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ISOM P. LANGLEY. 



Isom P. Langley, Chaplain of the Arkansas State 

 Wheel, was born September 2, 1851, in Clark county, 



Arkansas. His early life 

 was spent on a farm, 

 where he was actively 

 engaged until 25 years 

 of age. At the early 

 age of 1 6 years he 

 made a profession of 

 religion, and joined the 

 Missionary Baptist 

 Church. He was 

 licensed to preach Sep- 

 tember i, 1877, and 

 the following year was 

 ordained a minister of 

 the gospel. His early 

 opportunities for edu- 

 cation were limited, on 

 account of the war. About fifteen months will cover his 

 career as a student in the very inferior schools of his 

 county at that date. - He married Miss Martha A. Free- 

 man, August 20, 1870. He began the study of law in 

 1873, and was admitted to the bar December n, 1875. 

 In February, 1876, he began the practice of law at Arka- 

 delphia, Arkansas, and soon rose to distinction as a 

 criminal lawyer. In 1880, in connection with Capt. J. 

 W. Miller, he began the publication of the Arkadelphia 

 Signal, a Democratic paper. In 1882 he published the 

 Arkansaw Clipper, a Greenback paper. A short time 

 after he established the Hot Springs daily and weekly 

 News. He gave up the practice of law. In 1885 he 

 joined the Knights of Labor, and was chosen editor of the 

 Industrial Liberator, the official organ of the State 



Isom P. Langley. 



