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Farnsley, Charles Rowland Peaslee Son of Burrel Hobson and Anna May (Peaslee) Farnsley.
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Charles Rowland Peaslee Farnsley
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Charles Rowland Peaslee Farnsley, Publisher. Trustee U. Louisville, 1946-1948, secretary, 1947-1948, member board overseers, 1948-1964; curator Transylvania U., Lexington, Kentucky, 1947-1958; trustee Louisville Free Public Library., 1945-1948; board directors Louisville Philharmonic Society, 1947-1948, Louisville Orchestra; Member Society Colonial Wars, Delta Upsilon, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Education
Bachelor of Laws, University Louisville, 1930; Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Louisville, 1942; Doctor of Laws, University Louisville, 1950; postgraduate, U. Kentucky, 1943-1944; Doctor of Laws, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1959.
Career
Practiced law, 1930-1948, 54-64; member, Kentucky House of Representatives, 1936-1940; mayor, City of Louisville, 1948-1953; member, 89th Congress, 3d district of Kentucky, 1965-1967. President Lost Cause Press.
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Membership
Trustee U. Louisville, 1946-1948, secretary, 1947-1948, member board overseers, 1948-1964. Curator Transylvania U., Lexington, Kentucky, 1947-1958. Trustee Louisville Free Public Library., 1945-1948.
Board directors Louisville Philharmonic Society, 1947-1948, Louisville Orchestra. Member Society Colonial Wars, Delta Upsilon, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Connections
Married Nancy Hall Carter, February 27, 1937. Children: Sally (Mistress Robert S. Bird, Junior), Ann, Alexander, Burrel Charles Peaslee, Douglass Charles Ellerbe.
