When William King Hightower was born on 4 April 1854, in Chester, Chester, South Carolina, United States, his father, Burvel Milton Hightower, was 21 and his mother, Elizabeth Caroline Whitted, was 19. He married Susan Stewart in 1882, in Chester, Chester, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1920 and Highland, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1930. He died on 5 June 1937, in Tigerville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Camp Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Taylors, Greenville, South Carolina, United States.
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