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"M.B. PRESLEY was born in Clay County, N.C., October 25, 1828, his parents being Sanders and Elizabeth (CROWELL) Presley, both natives of North Carolina, where they were married. They afterward made their home in Middle Tennessee, where they reared their family, and the father died in 1840. In 1857 the mother came to Madison County, Ark., with our subject, where she died in 1888. The father was a farmer and a circuit rider in the Methodist Church. M.B. Presley passed his youth and married in Tennessee, there engaging in farming. He arrived in Madison County, Ark., November 7, 1857 and has lived here ever since. He is now the owner of 160 acres of land, and once owned over 400 acres, which he divided among his children. From 1874 he was engaged in the mercantile business, and has been postmaster of Alabama for a number of years, the position now being filled by his son. May 9, 1847, he was wedded, in Tennessee, to Nancy (TERRY) WALDEN {*}, a native of that state, born December 22, 1828. This union has been blessed with eleven children, ten now living: Mary E., Allen W., William T. (deceased), Dicy J., James B., Sarah A., Henry M., Catherine T., Wiley B., Martha A. and Francis J. Politically Mr. Presley has always been a Democrat, and during the Mexican War was first lieutenant of a company which went to Nashville, but was not mustered in. Mr. Presley is a well-known and respected citizen, and has a pleasant home." (Goodspeeds History of NW AR...) |
* Nancy Terry WALDEN went by Nancy Terry - Terry was not her maiden name as the parenthesis seem to indicate. She was the daughter of Terry WALDEN Sr. and Nancy DONOHOE WALDEN. In Alabam Cem., Madison County, her tombstone says N.T. Presley also his obituary in the Arkansas Methodist (written by a friend and minister) states that she was "Miss N.T. Walden" before she married M.B. Presley.
Sanders and Elizabeth CROWELL PRESLEY had the following children:
Coosa M. (???? Father of Matilda I. Presley ?????)
Millennium B. (M.B. subject of the above bio)
Arena H.
Dyonysius B.
Sarah J.
Ruth E. (married N.T. WALDEN PRESLEY's brother Terry WALDEN Jr.)
John P.
Sanders died in 1840 in TN.
Elizabeth was born 8 Feb 1804, died 10 Dec 1888, buried in Alabam Cem., Madison Co.
M.B. PRESLEY's middle name was Brown, his first name was probably Millennium, but it was spelled Meliniver, Melinion, Mellimious, etc. He was known as "Uncle Brown" in his later years.
More info. on the children of M.B. and N.T. PRESLEY
1. Mary Emma b.11 Oct 1848 TN d. 10 Dec 1921;
married Wiley BURNS b. 1846 d. 18 Mar 1926 Conf. Vet. Co.F 11 MO Inf.
2. Allen Washington b. Aug 1850 TN married Mary ??? b. Mar 1857
3. William T. b. ca. 1853 TN
4. Dicey J. b.ca.1854 TN d. 29 Nov 1925;
married Rev. Hugh M. HATFIELD b. 10 Nov 1858 d. 1 Aug 1934
5. Rev. James Buchannan b. 6 Jan 1857 TN d. 11 Oct 1945;
bur. Alabam; married Flora Irene WILCOX b.29 Jan 1860 Bolivar MO d. 18 Jun 1928
6. Sarah A. b. ca. 1858 AR
7. Henry M. b. 6 Nov 1861 AR;
married Martha M. MONTGOMERY b. 25 Dec 1858 d. 11Jun 1905
8. Catherine T. b. ca. 1863 AR
9. Wiley B. "Dude" b. Nov 1866 d. 1924 bur. Alabam;
married Miranda Amanda PORTER b. Jun 1876 d. 1964
10. Martha A. b. ca. 1868 AR
11. Francis J. b. 1871 AR d. 1901 bur. Alabam;
married Martha Ann "Mattie" EVERETT b. Sep 1869 d. 26 Dec 1939
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