Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
Alexander Thompson Conley
History of Daviess Counties
Goodspeed Publishing Company 1886
ALEXANDER THOMPSON CONLEY, trustee of Harrison Township, dealer in general merchandise and farmer, is a native of Owen County, Ind., son of John and Elizabeth Conley, and was born January 7, 1835. The family are of Scotch-English descent. The father was born in North Carolina in 1798. His grandfather, William Conley, came to Lawrence County, Ind., in Pioneer times, or about 1820. He was probate judge of Lawrence County for several years. He died in 1845. John Conley, our subject's father, came to Daviess County in 1856 and died in 1861. Alexander Conley came to Daviess County in 1855, and, for four years worked for Elisha Hyatt. He owns a well-improved farm on which he located in 1860. In 1871 he engaged in the general merchandise business in Glendale, where he has since continued with good success. He is a Republican in politics and has held a number of positions of honor and trust in the township, but not undeservedly. He was elected trustee of Harrison Township in 1882, and was re-elected in 1884. He was elected over two men each time. His first majority was fifteen and the second seventeen. He made a very trustworthy and efficient official and was the means of wholly clearing the township from debt, and filled the position with honor to himself and to the entire satisfaction of the people. He joined the I. 0. 0. F. in 1865 and the Masons in 1870. He was married in 1856 to Rosanna C.Greenwood, a native of Greene County, Ind., born in 1840, daughter of William and Sarah Greenwood. To Mr. and Mrs. Conley these children were born: Nancy A., Addie, Sarah E., John W., William, Clementine, Rolla J., Adah M. and Nellie R.
Contributed by: Michael L. Tedrow