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Submitted: 3/7/18 • Approved: 4/23/22 • Last Updated: 4/26/22 • R1212869-G0-S3
June 30, 1855 - April 5, 1922
"Eugene Hatley, a prosperous farmer and merchant of Nevada County, was born in that county June 30, 1855. His father, William C. Hatley, was a native of Tennessee, born December 13, 1828, and passed his youth on a farm. In the year 1869, he engaged in the mercantile business at Holly Springs. He emigrated with his mother from Tennessee, when only sixteen years old, and in 1851 married Miss Martha A. Parr, also a native of Tennessee. To them were born nine children, eight of whom are now living, viz: Eugene, Mary R. (wife of J. L. Young), Eudora A. (now Mrs. J. T. Gossett), Emma F. (Mrs. W. L. Connevey), Tapley B., Jennie (wife of R. L. Moore), Willie E. (wife of E. E. White), and Pearl A. The mother died in 1876, and the father married Miss Ann E. Christopher, in 1877. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Christopher. Eugene Hatley, the subject of this sketch, married also in 1877, the lady of his choice being Miss Lizzie B. Ware, of Arkansas, who is a daughter of John and Nancy McLaughlin Ware, and born in the years 1861. Of this union have been born five children, four of whom are living at the present time; viz: Rolley E., Marion P., Florence and William J. Mr. and Mrs. Hatley are members of the Presbyterian Church; and he is a partner in the firm of E. Hatley & Bro., and is a most influential business man. In 1889 he was appointed postmaster at Caney." (Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas - Goodspeed Publishing Company - Chicago, Nashville and St. Louis - 1890)
Camden, April 7 - Eugene Hatley, aged 67, prominent citizen of Rosston, a community in Nevada county north of Camden, died at his home Wednesday. Mr. Hatley had lived near Rosston all his life. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and a member of the Woodmen order. He is survived by his wife and three children, W. J. Hatley, Mrs. L. B. Mendenhall and Mrs. B. S. Protho, and two sisters, Mrs. Moore of Magnolia and Mrs. Wallace of New Mexico. (Arkansas Gazette - April 7, 1922)
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