DeSoto Parish, Louisiana; Biography: William G. Mosley - m 210

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           William G. Mosley.  Not without justice, Mr
         Mosley is conceded to hold a representative posi-
         tion among the prominent and successful men of
         this parish.  He was born in Bibb County, Ga.
         August 16, 1833, being a son of James and Polly
         (Leslie) Mosley, both of whom were born in that
         State in 1800, and there spent the rest of their
         lives, their deaths occurring in the same year, at
         the age of eighty-three years.  They had been
         worthy members of the Missionary Baptist Church
         for many years, and in his political views Mr. Mos-
         ley was a Democrat all his life.  He was a pros-
         perous tiller of the soil, and on their farm in
         Georgia they reared a family of four children,
         three of whom are now living:  L. B. (who acted
         as first lieutenant in Col. Thorpe's regiment, being
         afterward promoted to captain, and is now a farmer
         of Taylor County, Ga.), James E. (who was a
         soldier in the Confederate army, was wounded at
         Atlanta, and is now farming in Texas), Sidney A.
         (who was a member of a Georgia regiment, and
         was killed in the gunboat battle of Charleston, S.
         C.), and William G.  The latter was educated in
         Mount Peter's Springs, Monroe County, Ga., and
         at the age of eighteen years he commenced to trade
         for himself, in horses and other stock, hut some
         time after began traveling for Samuel Griswold,
         of Macon, remaining with him eight months.  At
         the end of this time he opened a mercantile estab-
         lishment, at a town which he founded and named
         Eleanor.  Although his means were limited when
         he first commenced for himself, he possessed a
         good constitution and unbounded ambition, and as
         a consequence, he has made life a success.  He
         has been a heavy contractor in lumber for _____
         railroad, also furnished beef for the hands while
         they were working on that road, and has done an
         extensive freighting business.  After selling goods
         at Eleanor for two years he started west, and lo-
         cated in De Soto Parish, La., being the owner of
         about 1,000 acres of land in Ward 8, a considera-
         ble portion of this being under cultivation, well
         improved, with buildings, etc.  He is at present
         getting out timber for his saw-mill, which is in
         operation at Logansport, its capacity being from
         10,000 to 12,000 feet per day.  In 1861 Mr. Mos-
         ley joined Shelby's battalion of Cavalry, but after
         a short time, joined the State troops, subsequently
         joining the regular service.  He was detailed and
         had charge of a big soap factory, making soap for 
         the Confederate government, and during his serv-
         ice, became intimately acquainted with Gen. Kirby
         Smith.  His success in life has been the result of
         close application to business, and he fully deserves
         his present prosperity.  June 3, 1858, he was mar-
         ried to Miss Mary A. Williams, of Georgia, she
         being the mother of ten children, six of whom are
         living:  Emma (wife of Cyrus Creach, a farmer, of
         Do Soto Parish), Ella (wife of William Creach, of
         the same neighborhood), John (tilling his father's
         plantation), Lulu, Beulah and Gen. Lee.  Those
         deceased are: William B. (who died at the age of 
         nineteen years), Ida (who was ten), and two that
         died in infancy.  Mr. Mosley has always been a
         Democrat.