Benton Co., AR - Biographies - Thomas F. Mckennon

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Thomas F. Mckennon is one of the wealthy farmers of Benton County, 
Ark., being the owner of 240 acres of fine farming land, and was
born and reared in the county and State in which he now resides,
the former event taking place in 1859. His father, W. H. McKennon,
was born in Tennessee in 1821. and was there married to Miss Lucretia
Bobb, who was also born in that State. Soon after their nuptials were
celebrated they came to Arkansas and located in Carroll County, where
they became well-to-do farmers. Mr. McKennon died in 1866; his widow
is still living, and resides in Clarksville, Ark. Thomas F. McKennon was 
educated in the common schools of Carroll County, and in the 
Clarksville Academy, one of the oldest educational institutions in the 
State, and through life has given the most of his attention to 
agricultural pursuits. In 1879 he was married to Miss Nannie Morrow, a 
native of Benton County, born in 1859, and by her is the father of two 
children, one named Cleva. Mr. McKennon came with his family to Benton 
County in 1879, and here they have since made their home. He is very 
public spirited, and has always taken a deep interest in enterprises 
calculated to benefit the county. He is a member of the Pea Ridge 
lodge of A. F. & A. M., No. 119, a member of the Presbyterian Church, 
and votes the Democratic ticket.