Biographical and historical memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland and Hot Spring counties, Arkansas, comprising a condensed history of the statebiographies of distinguished citizens...[etc.], Part 103

Author: Goodspeed, firm, publishers, Chicago. (1886-1891. Goodspeed publishing Company)
Publication date: 1889
Publisher: Chicago, St. Louis [etc.] The Goodspeed publishing co.
Number of Pages: 826

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B., Loretta A. (wife of J. P. Edmiston), Samuel A., Mary Jane, Julia E., Polosky M., Alta, Robert I., Alfred W., Florence J. He moved to Pulaski County, in 1865, and in 1887 to Lonoke County. He resides on a farm two miles south of Cabot, which contains 187 acres of land, eighty acres being under cultivation

William Greenberry Russell, owner of a fine farm of 120 acres in Section 21, Magness Town- ship, first saw the light of day in Walker County, Ga., in May, 1848, and was the son of Stephen and Emenilla (Disheroan) Russell, from the State of Georgia. Stephen Russell's father was a na- tive of South Carolina, and came to Lonoke Coun- ty, Ark., in 1851, in which county he and his son (father of William) died in 1880. Mrs. Russell was born in Habersham County, Ga., and died in 1870. She was the mother of ten children, eight of whom are now living, and six of them residents of this county. William Russell was married in 1870 to Eliza Emaline Taggart, of White County, Ark., and who was born in 1852, the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Taggart. They are the parents of eight children: Martha Louisa, James M., Elizabeth Emarilla, Thomas Walter, Susan Palastine, Joseph Stephen, Theophilus and Frank- lin Adolph. He has served as justice of the peace of Magness Township for six years, which office he still retains. He is a member of the Masonic order and was initiated into Cabot Lodge No. 319, and is now a member of Elpara Lodge No. 52, in White County, having represented it in the Grand Lodge of this State three different terms. Mr. and Mrs. Russell are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In the polit- ical world he is a strong Democrat, as were his father and his grandfather before him. He takes great interest in all educational work and in any and all things relative to the welfare of the com- munity in which he lives.

William H. Sanders. In speaking of a man as prominent, the word is often applied to those not worthy of the title, and at other times employed without a realization of its meaning. When ap- plicably used in its true sense, it is the greatest compliment that can be given, and to refer to W.

H. Sanders, the subject of this sketch, as a prom- inent man, only proper and fitting tribute is paid. Tuscaloosa County, Ala., claims the advent of his birth, in the year 1840, he being the son of John and Matilda (Morgan) Sanders. John Sanders, a native of Chester District, S. C .. emigrated in 1817 to Alabama, before the Indians had entirely left that country, and located on the Black War- rior River, now known as Sanders' Ferry. He acquired a reputation as one of the early pioneers of that State, and in fact the name of Sanders is associated with the early settlement of three differ- ent commonwealths. The progenitor of this illus- trious family was Ezekiel Sanders, who came from England, settling in South Carolina prior to the Revolutionary War, in which he won a name and reputation for his spirit of daring and many acts of bravery, stamping him a man among men. When William H. was a lad of six, his father's death threw responsibilities on his young shoulders which it would seem almost impossible for one of his years to perform. He assisted his mother in discharging the manifold duties of a large planta- tion, and from that time forward has won the ad- miration of many friends, for his keen sense of discernment, honesty in all business dealings, and a genialty that could never fail to draw around him a host of sincere friends. In 1860 he enlisted in the Old Warrior Guards, serving with them at the first battle of Manassas. At the expiration of his first term of enlistment, he became a mem- ber of Company D, Second Alabama Cavalry, in which he served until the final surrender, without having received a wound or being taken prisoner. At the close of the war he returned to his home, and shortly afterward married Miss Julia Ellis, of Alabama, a daughter of R. F. Ellis. He immedi- ately engaged in farming and mercantile pursuits, in which he was, as a matter of course, very suc- cessful. In 1873, in company with his brother, Ezekiel Sanders, he moved to Arkansas, the latter dying in this State, in 1883. They located in what was then Pulaski County, where Mr. Sanders resumed his former occupation, that of farming and mercantile business. In 1885 he came to the town of Lonoke, entering into the livery business,

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and being identified with that branch of trade until 1885, since which time he has devoted his attention to buying and shipping horses and mules, besides farming and the real-estate business. For many years he was a member of the school board, which had in him one of their most efficient and influential members. He is a member in high standing of Lonoke Lodge No. 51, A. F. & A. M., having joined that fraternity in Alabama, and is also one of the original members of the K. of H. Mr. Sanders, with his wife, is a member of the Baptist Church, and in his political views he is a Democrat. Previous to the war the family were Whigs. To Mr. and Mrs. Sanders ten children have been born, six sons and four daughters, all living.

Alfred Webb Sanders, who is one of the native residents of Lonoke County, is none the less es- teemed on that account, for his career has been up- right and successful. He was born on May 23, 1843, being a son of William and Luserine (Low) Sanders; the birth of the former occurred in York District, S. C., in about 1810, and his father, Will- iam Sanders, Sr., was also born in that State about 1761. William Sanders, Sr., moved to Arkansas with his son William, where he followed the occu- pation of farmer and blacksmith, and where he died in 1864, at the age of ninety-seven. He was of Irish descent. The father of the subject of this sketch died on January 1, 1883, but his wife, whose natal year was 1811, is yet living, making her home with her son Newton, of this county. She was the mother of eight children, four of whom survive. Alfred W. Sanders, after reaching man- hood, enlisted during the war in the Confederate service, in Company K, Thirty-sixth Arkansas In- fantry, in which he served until the close of hostil- ities in 1863. He was in the battles of Prairie Grove, Helena, Jenkins' Ferry and a number of skirmishes, and at the last-named battle was wounded in the top of the head. Mr. Sanders was married in 1870, to Emma Garlington, who died in 1880, leaving three children: Alma, Mary and Wayne. In February, 1882, he married his second wife, Miss Melvina Anthony, a native of Illinois, born in 1861, and a daughter of Benjamin

H. and Ollive Anthony. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders became the parents of three children, two of whom are still living: Orie and Lyla. Mr. Sanders has a fine farm of 190 acres, fifty acres being under cultivation, on which he has lived since 1875. He has turned his attention of late years principally to the raising of strawberries, from which he cleared about $100 per acre in 1889. He is a member of the Masonic order, and he and his wife belong to the Baptist Church. Mr. Sanders' father was county judge for several terms, and held the office of county treasurer a number of years, being rec- ognized as a representative citizen.

James S. Savage. Among the farmers and en- terprising stock raisers of Carlisle Township is Mr. Savage, who was born in Kentucky in 1845, one of a family of children which blessed the union of James and Martha (Jordan) Savage, also natives of the Blue Grass State. They moved to Illinois when James was a small boy and settled in Edgar County, and later in Vermilion County, where the father purchased wild land and improved it, there making his home until his death, which occurred September 20, 1884, at the age of seventy-seven. His widow still survives him, and is in her eight- ieth year, being a member of her youngest son's family on the old homestead. She belongs to the Presbyterian Church, and is the mother of seven children, four of whom survive: John E. (lives in Texas), Hiram B. (in Illinois), James S. (our sub- ject) and Nicholas. James commenced farming for himself at the age of twenty two, on a farm near the old homestead, where he remained until the fall of 1873, then moving to Arkansas and pur- chasing land where he now lives. He was married May 18, 1876, to Miss Mary Grady, a native of New York. Her parents, James and Hanora Grady, came to this State in 1874, and then moved to Iowa, where they are now living. Mr. and Mrs. Savage are the parents of five children, three of whom are still living: James S., Lela and Dwight (an infant). Those deceased were Charles E. (born March 22, 1880, died August 5, 1881) and Forrest B. (born December 20, 1883, died May 20, 1884). Mr. Savage is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, having formerly belonged to the

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Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He is also a member of Lodge No. 3131, K. of H. He takes an active part in all school and church work, and aids the general advancements of the county's in- terests.

Conoway Scott is a wealthy planter of Ashland Township, whose rise to his present position has been gained entirely through his perseverance and industry. A native of Arkansas, he was born on the plantation where he now resides, July 19, 1867. He is the son of Conoway Scott, who came to Ar- kansas when a small boy with his parents, about the year 1830. William Scott, his father, settled in Pulaski County, ten miles below Little Rock, and there opened a large plantation, upon which he resided until his death. Conoway Scott, Sr .. grew to manhood in this county, and afterward married Miss Eliza Ann Lawson, of North Caro- lina nativity, though reared and educated in Little Rock. He had opened a large plantation previous to his marriage, which was ready for his bride, and here he passed a happy married life. That planta- tion is where his family now reside. He opened a place on Arcanum River, a part of it being pur- chased of the Memphis & Little Rock Railroad, to which it was donated by the Government. At the time of his death Mr. Scott had one of the finest plantations in the county, improved with exceptional buildings, a cotton gin (steam) and all the evidences of progress and advance that can be seen in all prosperous localities. He was a strong Whig and an anti-slavery man, and of stanch Union prin- ciples at the beginning of the war, but after that his sympathies were with the Southern cause. He had at one time several thousand acres of land, but the estate now consists of 2,500 acres, to which the subject of this sketch is the only heir. Mr. Scott's death occurred in 1866, and his excellent wife, who survives him, has charge of the planta- tion. She is a lady of remarkable business apti- tude, and her management of the estate excites the admiration of all who know her. Conoway, Jr., received an excellent education at the University of Richmond (Ky.), and resides on the home place with his mother. He has good business tact, is industrious and a thorough gentleman.

George W. Scott has been associated with the affairs of this locality in various capacities, and now, as postmaster, merchant and farmer, he is widely and favorably known. He was born in Jackson County, Mo., February 13, 1844, and is a son of Henry Scott, a native of Ireland, who moved to the State of Missouri when a boy, grow- ing to manhood and marrying there. His wife was formerly Mary Neafus, of Pennsylvania birth, but reared in Kentucky. Mr. Scott was a farmer in Jackson County, following this occupation till his death, which occurred in 1859. He served in the Mexican War and as lieutenant colonel, in the United States army. His wife survived him, dying in California, in 1886. George W. Scott, upon reaching mature years, served in the Federal army from October 20, 1862, to January 16, 1866, hold- ing a position in the quartermaster's department. When the war closed he came to Arkansas, first settling on a farm in Pulaski County. In 1884 he came to this county, and purchased a place with only slight improvements, but has cleared and built and modernized the farm, until to-day he has a fine place of 400 acres, with 320 under cultivation. He has a good double barn, old gin, with new engine and machinery, and corn-mill, together with his store. He has been in the mercantile business for some fourteen years, enjoying sub- stantial patronage. In 1870 he was married to Minnie Diehl, a native of Pulaski County, Ark., and daughter of John Diehl. There were five children born to them: James W., John E. and William M., all of whom are attending the State University. The two deceased are George E. (who died when eleven years old) and Elizabeth P. (who died when eighteen months old). Mr. Scott was appointed postmaster in 1884, and has also served a number of years on the school board, with credit to himself and benefit to his township. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Elihu D. Seaton, an old artilleryman of the Confederate service, was born in Wayne County, Tenn .. July 10. 1832, to the union of Samuel and Sarah (Baker) Seaton, natives of Alabama and Tennessee, respectively. Samuel Seaton was mar-

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ried twice. His first wife died in Commerce, Miss., after which he moved to DeSoto County, Miss., where he lived a number of years. He died in Oxford, Lafayette County. of that State, about 1882, at the age of ninety-four, having served in the War of 1812, for which his widow now draws a pension. E. D. Seaton moved to Henderson County, Tenn., in 1851, and was there married to Miss Irena Shakelford, a native of that State. Remaining there until the next year, he then went to Panola County, Miss., and was engaged as an | and settled on the land where his son now re- overseer on a plantation until 1861, when he enlisted in the Confederate service, first in the sixty days' troops and afterward in Ward's artil- lery in Company A, under Capt. C. B. Vance, serving until after the siege of Vicksburg, when he was transferred to a cavalry company. He lost an arm shortly afterward and then returned home in August, 1864. In November, 1872, Mr. Seaton moved to Arkansas and located in Lonoke County, being engaged in farming up to 1878, when he came to Lonoke and carried on the livery business about a year. He then removed to Richwoods Township, and has been conducting a place of about 300 acres for the last ten years. In Decem- ber, 1889, he again embarked in the livery busi- ness in Lonoke, after having sold his farm, and bought a residence near his stable, and has also contracted for a quarter section of land in Rich- woods Township. Mr. Seaton having lost his first wife in 1860, married his present companion, Talith C. Martin, a native of Mississippi, on March 3, 1862. By his first marriage he was the father of two children: Sarah A. (widow of W. A. O'Daniel, deceased) and Mary Ann (wife of James H. Allen). By his second union he had eight children, five of whom are living: Ella J. (wife of R. L. Sawyers), Samuel E., James H., Lee M. and Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Seaton are members of the Baptist Church, to which they have be- longed for over twenty years. The former is also connected with the Knights of Honor.

Reuben H. Simmons, one of the earliest settlers of Lonoke County, is a native of Georgia, and was born in Floyd County, November 22, 1840. He is the son of Reuben and Elizabeth (Albright) Sim-

mons, originally from Virginia and Georgia, re- spectively. The former went to Georgia when quite a young man, and there met and won his bride, remaining in that State for some time, suc- cessfully engaged in farming in Madison and Floyd Counties. During his residence in the locality he made numerous friends, by his upright, gener- ous and noble characteristics. He also lived in Walker and Catoosa Counties up to 1857. In the winter of that year he moved to Arkansas,

sides. He was claimed by the grim destroyer, Death, in March, 1858, but his excellent wife survived him until 1867. Reuben H. received his education in the schools of his native State, and though the facilities for acquiring knowledge were very meager at the time, he made the most of his opportunities, and is now a well-informed man. When quite young he accompanied his father to Arkansas, and purchased the land for a farm, and the improvements that have taken place under his arrangement have changed the place beyond recall. He has about 175 acres in an excellent state of cultivation, and these, with the good buildings, fine orchards, etc., contribute to place his farm on a level with the best in the country. In addition to this farm Mr. Simmons has 425 acres of the very best timber land, from which he will be able to realize a comfortable fort- une. When the decree came that there should be war, he laid down the implements of peace to take up those of the battlefield, and enlisted in the Thirtieth Arkansas Infantry (Confederate army), serving until the close of the war. He participated in the battles of Shiloh. Murfreesboro, Moore's Mill, Nashville and Franklin, and in the fights of the siege and surrender of Atlanta, Ga., being wounded by a gunshot at Moore's Mill. This dis- abled him for a short time, but his spirit and valor would not permit him to stay quietly by and not take a part in the battles. After his wound was partially healed, and before he should have gone out he was on the field, and was slightly wounded five times. In May, 1865, he was paroled, and soon after returned to his home. The year 1872 witnessed his marriage to Miss Elizabeth Jones, a

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native of Georgia. Three children were born of this union: Mary R., William Thomas and Vir- ginia F. Mr. Simmons is in every way worthy the respect and esteem shown him by the entire com- munity. He is a noble, upright and generous man, and to all things of a noble character his sup- port is warmly given.

Judge J. N. Smith, county and probate judge for the county of Lonoke, was born in Shelby County, Tenn., September 5, 1850, and is the son of Benjamin V. and Evaline (Mahar) Smith, na- tives of North Carolina and Alabama. respectively. The Smiths inherit the blood of the sturdy races of the Scotch and Irish, and were among the first settlers of Raleigh, N. C. The maternal grand- father of Judge Smith was a worthy son of the Emerald Isle, and a man of great brilliancy and scholarly attainments. A family tradition fixes him as a son of an Irish lord, and when he was a young man, he left his home to become a seaman; and he was the lieutenant who led the crew to burn the "Philadelphia " in the harbor of Tripoli. Of a family of four sons and one daugh- ter, Judge Smith is the second in order of birth. He grew to manhood at his pioneer home, assisting in the duties of the farm, and receiving only the limited advantages for an education that were allot- ted to the boys of that period, the only book being a "speller " and a pine knot to furnish the light. His parents came to Arkansas when he was but three years old, and took up their abode in what is now Lonoke (but at that time Prairie) County. Here they cleared and made a comfortable home, living along in the even tenor of their way until the war, when the good old father was called to the gate one evening by a Union soldier, under com- mand of Col. Geiger of the Eighth Illinois, when he was foully and cruelly murdered by the Federal soldiers. After the death of his father, the man- agement of the farm fell to young Smith, and though but a comparative youth, he conducted it admirably, and afterward became a teacher in the district schools of the county. At the first election held after the organization of Lonoke County, he was elected magistrate, and held this position for ten years consecutively. In 1886 he was elected

county and probate judge. which office he is filling at the present writing. The Judge has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Iva Swaim, a na- tive of Arkansas and a cousin of James P. Eagle, the present honorable Governor. Their marriage was solemnized October 22, 1877, and Mrs. Smith's death occurred in July, 1878. Judge Smith was again married, in 1884, to Mrs. Eugenia Swaim, a native of Arkansas and the widow of W. D. Swaim. In 1886 the Judge moved to Lonoke, where he is now residing, but still owns the original homestead consisting of 400 acres of land, 200 of which are under cultivation. The A. F. & A. M. and K. of P. fraternities count him as one of their members, and he is also a member of and one of the original founders of the Wheel. The Judge and family worship at the Baptist Church, and they are well known and highly respected by all who know them.

Elbert F. Solomon. To the many readers of the present volume, Mr. Solomon is known as one of the highly respected citizens of Lonoke County. Originally from Munroe County, Ala., he was born May 29, 1853. and is the son of Tobias and Sarah (Goodwin) Solomon, both natives of Alabama. where they lived and died. Among the very ear- liest pioneers of that part of Alabama was John Solomon, the grandfather of Elbert F., who immi- grated to that locality from North Carolina at an early day. The subject of this sketch is the young- est of a family of five children, and having lost his parents when in his fourth year, he was left to the care of his grandfather. He received such meager advantages for schooling as were to be had in those days, and when sixteen years of age began life for himself as a farm laborer. In 1871 he went to Louisiana, remained for three years, work- ing in the same capacity, and in 1874 removed to Arkansas, locating in Lonoke County, where, in 1880, he purchased his present farm. This con- sists of 200 acres, with 100 under cultivation, and in 1884 Mr. Solomon built his cotton-gin, six miles northwest from Lonoke. It has steam- power, elevator and all the modern improvements. Mr. Solomon's first wife was Miss Florence Lam- bert, their marriage taking place in 1872, and at

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her death, which occurred in 1881, she left two bright little daughters. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and an excellent and highly respected woman. In 1882 Mr. Solomon was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Eagle, daughter of Howell Hicks and the widow of Daniel Eagle. He is a Democrat in politics, and with his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He is chairman of the school board, and always takes an active interest in educational mat- ters, and especially in School District No. 24, where a good school house and excellent teaching prevail.

Andrew J. Somers was a son of one of the pioneer preachers of Arkansas, who was a native of North Carolina, and was born and reared at the head of the Albermarle Sound, and educated in Tennessee. Rev. John B. Somers married Mariva B. Burrow, of Georgia birth, and immigrated to Arkansas in the winter of 1845, where he settled in Dallas County, and the following year moved to Jefferson County, where he engaged in farming for five years. In 1851 he came to Lonoke County, and settled on a farm where Andrew J. now lives, and opened up a place of 200 acres, on which he resided until his death, April 4, 1876. His wife survived him until October 20. 1884. Andrew J. | Somers, who was born in Carroll County, Tenn., April 21, 1837, moved to this county with his father, and has since resided on or near the old home- stead. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate service, in Col. Monroe's cavalry regiment, Cable's brigade and Fagan's division, in which he served until the close of the war, participating in the battles of Jenkins' Ferry, Mark's Mills, Pine Bluff, and a number of skirmishes. He had a dozen or more bullets shot through his hat, his clothes also being cut by them, but he escaped from even a flesh-wound. After the war he returned to his old home and ran a wood and iron shop one year, when in 1867, he commenced farming on the old place, where he now lives. Mr. Somers has a fine farm situated two miles and a half south of England Station, containing 307 acres, with 110 acres in cultivation. Upon it are tolerably good buildings, and two fine orchards of apples,

peaches, pears and plums. Mr. Somers is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of which he is district steward, recording steward and superintendent of the Sunday-school. He is a leading man of his county, and takes an active part in all work for the good of the commu- nity in which he lives.

James Franklin Stephens has been a resident of Lonoke County since he was eighteen years of age, and though, perhaps, one of its smaller farm- ers, he is among the most esteemed. He was born in Marion County, Ala., January 27, 1849, being the son of W. B. and Lucinda (Oglisbie) Stephens, both natives of Georgia. W. B. Stephens moved from the State of his birth to Mississippi, and then to Alabama, afterward returning to Mississippi, where he died in 1857. His wife died in 1855, leaving a family of twelve children (two dead) who were then reared by an older sister of James. James F. Stephens came to this county January 1, 1868, where he remained two years. Going thence to White County, he made his home there until 1872, when he chose a location in Mississippi, there being married on December 25, of that year, to Mrs. Mary A. Smith (nee Neely), a widow. She was born in Marshall County, Miss., July 28, 1845. After his marriage he returned to White County, Ark., where he had a farm rented, and in 1875 came again to Lonoke County, this having since been his home. He bought a farm of 133 acres, forty acres being under cultivation, and now has over eighty acres cleared, with good buildings. orchard, etc. In 1883 Mr. Stephens engaged in the occupation of a well borer, and as such has had great success. He bores a thirty-inch well, and has failed only four times in getting water. Himself and wife have been the parents of eight children, four of whom are still living: Thomas F., Hally, Clyde and Lynn. John H., Pearl, Maud and Vela are deceased. Mrs. Stephens is a mem- ber of the Baptist Church. Mr. Stephens belongs to the County Wheel, and is a highly respected citizen.

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Biographical and historical memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland and Hot Spring counties, Arkansas, comprising a condensed history of the statebiographies of distinguished citizens...[etc.], Part 103

Author: Goodspeed, firm, publishers, Chicago. (1886-1891. Goodspeed publishing Company) Publication date: 1889 Publisher: Chicago, St. Louis [etc.] The Goodspeed publishing co. Number of Pages: 826

Author: Goodspeed, firm, publishers, Chicago. (1886-1891. Goodspeed publishing Company)
Publication date: 1889
Publisher: Chicago, St. Louis [etc.] The Goodspeed publishing co.
Number of Pages: 826