Biography of William L. Presley - Conway Co, AR

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        Date: 21 Jun 1998
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SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas.
Goodspeed Publishers, 1891.

page 97

William L. Presley, a popular and successful physician of Solgohachia
was born in Mississippi, May 14, 1855. His parents. Thomas H. and
Julia Presley were natives of South Carolina. To their union was born
two children. David W., who is now a most successful planter in Lonoke
County, and William L., the subject of this sketch. Thomas Presley was
a planter and merchant, and emigrated from Mississippi to Arkansas in
1873, when he settled at Beebe, in White County, and resided there
until his death, which occurred in 1878. Mrs. Presley, his excellent
wife, had departed this life in 1873. After her death Mr. Presley had
married the second time to Miss Annie Hendrix. He was always a popular
citizen, and had been respectively elected to the office of Justice,
and was also Mayor of the City of Beebe. William L, the subject of
this sketch received his literary education in Mississippi and
Arkansas, and his medical education at Nashville Tenn., where he
received his diploma in 1882 and at once returned to Arkansas and
began the practice of his profession. On October 22 1883, he was
united in marriage to Miss Coleman, a native of Marshall County,
Mississippi. To this union there has been born one child, Hugh L. Dr.
Presley, in connection with his practice, also conducts a drug and
grocery store at Solgohachia, and has held the office of Postmaster of
that town since 1888. In politics he is a staunch and strong adherent
to the Democratic party. In religion he is a member of the M. E.
Church, South, while his wife holds membership in the Advent Church.
The family are of Scotch-Irish descent.