Bio: J. W. Conerly, Sabine Parish, Louisiana

Source: Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana, The Southern

Publishing Company, 1890, Nashville and Chicago

Submitted by: Gaytha Thompson
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J. W. CONERLY

Sheriff & Collector, Many La.



The public services of Mr. Conerly since 1888 have been characterized by

noticeable devotion to the welfare of this parish, and his ability and

fidelity in his present position have made a lasting impression on this sphere

of public duty.  He was born in Pike county, Miss, on November 23, 1847, and

is a son of Dr. John r. and Elizabeth (Tynes) Conerly, natives of North

Carolina.  When but children (in 1820) the parents emigrated to Mississippi,

and were married in Pike County of that State.  In 1844 they moved to

Louisiana, and located in Sabine Parish (now Vernon), where the father died. 

He was a physician and practiced his profession through life.  The mother is

still living on the homestead in Union Parish.  Of the twelve children born to

this union   six sons and six daughters    five are now living: Jane, Harriet,

Susan and Martha.  There was one child by the mother's second marriage, R. T.

Wright, a police juror of Vernon Parish.



J. W. Conerly passed his boyhood and youth in Louisiana, and received his

education in the common schools of that State.  Early trained to the duties of

the farm, he continued this occupation after starting out for himself until

his election to the office of sheriff.  In 1872 he removed to Sabine Parish,

purchased a farm of 160 acres, principally under cultivation, and here he

remained until 1888, at which time he was elected to his present position.  He

was a member of the police jury for four years previous to this.



In 1870 he was married to Miss Virginia Conerly, a native of Alabama, who bore

him two children: Thomas and John.  Mr. Conerly was married the second time,

in 1882, to Miss Mary bush, and they have three children, William, Luther and

Owen. 



He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and socially is a member of

the Masonic fraternity and the Farmers' Union.



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