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W. T. Quinley, senior partner of the furniture firm of Quinley & Co., was born in Haywood County, Tenn., in 1851, and is a son of R. b. and Amandy J. Quinley. The father served in the Civil War under Col. Adams, participating in a number of skirmishes, and in 1878 located in the northwestern part of Arkansas, where he died in 1882. Two sons and three daughters born to the parents of our subject are now living. W. T. Quinley was educated at Brownsville, Tenn., and after coming to Arkansas for fourteen years worked at the carriage and wagon trade. In 1886 he sold his business, and came to Hackett City in the month of March, where he established a grocery store, doing business under the firm name of McBride & Quinley. A year later this firm was succeeded by Bolton & Lackey, and then Mr. Quinley went into the undertaker’s business. In a short time he added furniture to his stock, and he now carries about $4,000 worth of goods, doing the largest furniture business in the city. In 1874 Mr. Quinley married Miss E. E. Peale, of Crockett Mills, Tenn., who died in 1886. She was the mother of one child, also deceased. In 1887 Mr. Quinley married Mrs. E. G. Clark, of this city, who is a member of the Baptist Church, to which Mr. Quinley belongs. Mr. Quinley is a Democrat in politics, and in 1886 served as postmaster of this city. In 1887 he was elected alderman. He is a well-to-do citizen, and owns 240 acres of land in Mississippi County, of this State. He is one of the largest land-owners of Hackett City, owning the building he occupies, a half interest in the one adjoining, and a half interest in the brick store occupied by the Kansas & Texas Coal Company, besides being a stock-holder in the hotel at Hackett City. He also has several town lots and a half interest in the brick-yard.