Sumner County Biographies
"Portrait and Biographical Album of Sumner County"
Chapman Bros., Chicago, 1890
HUGH PAISLEY. The family of which this
gentleman is a lineal descendant, is an old
and honored one in Scotland, and to this
fact the city of Paisley owes its name, and
is a standing monument. His maternal ancestry
were Irish, and the family of his mother is also a
well-known one. Our subject is a man of honor,
intelligence and geniality, and is accorded his just
measure of respect by his fellowmen.
Mr. Paisley is the ninth of twelve children born
to Robert and Mary (McCullough) Paisley, and his
natal day was September 14, 1846. His parents
were natives of Pennsylvania, were married in
Ohio, and resided in the latter State until the death
of the mother in 1863. Eight members of the parental family are now living. The father departed
this life in 1882. He was a son of Hugh Paisley,
who was an American soldier during the War of
1812.
During his youth our subject was afflicted with
phthisic, but he was able to obtain an excellent
common school education, and remaining with his
father until twenty-five years of age, worked for
twelve years in his grist and saw mill. In 1870, he
came to Kansas, located in Sedgwick County, where
he sojourned two years, after which he spent an
equal length of time in Iowa. Returning to Sedgwick County, he was a resident therein for six
years, and then, in 1880, came to Sumner County,
and settled on a farm in Ryan Township, which he
has since made his home. His farm comprises one
hundred and sixty acres of land, all improved, and
changed from the raw and primitive condition in
which he took possession of it, to that of a well-cultivated and well-improved acreage. Mr. Paisley devotes his attention to general farming and
stock-raising, and is winning a competence in his
chosen field of labor.
The marriage of Mr. Hugh Paisley and Miss Matilda Neighburg, was celebrated in December, 1874,
in Burlington, Iowa. Mrs. Paisley was born in
Calmerlain, Sweden, April 13, 1817, to Adolf and
Christina Neighburg, who were prominent people
in their section of Scandinavia. The mother died
in 1884, and the father in 1889. Their family comprised nine children, of whom three are now living.
Mrs. Paisley is the second child, and came to America in 1872. She has
borne her husband six children, of whom Adolphus A., Benjamin O., Merton
H., Matilda, and Shaenie are now living. She has
been a member of the Lutheran Church, and has
many womanly and domestic virtues. Mr. Paisley
belongs to the Farmers' Alliance. He has been
Road Overseer, and is now Constable of Ryan
Township.
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