Biography of B. PRIDDY, Logan Co, AR

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Submitted by:  Delaine Edwards <delaine@ipa.net>
        Date:  29 Jun 1999
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SOURCE: Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago and Nashville, 1891.
Logan County

	DR. B. PRIDDY, physician, Magazine, Ark. Dr. Priddy has
acquired an enviable reputation in Logan County, as an able
physician and surgeon, and the extent of territory over which
he travels to alleviate the sufferings of the afflicted, is a
sufficient proof of his popularity. His parents, William H.
and Sarah (Lusk) Priddy, were natives, respectively, of
Tennessee and North Carolina. They removed to Mississippi
at an early day, and there received their final summons.
Dr. B. Priddy was born in Mississippi on May 14, 1834, and
there he was principally reared and educated. At the age of
twenty-three years he began the study of medicine, and that
he has been successful in the practice of his profession is
too well known to be commented on. His strong good sense, his
calm conservatism and his genuine ability were soon perceived,
and he was elected to represented Logan County in the Legislature
three times. In 1862 he enlisted in the army, and organized and
commanded two companies in this part of Arkansas. He remained in
active service until the close of the war, and was a brave and
gallant soldier. He was married to Miss Sarah K. Scott, daughter
of S.A. and E.E. Scott, and their children were named as follows:
Eudora, Florence E., Edna S., Arthur B. and Blanch, all of whom
are living. Dr. Priddy is a straight Democrat, and Mrs. Priddy
and the eldest daughter are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South.