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William P. Feazel. Of the many prominent names which make up the strength of the Arkansas bar, that of Mr. Feazel takes a foremost place, and his experience in Howard County as a legal practitioner dates back to the spring of 1885,when he moved to Nashville and opened an office. He was born in Louisiana, in 1856, being the youngest of nine children born to Solomon and Bettie (Palmer) Feazel, natives of Pennsylvania and Louisiana, respectively. The father was a planter, and he and his wife died when the subject of this sketch was a child. His early advantages were very limited, but he managed to attend the high school of Shiloh, La., and applied himself diligently to his books while there. In 1877 he came to Magnolia, Ark., and for one year was engaged in teaching the "young idea," after which he began the study of law, and was admitted to the practice of that profession in October, 1879. He soon after removed to Little River County, and began practicing, but in the spring of 1885 he came to Nashville, where he has since been located. In the fall of 1887, he formed a partnership with Mr. Rodgers, which still continues, and they are accounted among the leading attorneys of this section. He is and has been a member of the Nashville school board, and is an earnest advocate of public education. He is not an office seeker, but votes the Democrat ticket. His marriage, which occurred in November, 1886, was to Miss Sena Cowling, a daughter of John P. Cowling, and to them has been born one child: Willie Park, a daughter. Mr. Feazel is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and his wife is a Cumberland Presbyterian.