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Personal data Rev. Calvin Preston Pressly [PPtHP-sPHs 8 FpgmctBu] 

• He was born on March 19, 1847 in Starkville, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi.Source 1
• Alternative: He was born.
• Profession: ARP Minister in Due West, Abbeville County, South Carolina.
• He died on November 25, 1919 in Milam County, Texas, he was 72 years old.
• He is buried in Marlow Cemetery, Cameron, Milam County, Texas.Source 2
• A child of David Pressly and Letha Ann Fair
• This information was last updated on January 22, 2014.

Household of Rev. Calvin Preston Pressly [PPtHP-sPHs 8 FpgmctBu]

He is married to Nancy Eleanor Pressly.

They got married on July 21, 1869, he was 22 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Mary Fair Pressly  ± 1872-1880
2. Calvin Lowry Pressley  1877-1946 
3. John Howard Pressly  ± 1880-1880
4. Annie Pressly  1882-1951
5. Frank Y( oung) Pressly  1885-????
6. Harold Brainard Pressly  1887-1962 
7. Pressly  
8. Pressly  

Notes about Rev. Calvin Preston Pressly [PPtHP-sPHs 8 FpgmctBu]

The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral ResearchSCMAR, Volume XNumber 3, Summer, 1982Marriage and Death Notices from Abbeville Newspapers (Continued from Vol. X, p.86)SCMAR, Vol. X, Summer 1982, No. 3, p.133Married at the residence of the bride's father, on the 19th inst., by the Rev. Manning Brown, Mr. Calvin Pressly and Miss Ann E. Latimer, daughter of Mr. J. M. Latimer, Jr., all of Lowndesville, S. C. (Oct. 22, 1869.)

1880
Household Record 1880 United States Census
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Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Calvin PRESSLY Self M Male W 33 MI Clergyman SC SC
N.E. PRESSLY Wife M Female W 32 SC Keeping House SC SC
M.F. PRESSLY Dau S Female W 7 SC At School SC SC
C.L. PRESSLY Son S Male W 2 SC SC SC
Howard PRESSLY Son S Male W 4M SC SC SC
M.E. PRESSLY MotherL W Female W 56 SC SC SC
M.E. REID Niece Female W 16 NC At School NC SC
Manda MILLER Other Female B 17 SC Servant SC SC
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Source Information:
Census Place Due West, Abbeville, South Carolina
Family History Library Film 1255217
NA Film Number T9-1217
Page Number 216C
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Rev. William Laurens Pressly was pastor from 1862- 1871. He was born in Due West, South Carolina on May 3, 1837, the son of Rev. Ebenezer Erskine Pressly, who has served as the pastor of Generostee. He was educated at Erskine College and Erskine Theological Seminary. He was installed as pastor of Generostee and Concord in 1862. Mr. Pressly gave up the work at Generostee in 1871 to go to Due West, where he served as the pastor of the Due West Church for seventeen years. He taught in Erskine Theological Seminary and became president of the institution in 1889. His death came on June 8, 1906.
Rev. Robert Foster Bradley served as pastor from 1873- 1883. He was born in Abbeville County, South Carolina on September 22, 1846, the son of William Kid Bradley. He was a graduate of Erskine College and Erskine Theological Seminary. He was installed as pastor of Generostee and Concord congregations on September 5, 1873. After leaving Generostee in 1883, he became the first pastor of the Troy congregation. In 1891, he accepted the work at Long Cane, where he continued until the end of his life in 1932. Like many other early A.R.P. ministers, Mr. Bradley engaged in farming in addition to his pastoral duties.
Rev. Calvin Pressly was pastor from 1884- 1895. He was born at Starkville, Mississippi on March 19, 1847, the eldest son of Rev. David Pressly. During the Civil War, he served with distinction in the famous Cavalry of General N. B. Forrest. Mr. Pressly was educated at Erskine College and Erskine Theological Seminary. In 1884, he became pastor of Generostee, Concord, and Grove congregations. He relinquished this work on January 2, 1895 to take up work in Milam County, Texas. His death occurred on December 19, 1919.
Rev. Joseph Lowry Pressly was stated supply at Generostee from January 1, 1896 until September 30, 1896. Mr. Pressly was born on February 5, 1868 at Moffatsville, South Carolina, the son of Rev. William Laurens Pressly and Frances Elizabeth Wideman. His father was Generostee’s fourth pastor. He was a graduate of Erskine College and Erskine Theological Seminary. Mr. Pressly never had a call but was assigned to his charges by the Synod or by the Board of Home Missions. He died on February 12, 1936 in Covington County, Arkansas.

Calvin Preston Pressly
Birth: Mar. 19, 1847
Starkville
Oktibbeha County
Mississippi, USA
Death: Nov. 28, 1919
Milam County
Texas, USA

Husband of Nancy Eleanor (Pressly) Pressly and son of David Pressly & Lethe Ann Fair.

Burial:
Marlow Cemetery
Milam County
Texas, USA

Record added: Jan 25 2005
By: Debbie Cromwell

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