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WILLIAM T. LEAGUE was born March 10, 1830, in Alexandria, Va. When one year old his parents removed to Baltimore, and he was reared in that city. At the age of fifteen he began mercantile clerking, and also learned the trade of manufacturing silk hats, which trade he pursued very successfully till the war, when he engaged in the hotel business at Annapolis, Md., for about two years. After the war he came to Estill Springs for the purpose of again establishing a silk hat manufactory. He soon disposed of his stock of hats, and in 1866 engaged in general merchandising, which he has ever since continued. He was appointed postmaster in 1866, and has held the office continuously ever since. He was first married in Fredericksburg, Va., in 1850, to Miss Fannie Bradshaw, the result of this union being five children, viz.: Jared H., Metamora, Rosa B. (wife of R. T. Miller), William T. (a prominent lawyer in Poplar Bluff, Mo.) and Emma. He lived with the mother of these children until 1866, and in 1871 he was married to Miss Nannie Hill, of Franklin County, who bore him two children, one of whom—Achaen—is now living. This wife died in about 1875. Mr. League and his two daughters are members of the Christian Church. Mr. League is a Democrat in politics, and is a well respected citizen of the county. The League family originated in America through one James League, who, with seven sons, immigrated to Maryland in Revolutionary times He was very wealthy. The father of our subject was also James League. He was a defender of Baltimore in 1812, and died in 1873.