Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-02-04
DEATH CLAIMS
HENRY Il. Tiff,
CEORCIALEADER
Connecticut Man Who Came
South Had Remarkable
Career

leaders of Georgia industry, died here
at 2:20 this morning after an illness
of few days. He was nearly 81
years Of age. The funeral will be
held from the First Baptist church
at 1880 o'clock Sunday mornin, af-
ter which the body will be taken to
Mystic, Conn, his birthplace, for in
tcrment
Henry Harding Tiff was born at
Mystic, New London County, Connec-
ticut, March 16, 1841, son of Amos
Chapman and Phoebe Harding Tiff.
He belonged to an old New England
family, The name was originally
spelled Tefft. Amos C. Tiff, who
died at the age of 7G in 1883, was
merchant of unusual business capaci-
ty and well known in the South,
especially at Key West, Fla. Mrs.
inoebc rift died in 1908 at the age
Of 81.
Henry Harding Tiff was one of a
family Of seven children. He attend.
ed the Connecticut public schools and
completed a course at Greenwich
Academy in 1859. At the age of Is
he begun a three years apprentice
ship in machine shop and then be-
came a steamship engineer. He was
employed on some the lines operating
between New York and Southern
ports, and was engineer on an army
transport during the War Between
tho States. After the close of the
war ne came to Albany, Ga, and was
connected in the saw mill business
there with his uncle, Nelson Tiff, be-
coming general manager Of the N. &c
A, f. Tiff Manufacturing Co., at AL
bany in 1870. In 1872 he located
a sawmill on the Brunswick and AL
bany railroad (now the Atlanta Coast
Llne) at point which was later
named Triton
Pioneer Lumberman.
He was a pioneer in the lumber
business in this section and soon ac.
CURED $4,000 acres of timber lands.
IN 1896 ne extended one of his log
Slng roads to Fitzgerald and operat-
ca 1t for several. years as the Tiff
Ton and Northern Railroad. This was
later sold to syndicate, which or
Sanlzed tn eAtlanta, Birmingham &
Atlantic. he established The Bank
oI lltton, TO which he was president
lie was president of the Triton Cot
ION Mills; vlce-president Of the Cen
Lfaf Grocery company and Tifton
compress company; director of the
Neorgla, Southern & Floria railroad,
ana OF the Planters Oil company. He
was Ylce-president of. the Bankers
rust company, president of the
fledmont Cotton Mills, and vice-pres.
loent of the Willingham-T Tiff Lumber
company, of Atlanta; also president
OF the lift Silica Brick & Stone com
Pahy, of Albany He organized the
'G'teorgla-tlorida Saw Mill company, at
Alton, Fla, and for sevearl years had
extensive timber interests in that
state, which he sold few years
ago lie was president of the Geor-
S'a~Florlda Saw Mill association for
a. number of years.
June %, 1885, he married Miss
BESSIE Willingham, daughter Of
Ioomas H. Willingbam, of Albany
20 this marriage three sons wer,
U,I' Dorn' Henry Harding, Jr., Thomas
y. ,"ihlngham and Amos Chapman Tiff
"Ne IN Tfiton except Thomas w. Tiff
VINO lives in Atlanta.
u'hHardingAW96. .TR-I3
City Leader, Too.
when Tifton was Incorporated il
io9 |, Mr.. Tiff was elected a member
\ Vi the council, and served eontinu
o""'y Tor tWenty-one years. Later ht
=. was elected mayor of Triton anc
""eh commission form of govern
"enl vent into effect, was elected
amman vi of the city commission, tt
m'''eh position he was reelected las
Deceinoer. he was Tifton's las
Mr. Tit has given generously t,
t "e cause Of education, being largely
'cS,,nr.uMental'in u. securing for the City
Ii Iiiton and the new county of Tiff
I9eaI ~ tax and free systems of schools
NV. %g made large donations to Bessie
"' college at Forsyth, which was
';I ;I'ned IN honor of Mrs. Tiff, By hi
5oeraIlty was secured the location o1
we Second District Agriculture
s, syoool at Tifton and by means and in
;3'0ehce ne has contributed largely t.
10 operation He was always inter
''ga IN agricultural development anc
loo9 donated 1000 acres of lane
W. the Georgia Southern and Florids
a",'"ay for the establishment of al
"stlcuitural experiment station. Two
sarS ago he was largely instrumental
NJ n, securing. the location of the Coasta
p. .a'n Experiment Station at Tifton
''Sonally he experimental largely
peach, grape, pecan, and tobacco
eso"lhg, also in livestock raising, hi.
bs:"afds, vineyards, farms and herd.