Benton Co., AR - Biographies - Joseph H. Mcclinton

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Joseph H. Mcclinton, ex-sheriff and ex-officio collector of Benton 
County, and also real estate agent of Bentonville, is a native of 
Richland County. Ohio, born in 1840, and is the son of Hugh and Sarah 
(Black) McClinton. Hugh McClinton was born near Baltimore, Md., in 
1803, was of Scotch-Irish extraction, and [p.862] was a farmer by 
occupation. In 1821 he went to Richland County, Ohio, with his father, 
John McClinton, who was a native of Ireland, and who immigrated to the 
United States previous to the Revolutionary War, and served as a 
soldier in the same. He died in 1846, at about the age of ninety 
years. Hugh McClinton was married in Richland County, Ohio. and in 
1828 moved to Morrow County, of the same State, where he now resides, 
being eighty five years of age. His wife, Sarah Black, was born in 
Washington County, Penn., in 1808, and was of Irish extraction. She 
died in 1879, and was the mother of seven children: John, James, 
William (deceased), Joseph H., Elias F., Matthew, and Sarah E., wife 
of Louis Morton. Joseph H. was educated in his native State, and at 
the age of twenty began teaching school, and continued this profession 
six terms. In 1859 he went to Lamar County, Tex., and taught school, 
and in 1861 he became a resident of Bentonville, Ark. In 1861 he 
enlisted in Company F. Fifteenth Regiment Arkansas Infantry, and was 
afterward transferred to Company F. Thirty-fourth Regiment Arkansas 
Infantry, Confederate States Army, and was elected first lieutenant of 
the company. He was in the battles of Wilson's Creek, Prairie Grove 
and Helena. He served until July, 1865, when he surrendered at Fort 
Smith. He afterward taught three terms of school. In 1867 he hired as 
salesman to A. W. Dinsmore, and sold goods for five years. In 1872 he 
went to Galion. Ohio, and he and his brother, James, ran a machine-
shop, but at the end of four years sold out and returned to 
Bentonville, where he resumed his clerkship. In 1878 he was elected 
sheriff and ex-officio collector of Benton County, and in 1880 he was 
re-elected, serving for four years. He was a good officer and filled 
the position to the satisfaction of all. In 1881 he married Miss 
Sallie B. Bryant, a native of LaPorte, Ind., born in 1845. They have 
one adopted child, Josie, who is eight years old. In 1886 Mr. 
McClinton and C. R. Bruce became partners in the real estate, loan and 
insurance business, and the next year they dealt in real estate 
exclusively. For the past eight years Mr. McClinton has assisted in 
collecting the tax of Benton County, in connection with his other 
business. He is a Democrat in politics; is a Master Mason; his wife is 
a member of the Presbyterian Church.