| ASA GRIGGS CANDLER COUSIN bought the formula for Coca-Cola from its inventor, John Pemberton, and nationalized Coca-Cola over the United States. Built Candler Building |
| WARREN AKIN CANDLER COUSIN American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South He was the tenth president of Emory University. |
| CARTER McGREGOR JR FATHER-IN-LAW is descended from a long line of Texas pioneers. HIS grandfathers were William M. McGregor of the Panhandle National Bank in Wichita Falls, and Judge Alfred Holt Carrigan Jr of Wichita Falls. He is the great-grandson of Joseph Hodson Barwise, the first permanent settler in Wichita Falls, and also Col. Christopher L. "Kit" Carter, the founding chairman of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. His great-great-grandfather was Lawrence S. "Sul" Ross, Governor of Texas and President of Texas A&M University. |
| OSCAR J. WATSON Great Uncle Partner with Clyde Cessna in the Watson-Cessna Motor Company, a Willis-Overland dealership in Enid Oklahoma in early 1900's. Was offered partnership to build aircrafts, but declined and sold his share to Cessna in 1912. Was Henry Ford's right-hand man on Fordson Tractors. Had the distributorship in Kansas. Friends with Henry Ford, Clyde Cessna John Willys, Walter Chrysler, David Sarnoff, William Coffin Coleman |
| Carter McGregor Jr. was a president of the Texas Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association and the first president of the Texas HBPA. He owned, bred and raced numerous stakes winners, including *Dancing Dervish who ranked among the best Texas- based stallions for years. *(out of Mumtaz, a daughter of Mahmoud – one of the four largest heart lines) *(Sired by Native Dancer (March 27, 1950 - November 16, 1967), nicknamed the Gray Ghost, was one of the most celebrated and accomplished Thoroughbred racehorses in history, the first horse made famous through the medium of television) Carter McGregor Jr. Memorial Stakes Race - Each Year at Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie |
| Ignatius Alphonso Few Cousin Founder and First President of Emory University |
| Doy Terry TOLL FREE IN USA 1-866-296-3669 OR 1-940-689-0477 email: doy@sbcglobal.net 12 FLAT TOP CIRCLE WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS 76308 |
| O. J. Watson |
| FAMOUS RELATIVES |
As a bit of "flavor" to the Candler
story, cousin Zed and his oldest
son, William Zachariah Candler,
jointly acquired more than 40,000
acres in the vicinity of Asheville, NC.
Wm Zachariah's great
granddaughter, Mary Candler Lusk,
sold the property to George Van-
derbilt who built his mansion
"Biltmore" on a piece of the
Candler property. Near Asheville,
there is a town of Candler and
one called Candler View, both in the
shadow of Candler Mountain.
story, cousin Zed and his oldest
son, William Zachariah Candler,
jointly acquired more than 40,000
acres in the vicinity of Asheville, NC.
Wm Zachariah's great
granddaughter, Mary Candler Lusk,
sold the property to George Van-
derbilt who built his mansion
"Biltmore" on a piece of the
Candler property. Near Asheville,
there is a town of Candler and
one called Candler View, both in the
shadow of Candler Mountain.
| WILLIAM PRESTON FEW COUSIN was the first president of Duke University and the fifth president of its predecessor, Trinity College. |
Allen D. Candler served as governor of Georgia from 1898 to 1902. A Confederate veteran, Candler also served as the mayor of Gainesville, a state legislator and senator, a U.S. representative, and Georgia's secretary of state during his political career. After leaving the governor's office, Candler spent the final years of his life compiling the state's historical records. |
| ALLEN DANIEL CANDLER COUSIN |
| CLICK ON ANY UNDERLINED WORDS FOR MORE INFORMATION |