formally organized less than two years late, the active spirits in the advancement of the town were: [list of names] . . .Thomas Kile. . . "
[Page 44]
"Toward the close of the Marthasville period the town was laid out, according to Colonel Z. A. Rice, about as follows: There were four roads - Peachtree, running in from Peachtree creek: Marietta, coming from the town of that name; Whitehall, named from a large white house which stood at its terminus in West End, and Decatur, connecting with that town. These roads met where the artesian well now stands, and the junction was known as the 'cross-roads.' Whitehall road then extended to the Decatur and Marietta roads, instead of terminating at the railroad. On the northwest corner of this junction stood the grocery store kept by a man named Kile; on the northeast corner was Mr. Wash. Collier's grocery, containing the post-office; the southwest corner was known as 'Norcross's Corner', and on it stood a general store owned by Jonathan Norcross. The southeast corner was vacant. . . "
Thomas Kile married Mary Kile on 02 Apr 1846 in DeKalb Co., Georgia and she became Mary (Kile) Kile. They resided in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia and had 7 children:
Letitia (Kile) Queen (20 Nov 1846-26 Jun 1921)
Zachary Taylor Kile (1849-1849)
Josephine (Kile) Dunlop (?Jun 1850-20 Jan 1923)
Franklin Kile (c1855-)
George W. Kile (c1858-23/24 Feb 1920)
C. S. Kile (1858-1858)
Mary Kile (c1859-aft. 08 Aug 1870)
Atlanta's first municipal election was held in Thomas Kile's Grocery on 29 Jan 1848 - Moses Formwalt defeated Jonathan Norcross for mayor.
In 1851, he is on a list of residents of Atlanta as "Thomas Kile, grocer". On 12 May 1854, he is among a 50 citizen delegation asking the Legislature for the removal of the State Capitol from Milledgeville to Atlanta.
On 15 Jan 1855, he was elected Councilman - Atlanta General Council, Board of Common Council for the 5th Ward. He was again elected to The Council on 25 Jan 1856. On "November 28 [1856], a committe[sic] consisting of Haygood, Simpson and Kile, reported in favor of taking $100,000 stock in Air Line Railroad, and issuing 7 per cent bonds, for it."
On "March 19, [1858] Thomas Kile was paid [by The Council] $400 for ground necessary to extend Houston street from Pryor street to Peachtree street".
And again in Jan 1861, Thomas was elected Councilman - Atlanta General Council, Board of Common Council under Mayor Jared I. Whitaker.
The War Between the States began on 12 Apr 1861 with an engagement between the Confederates and Union held Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Bay.
A shell hit the Kile house when Sherman bombarded Atlanta on 22 Jul 1864. Excerpt from "City of Atlanta - A Descriptive, Historical and Industrial Review of the Gateway City of the South", Page 24: "Shells struck the houses of Mr. Hacket, Mr. Kelly, Thos. Kile, . . . Mrs. William Barnum and others."
Excerpt from "City of Atlanta - A Descriptive, Historical and Industrial Review of the Gateway City of the South":
"The Mayor, James M. Calhoun, a cool, courageous and devoted man had remained. He would not leave his post. [On the morning of 02 Sep 1864, Mayor Calhoun and party surrendered the City of Atlanta.] He held a conference with several Councilmen and leading men near the site of the present artesian well. J. E. Williams, E. E. Rawson, Thomas Kile, Julius Haydon and a number of others were present, all on horses. They started out to find Gen. Sherman, and to make a formal surrender and thus get protection. At Mayor Calhoun's suggestion they all gave up their weapons, and rode out Marietta street, which was torn up and so littered with debris, that the passage was difficult through it. The birds were twittering upon the deserted cannons. Over fragments of army wagons and caissons, through the bones, by the recent pits and entrenchments, they rode on. Meeting a squad of Federals they were carried and introduced to Gen. Sherman, who approved of their coming, accepted the surrender, and promised protection of life, liberty and private property [which Sherman never honored]. He added with an oath: "This is war, you know; and I must place the town under Marshal Law, which does not hurt good citizens, but would play the devil with the bad ones." The Federals took immediate possession of the city."
[Bio is in process]
~ Bio compiled by Meredith Drew Trawick, a 3rd great-granddaughter
∼Lot abstract shows that Thomas Kile bought this whole lot in 1869. Apparently his wife, Mary, was buried here as well, as she died in 1877. But Oakland has no record for her.
Oakland's records do not show the body being disinterred. However, Westview shows that Mary and Thomas were buried there on March 27, 1900. Oakland's records do show that the lot ownership changed hands on June 5, 1900.
Thomas Kile, Jr. was an early pioneer and builder of Marthasville (later Atlanta), GA.
Excerpt from “Pioneer Citizens' History of Atlanta 1833 – 1902”, Pg. 214:
"Mr. Kyle[sic]: In 1843 there were about seven families here. Just beyond where the Governor's Mansion now stands was the burying-ground."
"By N. A. McLendon [an Early Inhabitant]: Thomas Kyle[sic] was the proprietor of a small store, which then stood where the Healy building now stands, corner of Peachtree and Marietta streets; he carried a mixed stock of goods, but the biggest part of his trade was in very wet goods."
Marthasville grew rapidly once a railroad was built to Augusta and many families and men including Thomas Kile put forth their best efforts to build up the town and raise it to a condition of law and order.
Excerpts from “Atlanta and Its Builders: A Comprehensive History of the Gate City of the South, Vol. One” by Thomas H. Martin:
[Page 37]
"On the southwest corner of Marietta and Peachtree streets stood a small grocery story[sic], owned by Jonathan Norcross. Fronting this stood Kile's grocery store, and down near where the Markham House now stands was a grocery store kept by Collins & Loyd."
[Page 42]
"But men who had the faith that would stake its last dollar on the destny[sic] of the town were not lacking in Marthasville. Upon the completion of the Macon road and until the city of Atlanta was formally organized less than two years late, the active spirits in the advancement of the town were: [list of names] . . .Thomas Kile. . . "
[Page 44]
"Toward the close of the Marthasville period the town was laid out, according to Colonel Z. A. Rice, about as follows: There were four roads - Peachtree, running in from Peachtree creek: Marietta, coming from the town of that name; Whitehall, named from a large white house which stood at its terminus in West End, and Decatur, connecting with that town. These roads met where the artesian well now stands, and the junction was known as the 'cross-roads.' Whitehall road then extended to the Decatur and Marietta roads, instead of terminating at the railroad. On the northwest corner of this junction stood the grocery store kept by a man named Kile; on the northeast corner was Mr. Wash. Collier's grocery, containing the post-office; the southwest corner was known as 'Norcross's Corner', and on it stood a general store owned by Jonathan Norcross. The southeast corner was vacant. . . "
Thomas Kile married Mary Kile on 02 Apr 1846 in DeKalb Co., Georgia and she became Mary (Kile) Kile. They resided in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia and had 7 children:
Letitia (Kile) Queen (20 Nov 1846-26 Jun 1921)
Zachary Taylor Kile (1849-1849)
Josephine (Kile) Dunlop (?Jun 1850-20 Jan 1923)
Franklin Kile (c1855-)
George W. Kile (c1858-23/24 Feb 1920)
C. S. Kile (1858-1858)
Mary Kile (c1859-aft. 08 Aug 1870)
Atlanta's first municipal election was held in Thomas Kile's Grocery on 29 Jan 1848 - Moses Formwalt defeated Jonathan Norcross for mayor.
In 1851, he is on a list of residents of Atlanta as "Thomas Kile, grocer". On 12 May 1854, he is among a 50 citizen delegation asking the Legislature for the removal of the State Capitol from Milledgeville to Atlanta.
On 15 Jan 1855, he was elected Councilman - Atlanta General Council, Board of Common Council for the 5th Ward. He was again elected to The Council on 25 Jan 1856. On "November 28 [1856], a committe[sic] consisting of Haygood, Simpson and Kile, reported in favor of taking $100,000 stock in Air Line Railroad, and issuing 7 per cent bonds, for it."
On "March 19, [1858] Thomas Kile was paid [by The Council] $400 for ground necessary to extend Houston street from Pryor street to Peachtree street".
And again in Jan 1861, Thomas was elected Councilman - Atlanta General Council, Board of Common Council under Mayor Jared I. Whitaker.
The War Between the States began on 12 Apr 1861 with an engagement between the Confederates and Union held Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Bay.
A shell hit the Kile house when Sherman bombarded Atlanta on 22 Jul 1864. Excerpt from "City of Atlanta - A Descriptive, Historical and Industrial Review of the Gateway City of the South", Page 24: "Shells struck the houses of Mr. Hacket, Mr. Kelly, Thos. Kile, . . . Mrs. William Barnum and others."
Excerpt from "City of Atlanta - A Descriptive, Historical and Industrial Review of the Gateway City of the South":
"The Mayor, James M. Calhoun, a cool, courageous and devoted man had remained. He would not leave his post. [On the morning of 02 Sep 1864, Mayor Calhoun and party surrendered the City of Atlanta.] He held a conference with several Councilmen and leading men near the site of the present artesian well. J. E. Williams, E. E. Rawson, Thomas Kile, Julius Haydon and a number of others were present, all on horses. They started out to find Gen. Sherman, and to make a formal surrender and thus get protection. At Mayor Calhoun's suggestion they all gave up their weapons, and rode out Marietta street, which was torn up and so littered with debris, that the passage was difficult through it. The birds were twittering upon the deserted cannons. Over fragments of army wagons and caissons, through the bones, by the recent pits and entrenchments, they rode on. Meeting a squad of Federals they were carried and introduced to Gen. Sherman, who approved of their coming, accepted the surrender, and promised protection of life, liberty and private property [which Sherman never honored]. He added with an oath: "This is war, you know; and I must place the town under Marshal Law, which does not hurt good citizens, but would play the devil with the bad ones." The Federals took immediate possession of the city."
[Bio is in process]
~ Bio compiled by Meredith Drew Trawick, a 3rd great-granddaughter
∼Lot abstract shows that Thomas Kile bought this whole lot in 1869. Apparently his wife, Mary, was buried here as well, as she died in 1877. But Oakland has no record for her.
Oakland's records do not show the body being disinterred. However, Westview shows that Mary and Thomas were buried there on March 27, 1900. Oakland's records do show that the lot ownership changed hands on June 5, 1900.
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