Biographical Sketch of James Atchley, Laclede County, Missouri >From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889. ********************************************************************** James Atchley was born in Bradley county, Tenn., October 6, 1824, and is a son of John and Lizzie Atchley, and grandson of Martin Atchley, who was born, reared and married in Pennsylvania. About 1800 he locat- ed in Meigs county, Tenn., on a farm, at which occupation he became quite wealthy, but his death occurred in Bradley county in 1844. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was an active member of the Bap- tist Church. He and wife, who was born in Pennsylvania, became the parents of eleven children, all of whom lived to maturity. Seth, the eldest, now living on the home place in Tennessee, and Mahala (Mrs. Wilson), who resides in Denton county, Ark., are the only ones now living. John Atchley was the sixth child, and was born in Meigs county, Tenn., in 1804, and in 1838 removed with his family to Missouri, locating in Goodwin Hollow, where he died in 1881. He serv- ed in the "Old Men's Regiment" during the late war. His wife was born in Kentucky, and died in 1878, having borne a family of eleven child- ren, nine of whom are living at the present time: Noah D., Morgan L., Seth, Miles, Sarah, Elizabeth, Elder, Delilah and James. James Atchley whose name heads this sketch, was thirteen years of age when his par- ents came to Laclede county, and here he has since made his home. He served in the Mexican War under Gen. Taylor, and in 1850 took a trip to Pike's Peak, and was engaged in rafting logs on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers for four years. He was married in 1851 to Miss Nancy Hufft, who was born in Tennessee in 1823, and died in 1865, a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church. The following are their children: Dr. John B., Benjamin and Freeman. Mr. Atchley is a member of the A. F. & A. M., and is the owner of 640 acres of good land, with 320 acres under cultivation. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny (Eisenbarger) Harrell ====================================================================