Biography of W H Alley, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 22 Jan 2009
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W. H. Alley, M. D., in his connection with the professional affairs of this
communtiy has attained a well-deserved prominence. Born in Mississippi in 1861,
he passed his boyhood days in the common schools of that state, obtaining a
practical education, and manifesting at an early age an unusally bright mind. At
the age of fourteen he was head of classes in which majority were many years his
senior. When seventeen years old he commenced the study of medicine under a
tutor, and in 1879, entering the Vanderbilt University, was graduated from the
Medical Dept. of that institution in March, 1881. He first located in his home
in Mississippi, where he practiced with success for two years, but later became
located at Lewsiburg, Miss., for one year, and then Bellevue, Miss., where he
remained until 1888. Dr. Alley then came to Arkansas and settled in Forrest
City, and though only a few years have elapsed since his entrance, he has built
up a practice of which others of more advanced years and experience might feel
proud. Dr. Alley's wife, the former Miss Emma L. Cobbs, daughter of Paul M.
Cobbs, State and Land Commissioner of Arkansas. To their union one interesting
little daughter has been born, Mary. The doctor owns an attractive home, which
is furnished in excellent taste, and three valuable farms. He is a Democrat in
his political views, a member of the Knights of Pythias and prominently
identified with the County Medical Society. J. H. and Ophelia (McCombs) Alley,
his parents were natives of Tennesseee. 

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