Goodspeed's Jackson County, Arkansas Biographies (D-I)

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Bibliography: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas. 
Chicago: Goodspeed Publishers, 1890.

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Robert L. Davis, farmer and stock raiser, was born in Alabama, September 25, 
1832, son of William and Ann (McDonald) Davis, natives of Alabama. Samuel 
Davis, grandfather of our subject, a native of East Tennessee, came to 
Alabama between 1815 and 1825, and was the first settler at Huntsville. He 
located a claim, built a log house and returned to Tennessee for his family. 
In his absence his claim was jumped by David Hunt, after whom the city of 
Huntsville was named. Mr. Davis made no effort to substantiate his claim to 
the land, but located another, which he improved, and on which he resided 
till his death, at the age of ninety-six years. William Davis died at the age 
of seventy-three years, and his wife at the age of forty. Robert L. was the 
fifth of a family of eight: Elizabeth, Samuel, Steele, Jane, James, Anson and 
William. The subject of our sketch lived at home with his parents till he 
married Miss Eliza Henderson, May 16, 1857. In 1860 he came to Arkansas, 
locating a farm on Bower's Ridge, which he sold in 1863, when he bought 152 
acres of wild land in Section 18, Breckinridge Township, which he commenced 
at once to clear and improve, and now has about 100 acres of that tract under 
cultivation, and which has since been his home. Mrs. Davis died May 21, 1885. 
They had three children: Walter S., born March 16, 1858; James H., born April 
1, 1868, a telegraph operator in the employ of the St. Louis & Iron Mountain 
Railroad Company, and Georgie Laird, born January 28, 1872. Mr. Davis' 
children have been well educated at the private schools of the county, and 
also at some of the prominent colleges of the State and of Tennessee, Mr. 
Davis being a friend to education, and taking active interest in all matters 
of importance to the county and State. At this time he has 432 acres of land, 
230 under cultivation. 
                                                                   
R. M. Davis, mayor, Newport, Ark. Mr. Davie has been a resident of Jackson 
County, Ark., for many years, and has been closely and usefully identified 
with its history throughout all that period of time. He was born in Madison 
Country, Ala., near Huntsville, March 27, 1841, and is a son of Matthew and 
Sarah (Wails) Davis, the former a native of the Old Dominion, born near 
Lynchburg, and the mother a native of Alabama. They were married in Madison 
County, of the last named State, and emigrated to Marshall County, Miss., in 
about 1844. They remained there until 1856, and then moved to Arkansas, 
settling in Jackson County, where the father died in 1866. The mother had 
previously died in Mississippi. Their family consisted of nine children, only 
four living: Mrs. E. V. McDonald, Mrs. M. S. Ballard, Mrs. Anthony McDonald, 
and Richard M., who is the youngest of the family living. He was only 
thirteen years of age when he came to Arkansas, and finished his growth on a 
farm in this State. At the breaking out of the war, he was but eighteen years 
of age, and in 1861 be enlisted in Company A, Ninth Mississippi Regiment, at 
Pensacola, Fla. He was one of the first three men to leave the State of 
Arkansas, before the ordinance of secession was passed. He was at the battles 
of Shiloh, Prairie Grove. Helena, and in Gen. Price's raid through Missonri. 
He was wounded at the battle of Helena, by a gun-shot through the left leg. 
He served over four years in the Confederate army, and surrendered at 
Jacksonport. Ark. Afterward he engaged in the livery businesa at the last 
named place, and continued at this for about three years, when he embarked in 
the mercantile business, which he carried on for some time. He then began 
farming, but later went back to merchandising, which he continued until 1882, 
when he moved to Newport. He was here employed as clerk by E. L. Watson & 
Son, with whom he remained until February, 1888, and then took charge of the 
stock of goods now owned by P. V. Davis & Co. The firm carries a good line of
groceries, etc., and are doing a good business. Mr. Davis was married, in 
1863, to Miss Pauline Hudson, a native of South Carolina, who bore four 
children now living: Rush H., Daisy D., Mary E. and Fannie J. Mr. Davis is a
member of the Masonic fraternity. In April 1889, he was elected mayor of 
Newport, and is filling that position to the entire satisfaction of all. He 
has also served as alderman. 

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C. F. Dean, a prominent planter, of Jackson County, whose name is almost too 
well-known to need any comment, was born in Meigs County, Tenn., in 1853. His 
parents were Patrick and Caroline (Stames) Dean, the former a native of 
Ireland and the latter from North Carolina. The father emigrated to America 
upon reaching his maturity, and settled in Tennessee, where he was afterward 
married. He was a very intellectual man, and a school teacher by profession. 
He died in the State of Tennessee, while the mother survived him a number of 
years, and passed away in Jackson County, Ark., leaving three children yet 
living: Cornelius F., Margaret and James J. Cornelius was reared in 
Tennessee, where he remained until 1868, and then moved to Jackson County, 
Ark. For the first few years after his arrival he farmed on rented land, but 
his energy and shrewdness in business transactions have enabled him to 
accumulate about 347 acres of valuable land, with some 200 acres well under 
cultivation, almost all of which he has improved himself. His farm is 
situated on the west side of White River, opposite the city of Jacksonport, 
and the soil is some of the best in that section, being adapted to almost any
kind of vegetable or grain, as well as a fine grazing country. In 1875 Mr. 
Dean was married to Miss Lizzie Delaney, by whom he has had two children: 
Stella and Archie. He is a member of the Legion of Honor, and one of the most
successful men in Jackson County. 

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Maj. William Deen. One of the men who has contributed much to the development 
of Jackson County is Maj. Deen, a prominent planter and stock raiser of the 
county. He was born in Anson County, N. C., on February 18, 1825, and was the 
fourth in a family of eight children born to Reddick and Martha (Morre) Deen, 
both natives of the same State. The father was also a planter in Anson 
County, and during the earlier history of that county was a prominent figure 
in politics. The Major was reared on a farm, and educated in the district 
schools of his birthplace. In 1843 he was married to Miss Rebecca Price, from 
the same State, who subsequently died after a happy married life, leaving him 
one child, John, who is now a prominent physician and surgeon in Texas. In 
1855 Maj. Deen was again married, in Anson County, his second wife being Miss 
Ann Lilly, and two years later he moved with his bride to Kemper County, 
Miss., where he bought a plantation, and became a leading citizen of that 
county, being at one time commissioned on the relief committee to look after 
the destitute of that section. In 1869 he moved to Woodruff County, Ark., and 
two years [p.854] afterward bought a timber tract of 320 acres, which was 
slightly improved. He has continued to improve the land and add to it on 
different occasions, until now he owns about 1,080 acres, and has some 400 
acres under cultivation. His principal crops are corn and cotton, and he also 
raises some stock. Maj. Deen is not a very active politician, but he takes a 
deep interest in all matters that augur for the welfare of his county, and is 
very liberal in his aid toward all euterprises, which, in his judgment, will 
make it one of the foremost in the State. The Major and his wife, who both 
attend the Missionary Baptist Church, have had eight children born to their 
union: Marcus L. (residing in Texas), William T., Laura (now Mrs. McCauley), 
Fannie (also married), Benjamin and Simeon, all residing in the same township 
with their father except Marcus. Maj. Deen has been a valuable citizen to the 
community, and one whose efforts in building up his county have been well 
appreciated. 

F. R. Dowell, assessor of Jackson County, farmer, miller and ginner, was born 
in Jackson County, May 10, 1851. His father, Henry J. Dowell, was born in 
Virginia, in 1814, moved to Kentucky, and in 1838 married Miss A. M. Boyce, 
who was born in Kentucky, in 1819. In 1849 they came to Jackson County, Bird 
Township, bought a farm of 160 acres, and improved and added to this until, 
at the time of his death, in 1881, it consisted of 2,200 acres, 500 under 
cultivation. Mr. Dowell was a strong Democrat, and served his township ten 
years as magistrate, and declined several other offices. The mother was a 
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Our subject was the fourth of a 
family of six: Belle, J. H., Junius, D. C. and Mary S. J. H. served during 
the war in the Confederate army. Henry J. was a man of great energy, and was 
of much service to the early settlers in locating land, being thoroughly 
acquainted with the country. His wife still lives on the old homestead, at 
the age of seventy. The subject of our sketch was raised on the farm, 
received his education in the common schools of Jackson County, and also 
spent two years at the academy in Philadelphia, Izard County, Ark. He left 
school at the age of twenty-two, and for ten years engaged in mercantile 
business at Tuckerman with his brother D. C., the firm being F. R. & D. C. 
Dowell. In the spring of 1882 he withdrew from the firm, and, having been 
appointed administrator of his father's estate, he took charge of that and 
engaged in farming and stock dealing. In 1883 he built a large saw-mill and 
cotton-gin, later adding the grist-mill. He also owns 160 acres of land, 100 
of which are cultivated, and also has an interest in his father's estate. Mr. 
Dowell, in November, 1878, married Miss L. B. Billingslea, daughter of J. C. 
and Mary E. (Woolley) Billingslea, natives of Alabama, who came to Arkansas 
about 1867 and settled in Woodruff County, Mr. Billingslea being a prominent 
farmer and physician of that county, and dying in 1869. Our subject's wife 
was born May 19, 1858. They have had three children: Harry E. (born in 1880), 
Mary A. (born August 20, 1886; died March 7, 1888), and Henry J. (born 
September 2, 1888; died February 7, 1889). They are members of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church. Mr. Dowell is an active member of the Democratic party, 
having served on both township and county committees. In September, 1888, he 
was elected assessor of Jackson County, which office he still holds. He has 
also held the office of school director, and is active in the cause of 
education, and in support of all public enterprises. He is now making 
preparations for entering the business of raising blooded stock. 

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D. C. Dowell; general merchant at Tuckerman, was born in Jackson County, in 
1853, being a son of H. J. and A. M. (Boyce) Dowell, natives of Kentucky. The 
father, a farmer, emigrated to Jackson County, in 1849, settling in Bird 
Township, near Black River, and opened up considerable land in the county; 
his death occurred in 1881, his excellent wife still surviving. In their 
family were J. H. (now deceased,) Jimmie and Belle (who died young), F. R. 
(assessor of Bird Township) and M. L. (at home). The subject of our sketch 
was raised on the farm, educated in the district schools, and also at Izard 
County College. He aided at home in clearing the farm, and there engaged in 
mercantile business, and in 1874, at Tuckerman, [p.855] in partnership with 
his brother, F. R. Dowell, erected the first store in the place, carrying a 
full line of notions, dry goods, groceries and drugs; this partnership 
continued till 1885, when our subject bought his brother's interest, they 
having been burned out in 1888, and in 1889 a good frame building was 
erected. October 16, 1879, Mr. Dowell married Ida Thoroughman, a native of 
Missouri, daughter of Thomas and Emily Thoroughman, natives of Virginia and 
Kentucky, respectively, the father then being an attorney in St. Louis, Mo., 
where they now reside. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Dowell: 
Gracie, Lou (died in 1885, aged four years), Foster, D. C., Jr., and Taylor. 
Mr. Dowell during his lifetime in Jackson County has seen a vast change; he 
is one of the rominent citizens, and takes an active interest in furthering 
all projects for the good of the county. 

G. W. Dudley, a highly-esteemed farmer and stock raiser of Jackson County, 
was born in Bedford County, Tenn., in 1840. He was the third in a family of 
seven children born to Christopher S. and Louisa P. (Bandy) Dudley, of 
Tennessee, in which State the father was county surveyor of Bedford County 
for twenty-five years, and also engaged in farming quite extensively. The 
elder Dudley was a noted Democratic politician during his life, and one of 
the best orators of his party in that section. During his later days he 
occupied himself with his farm entirely until his death, in 1878, his 
excellent wife only surviving him one day. The seven children born to the 
parents are all living: Richard Houston resides in Nashville, Tenn., and is 
engaged in the wholesalo hardware business; Marion resides in Glass Township; 
G. W. also lives in Glass Township; Harriet M., now Mrs. Lucker, of Franklin 
County, Tenn.; Fannie, now Mrs. Jarrett, residing in Tennessee; Guilford, 
residing in Nashville, Tenn., and in the hardware business; Robert M., 
residing at Nashville, and also in the hardware business. G. W. Dudley was 
reared to a farm life and attended the district schools of Bedford County, 
Tenn. In 1861 he enlisted in Company D, Senator Bates' regiment, and was 
mustered into service at Lynchburg, Va. He was engaged in the bombardment of 
Aqua Creek, on May 28, 1861; at Manassas, on July 22, and was a member of 
Claiborne's brigade at Shiloh. He also took part in the battle at Richmond, 
Ky. (when captain and colonel were both killed), at Perryville, Murfreesboro 
and Chickamauga, and was severely wounded at both Perryville and Chickamauga. 
He was also at the battles of Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Calhoun, Kenesaw 
Mountain. Marietta and Docatur. At the last place he was again severely 
wounded, and fell on the spot where Gen. McPherson was killed. He lay on the 
battlefield for some time, unable to move, but was finally discovered and 
taken to the hospital at Macon, Ga. After his recovery he again returned to 
the front and went with Hood to Middle Tennessee. At Franklin he heard Gen. 
Claiborne give his last command to his brigadier generals: 

Gentlemen, I have called you together to say to you that Gen. Hood commands 
that Franklin must be taken. He says that line of works (scanning the 
breastworks) must be taken. He says: "I want you, General, and your staff 
officers to lead your brigades, and impress it on the colonels and captains 
to lead their commands. I, myself, will lead the division, and the first man 
who fires a gun or dodges to the rear we will cut his head off and put it on 
a pole, and carry it through the streets of Nashville with 'COWARDICE' 
branded upon it." 

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He then waved them off, the battle commenced; and Gen. Claiborne was killed 
while storming the breastworks, as were also Gens. Smith and Granberry, while 
many of the officers were mortally wounded. After this event Mr. Dudley 
joined Gen. Forrest at West Point, Miss., and was with him at Selma, Ala., 
during the closing scenes. He surrendered at Gainesville, Ala., and returned 
to Tennessee, where he remained for a year, and then moved to Jackson County, 
Ark., where he commenced farming. In 1868 he was married, in this county, to 
Miss Mollie Raynor, of Tennessee, whose death occurred the same year, and, in 
1875. he was married to Miss Caroline Laster, of Mississippi. In 1878 he made 
his first purchase of land and bought 170 acres on a timber tract, which he 
immediately set to work improving, and now has forty acres under cultivation.
Mr. Dudley [p.856] has always been an active politician. and a valuable man 
to the Democratie party. He is very much interested in educational matters, 
and has serval on the school board for some years. In secret societies he 
belongs to Thornburg Lodge No. 39. A F. & A. M., and has been Worshipful 
Master, and is a member of Jackson Chapter No. 40, at Jackson port. Four 
children were born to Mr. Dudley and his wife: George William. Robert 
Guilford. Richard Houston and Mary Lonisa. Mr. Dudley has witnessed a great 
many changes in the county during his long residence here, and has noted the
adversity and prosperity of Jackson County. as it fell and rose from year to
year, until now it can take rank with the foremost through the efforts of 
citizens like himself. 
                                                                   
Christopher Marion Dudley, farmer and stock raiser, now residing on Section 
18. Township 14, was born in Bedford County Tenn., near Shelby ville. a son 
of Christopher S. and Louisa Peirce (Bandy) Dudley, both natives of 
Tennessee. There were ten children in this family. Christopher M. and William 
being the only ones living in Arkansas. The former was raised on a farm in 
his native State, where he attended the public schools, and also spent 
several terms at the Academy at Salem. coming to Arkansas November 7, 1860. 
His first purchase was of wild land, which he sold. and in 1868 or 1869 
bought the farm on which he now resides, clearing and improving the name 
himself. and at the present time has upon his farm good house and stables. 
besides cotton gin and grist-mill Mr. Dudley is the owner of 746 acres, about 
300 acre being cultivated. January 13, 1867, Mr. Dudley married Miss Letitia 
Bandy. of Arkansas. They bad three sons and one daughter. George C. Richard 
Huston. Guilford and Louisa S., all of whom have bad good school advantages:
and Richard. a graduate of University of Tennessee, in the wholesale 
hardware house of Dudley Bros, & Lipscomb. at Nashville. Tenn. The other 
children at home, attending school. Mrs. Dudley died, and in 1880 he married
Mrs. Sarah P. Maxy (nee Winfred: they have one daughter. Susan Mand. Mr. 
Dudley is a charter member of the Strangers Home Lodge No. 391. Thornburg, 
Lawrence County, Ark. He is progressive, and ready and willing to take an 
active part in all enterprises which, in his judgment, are for the best 
interests of the county and State. 

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Dr. M. M. Erwin, physician, surgeon and planter, is a native of East 
Tennessee, having been born in Knox County, June 8. 1849. His parents were 
Wade H. and Melinda (Kincade) Erwin, of Tennessee, where their parents came 
from Virginia about 1812. The grandfathers on both sides, of English and 
Irish descent, were soldiers in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. 
Mr. Erwin's father was a planter and mechanic, who, in 1852, came with his 
family to Independence, then to Lawrence County, and settled a large farm 
near Smithville, where he lived till his death, in 1882, his wife having died 
about three years previous. He served four years in the late war; was twice 
discharged and returned, and closed his military career after Price's raid 
through Missouri. Five of his sons were in the Confederate service. all of 
whom survived without a wound. Our subject's parents were consistent members 
of the Baptist Church, and his father an honored member of the Masonic 
fraternity, a strong temperance man, an active Democrat in politics, and 
served as justice of the peace several terms. The subject of this sketch. a 
highly-esteemed citizen of Auvergne, came to this State thirty seven years 
ago. He was reared to farm life, spending his school days in the common 
schools of Arkansas. In 1868 he began the study of medicine, under Dr. 
Bevens, of Batesville. Ark.: was with him several years, when he began the 
practice of his profession in Lawrence, Craighead. Independence. Cross, and 
Jackson Counties. In 1873 he married Miss Kitty A. Wright. daughter of George 
W. and Liddia (Oldbarn) Wright. natives of Kentucky. Living in Lawrence 
County four years, he moved to Bower's Ridge. where he engaged in farming and 
stock raising, in connection with his practice. remaining ten years. In 
November. 1886, he removed to Auvergne. purchased farm and town property, and 
in March, 1886, associated with Dr. G. D. Clements in practice, and also in 
the conduct of the drug business, in which connection he still continues. 
[p.857] Dr. Erwin is the ninth of a family of eleven children, and himself 
has a family of five living: Willie Lee, Claude Mayo, Ira H., Dovie and Josie
R.; those who died were Alabama, George A. and May. He is a member of Newport 
Lodge No. 71, I. O. O. F., is a Democrat in politics, but conservative, and 
himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He also takes 
an active part in support of schools, churches and public enterprises, and is 
thoroughly familiar with the development of the country since his residence 
here. He was one of the most liberal supporters of the Auvergne Academy, and 
one of the board to guarantee a support of that school until it should be 
made permanent. Dr. Erwin has a farm of 620 acres, 285 acres of which are 
cultivated. He was one of the first to prove that swamp lands could be 
successfully drained, and that small fruits could be successfully grown. One 
of his farms, the Wideman farm, was the first land cleared in the village, 
and it was done by the Indians. 

John T. Flynn. superintendent of the Batesville & Brinkley Railroad, was born 
in Charleston, S. C., on January 10, 1840, and is a son of John T. and Louisa 
(Abram) Flynn. of New York and South Carolina, respectively. The father went 
to South Carolina, and was married in that State, afterward entering into 
business, which he carried on until after the war, when he returned to New 
York, where he died in 1881, the mother dying in South Carolina. They were 
the parents of five children, of whom three are yet living, John T. being the 
oldest. Young Flynn was born and reared in Charleston, and received his 
education in the public schools of that city. He commenced railroading at 
seventeen years of age, entering into the employ of what is now the 
Louisville & Nashville system, where he remained twenty years, first 
commencing as clerk in the freight department, and working himself up to be a 
division superintendent of that road. After leaving the employ of the 
Louisville & Nashville road. he went to Texas, and was made superintendent of 
the East Line & Red River Railroad for several years. He was then transferred 
to the Memphis & Little Rock Railroad, as agent for some years, and in 1887 
became superintendent of the Batesville & Brinkley Railroad, which position 
he still occupies. Mr. Flynn has followed railroading almost all his life. He 
is one of the best informed men in railroad matters now in the State of 
Arkansas, and has a thorough knowledge of the workings of every department on 
his line. He is a genial, pleasant man, of good address, and very popular in 
that section, where he has a large circle of friends. In 1869 he was married 
to Miss Elizabeth Rasser, of South Carolina, and together they make their 
home at Newport, the headquarters of the road. 

Charles Monroe Ford, planter and stock raiser, of Richwood Township, is a son 
of William and Nancy (Bunch) Ford, natives of North Carolina, and was born 
May 4, 1846. His parents came to Jackson County, Ark., in 1854, and in 1855 
entered a quarter section in Section 11, Richwood Township, but sold this and 
went to Illinois in 1864. The subject of our sketch was one of a family of 
ten children, and received his education in the schools of the county. He 
married Miss Margaret A. Balch, who had four children: Robert Newton (born 
December 14, 1873), Martha A. (born November 25, 1875), Nancy E. (born March 
15, 1877), William Amos (born December 16, 1878). His first wife died in 
1879, and he married Miss Eliza Jane Brown, of Tennessee. They have four 
children: Charles L. (born April 6, 1882), Laura Jane (born September 10, 
1885), James Arthur (born August 4, 1887) and Rufus L. (born April 3, 1889). 
In 1868 or 1869 Mr. Ford purchased eighty acres of partly improved land on 
Section 11, and lived there until 1880, when he bought the farm on which he 
now lives. He now has 160 acres of fine corn and cotton land, about sixty-
five acres unimproved, which is well stocked with good breeds of cattle and 
hogs. Mr. Ford is a member of Newport Lodge No. 397, A. F. & A. M. has been 
school director and justice of the peace, and is now postmaster at Ford 
postoffice. He takes quite an active part in politics, and also in 
educational and religious advancement. 

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Rev. W. R. Foster, a member of the White River Annual conference of the 
Methodist Episcopal [p.858] Church, South, and pastor of the church at 
Auvergne Station, is a native of Madison County, Tenn., born September 16, 
1828. His parents were Elijah B. and Ann (Smith) Foster, natives of South 
Carolina and Virginia, respectively; the father a farmer, and an energetic 
and prosperous man, emigrated to Tennessee when a young man, and there 
married. He was magistrate of his county for several years, and died January 
20, 1845, his wife surviving him nine years, and departing this life in 
March, 1854. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Our 
subject is the eldest of six children: W. R., Sarah E., Harriet A., Fannie 
T., Julia P. and James L. Foster. W. R. was raised and received his education 
in Landerdale County, Tenn. In 1851 he professed religion and joined the 
above named church. In December of the same year he came to Mississippi 
County, Ark., with his mother, where he was engaged in the wood business on 
the Mississippi River for two years, after which he moved, with his mother to
Phillips County, Ark., where she departed this life in the faith of the 
Gospel. He engaged in farming for two years, and was licensed to preach on 
the 24th of August, 1855, by the Walnut Bend Quarterly conference, Helena 
district, Stephen S. Carlisle, presiding elder. In September, 1856, he was 
admitted, on trial, in the Arkansas Annual conference, as a traveling 
preacher, and was appointed to Salem Mission, where he had good success for
a young preacher, about 144 persons being converted to the Christian 
religion, and some 200 added to the Church of God. At the close of that year
(1857) he was appointed to the Lawrenceville circuit; where he met with some
success, about sixty being brought into the church. In the fall of 1858 he 
was appointed to the Smithville circuit, where he had a good revival of 
religion, over 100 souls being converted. In the fall of 1859 he was 
appointed to Greensboro Mission, which he served two years with good 
success. Jonesboro was then a young town, and one of his appointments. In 
this town he preached the first sermon heard there, in a livery stable, and 
organized the church in that (now) city. In the fall of 1861 he was appointed
to the Walnut Bend circuit, where he was licensed to preach. The war was on, 
and but little was done in the work of the ministry. In the fall of 1862 he 
was appointed to Batesville Station and circuit, where he had a good 
of religion, all over his work. While on this work he was captured by the
Federal soldiers, and was held in prison one month. While in prison the 
annual conference was held, and he was appointed to the Strawberry circuit. 
In the fall of 1864 he was appointed to the Smithville circuit, and for three
years he served this work with happy results. In the fall of 1867 he was
appointed presiding elder on the Yellville district, laboring with good 
results for three years. In 1870 he was transferred by Bishop Keener to the
White River conference, and was appointed to Searcy Station, at which place 
he met with some success. In the fall of 1871 he was appointed to the Osceola
circuit, where he served two years as pastor. In 1873 he was appointed 
presiding elder on the Mississippi district, which work he served four years
with acceptability. In 1877 he was appointed to the Helena district, where he
served two years. In 1879 he was appointed again to the Mississippi district,
where he served the church four years longer. In the fall of 1883 he asked 
Bishop Granberry to relieve him from district work and give him a circuit. 
The request was granted, and he was appointed to Jonesboro circuit. The fall 
of 1884 he was appointed to Greensboro circuit, the fall of 1885 to Pleasant
Hill (now Larado circuit), and in 1886 to Harrisburg circuit, and on this 
work he labored two years, with great success. In the fall of 1888 he was
appointed to Auvergne Station. Rev. W. R. Foster was ordained deacon by 
Bishop Early in September, 1858. On account of the war the Bishop could not 
meet the annual conference, and he was not ordained elder until September, 
1866, by Bishop G. F. Pierce. He was married, to Miss Mildred E. Barker, on
the 11th of December, 1857, she being a native of Robertson County, Tenn. To
them have been born six children: John C., Matilda A., William R. (died in 
early childhood), Dixie L. (a young lady of twenty-four years), Ida B. 
(seventeen years), and [p.859] Minnie P. (eight years). Mr. Foster is a 
member of Jonesboro Masonic lodge; also Jonesboro Royal Arch Chapter, and of
R. & S. M., Harrisburg Council. He was made a Mason in Ritchman lodge, in 
Cotton Plant, St. Francis County, Ark., in 1858. He is now closing up his 
thirty-third year's work in the ministry, all in the State of Arkansas. He
never has been a supernumerary, nor a superannuated preacher, and he loves
the itinerant ministry to-day as he loves his own life. Many have told him 
they would be stars in his crown when they get home to Heaven. 

Joseph P. Foushee, farmer and stock raiser of Union Township, Jackson County, 
is a son of Lloyd and Mary (Lambert) Foushee, natives of North Carolina, the 
father being of French descent. Our subject's paternal grandfather, Elijah 
Foushee, a native of Paris, France, came to America in 1774, and participated 
in our Revolutionary War, supposedly under the immediate command of Gen. 
Washington, Daniel Foushee, brother of Lloyd, and Joab and Eli Lambert, 
uncles of our subject, participated in the War of 1812. George Washington 
Foushee and Elijah Foushee were in the War of 1861, Elijah being present at 
the surrender of Gen. R. E. Lee, at Appomattox, in 1865. Joseph P. Foushee 
was a member of the North Carolina militia, with the rank of captain, at the 
breaking out of the Civil War, which position he filled for three years, in 
Company B, Sixth Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Home Guards. William F. 
Foushee, being colonel of militin, retained that position in the Home Guards 
for about three years. Elijah Foushee, the grandfather, married Miss Anna
Stewart, in Chatham County, N. C. They had a family of ten children. Joseph 
F. married Miss Fannie Sanders, of Irish descent, a native of North Carolina,
and they have had six children: James (born December 8, 1848), William A. 
(born in 1852), Mary (married Thomas J. Sconyers, of Alabama), Fannie E. 
(married William Harwell), Eliza P. (married John Baker, of Tennessee), and
George V. (at home). Mr. Foushee has had some education, and has given all 
his children good schooling, providing for them liberally as they have grown
up, married, and left home, but still has plenty, owning 640 acres of good
average cotton land. As an instance of Mr. Foushee's kindheartedness, may be
mentioned the fact that he is now raising and providing for two orphan 
children, and a place in this volume may well be accorded such an individual.
Mr. Foushee is a member of the American Legion of Honor, of the Royal 
Areanum, and of the Missionary Baptist Church, his wife and the members of 
his family also belonging to the latter. 

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N. M. Gardner was born in Henderson County. West Tenn., July 7, 1830, the son 
of Joseph and Elizabeth (McLernan) Gardner, natives of North Carolina, who at 
an early day, in 1824, moved to Henderson County, Tenn., and engaged in 
farming. Mr. Gardner, though an uneducated man, by hard work accumulated 
quite a property, owning 3,000 acres at the time of his death, which occurred 
in Tennessee, at the age of seventy years, his excellent wife dying some 
years later. Grandfather Joseph Gardner served in the Revolutionary war. Our 
subject, the sixth in a family of ten, was raised on the farm, and aided in 
clearing up the land; he was educated in the subscription schools of 
Tennessee. In 1859 he came to Jackson County, settling in Bird Township, 
where he bought 400 acres of land, sixty-five acres being cleared; after 
clearing sixty acres more, he sold the land, and in 1869 engaged in the 
mercantile business, in which he is now engaged, as the proprietor of a 
general store, carrying a full line of groceries, dry goods, and shelf 
hardware; this was the first store opened in the place. Mr. Gardner also bas 
a farm of 475 acres, 250 being under cultivation, on 
which are raised principally cotton, corn and onts, and some stock. June 23, 
1857, our subject married Lavinia R. Hardgrave, of Madison County, Tenn., 
daughter of F. R. and Molvina (Woodfolk) Hardgrave, of Tennessee. Her father 
came to Jackson County, in 1866, his death occurring at Kenyon, in 1878, his 
wife dying in Tennessee. They have two children: Emerson D., attending 
Batesville College, and Mattie Lou, attending the public school at 
Batesville, where the family reside during the school year, Mr. Gardner also 
owning property in that place. Mr. Gardner is a [p.860] Democrat, having been 
brought out by the party as representative, and made a strong run. He is a 
member of Tuckerman Lodge No. 192, and was made a Mason in Tennessee. He is 
practically a self-made man, having made what he has by his own efforts, and 
has always been actively interested in everything, for the good of the 
county, aiding liberally in all public enterprises. 

Eugene Bailey Gillim, farmer and stock raiser, residing in the village of 
Swifton, Jackson County, is a native of Daviess County, Ky., having been born 
October 3, 1849. His parents were Hamilton B. and Middie Gillim. Our subject 
was raised on a farm in Kentucky, and received his education in that State at 
Pleasant Valley High School. He made his home in Independence, and taught 
several terms in Independence County during the summer months, working on a 
farm during the remainder of the year. In 1874 he came to Jackson County, 
rented a farm near Tupelo, where he put in crops in 1874 and 1875. Mr. Gillim 
came to Swifton in 1878, and engaged in mercantile business with Mr. A. D. 
Bailey, bought Mr. Bailey's interest in 1879, and finally sold out to H. P. 
Mortensen. He prospected for a location, and finally invested in lots at 
Morrillton, remained there about nine months, when he sold his property at a 
nice profit, and in 1880 returned to Jackson County and bought 480 acres of
land, about twenty acres improved, where he moved his family, and now has 125
acres under cultivation. In 1888 he erected the comfortable house in Swifton 
in which he resides, working on it at odd times when not engaged in farm 
work. His first wife was Miss Clara B. Caviness, of Jackson County, a native
of Tennessee, by whom he had two children, one, Corilla, born August 26, 
1875, now living. Mrs. Gillim died February 11, 1878, and in 1879 he married
Miss Willie E. Moon; they have four children: Otis Eugene, born June 10, 
1880; Julia, born January 21, 1883; John M., born May 19, 1886, and Robert
L., born March 10, 1888. Mr. and Mrs. Gillim are members of the Christian 
Church at Swifton. Mr. Gillim is a member of Thornburg Lodge No. 371, 
Stranger's Home, Lawrence County, Ark., and is a supporter of all worthy
movements. 

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J. M. Glass, Sr., planter and stock raiser, Swifton, Ark. Mr. Glass, who is 
also numbered among the first-class farmers and stock raisers of the county, 
came originally from Fayette County, Ill., where he was born in 1829. He was 
one of the first settlers of this township, after whom it was named, and the 
only original settler living in the same. He was the fifth of six children 
born to Elisha W. and Eleanor (Taylor) Glass, natives of the Old Dominion, 
but both of whom were reared in Illinois near Golconda, Gallatin County. 
Elisha Glass came with his father, Dudley Glass, to Illinois in 1802, but 
went to Tennessee in 1820, and settled in Weakley County, of that State. He 
was there married, and there remained, engaged in farming, until in 
September, 1829, when he bought land and settled in Fayette County, Ill. He 
improved several farms, but in 1845 moved to Miller County, Mo., settling in 
Richwood Township, where his death occurred in 1851. His wife afterward moved 
to Hill County, Texas, and died in April, 1884. The paternal grandfather of 
the subject of this sketch moved to Fayette County, Ill., at an early day, 
where he died, in 1843, at the age of sixty-six years. He was a soldier in 
the Seminole War. J. M. Glass, Jr., was taught the duties of farm life during 
boyhood, and received a fair education in the district schools of Illinois. 
He went ith his parents to Miller County, Mo., was engaged in clearing and 
developing the farm, and in 1850 made his way to Jackson County, Ark., and 
settled in Bird Township. During the fall of 1851-52 he taught school on 
Black River, and boarded with Henry Miller. In the last named year he entered 
eighty acres of land near Independence County, but later sold that, then 
invested in more land in 1854, again sold out, and from 1854 to 1857 was 
engaged in the real estate business. In 1856 he purchased 167 acres of land, 
and commenced improving the same, erecting a cabin and planting a good 
orchard. From time to time he added to this farm, until he now owns 467 acres 
with 150 acres under cultivation. At the beginning of the war he was the 
owner of 800 acres but afterward sold some of this. He was elected county 
surveyor in 1860, serving until [p.861] 1862, and in July of that year 
enlisted in Company A, in Capt. Henry's company, and was mustered into 
service at Clover Bend, Lawrence County, Ark. He participated in the battle 
of Prairie Grove, and was in many skirmishes while on detached duty. In the 
fall of 1863 he was sent home on recruiting service by orders of Gen. Smith, 
and organized a company of which he was elected first lieutenant, serving 
thus until November, 1864, when he was made adjutant, serving in that 
capacity until the close of the war. He was in Thomas H. McCray's brigade, 
was with Gen. Price on his raid through Missouri and Arkansas, and was in 
active service until the close of the war. He surrendered the company at 
Jacksonport, June 5, 1865, after which he returned to the duties on the farm. 
He was married, in Jackson County, on the 7th of November, 1857, to Miss 
Amanda K. Bandy, a native of Bedford County, Tenn., and nine children were 
born to them, four now living, viz.: Fannie, born October 18, 1858, and is 
now Mrs. A. Catlett, Prairie Grove, Ark.; John M., born February 16, 1863, 
and is at home; Lucy E., born December 25, 1866, and Carrie A., born in July, 
1873; E. W. died in 1880, at the age of twenty years; two died in infancy: 
Samuel died in 1875, at the age of five years, and George died in 1884, at 
the age of four years. After his marriage Mr. Glass located on his present 
fine farm, and there he has since remained. He is quite active in politics, 
and votes with the Democratic party. He discharged such duties as were 
incumbent upon the office of justice of the peace in 1858 and 1860, and has 
always taken an earnest part in all educational affairs, having served on the 
school board for about twelve years. He resided for a short time in Izard 
County, for the purpose of educating his children, and in this he has been 
successful. 

George W. Goddard is the popular proprietor of the Planters' Hotel, at 
Newport, Ark., and is a native of Wayne County, N. Y., born on the 2d of 
December, 1840. He is one of six living members of a family of eight children 
born to Edwin P. and Maria (Fillmore) Goddard, and is their third child in 
order of birth. He was reared and educated in York State, and like the 
majority of natives of the "Empire State" he is intelligent and enterprising. 
After making his home with his parents until he attained his majority, he 
went to Leavenworth, Kan., where he was employed in the quartermaster's and 
sutler's department for several years during the war, and he was 
thereafterward employed on the construction of the Kansas Pacific Railroad 
for some time. His next enterprise was to engage in the hotel business, at 
Salina, Kan., but this enterprise he gave up, after a short time, to go to 
Old Mexico, where he spent a year or two in investigating a mining interest. 
Subsequently he opened and developed the Bellville Zinc Mines, in Jasper 
County, Mo., putting up the improved reduction works, and these mines he 
operated, with good results, for several years. His next business enterprise 
was to engage as a clerk in a hotel at Joplin, Mo., and from this point he 
returned to Old Mexico. After a time he settled in Little Rock, Ark., where 
he became manager of the Deming House, continuing in this capacity for about 
three years. The following year he ran a hotel at Hot Springs, Ark., and in 
the month of October, 1887, he came to Newport, and took control of the 
Planter's Hotel, which is a strictly firstclass house. His establishment 
contains forty rooms, and the meals he serves are always of the best quality, 
and are palatable and well cooked. Mr. Goddard is connected with the mining 
interests of Marion County, and his mine gives promise of becoming one of the 
finest in the United States. Socially, Mr. Goddard is a member of the K. of 
P. He was married, in 1888, to Mrs. P. V. Sparks, the former proprietress of 
the Windsor Hotel. Edwin P. Goddard and wife were born in the State of New 
York, and in 1856 they emigrated to Knox County, Ill., and until 1860 were 
residents of Abingdon. In the latter year they removed to Leavenworth, Kan., 
where the father died in 1867, still survived by his widow, who resides in 
that city. 

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Andrew J. Greenhaw (deceased), a native of Alabama, was born November 20, 
1813. His father, Gabriel Greenhaw, who was born August 9, 1783, came to this 
country from the eastern shores [p.862] of Scotland, and, after living in 
Alabama, removed to Mississippi, where he died. Andrew J. located in Jackson 
County, Ark., about 1840, where, for several years, he rented land and 
carried on farming. In 1850 he settled on the farm upon which his widow now 
resides, in Village Township, which, at the time of his purchase, was 
entirely unimproved, and covered with forest trees. He hung up a log-chain to 
mark the place for his cabin, which he afterward erected in the most crude 
way. He then went to work to clear and cultivate his land, which required 
years of labor and economy, but his toil was rewarded, for at the time of his 
death he owned in all 640 acres of land, of which 200 acres were under 
cultivation. He devoted his time and attention entirely to farming and stock
raising, and became a prominent man of Jackson County. During the war he was
a member of the Home Guards, but saw no active service. After the war he was 
elected county treasurer, and also served as coroner. Mr. Greenhaw was 
married March 5, 1844, to Lucinda Pistole, daughter of David Pistole, a 
native of Virginia, who emigrated to Middle Tennessee, and thence to New 
Madrid County, Mo., where he died. Mr. and Mrs. Greenhaw were the parents of
nine children, five of whom are living, viz.: James A., born in December, 
1847 (married September 27, 1866, to Mattie E. George); Mary, born July 1, 
1851 (now the wife of Robert A. Spinks); Susan, born October 6, 1852 (wife of 
Rev. E. A. Garrison, of Trinidad, Col.); Isaac N., born May 27, 1854, and 
John, born January 15, 1860. Those deceased were Lucy A., born December 18, 
1844, died in February, 1846; William D., born March 20, 1846, died June 9, 
1859; Anthony, born April 25, 1849, died November 24, 1877, and Nicholas, 
born August 31, 1855, died at Center Point, Tex., May 16, 1884. The father 
died February 22, 1872, and his widow is still living on the homestead. The 
Greenhaw family now have in their possession 800 acres of land, of which 400 
acres are under cultivation. The land is all in one tract, and the different 
members of the family all have their homes upon it. The principal products 
are corn and cotton, and some attention is paid to stock raising. They are 
enterprising and successful farmers, and an honor to the parent, who was one 
of Jackson County's pioneers. 

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Benjamin F. Grimes, farmer and stock raiser, now residing on Section 6, and 
owning land on Sections 5, 6, 8 and 17, is a son of Lewis and Ruthy B. 
(Embry) Grimes, natives of Kentucky. Lewis was a son of James and Sallie 
Bryan (Boone) Grimes, natives of Virginia, Sallie Grimes being a sister of 
Daniel Boone, the Kentucky pioneer. The subject of our sketch was born in 
Fayette County, Ky., March 24, 1836, receiving his education partly in the 
private schools of his native State; he also attended the State Normal 
School, of Columbia, S. C., and finished his education at Bethany College, 
Virginia, in 1854, when he returned home, where he engaged in farming and 
stock raising, finding a market for his horses and mules in South Carolina. 
In 1860 he purchased 122 acres of land in Bourbon and Nicholas Counties. June 
5, 1861, he enlisted in Company I, Forty-eighth Regiment Volunteer Infantry, 
Confederate States Army, serving fourteen months as a private, when he 
received a commission from the secretary of war of the Confederate States of 
America, to raise a regiment, which was mustered into service in November, 
1862, and was ordered to McMinnville, Tenn., under Gen. John H. Morgan, and 
finally entered the secret service. In the winter of 1863 Col. Grimes was 
captured, taken to Lexington, Ky., and thrown into what was known as Gen. 
John H. Morgan's nigger prison; he was kept there ten days, when he was 
transferred to Kemper Barracks, Cincinnati, where he was kept in solitary 
confinement four months and twenty-three days, during which time he was 
court-martialed and sentenced to death on Johnson's Island, in Lake Erie, but 
six hours before the time for the execution he made his escape by bribing the 
guards with money given him by a lady friend, and by sliding down a 
lightning-rod, hand over hand, thirty feet. He took the train for St. Louis, 
but, fearing danger, stopped off at Lawrence Station, Ill. During his long 
service, Col. Grimes participated in the battles of Piketon, 
Chancellorsville, South Mountain, Antietam, seven days' fight before 
Richmond, Spottsylvania, Hartersville, Perryville, and many skirmishes, too 
numerous [p.863] to mention. April 4, 1882, Col. Grimes married Mrs. Hebe 
(Grayson) Butler, daughter of Col. William P. B. Grayson, of Kentucky, who 
was a son of Robert Harrison Grayson. Col. Grimes is a member of the 
Christian Church, his wife being a member of the Episcopal, having been 
confirmed with her father, at his death-bed, in 1873, by Bishop Cummings. 

John Q. Guynn, who resides near Newport, in Jackson County, came to Arkansas 
from Christian County, Ky., in 1861. He is a son of Randolph and Elizabeth 
(Collins) Guynn, the latter of whom died in Jacksonport, Ark., February 27, 
1887, and is buried in the cemetery near Jacksonport. John Q. Guynn was born 
June 6, 1832, and lived in Kentucky until be emigrated to Arkansas, in 1861, 
as before stated. He received his education in the Counties of Trigg and 
Christian, of his native State. January 13, 1857, he married Miss Catherine 
Stenibaugh, a native of Trigg County, Ky. To them were born two children: 
John M. (born March 8, 1858, in Trigg County, Ky.) and William A. (born March 
6, 1868.) John M. Guynn was married December 15, 1882, to Miss Minnie 
Pistole, of Jacksonport, Jackson County; he is now employed in 
the freight depot of the St. Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad. Mr. Guynn first 
engaged in farming, on rented land, and has ever since devoted his attention 
to the pursuit of agriculture, with the exception of two years, during which 
he served in the Confederate army. His first purchase of land was in 1862, 
and consisted of 160 acres in Cache Township, Jackson County, which was 
cultivated land. In 1872 he sold out and bought 300 acres in Sections 24 and 
25, Jefferson Township, upon which were some small improvements. He now has 
about 160 acres under cultivation, has erected four good tenant houses and 
two dwellings, one of the dwelling houses being built for his son John M., 
and the other by himself. Mr. Guynn is now renting his farm, which is 
situated midway between Jacksonport and Newport. He at present leases a farm 
about one mile east of Newport, where he has lived a year and a half. After 
the death of his first wife our subject married Mrs. Eliza (Holdby) Pistole, 
March 11, 1878. They are members of the Shiloh congregation of the 
Christian Church, at Deaz. Mr. Guynn is also a member of Jacksonport Lodge 
No, 191, A. F. & A. M., and also belongs to Jacksonport Chapter No. 40, R. A. 
M. 

Howell Jesse Hale, a farmer and stock raiser, residing on Section 34, in 
Grubbs Township, Jackson County, came to Arkansas when about four years of 
age with his parents, John and Jane (Tatum) Hale, both natives of Georgia. 
John Hale located in Independence County about 1853, and of the four children 
born to himself and wife but two are now living, our subject and a sister, 
who married Mr. T. M. Owens, and now lives in Indian Territory, near 
Oklahoma. Mr. H. J. Hale was born January 30, 1854. He married Miss Nancy C. 
Sullens, a native of Arkansas, who was born and married on the place now 
owned by Mr. Hale. She died in 1880, the mother of two children, one of whom, 
Julia A., died in 1876; the other, James, was born in 1877. In 1885 Mr. Hale 
married Miss Nora Robinson, of Jackson County. To the latter union have been 
born two children, of whom Alberta died in 1887, and Clara, born June 4, 
1888, still survives. After the death of his first wife Mr. Hale came into 
possession of her old homestead, which she inherited from her father, 
containing 355 acres, to which Mr. Hale has added 460 acres. He now has 260 
acres under cultivation and has erected upon the place seven tenant houses, 
as well as good barns, a cotton-gin, and saw and corn-mill. In clearing his 
land Mr. Hale uses such of the timber as will make a good quality of lumber 
for building purposes, for which he finds a ready market in the neighborhood 
and adjoining townships. He is a member of Newport Lodge A. F. & A. M., and 
also belongs to that Christian Church known as Robinson's Chapel. 

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Isaac W. Hankins, by occupation a farmer and stock raiser, was born in 
Georgia, and when but three years of age came to Arkansas with his parents, 
Elijah and Celia (Brock) Hankins, both natives of Georgia. The parents 
located in Craighead County, Ark., in 1856, removing to Jackson County, in 
1864, where they rented the McElrath farm in Grubbs Township, upon which they 
lived [p.864] two or three years, and afterward moved to a place in Village 
Township, known as the Qualls farm, where both died, the mother surviving her 
husband only three years. To this worthy couple were born nine children, 
whose names in the order of their birth are as follows: J. W., born in 1853; 
Winnie, R., born in 1858; Miutin D., born in 1879; Melia, born in 1881; Noria 
F., born in 1886, and Strator W., born in 1889. Isaac W. Hankins, the only 
son, received the most of his education in the common schools of Village 
Township. Mr. Hankins married Miss Winnie R. Freeman, a native of Johnson 
County, Ark., and took his bride to a home he had prepared on a small farm on 
Section 28. Grubbs Township. Jackson County, where they commenced life, 
living there about five years. Three of their children were born on this 
place. In 1882 Mr. Hankins rented the farm upon which he now lives, on 
Section 29, which he purchased in 1885. Mr. and Mrs. Hankins have had six 
children, of whom but four are living, two having died in infancy. Those 
living are Mintia D., Melia A., Nora and Strator. The parents are both 
members of the Christian Church, worshiping with the congregation at 
Robinson's Chapel. Mr. Hankins is also a member of the Wheel, an organization 
for the promotion of the interests of the farmers. 

J. A. Harlan. One of the best examples of enterprise to be seen in 
Jacksouport is the business of Mr. Harlan. This gentleman was born in 
Hardeman County. Tenn., on January 1, 1851, and is a son of David and Sarah 
(McMullen) Harlan, of North Carolina, who emigrated to Tennessee shortly 
after their marriage, where they remained several years, and from there to 
Mississippi, where the father died in 1855. After his death the mother 
returned to Tennessee, where she is still residing. They were the pareuts of 
five children, of whom four are yet living: Cullen M., Idotha (wife of Gny 
Smith), Bettie (wife of Dr. J. M. Higlin) and John A. The mother of these 
children was three times married, and by her second husband had one daughter, 
Jennie Black. John A. was reared principally in Tennessee, and received his 
education in that State. In 1869 he came to Jacksonport, and was engaged in 
farming for five years. He afterward embarked in commercial life, and became 
one of the leading business men of that city, as well as one of the most 
popular men, socially. He carries a fine stock of general merchandise, and 
has earned a reputation for square dealing, the best goods and lowest prices, 
that has enabled him to build up a large patronage in Jackson County. In 1880 
Mr. Harlan was married to Miss Lulu Simpson, by whom he has had three 
children: Cullen D., Elden B. and Ethel A. He is a member of the Masonic 
fraternity and Legion of Honor, as well as the Knights of Henor. Besides his 
mercantile interests, he owns several hundred acres of valuable land, and 
altogether enjoys a liberal prosperity. 

B. F. Harris was the third in the family of five children born to John and 
Jane (Goodrich) Harris, and his birth occurred in Madison County, Tenn., in 
1856. The parents were natives of Tennessee. John Harris was a planter by 
occupation, and settled in Glass Township. Jackson County, Ark., in 1860, 
purchasing 400 acres of land, which he partly improved, and which was his 
home until his death, in December, 1872; his wife died in 1870. Of the 
children, two are living beside our subject; J. G., who resides in Jackson 
County, and Elizabeth E., now Mrs. Hill, living at Swifton. B. F. Harris was 
reared to the pursuit of farming, receiving his education in the district 
schools of Jackson County. He aided his father in clearing and improving the 
home farm, and commenced farming for himself on the same tract. Mr. Harris 
was married in Jackson County, in 1880, to Emma J. Moon, a native of Calboun 
County, Ark., and their three children are John Leroy, Thomas Edwin, and 
Tennessee. After his marriage, our subject settled where he now resides, 
near the village of Swifton, where he owns 160 acres of good farm land, of 
which 100 acres are under cultivation. He pays considerable attention to 
stock raising, owning some valuable stock. Mr. and Mrs. Harris are members of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and well known in the township, where 
they are highly esteemed. Politically, Mr. Harris is a Democrat in his 
political preferences, though be takes no active interest in politics. 

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Albert Walter Harris, farmer and stock raiser, of Breckinridge Township, was 
born March 25, 1859, in Alabama. His parents were Fletcher Harris (born in 
Alabama, in 1833, died in 1877) and Sallie A. (Walls) Harris, of Alabama 
(born in 1836, and died Jannary 29, 1889). Our subject was educated in the 
public schools of Jackson County, Ark. Upon the death of his father, he came 
into possession of some sixty acres of the old homestead, twenty-five acres 
of which were cultivated. He now owns 220 acres of land, forty acres 
cultivated. At one time, in company with his brother, James, he engaged in 
the mercantile business, erecting a building on the homestead, where they 
continued six years, moving to Tupelo in 1885, and selling out in 1888. In 
1883 Mr. Harris married Miss Martha Ellen Rotenburg, of Alabama; they have 
three children: Laura Jane (born in November, 1883), Maud Ethel (born 
February 11, 1885) and Lena (born May 14, 1887.) Mr. Harris is a Democrat, 
public-spirited and progressive, taking an active interest in things 
educational, social and religious.

George C. Harrison, planter and miller, is a native of Mississippi, and was 
born March 23, 1834. His parents were natives of Tennessee, and, both dying 
before our subject was one year old, he was raised by an uncle-G. C. 
Harrison. He lived on a farm, never attending school, and the considerable 
knowledge he has was gathered since his majority. At the age of nineteen he 
began life for himself, engaging in farming as an overseer, in Prairie 
County, Ark., where he remained till 1857. He has been three times married-in 
1853 to Miss Mary Henderson, of St. Francis County, Ark. They had one child, 
Arthur, the wife dying in 1857. In 1863 he married Miss Sarah Bray, of St. 
Francis County, daughter of Henry and Fanny Bray, the father a farmer and 
Baptist minister. By this union there were four children: Della (died at 
fifteen), Henry, William, and George (married and living in Jackson). Mrs. 
Harrison died in 1882, and in 1884 Mr. Harrison married Mrs. Sumette Mallory, 
widow of James Mallory, who had two children, Anna and Hannah O., aged 
fifteen and twelve years. In 1872 Mr. Harrison came to Centerville, Jackson
County, Ark., where he lived five years, and in 1877 bought ninety-one acres 
of new land, which he cleared, later adding forty acres to it, and has 100 
acres of cleared land. He has since added forty acres to that, making 171 
acres in that farm in Union Township. In 1885 he gave his wife a farm of 
eighty-five acres, seventy-five of which are cleared, lying half a mile 
northwest of Auvergne. Together, they now own 570 acres, 350 of which are now
under cultivation. In 1882 he began ginning cotton with his own machinery, on
his farm, in Union Township, insured his customers against loss by fire, and 
in October, 1885, the gin, together with eighteen bales of his customers' 
cotton and three bales of his own, were totally destroyed by fire, being a 
total loss. In 1886 he built his present gin and the grist-mill at Auvergne.
This gin is the best in Jackson County, having a capacity of fifteen bales.
He does a general ginning business, and buys his tenants' crops. In 1861 our 
subject enlisted in the Thirteenth Arkansas Regiment, was made lieutenant of 
Company B, serving one year, when he was discharged. He re-enlisted in Capt.
Anderson's company, Col. Dobbins' regiment, where he served until the 
surrender, in 1865. He was never wounded, but in the battle of Belmont, in 
which he was engaged, seven bullets were sent through his clothing. He was 
with Gen. Price on his raid through Missouri, and was at the battle of 
Lexington. He was also at the battle of Pilot Knob, and the last skirmish was
at Fayetteville, Ark., in the winter of 1864. Mr. Harrison votes the 
Democratic ticket, and is conservative; is a member of the Masonic order, of 
the Knights of Honor and the A. L. of H. He and his wife are members of the 
Baptist and Presbyterian Churches, respectively. He also contributes to the 
support of the churches, schools, and all other enterprises for the good of 
the county. 

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J. Y. Harrison, a prosperous and enterprising farmer of Jefferson Township, 
was born in Christian County, Ky., near Hopkinsville, on the 22d of April, 
1847. His parents were Robert and Isabella (Means) Harrison, the father a 
native of Tennessee and the mother from Kentucky. The elder Harrison moved to 
Kentucky in his youth, and was [p.866] afterward married in that State, 
taking his bride to Arkansas in 1850, and locating in Jackson County, near 
Jacksonport. He entered a tract of land in Bird Township, where he commenced 
cultivating the soil, and remained until his death in 1874. The mother yet 
survives him as well as five children: Margaret, wife of A. D. Anderson; 
James, Robert, Frank and Mary, the latter married to C. B. Coe. J. Y. 
Harrison, one of the sons, came to Arkansas when only three years of age, and 
grew to manhood in this State, receiving in the meantime the best education 
afforded by the schools of that period. He left his parents when eighteen 
years old, in 1867, with 85 cents in money. He has always made farming his 
vocation, and after his marriage located on a tract of land in Bird Township, 
where he resided and cultivated the soil until 1863, when he removed to his 
present residence and rented land up to 1881, and then buying 160 acres. He 
now owns 740 acres of some of the most valuable land in that section, and has
320 acres under cultivation, 180 acres of which were cleared and improved by 
himself alone. The principal crop is corn and cotton, and of the former this 
year he has had 300 acres, and 200 acres of the latter. Besides his farm Mr. 
Harrison deals extensively in stock, having splendid facilities for that 
business, and raises some of the finest horses, cattle and mules in that 
section. He also owns a cotton-gin, grist and saw-mill, and raises some grass 
for the market. In 1869 he was married to Miss Mary Hunter, by whom he has
had eight children: Emma, Ida, Minnie, Norah and Pinkey (both deceased), 
Bertha, Spriggs and Cleveland. In politics Mr. Harrison is a Democrat, and a 
valuable man to his party, as well as a popular citizen of his county. 
                                                                  
Robert H. Harvey, planter and stock raiser, was born in North Caroline, in 
1830, the third in a family of nine children of William and Josephine 
(Harrington) Harvey, of North Carolina. William came to Jackson County, in 
1850, settling in Bird Township, where he made his permanent home, dying in 
1885 at the age of eighty-two. His wife died some years ago. Of the family 
there are living Emma (now Mrs. Poe), Robert, Simeon (of Oregon), Benjamin 
(of Oregon), and W. R., who has a large farm in the upper part of Jackson 
County. Our subject was raised on the farm, received his education in the 
subscription schools of Tennessee, and came to Jackson County at the age of 
twenty and engaged in overseering on plantations for nine years. In 1859 he 
married Mary B. Palmer, daughter of Samuel and Louisa (Means) Palmer, of 
Kentucky (both deceased), who came to Jackson County in 1850. After his 
marriage he entered forty acres of land where he now resides, on which he 
planted an orchard, and otherwise improved and added to it, until now he has 
400 acres, with about 200 under cultivation, raising cotton and corn, and 
grade stock. Mr. Harvey is a Democrat, has been road overseer, and always 
takes an active interest in school work, and aids liberally in public 
enterprises. In 1869 Mrs. Harvey died, leaving three children: Herbert 
(killed at Tuckerman, in 1879), Samuel and Maggie B. (now Mrs. Shoat, 
residing in Texas). In February, 1878, Mr. Harvey married Josephine Thomas, 
of Tennessee, daughter of Columbus and Elizabeth (Long) Thomas, of South 
Carolina, early settlers of Tennessee. Mrs. Harvey has had two children, both 
deceased. On his farm Mr. Harvey has a cotton-gin and grist-mill, and does a 
general business for people in the vicinity. 

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William R. Harvey, a planter and stock raiser, of Glass Township, Jackson 
County, is one of the pioneer settlers of that county. He was born in 
Hardeman County, Tenn., in 1843, and was the tenth in a family of thirteen 
children born to William M. and Josephine (Blunt) Harvey, natives of North 
Carolina. William M. Harvey settled in Hardeman County, Tenn., in an early 
day; he owned and operated there a large plantation until 1849, when he 
emigrated to Jackson County, Ark., entoring land in Bird Township. He cut a 
road to his claim, upon which he erected a small log cabin and commenced 
clearing and improving his land; this was his home until 1872, in which year 
he went to Oregon, remaining in that State until 1876, when he returned to 
Jackson County, where he spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring 
in August, 1886. The mother of our subject [p.867] died in 1860. William R. 
was reared on the farm, and received the limited advantages of the 
subscription schools, assisting his father in the meantime in clearing the 
farm. In 1862 he enlisted in the Confederate army, Capt. Hooker's company, 
for two years, and was assigned to Gen. VanDorn's bodyguard, being afterward
transferred to John McRay's brigade, Col. Young's regiment; he was in the 
battles of Prairie Grove, Rockfence, Pilot Knob, Jefferson City, and was with
Gen. Price on his raid through Missouri and Arkansas, to Fayetteville. At the
close of the war Mr. Harvey returned to Jackson County and engaged in 
farming, purchasing a tract of 280 acres in Bird Township, which was partly
improved; in 1880 he sold out and removed to Glass Township, where he first
bought 440 acres, upon which was considerable improvement, and to which he 
has since added until he now owns in all 700 acres, with over 220 acres under
cultivation, one of the finest stock farms in the township, as it is well 
watered. Mr. Harvey devotes a good deal of attention to stock raising, owning
about sixty head of cattle, forty horses, and a large drove of hogs. He 
annually raises about 100 acres of cotton. Mr. Harvey was married, in Bird 
Township, in 1865, to Miss Eliza Bettisworth, who was born in Tennessee, and
is a daughter of George and Sarah (Anderson) Bettisworth, natives of 
Kentucky, who removed to Independence County, Ark., in 1850. Mr. Bettisworth,
who was a saddler by trade, died in 1855; his widow, who removed to 
Pocahontas, Randolph County, in 1861, died in 1880. Five children have been
born to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey, viz: Joseph, William, Sydney, Arthur, and Ross
(who died in 1877, at the age of four years). Mr. Harvey is an active 
politician, working and voting with the Democratic party. He is an 
enterprising farmer, and fully alive and interested in the advancement and
development of the county. 

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Dr. W. H. Heard. One of the earliest physicians to settle in Jackson County 
was Dr. Heard, who was born in Chicot County, on June 13, 1840. He is a son 
of John and Harriet N. (Hardy) Heard, of Georgia and Kentucky, respectively. 
The maternal grandfather was a colonel in the War of 1812, who was one of the 
earliest settlers, and died in Jackson County. Dr. Heard's father, John 
Heard, was an extensive planter in Drew County, where he died during the war, 
the mother dying some time previous. They were the parents of six children, 
two of whom are still living: Dr. William H. and Emma (wife of Samuel 
Holloway). The Doctor was reared on the plantation in Arkansas, and was 
comparatively young when his parents died. He was attending school at the 
Georgetown College, in Kentucky, when the War of the Rebellion began, but 
when the news came into the school-room his youthful ardor was fired with the 
ambition to become a soldier, and he exchanged the books and orders of his 
spectacled professor to shoulder the musket and listen to the drum-beat and 
cannon. He enlisted in Company D, of the First Arkansas regiment, and served 
through the entire war, taking part in the battles of Farmington, 
Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Perryville, campaigning through Georgia and in the 
retreat at Franklin, where he was captured and taken prisoner to Camp 
Douglas. He was here confined for six months, and then taken to the city of 
New Orleans and exchanged, and at Natchez received his parole. During his 
many battles he received a number of wounds, but happily recovered from all 
of them, and lives to-day to recount to his children the scenes of his 
truggle for the lost cause. After the war was over he returned to Jackson 
County, and began the study of medicine, and in 1869 graduated from the 
University of Louisville, and immediately commenced practicing. After an 
arduous practice of seven years he went to New York City in the fall of 1876,
attended lectures at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, and received an ad 
eundem diploma from that institution in the spring of 1877. Up to the present
time no man in the profession has exceeded his reputation as a skillful 
physician and surgeon, and, as a consequence, his practice is one of the 
largest in Jackson County. Dr. Heard was chosen as acting assistant surgeon 
of the United States Marine Hospital, and has held that position since 1882.
He is a member of the State Medical Society, and has served on the board of
examiners for some time, [p.868] and in 1878 he was elected county treasurer,
and served one term. In 1879 the Doctor was married to Miss Mattie Foushee,
by whom he has had two children: Kate P. and Walter L. He is a Royal Arch 
Mason, and a member of the Knights of Pythias, also the Royal Arcanum and
Knights of Honor. Politically, the Doctor is a Democrat, and one of the 
strongest supporters of that party. He attends the Methodist Church, and is
also one of the directors of the Newport Bank. 

page 869
Capt. James T. Henderson, a prominent and influential man of Jackson County, 
and the father of Auvergne, the town where he resides, is a native of Giles 
County, Tenn., and was born September 14, 1835. His parents were Benjamin 
Franklin and Nancy C. (Blackwood) Henderson, natives of North Carolina, and 
of Irish and English ancestry. The parents were murried in Northern Alabama, 
and in 1834 moved to Giles County, Tenn., locating upon a large plantation, 
where they reared their family of four children. B. Franklin Henderson was an 
active and influential Democrat, and the family were members of the 
Cumberland Presbyterian Church. James T. was the eldest of the children; the 
others are Eliza J., who became the wife of Robert L. Davis, in April, 1857; 
Emma, wife of R. M. Laird, a merchant and farmer of Auvergne; and John C., a 
farmer and stock raiser, also of Auvergne. Benjamin Franklin Henderson died 
in the early part of 1849, which sad event made it necessary for James T., 
who was then attending college in Tennessee, to return home and assist his 
mother in the management of his father's estate; the mother died in 1856, 
leaving him sole manager at the age of twenty-one. He was made joint 
administrator, and Henry Henderson, a colored slave, was appointed foreman 
under our subject's direction. In 1857 Mr. Henderson was employed by John T. 
Shapard, of Elkton, as a cotton buyer, in which he was successful, and was 
subsequently engaged in the store of John T. Shapard under permanent contract 
at $100 per month; at the end of six months he bought a one-half interest in 
the business, and the firm became Shapard & Henderson, of Elkton, Tenn., 
carrying on an extensive business until 1860; in the latter year our subject 
sold out and removed to Jackson County, Ark., first locating on Bowen's 
Ridge, where he lived two years. At the outbreak of the war he raised 
Company H, Thirty-second Arkansas Regiment, of which he was elected captain, 
and after serving in that capacity a short time, he was selected to fill a 
position in the secret service under Gens. Hindman, Shelby and Price, and 
Kirby Smith. He was quite successful in the work of securing supplies for the 
army, and escaped capture, receiving honorable discharge at the close of the 
war. He then returned to Arkansas, and bought a large farm near Newport, but 
was employed as mercantile salesman in the store of J. W. Stayton & Co., of 
Jacksonport, for three years, afterward, for about the same length of time, 
in the same capacity with A. Hirsch & Son. In 1873 he bought 755 acres of 
land, on which he settled, and the first year cleared 400 acres; of this 
tract he has sold a considerable portion, now owning 480 acres, of which 410 
acres are under cultivation. He has erected good houses, barns, etc., and 
made other improvements. When Mr. Henderson first located his present home, 
there was no open land between his place and Newport, but his enterprise and 
perseverance have opened a large area; he has a beautiful home among the 
trees, one-half mile west of Auvergne, and upon his place is growing a young 
peach orchard of 1,000 trees, of more than a dozen varieties; he also has 
other orchards containing nearly all kinds of pears, apples, plums and 
cherries. All of the twenty-five slaves whom Mr. Henderson owned and brought 
with him to Arkansas before the war are still living, and have farms of their 
own, leading independent lives. Capt. Henderson owns ten places, comprising 
in all 1,220 acres, besides four residences in Newport, and the towns of 
Tuckerman and Swifton. He located the town of Auvergne, and built the first 
house there in 1886; he also built and furnished the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, South, which he presented to the town. With six others besides Capt. 
Henderson a board of directors was formed, who built and established Auvergne 
Academy, and in many other ways has our subject taken a leading [p.869] part 
in the upbuilding of his town. In 1888 he was appointed by the State 
Immigration Society to organize a Jackson County society, to which he was 
successful, holding the position of vice-president of his township and 
director of the county board. Capt. Henderson has devoted considerable 
attention to the breeding of thoroughbred cattle, and has some of the finest 
stock in the State. In 1858 the Captain married Miss Amanda M. Laird, 
daughter of Martin and Margaret (Malone) Laird, natives of Virginia. Capt. 
Henderson is a member of Newport Lodge No. 191, A. F. & A. M.; he is an Odd 
Fellow, a member of the K. of H., and A. L. of H., and of the Wheel. He takes 
an active part in the politics of his county and State as a Democrat, having 
been elected in 1874 to represent the Twenty-ninth District in the senate, 
where he served until 1878. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson are consistent members of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. 

Henry Henderson is a prominent colored resident of Northeast Arkansas, and 
one whose name is rightly entitled to appear on the pages of Arkansas 
history. He was born in Madison County, Ala., in 1821, and is a son of Joseph 
and Amy Walker, who were the property of Samuel Walker, a noted Alabama 
legislator and slave owner. When Henry was at the age of nineteen years, 
Samuel Walker died, and he became the property of his heir, Milton Walker, 
with whom he remained until his twenty-eighth year, when he was then traded 
to a man named Franklin Henderson, in exchange for a man of the same weight, 
the trade being made in order to allow the family to remain together. In 1844 
he was united in marriage to alindia Halloway, a comely young slave, who was 
the property of Louis Halloway, and to this couple were born the 
following children: Mary, Chatman, Matildia, Ann, Ellen, Sam, Bryson, and a 
child who died in infancy. Mary is now the mother of a family, and resides in 
Tennessee, as does also Ann, who has a family of her own. Chatman is the 
father of a family, and owns a farm adjoining his father, as does also Sam, 
who owns his own land. Matildia is married, and has a large family, and lives 
in Washington County, Miss. Ellen has a family also, and lives near her 
father, while Bryson, who is a well educated and very intellectual man, 
teaches school at Weldon. In the year 1860 Mr. Henderson came to Bowen's 
Ridge, Ark., with his owners, the Henderson family, and assisted in farming 
and improving the land. During the war he was taken to the army as cook, and 
at the close of that period he was paroled at a point near St. Louis. After 
an absence of four years he returned to his family, and later on moved to the 
vicinity of Auvergne, Ark., where he conducted the farm work of his old 
masters, the Hendersons. He remained with them two years, and then took a 
lease on forty acres of land, where Auvergne now stands. At the end of five 
years he purchased forty acres, and shortly afterward added fifteen more, and
then fifty-five acres still later. Since then he has become more prosperous 
from year to year, and has donated considerable land to his children. He is 
one of the leading men of the colored race in that section, and the oldest of
the Hendersons' former slaves. 

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L. Hirsch, real estate dealer and insurance agent, at Newport, Ark. The 
principal necessity to the success of the real estate business, the safest 
and surest form of investment, is to have reliable agents, who are thoroughly 
posted on their city and locality, and the town of Newport has found such a 
man in the person of Mr. Hirsch, who is one of the largest land-holders in 
the county, being the owner of about 2,000 acres of real estate, and fifteen 
valuable lots in the town of Newport. In connection with this work he is 
engaged in the insurance business, and represents the following companies: 
The Hartford, Phoenix, Orient, Ętna, of Hartford, Conn.; the Springfield, of 
Springfield, Mass.; the Phoenix, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; the Anglo-Nevada, Union, 
Commercial and California, of the State of California; the Lancashire and 
North British and Mercantile, of England; the New Orleans Insurance 
Association, Crescent, Southern, Hibernia, Sun Mutual, and Mechanics and 
Traders, of New Orleans, La.; the Fire Association, of Philadelphia; the 
Arkansas Fire, of Little Rock, Ark.; the East Texas, of Tyler, Tex.; the 
Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of New York, and the [p.870] Fidelity and 
Casualty Company (Accident), also of that city. Mr. Hirsch was born in 
Batesville, Ark., on the 9th of August, 1855, and is a son of Aaron and 
Amelia (Blochman) Hirsch, the former a native of France, and the latter of 
Heidelburg, Germany. While Aaron Hirsch was still a single man, he took 
passage on board a vessel bound for the United States, and, after reaching 
this country, gradually drifted to the State of Tennessee, where he was 
afterward married. In 1853 he removed to Arkansas, locating near Batesville, 
where he opened a mercantile establishment, and conducted business here and 
in Jacksonport for many years. L. Hirsch, the subject of this memoir, made 
his home in Batesville until 1862, then removed with his parents to New 
Orleans, making that city his home until 1870. Four years later he returned 
to Newport and established a mercantile store, under the firm name of A. 
Hirsch & Son, but in 1878 this partnership was dissolved, and the firm name 
became L. Hirsch & Co., and remained such until 1880. At this date Mr. Hirsch 
sold out to Wolf & Goldman, and embarked in his present business, and up to 
1885 was associated with H. L. Remmel, but in that year he purchased Mr. 
Remmel's interest, and continued alone until January, 1889, when he gave an
interest to his younger brother, Ralph, and the firm is now Hirsch & Bro. He 
is also treasurer of the Newport Water & Irrigating Company, and has full 
control of the plumbing department. He is secretary of the White River 
Telephone Company; is secretary and manager of the White River Ice 
Manufacturing Company, and is a director of the Newport Compress & Storage 
Company, now being organized. He is a member in good standing of the Masonic
fraternity, belongs to the K. of P., and is treasurer of the latter 
organization. He has also held the offices of city treasurer and recorder,
and has been deputy sheriff and deputy clerk. He is one of the ablest young 
business men in Jackson County, and in all enterprises of a worthy character
he has been the first to identify himself, and take an interest in their 
successful establishment. Miss Nettie Stafford, a native of Virginia, became
his wife in September, 1884, and their union was blessed in the birth of two
children: Irving S. and Eugene A. 

J. B. Hirsch is a dealer in hardware, groceries and plantation supplies, at 
Newport, Ark., and is conducting a successful business. He was born in 
Batesville, Ark., November 25, 1861, but received his education in the cities 
of New Orleans and St. Lonis, and from his earliest youth he has been 
familiar with the details of mercantile life. At the age of sixteen years he 
came with his father, A. Hirsch, to Newport, and began clerking in the 
latter's mercantile establishment, continuing thus employed until 1881, when 
they formed a business partnership and continued under the firm name of A. 
Hirsch & Son, until January, 1889. At this date J. B. Hirsch purchased his 
father's interest in the business, and began life on his own responsibility, 
and by honesty and fair dealing is doing an exceptionally prosperous 
business. His stock of goods is well selected, and in point of size is of 
fair proportions. For two years he was associated with Wolf, Goldman & Co., 
but thinking he could do better alone, this partnership was discontinued, and 
the result has proved that his judgment was sound. He is an intelligent and 
enterprising young man of business, and his future prospects are bright. He 
is a Mason and a member of the K. of P. His marriage with Miss Dora Pollock, 
of Little Rock, Ark., was consummated in September, 1888.

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Stephen G. T. Hite resides on Section 23, Cache Township, Jackson County, 
Ark., and is a farmer and stock raiser by occupation. He is a son of Spencer 
and Martha J. (Wilkins) Hite, natives of Virginia, where they were married 
and reared a family of twelve children; one child died in infancy, and 
another at the age of six years, making in all fourteen. The parents still 
live on the place upon which they settled immediately after their marriage, 
Mrs. Hite receiving the land by deed from her father December 25, 1869. 
Stephen G. T. Hite married Miss Sarah White, a native of Virginia, and a 
schoolmate. To them have been born the following children: David Russell, 
born October 13, 1870; Albertana, born September 5, 1872; Ella James, born 
November 6, 1874; Eunice, [p.871] born unknown; Amos Andrew, born in July, 
1881; Charles, born January 20, 1884, and Stephen, born July 17, 1887; two 
died in infancy. The two elder children were born in Virginia, and the rest 
in Arkansas. When Mr. Hite first went to Arkansas he located in the 
neighborhood in which he now lives, purchasing in December, 1875, his present 
farm, of which about forty acres were under cultivation, and upon which the 
only buildings were two small log cabins. He now has fifty-two acres under 
cultivation, and has erected a good two-story frame dwelling. He has also 
built a cotton-gin, saw and grist-mill, good barns, and has a well-improved 
place, contemplating still greater improvements, which will beautify his 
home, as he believes the more attractive the home the better will be the 
morals of his children. He aims to give his children six months schooling 
each year, as he thinks a good education is better than a legacy. Mr. Hite 
served nearly three years in the Fifty-ninth Virginia Volnnteer Infantry, 
Confederate States Army, and in May, 1864, was wounded by a musket ball 
carrying away the fourth toe of his left foot. He participated in the siege 
of Richmond, belonging to the command of Gen. Lee at the time of his 
surrender to Gen. Grant. Mr. and Mrs. Hite are members of the Missionary 
Baptist Church, and are highly respected by all who know them. 

W. G. Hogan, planter, of Bird Township, is a son of Granville and Mary Jane 
(Taylor) Hogan, of Tennessee. The father, a farmer, went to Texas in 1853, 
where our subject was born March 8, of the same year. Soon after arriving the 
father died; the mother remained some eight years, and finally settled in 
Bird Township, this county, where she still resides, with her son, W. G. Mr. 
Hogan was raised on the farm, receiving his education in the schools of Cross 
County, this State. In 1877 he came to Jackson County, settling in Bird 
Township, and engaged in farming. He is a Democrat; is active in politics, 
and has held the offices of justice of the peace and constable, and is a 
member of the school board, Tuckerman District. He is a member of Kirkpatrick 
Lodge No. 192, at Tuckerman, holding the office of steward; he is also a 
member of the Triple Alliance. In 1877 our subject married Maggie Smith, a 
native of Tennessee, whose parents, Ross and Martha (Woodard) Smith, came to 
Jackson County in 1874. The mother is still living. They have had four 
children, three of whom are living: Lafay Ella, Charles Henry and Daniel 
Green. Mrs. Hogan is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has a 
brother, M. M. Smith, who is presiding elder of White River conference, 
located at Jonesboro. Mr. Hogan is actively interested in the schools, and in
all enterprises for the advancement of the county. 

James W. Howard, farmer and stock raiser, of Jackson County, lives six and a 
half miles east of Newport, on the Memphis road. His parents were Philip and 
Hester D. (Bidwell) Howard, of Ohio and Tennessee, respectively. The father 
lived and married in Arkausas, but returned to Ohio, where James W. was born, 
the eldest of six children, two now living; Sarah Jane and James W. At the 
age of nine years the subject of this sketch came to Arkansas with his 
parents; he had then received the greater part of his education, but attended 
common school only eleven days in Arkansas. At the outbreak of the War of the 
Rebellion he was living in Village Township, Jackson County, but enlisted in 
the Southern army in Company A, Eighth Regiment of Arkansas Volunteer 
Infantry, served about three and a half years, and at the close of the war 
returned home, since which time he has given his attention to farming and 
stock raising, purchasing, in 1873, 120 acres of land, to which he has added 
by purchase eighty acres, and upon which he has since made his home. At that 
time, realizing the necessity of an education, he applied himself diligently
to study, acquiring sufficient knowledge to carry on his business. Mr. Howard
married Miss Margaret Lamkins, a native of Arkansas, who lived ten years, and
in 1877 he married Miss Margaret Ballew, of Arkansas, daughter of Robert J. 
and Mary (Pucket) Ballew, natives of Tennessee. Mr. and Mrs. Howard are
members of the Christian Church, and he has always been a friend to 
progress-educational, religious and social, liberally supporting the church. 

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Capt. George W. Hurley (retired). Newport, Ark. The career of the above 
mentioned gentleman affords a striking example of encouragement for the youth 
of the present day who have not very favorable circumstances surrounding 
them, and yet who are desirous of attaining to positions of trust and esteem 
in the communities where they may hereafter reside. Left an orphan at an 
early day, Mr. Hurley attained his growth without the influence and tender 
care of parents, and for this reason, if for no other, he deserves great 
credit for his success in life, not only in material affairs, but as a man. 
His birth occurred in Frederick County, Md., on the 1st of May, 1829, and he 
is the son of Morris and Catherine Hurley, both natives of County Clare, 
Ireland. The parents were married in their native country, and in about 1829 
emigrated to America, where the father, who was a civil engineer and 
contractor, worked on the Chosapeake and Ohio Canal. He was a large 
contractor on the canal, and had his headquarters at the Point of Rocks. They 
were the parents of these children: John, Catherine, Charles and George W., 
the first three of whom died in the year 1833, as did also the parents, 
leaving George W. Hurley, only four years of age, alone and among comparative 
strangers. He was taken by a family who thought considerable of him, received 
as good an education as they could afford, and, when nine years of age, was 
apprenticed to learn the tailor's trade. When about thirteen years of age he 
ran away from his master, went to Baltimore, and shipped as a cabin-boy on 
board the brig Edith. He made a trip around Cape Horn, visited Santiago, and 
numerous other places on the Pacific slope, and remained on the ship for 
about two years, being quite a favorite of the Captain and his wife. Mr. 
Hurley relates an incident which took place while on the vessel, and gives it 
as a reason for leaving the sea. It was his duty to wait upon the table, and 
one day, after dinner, he put some nuts, raisins, etc., in the pockets of his 
little sailor's suit. The Captain, who frequently indulged too freely at the 
noon meal, met George on deck, and asked what was in his pockets. The boy 
replied, "Nothing," which so incensed the Captain that the latter 
gave him a severe whipping. George was ever after afraid of the commander, 
and at the first opportunity left the vessel and returned to Baltimore. There 
he finished his trade as a tailor, and soon after went to Washington, thence 
to Richmond, Va., where he was taken sick and came very near dying. He became 
penniless, but, through the charity of friends, obtained enough money to 
return to Baltimore, where he obtained employment, and there remained until 
the breaking out of the Mexican War. He then enlisted in the Second Baltimore 
Battalion, under Col. Hughes, and served one year, receiving a sabre and 
lance wound at the battle of Monterey, for which he now receives a pension. 
After recovering he was placed in the quartermaster's department, and was on 
the Southern route. Upon his second return to his home he had some means 
saved, and located at New Richmond, Ohio, where he started up a modest 
tailoring establishment, but only remained there a short time. He then sold 
out and moved to Indianapolis, Ind., where he secured a position as cutter in
a large establishment; but, at the end of one year, he became restless, and 
enlisted in the Cuban Lopez expedition. He, with about 200 old Mexican
soldiers, went to Cuba; eighty-six were captured, fifty-two were taken to 
Havana and shot, and thirty-four carried on the steamer "Pizarau," a large 
Spanish man-of-war- and was taken to Spain, with about thirty-four other
comrades. They were kept prisoners some six weeks, and during that time, 
which seemed, no doubt, like so many years, experienced some of the most 
heartrending scenes imaginable, being taken out every day and counted, with
the expectation of being shot. They were finally released by President 
Fillmore, who sent a United States cutter for them. They were treated like
kings on the vessel, being given money, clothes, etc. He came to Kentucky,
being again entirely broken up, and invented a patent for garment cutting, 
with which he traveled over several different States, and made considerable 
money on the same. He subsequently went to Keokuk, Iowa, where he started 
another tailoring establishment, and carried it on until 1857. From there he
went to Jackson, [p.873] Tenn., where he was married, and removed with his 
family to White County, Ark., being there engaged in agricultural pursuits.
In 1861 he was appointed by Gov. Rector, of Arkansas, as quartermaster of the
State troops, and in the organization of a regiment at Mound City, was 
appointed by Colonel-elect (afterward General) Cleburne, quartermaster of the
first State troops. The regiment moved to Pocahontas, where State troops were
abandoned and regiments for the Confederacy formed. Being, as a consequence 
retired, he returned home and organized a company, of which he was made first
lieutenant, and afterward, for meritorious conduct, was promoted to a 
captaincy. He participated in all the general engagements on this side of the
Mississippi River, receiving one slight wound from a shell. In 1864 he asked 
for retired papers, and then took the superintendency of cutting and fitting 
clothes for the soldiers at Shreveport, La. His family still living in White 
County when he came home, he moved with them to Augusta, Woodruff County, 
Ark., where he remained for nine years, being engaged for two years in the 
livery business, and after this took the traveling agency for a cotton 
commission house at New Orleans. Having speculated too heavily in cotton, he
became involved, and then entered the hotel and confectionery business, which
he carried on until 1873, when he came to Newport, then a town of about 
thirty-one inhabitants. He embarked in the wholesale and retail liquor and 
tobacco business, afterward turning his grocery and general planters' 
supplies, and buying cotton, in which he was very extensively engaged until
about 1880. Since that time he has been engaged in the real-estate business,
and in building up Newport, owning five large brick business buildings and 
several residences. He also owns a good farm, and is one of the leading 
citizens of Jackson County. He has taken great interest in secret orders, is
a member of the Masonic fraternity, advancing as far as a Knight Templar. He 
is also a member of the I. O. O. F., is Past Grand Master, and has been a 
member of the order since 1847; was initiated in Mechanic's Lodge No. 15, at
Baltimore, Md., being subsequently connected with the order in the States of 
Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. He is the founder and originator of Newport Lodge
No. 71, Newport, Ark., which was organized May 17, 1875. He has been honored 
with nearly every official position with in the gift of the order; has served
as Grand Master, was Grand Representative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge for 
six years, and Grand Patriarch in the Encampment branch for two years. In 
1876 he represented the State of Arkansas in the Sovereign Grand Lodge, at 
Philadelphia, and in 1882 at Toronto. He is an indefatigable worker in the 
interests of Odd Fellowship, and is one of the most highly honored members of
that fraternity. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, and a member 
of the Royal Arcanum, of which he is past officer. His marriage to Mrs. Mary 
L. Boyd occurred in 1858, and one child, now deceased, was the result of this
union. Mrs. Hurley is a member of the Episcopal Church. Both Mr. Hurley and 
Mrs. Hurley are hale and hearty in their old age. 

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Samuel C. Ireland, now residing in Auvergne, was born in North Carolina, 
February 26, 1849, son of John and Elizabeth (Isley) Ireland, natives of 
North Carolina. Mr. Ireland came to Arkansas in 1872, without a dollar, and 
located in Cow Lake Township, on property which belonged to his father, there 
then being but twenty-two families in the township. On this place was a 
double log house, and twelve acres had been cleared and planted the year 
previous. In 1873 he had thirtytwo acres planted to corn; eight acres he 
cleared with the assistance of one man, and twelve acres he cleared after 
night, without assistance. Mr. Ireland continued to clear the land, and the 
next year planted sixty acres. In 1875 he bought eighty acres of W. L. 
Johnson, planted seventy acres, which he worked himself, and rented twenty 
more, making ninety acres under cultivation on his place. At that time, by 
various purchases, he was the owner of 400 acres of land, 320 of which he 
bought of his father; he is now the owner of 1,834 acres, 380 of which are 
under cultivation, the various tracts being in Cow Lake and Richwood 
Townships. On the places are good dwellinghouses and barns, and on that in 
Cow Lake Township [p.874] are a cotton-gin and a grist mill. Mr. Ireland 
gives a great deal of attention to mule and cattle raising, finding a home 
market for them. November 20, 1873, Mr. Ireland married Mrs. Margaret 
Ireland, widow of his brother. W. W. Ireland. They have no children, but are 
raising four orphan boys. Henry Lee and Willie Benefield, born in 1871 and 
1873. respectively, and Willie and Connie Barnes, nephews of Mrs. Ireland. 
born in 1880 and 1883. respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Ireland are members of the 
Christian Church.