NOBLE COUNTY OHIO - BIO:  PRIESTLY, William
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WILLIAM PRIESTLY read law in Sarahsville in the office of E.A. Bratton and
began practice in that town. He removed to Caldwell after the latter became
the county seat, and remained until 1862, when he entered the Ninety-second
Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a first lieutenant. He served through the war
and in 1864 was offered a captaincy, but declined the commission. He did
not return to Caldwell to practice law after the war. Mr. Priestly was a
sound, well-posted man - a good office lawyer, but not a fluent speaker.

History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago
1887 The Legal Profession

Transcribed by Deb Murray <debmurray@worldnet.att.net>