Presley Ewing Werlein (1891-1971) was born September 1, 1891 at St. Louis, Missouri to the Reverend Shepard Halsey Werlein (1851-1933), a Methodist minister of German ancestry and a native of Clinton, Mississippi, and Leila Ewing Werlein (1855-1936), who was born at New Orleans, Louisiana. His grandparents were Philip Peter Werlein (1812-1885), a German musician and composer, and Margaret Halsey (1823-1885) of Long Island, New York. Philip P. Werlein was born at Rhein Kreis, Germany and came to America and founded Werlein's for Music at New Orleans. Circa 1915, Presley married Sarah Louise Richard (1891-1970), the daughter of Eugene Gordy Richard and Blanche Cason, proprietors of the Elba Plantation situated in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.(The Daily Picayune, April 18, 1885, p. 4 and The Times-Picayune, August 19, 1953, p. 2)
Presley E. Werlein and Sarah Richard were the parents of four children: Presley E. Werlein Jr. (1916-1971); Eugene Richard Werlein (1923-2012); Shepard Halsey Werlein (1925-1977); and Sarah Blanche Werlein m. Kenneth Fillmore Beck (b. 1926) of Wichita, Kansas. Presley E. Werlein Jr. was born at San Jose, California while the other children were born in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Dr. P.E. Werlein, an ENT specialist, came to Biloxi from New Orleans in the summer of 1920 and opened an office above Grant's Drug Store on West Howard Avenue and Reynoir Street on September 1st. He had matriculated to the Sewanee Academy and the University of Arkansas before entering Tulane in 1910 where he was a member of the track team participating in the field events: high jump, discus throw, and shotput. Presley graduated in 1914 from the Tulane Medical School and interned at San Jose, California before entering private practice at Mountain View, California. Dr. Werlein returned to the Crescent City as a clinical instructor in the ENT department of the Tulane Medical College. He entered military service during WW I and served at Camp Dodge Iowa before going overseas to Joinville-le-Pont, France and then serving with the Army of Occupation at Coblenz, Germany where he was chief of his department in Evacuation Hospital No. 9.(The Daily Herald, August 28, 1920, p. 3 and September 29, 1955, p. 26)
In the mid-1930s, Dr. Werlein pursued post graduate medical studies in Austria and Germany. He returned to Biloxi from these activities in 1937. Presley retired from his medical practice at Biloxi in 1955.(The Daily Herald, September 29, 1955, p. 26 and October 23, 1971, p. 2)
At Biloxi, Dr. Werlein was active in the civic and social affairs of Biloxi and its progress. He enjoyed gardening, fishing, hunting and travel. In 1920, Presley was a pioneer assisting Charles L. Rushing in activating Troop 2 of the Boy Scouts of America with their sponsors, through the Biloxi Knights of Columbus. Presley was a charter member of the Biloxi Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce member, Commander of the American Legion, and had been on the Board of Stewards of the First United Methodist Church of Biloxi from 1921 until his resignation in the late 1960s due to his declining health. He had served as president of the Biloxi Hospital medical staff and was a consultant with the Gulfport Veterans Administration facility from 1925 -1935.
It appears that Dr. Werlein and Sarah Richard Werlein divorced and he married Ida Cornelia Rush (1905-1980), a native of Pass Christian, Mississippi. Ida was a teacher and had taught in Biloxi at Dukate Elementary School and had retired as principal of Howard No. 1 Elementary School.(The Daily Herald, January 21, 1980, p. A2)
Dr. Presley E. Werlein expired at the Memorial Hospital in Biloxi on October 22, 1971. He was survived by his widow, Ida Cornelia Rush Werlein; three sons, Presley E. Werlein Jr., Eugene R. Werlein, and Shepard H. Werlein, all of Houston, Texas; a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth F. Beck of Wichita, Kansas; two brothers, Judge Ewing Werlein (1889-1975) of Houston, Texas and the Reverend Philip P. Werlein (1893-1996) of Sewanee, Tennessee; and eleven grandchildren. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home of Biloxi directed the funeral services of Dr. Werlein. His corporal internment was in Southern Memorial Park at Biloxi, Mississippi.
Ida Rush Werlein lived until January 21, 1980. She also passed in the Howard Memorial Hospital. Ida was survived by two sisters, Frances Rush Andre, and Helen Rush Donohoo, both of Gulfport, and two stepchildren, Eugene Werlein of Houston, Texas and Sally Beck of Kansas.(The Daily Herald, January 21, 1980, p. A2)
REFERENCES:
The Daily Herald, "Locates in Biloxi", August 20, 1920.
The Daily Herald, "Dr. P.E. Werlein retires at Biloxi", September 29, 1955.
The Daily Herald, "Dr. Presley E. Werlein", October 23, 1971.
The Daily Herald, "Ida Cornelia Rush", January 21, 1980.
The Times-Picayune, "Richard", August 19, 1953.
Presley E. Werlein and Sarah Richard were the parents of four children: Presley E. Werlein Jr. (1916-1971); Eugene Richard Werlein (1923-2012); Shepard Halsey Werlein (1925-1977); and Sarah Blanche Werlein m. Kenneth Fillmore Beck (b. 1926) of Wichita, Kansas. Presley E. Werlein Jr. was born at San Jose, California while the other children were born in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Dr. P.E. Werlein, an ENT specialist, came to Biloxi from New Orleans in the summer of 1920 and opened an office above Grant's Drug Store on West Howard Avenue and Reynoir Street on September 1st. He had matriculated to the Sewanee Academy and the University of Arkansas before entering Tulane in 1910 where he was a member of the track team participating in the field events: high jump, discus throw, and shotput. Presley graduated in 1914 from the Tulane Medical School and interned at San Jose, California before entering private practice at Mountain View, California. Dr. Werlein returned to the Crescent City as a clinical instructor in the ENT department of the Tulane Medical College. He entered military service during WW I and served at Camp Dodge Iowa before going overseas to Joinville-le-Pont, France and then serving with the Army of Occupation at Coblenz, Germany where he was chief of his department in Evacuation Hospital No. 9.(The Daily Herald, August 28, 1920, p. 3 and September 29, 1955, p. 26)
In the mid-1930s, Dr. Werlein pursued post graduate medical studies in Austria and Germany. He returned to Biloxi from these activities in 1937. Presley retired from his medical practice at Biloxi in 1955.(The Daily Herald, September 29, 1955, p. 26 and October 23, 1971, p. 2)
At Biloxi, Dr. Werlein was active in the civic and social affairs of Biloxi and its progress. He enjoyed gardening, fishing, hunting and travel. In 1920, Presley was a pioneer assisting Charles L. Rushing in activating Troop 2 of the Boy Scouts of America with their sponsors, through the Biloxi Knights of Columbus. Presley was a charter member of the Biloxi Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce member, Commander of the American Legion, and had been on the Board of Stewards of the First United Methodist Church of Biloxi from 1921 until his resignation in the late 1960s due to his declining health. He had served as president of the Biloxi Hospital medical staff and was a consultant with the Gulfport Veterans Administration facility from 1925 -1935.
It appears that Dr. Werlein and Sarah Richard Werlein divorced and he married Ida Cornelia Rush (1905-1980), a native of Pass Christian, Mississippi. Ida was a teacher and had taught in Biloxi at Dukate Elementary School and had retired as principal of Howard No. 1 Elementary School.(The Daily Herald, January 21, 1980, p. A2)
Dr. Presley E. Werlein expired at the Memorial Hospital in Biloxi on October 22, 1971. He was survived by his widow, Ida Cornelia Rush Werlein; three sons, Presley E. Werlein Jr., Eugene R. Werlein, and Shepard H. Werlein, all of Houston, Texas; a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth F. Beck of Wichita, Kansas; two brothers, Judge Ewing Werlein (1889-1975) of Houston, Texas and the Reverend Philip P. Werlein (1893-1996) of Sewanee, Tennessee; and eleven grandchildren. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home of Biloxi directed the funeral services of Dr. Werlein. His corporal internment was in Southern Memorial Park at Biloxi, Mississippi.
Ida Rush Werlein lived until January 21, 1980. She also passed in the Howard Memorial Hospital. Ida was survived by two sisters, Frances Rush Andre, and Helen Rush Donohoo, both of Gulfport, and two stepchildren, Eugene Werlein of Houston, Texas and Sally Beck of Kansas.(The Daily Herald, January 21, 1980, p. A2)
REFERENCES:
The Daily Herald, "Locates in Biloxi", August 20, 1920.
The Daily Herald, "Dr. P.E. Werlein retires at Biloxi", September 29, 1955.
The Daily Herald, "Dr. Presley E. Werlein", October 23, 1971.
The Daily Herald, "Ida Cornelia Rush", January 21, 1980.
The Times-Picayune, "Richard", August 19, 1953.
Presley Ewing Werlein (1891-1971) was born September 1, 1891 at St. Louis, Missouri to the Reverend Shepard Halsey Werlein (1851-1933), a Methodist minister of German ancestry and a native of Clinton, Mississippi, and Leila Ewing Werlein (1855-1936), who was born at New Orleans, Louisiana. His grandparents were Philip Peter Werlein (1812-1885), a German musician and composer, and Margaret Halsey (1823-1885) of Long Island, New York. Philip P. Werlein was born at Rhein Kreis, Germany and came to America and founded Werlein's for Music at New Orleans. Circa 1915, Presley married Sarah Louise Richard (1891-1970), the daughter of Eugene Gordy Richard and Blanche Cason, proprietors of the Elba Plantation situated in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.(The Daily Picayune, April 18, 1885, p. 4 and The Times-Picayune, August 19, 1953, p. 2)
Presley E. Werlein and Sarah Richard were the parents of four children: Presley E. Werlein Jr. (1916-1971); Eugene Richard Werlein (1923-2012); Shepard Halsey Werlein (1925-1977); and Sarah Blanche Werlein m. Kenneth Fillmore Beck (b. 1926) of Wichita, Kansas. Presley E. Werlein Jr. was born at San Jose, California while the other children were born in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Dr. P.E. Werlein, an ENT specialist, came to Biloxi from New Orleans in the summer of 1920 and opened an office above Grant's Drug Store on West Howard Avenue and Reynoir Street on September 1st. He had matriculated to the Sewanee Academy and the University of Arkansas before entering Tulane in 1910 where he was a member of the track team participating in the field events: high jump, discus throw, and shotput. Presley graduated in 1914 from the Tulane Medical School and interned at San Jose, California before entering private practice at Mountain View, California. Dr. Werlein returned to the Crescent City as a clinical instructor in the ENT department of the Tulane Medical College. He entered military service during WW I and served at Camp Dodge Iowa before going overseas to Joinville-le-Pont, France and then serving with the Army of Occupation at Coblenz, Germany where he was chief of his department in Evacuation Hospital No. 9.(The Daily Herald, August 28, 1920, p. 3 and September 29, 1955, p. 26)
In the mid-1930s, Dr. Werlein pursued post graduate medical studies in Austria and Germany. He returned to Biloxi from these activities in 1937. Presley retired from his medical practice at Biloxi in 1955.(The Daily Herald, September 29, 1955, p. 26 and October 23, 1971, p. 2)
At Biloxi, Dr. Werlein was active in the civic and social affairs of Biloxi and its progress. He enjoyed gardening, fishing, hunting and travel. In 1920, Presley was a pioneer assisting Charles L. Rushing in activating Troop 2 of the Boy Scouts of America with their sponsors, through the Biloxi Knights of Columbus. Presley was a charter member of the Biloxi Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce member, Commander of the American Legion, and had been on the Board of Stewards of the First United Methodist Church of Biloxi from 1921 until his resignation in the late 1960s due to his declining health. He had served as president of the Biloxi Hospital medical staff and was a consultant with the Gulfport Veterans Administration facility from 1925 -1935.
It appears that Dr. Werlein and Sarah Richard Werlein divorced and he married Ida Cornelia Rush (1905-1980), a native of Pass Christian, Mississippi. Ida was a teacher and had taught in Biloxi at Dukate Elementary School and had retired as principal of Howard No. 1 Elementary School.(The Daily Herald, January 21, 1980, p. A2)
Dr. Presley E. Werlein expired at the Memorial Hospital in Biloxi on October 22, 1971. He was survived by his widow, Ida Cornelia Rush Werlein; three sons, Presley E. Werlein Jr., Eugene R. Werlein, and Shepard H. Werlein, all of Houston, Texas; a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth F. Beck of Wichita, Kansas; two brothers, Judge Ewing Werlein (1889-1975) of Houston, Texas and the Reverend Philip P. Werlein (1893-1996) of Sewanee, Tennessee; and eleven grandchildren. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home of Biloxi directed the funeral services of Dr. Werlein. His corporal internment was in Southern Memorial Park at Biloxi, Mississippi.
Ida Rush Werlein lived until January 21, 1980. She also passed in the Howard Memorial Hospital. Ida was survived by two sisters, Frances Rush Andre, and Helen Rush Donohoo, both of Gulfport, and two stepchildren, Eugene Werlein of Houston, Texas and Sally Beck of Kansas.(The Daily Herald, January 21, 1980, p. A2)
REFERENCES:
The Daily Herald, "Locates in Biloxi", August 20, 1920.
The Daily Herald, "Dr. P.E. Werlein retires at Biloxi", September 29, 1955.
The Daily Herald, "Dr. Presley E. Werlein", October 23, 1971.
The Daily Herald, "Ida Cornelia Rush", January 21, 1980.
The Times-Picayune, "Richard", August 19, 1953.
Presley E. Werlein and Sarah Richard were the parents of four children: Presley E. Werlein Jr. (1916-1971); Eugene Richard Werlein (1923-2012); Shepard Halsey Werlein (1925-1977); and Sarah Blanche Werlein m. Kenneth Fillmore Beck (b. 1926) of Wichita, Kansas. Presley E. Werlein Jr. was born at San Jose, California while the other children were born in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Dr. P.E. Werlein, an ENT specialist, came to Biloxi from New Orleans in the summer of 1920 and opened an office above Grant's Drug Store on West Howard Avenue and Reynoir Street on September 1st. He had matriculated to the Sewanee Academy and the University of Arkansas before entering Tulane in 1910 where he was a member of the track team participating in the field events: high jump, discus throw, and shotput. Presley graduated in 1914 from the Tulane Medical School and interned at San Jose, California before entering private practice at Mountain View, California. Dr. Werlein returned to the Crescent City as a clinical instructor in the ENT department of the Tulane Medical College. He entered military service during WW I and served at Camp Dodge Iowa before going overseas to Joinville-le-Pont, France and then serving with the Army of Occupation at Coblenz, Germany where he was chief of his department in Evacuation Hospital No. 9.(The Daily Herald, August 28, 1920, p. 3 and September 29, 1955, p. 26)
In the mid-1930s, Dr. Werlein pursued post graduate medical studies in Austria and Germany. He returned to Biloxi from these activities in 1937. Presley retired from his medical practice at Biloxi in 1955.(The Daily Herald, September 29, 1955, p. 26 and October 23, 1971, p. 2)
At Biloxi, Dr. Werlein was active in the civic and social affairs of Biloxi and its progress. He enjoyed gardening, fishing, hunting and travel. In 1920, Presley was a pioneer assisting Charles L. Rushing in activating Troop 2 of the Boy Scouts of America with their sponsors, through the Biloxi Knights of Columbus. Presley was a charter member of the Biloxi Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce member, Commander of the American Legion, and had been on the Board of Stewards of the First United Methodist Church of Biloxi from 1921 until his resignation in the late 1960s due to his declining health. He had served as president of the Biloxi Hospital medical staff and was a consultant with the Gulfport Veterans Administration facility from 1925 -1935.
It appears that Dr. Werlein and Sarah Richard Werlein divorced and he married Ida Cornelia Rush (1905-1980), a native of Pass Christian, Mississippi. Ida was a teacher and had taught in Biloxi at Dukate Elementary School and had retired as principal of Howard No. 1 Elementary School.(The Daily Herald, January 21, 1980, p. A2)
Dr. Presley E. Werlein expired at the Memorial Hospital in Biloxi on October 22, 1971. He was survived by his widow, Ida Cornelia Rush Werlein; three sons, Presley E. Werlein Jr., Eugene R. Werlein, and Shepard H. Werlein, all of Houston, Texas; a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth F. Beck of Wichita, Kansas; two brothers, Judge Ewing Werlein (1889-1975) of Houston, Texas and the Reverend Philip P. Werlein (1893-1996) of Sewanee, Tennessee; and eleven grandchildren. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home of Biloxi directed the funeral services of Dr. Werlein. His corporal internment was in Southern Memorial Park at Biloxi, Mississippi.
Ida Rush Werlein lived until January 21, 1980. She also passed in the Howard Memorial Hospital. Ida was survived by two sisters, Frances Rush Andre, and Helen Rush Donohoo, both of Gulfport, and two stepchildren, Eugene Werlein of Houston, Texas and Sally Beck of Kansas.(The Daily Herald, January 21, 1980, p. A2)
REFERENCES:
The Daily Herald, "Locates in Biloxi", August 20, 1920.
The Daily Herald, "Dr. P.E. Werlein retires at Biloxi", September 29, 1955.
The Daily Herald, "Dr. Presley E. Werlein", October 23, 1971.
The Daily Herald, "Ida Cornelia Rush", January 21, 1980.
The Times-Picayune, "Richard", August 19, 1953.
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