Businessman. Prominent Atlanta business figure who bought the formula for Coca Cola (invented by pharmacist John Pemberton) and turned it into a household name through innovative promotion and marketing.  Reportedly, He paid $2,300 for the formula in 1887 and in 1919 gave most of the stock of Coke to his children, whom later sold the company for $25,000,000.  In his later life he became known as a generous philanthropist. (bio by: Kent Brown)  Family links:  Parents:  Samuel Charles Candler (1809 – 1873)  Martha Bernetta Beall Candler (1819 – 1897)  Spouse:  Lucy Elizabeth Howard Candler (1859 – 1919)*  Children:  Charles Howard Candler (1878 – 1957)*  Asa Griggs Candler (1880 – 1953)*  Lucy Beall Candler Leide (1883 – 1962)*  Walter Turner Candler (1885 – 1967)*  William Candler (1890 – 1936)*  Siblings:  Milton Anthony Candler (1837 – 1909)*  Ezekiel Samuel Candler (1838 – 1915)*  Julia Florence Candler Harris (1842 – 1926)*  Sarah Jessie Candler Willard (1845 – 1921)*  William Beall Candler (1847 – 1928)*  Noble Daniel Candler (1849 – 1887)*  Elizabeth Frances Candler Dobbs (1849 – 1922)*  Asa Griggs Candler (1851 – 1929)  Samuel Charles Candler (1855 – 1911)*  Warren Akin Candler (1857 – 1941)*  John Slaughter Candler (1861 – 1941)* *Calculated relationship