Biography of William Arrington, Scott Co, AR

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Submitted by: Charlene Holland <Char@presys.com>
        Date: 9 Sep 1998
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William Arrington
  	William Arrington, farmer, Cedar Creek, Ark. William Arrington is
the son of Charles and Narcissa Ann Arrington, and was born in Cherokee
County, Ala., on March 12,1835. The father was a farmer, and owned
considerable land in Cherokee County. The mother died in 1840, and the
father received his final summons when our subject was fifteen years of
age. The latter's opportunities for an education were limited, and after
his father's death he hired out to work on a farm, which occupation he
continued until the opening of the war. In 1857 he went to Montgomery
County, Ark., and, there in September, 1861, he was married to Miss Jane
Salliers, who died but little over a year afterward, childless.  Mr.
Arrington enlisted in Company A, Tappan's regiment of Arkansas Infantry
and was in service four years. During the most of this time he was wagon-
master, and had charge of the transportation train. In 1866 he was married
to Mrs. Jane Lawrence, widow of Joseph P. Lawrence, who was killed in the
battle of Franklin, Tenn. Mrs. Arrington's maiden name was Miss Jane
Morgan, daughter of Thomas P. and Fanny Morgan, of South Carolina. Soon
after marriage Mr. Arrington moved from Montgomery County, where he had
lived since the war, to this county, and in 1871 he homesteaded the place
where he now lives, buying out the claims of others until he had 240
acres. When he first came here he had, in money and stock, about $500. He
began improving the place by erecting a good hewn-log house, cleared and
fenced the land, and from that time to this he and family have never been
off the place but one year, and then for the purpose of giving the
children better opportunities for an education. Mr. Arrington now has 100
acres under cultivation, a good, comfortable house, 34 x 46 feet,
substantial stables, and all his land fenced. His principal crops are
oats, corn, cotton and potatoes. His crops are good, oats yielding about
fifty bushels to the acre, and cotton is yielding three-fourths of a bale
to the acre this year (1890), although he has cotton that yields more
than a bale to the acre. He is the owner of some fine timber, consisting
of oak, pine, elm, ash and walnut. His land lies along Cedar Creek, and
is very fertile. Mr. Arrington is quite extensively engaged in the
raising of stock, having some fine cattle and hogs, as well as horses and
mules. He has five living children - four sons and one daughter: Narcissa
Ann, James A., William R., Charles and Thomas P. James is married and
lives in the western part of the county. His wife, Margaret, is the
daughter of John and Nancy Jane Robertson of Cauthron, this county, and
his union was blessed by two children, a girl, named Zella Ann, and a son,
John William. Mr. Arrington and family are devout church members, and
take an active part in the promotion of church and school interests. Mr.
Arrington is a self-made man in every sense of the word, and has never
had any help from outside sources. He is a Democrat in politics.