Background
Gonzales, William Elliott was born on April 24, 1866 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Son of Ambrosio Josee and Harriet Rutledge (Elliott) Gonzales.
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William Elliott Gonzales
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Educated King’s Mountain Military School, South Carolina.
Career
Assistant correspondent News and Courier bureau, Columbia, 1884-1888. Private secretary to Governor J. P. Richardson, of South Carolina., 1888-1890. Telegraph and news editor The State, Columbia, 1891-1903, editor-in-chief, 1903-1913 and since 1922.
Also president The State Company Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary to Cuba, June 21, 1913-December, 1919.
First American ambassador to Peru, 1919-1922. Adjunct Independent Batln.
South Carolina. Volumes and captain 2d South Carolina.
Volumes, Spanish-American War, 1898-1899, service in Cuba. Chief commissioner of South Carolina. at Jamestown Exposition, 1907.
“Distinguished Public Service Award” by American Legion, Department of South Carolina.
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Married Sarah C. Shiver, February 2, 1887 (died 1932). Children: Robert Elliott (deceased), Alida (wife of R. K. McMaster, United States of America).
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American -
Religion
Episcopalian -
Political Party
Democrat