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Estill, John Holbrook

journalist, was born Oct. 28, 1840, in Charleston, S. C. In 1851 his father moved to Savannah, where the son learned the printing business.

During the war he served with distinction in the confederate army. In 1867 he secured control of the well known southern newspaper, the Savannah Morning News, and built up one of the most complete printing houses in the south. He is president or director in a dozen corporations; county commissioner, member of the board of education, and represents Georgia on the national committee of the democratic party. He has been lieutenant-colonel on the governor's staff; is president of the Bethesda Orphan home; and is active in many local enterprises.