Parents: Hiram E. and Clarinda (Rice) CONLEY.
He married Arminta (Minta) Jane Rice, Oct. 26, 1882.
Family genealogy states "he had always lived in Paintsville, managed several hotels in the city and had been interested in several business enterprises. He was a poplar man with a large following, elected Judge at one time. He was a leading minister of the Free Will Baptist church and does much to advance its cause. He has probably married more couples than any man living in the county." ed: local obits will show he was also the minister who officiated at many, many, funerals.
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According to his obituary, Rev. Harvey Burns Conley (age 79), son of the late Judge Hiram E. and Clerinda Rice Conley, was the County Judge for 5 years, served 1 term as County Assessor, 1 term as Master Commissioner, 2 terms as a member of the Board of Education of Paintsville City Schools, and was a Baptist minister for the Freewill Baptist Church for 58 years. He died February 1, 1941 at the Stafford Addition [Paintsville] home of a daughter, Mrs. Grover Crider, and was buried in the family cemetery on Little Mud Lick. He had been ill for more than a year and died from pneumonia. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Minta Jane Rice, daughter of Wallace B. and Elizabeth Butler Rice, whom he married in 1883; 1 son, Theodore Conley, who died 39 years prior; and 6 brothers, Franklin Pierce Conley, Manford Fleming Conley, George W. Sidney Bascom Conley, Frederick W. Conley, and Albert Conley. He was survived by 1 son, Herbert L. Conley (a patient in Veterans Hospital in Perry Point, Michigan; 2 daughters, Virgie Lee McCann (Lawshe, Ohio) and Mayme Crider; 6 grandchildren; and 2 great-grandchilren. (Taken from the obituary page of the The Johnson County Historical & Genealogical Society's Web site.)
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Davidson's History of FWB, 1727-1984, p 280-281, states that "Tom's Creek Church would produce a number of early FWB leaders for the denomination's continuing story in the state [KY]. Burns Conley, the VanHoose's, and others, would offer leadership and counsel to the denomnation for the next number of years."
Rev. Burns Conley helped lead the Kentucky FWB into organization of that State's Association in 1939, at Tom's Creek church, where he explained the purpose of the organization.
He married Arminta (Minta) Jane Rice, Oct. 26, 1882.
Family genealogy states "he had always lived in Paintsville, managed several hotels in the city and had been interested in several business enterprises. He was a poplar man with a large following, elected Judge at one time. He was a leading minister of the Free Will Baptist church and does much to advance its cause. He has probably married more couples than any man living in the county." ed: local obits will show he was also the minister who officiated at many, many, funerals.
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According to his obituary, Rev. Harvey Burns Conley (age 79), son of the late Judge Hiram E. and Clerinda Rice Conley, was the County Judge for 5 years, served 1 term as County Assessor, 1 term as Master Commissioner, 2 terms as a member of the Board of Education of Paintsville City Schools, and was a Baptist minister for the Freewill Baptist Church for 58 years. He died February 1, 1941 at the Stafford Addition [Paintsville] home of a daughter, Mrs. Grover Crider, and was buried in the family cemetery on Little Mud Lick. He had been ill for more than a year and died from pneumonia. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Minta Jane Rice, daughter of Wallace B. and Elizabeth Butler Rice, whom he married in 1883; 1 son, Theodore Conley, who died 39 years prior; and 6 brothers, Franklin Pierce Conley, Manford Fleming Conley, George W. Sidney Bascom Conley, Frederick W. Conley, and Albert Conley. He was survived by 1 son, Herbert L. Conley (a patient in Veterans Hospital in Perry Point, Michigan; 2 daughters, Virgie Lee McCann (Lawshe, Ohio) and Mayme Crider; 6 grandchildren; and 2 great-grandchilren. (Taken from the obituary page of the The Johnson County Historical & Genealogical Society's Web site.)
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Davidson's History of FWB, 1727-1984, p 280-281, states that "Tom's Creek Church would produce a number of early FWB leaders for the denomination's continuing story in the state [KY]. Burns Conley, the VanHoose's, and others, would offer leadership and counsel to the denomnation for the next number of years."
Rev. Burns Conley helped lead the Kentucky FWB into organization of that State's Association in 1939, at Tom's Creek church, where he explained the purpose of the organization.
Parents: Hiram E. and Clarinda (Rice) CONLEY.
He married Arminta (Minta) Jane Rice, Oct. 26, 1882.
Family genealogy states "he had always lived in Paintsville, managed several hotels in the city and had been interested in several business enterprises. He was a poplar man with a large following, elected Judge at one time. He was a leading minister of the Free Will Baptist church and does much to advance its cause. He has probably married more couples than any man living in the county." ed: local obits will show he was also the minister who officiated at many, many, funerals.
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According to his obituary, Rev. Harvey Burns Conley (age 79), son of the late Judge Hiram E. and Clerinda Rice Conley, was the County Judge for 5 years, served 1 term as County Assessor, 1 term as Master Commissioner, 2 terms as a member of the Board of Education of Paintsville City Schools, and was a Baptist minister for the Freewill Baptist Church for 58 years. He died February 1, 1941 at the Stafford Addition [Paintsville] home of a daughter, Mrs. Grover Crider, and was buried in the family cemetery on Little Mud Lick. He had been ill for more than a year and died from pneumonia. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Minta Jane Rice, daughter of Wallace B. and Elizabeth Butler Rice, whom he married in 1883; 1 son, Theodore Conley, who died 39 years prior; and 6 brothers, Franklin Pierce Conley, Manford Fleming Conley, George W. Sidney Bascom Conley, Frederick W. Conley, and Albert Conley. He was survived by 1 son, Herbert L. Conley (a patient in Veterans Hospital in Perry Point, Michigan; 2 daughters, Virgie Lee McCann (Lawshe, Ohio) and Mayme Crider; 6 grandchildren; and 2 great-grandchilren. (Taken from the obituary page of the The Johnson County Historical & Genealogical Society's Web site.)
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Davidson's History of FWB, 1727-1984, p 280-281, states that "Tom's Creek Church would produce a number of early FWB leaders for the denomination's continuing story in the state [KY]. Burns Conley, the VanHoose's, and others, would offer leadership and counsel to the denomnation for the next number of years."
Rev. Burns Conley helped lead the Kentucky FWB into organization of that State's Association in 1939, at Tom's Creek church, where he explained the purpose of the organization.
He married Arminta (Minta) Jane Rice, Oct. 26, 1882.
Family genealogy states "he had always lived in Paintsville, managed several hotels in the city and had been interested in several business enterprises. He was a poplar man with a large following, elected Judge at one time. He was a leading minister of the Free Will Baptist church and does much to advance its cause. He has probably married more couples than any man living in the county." ed: local obits will show he was also the minister who officiated at many, many, funerals.
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According to his obituary, Rev. Harvey Burns Conley (age 79), son of the late Judge Hiram E. and Clerinda Rice Conley, was the County Judge for 5 years, served 1 term as County Assessor, 1 term as Master Commissioner, 2 terms as a member of the Board of Education of Paintsville City Schools, and was a Baptist minister for the Freewill Baptist Church for 58 years. He died February 1, 1941 at the Stafford Addition [Paintsville] home of a daughter, Mrs. Grover Crider, and was buried in the family cemetery on Little Mud Lick. He had been ill for more than a year and died from pneumonia. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Minta Jane Rice, daughter of Wallace B. and Elizabeth Butler Rice, whom he married in 1883; 1 son, Theodore Conley, who died 39 years prior; and 6 brothers, Franklin Pierce Conley, Manford Fleming Conley, George W. Sidney Bascom Conley, Frederick W. Conley, and Albert Conley. He was survived by 1 son, Herbert L. Conley (a patient in Veterans Hospital in Perry Point, Michigan; 2 daughters, Virgie Lee McCann (Lawshe, Ohio) and Mayme Crider; 6 grandchildren; and 2 great-grandchilren. (Taken from the obituary page of the The Johnson County Historical & Genealogical Society's Web site.)
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Davidson's History of FWB, 1727-1984, p 280-281, states that "Tom's Creek Church would produce a number of early FWB leaders for the denomination's continuing story in the state [KY]. Burns Conley, the VanHoose's, and others, would offer leadership and counsel to the denomnation for the next number of years."
Rev. Burns Conley helped lead the Kentucky FWB into organization of that State's Association in 1939, at Tom's Creek church, where he explained the purpose of the organization.
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