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 38

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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The area of the county is 690 square miles, or 441,600 acres, of which the United States Gov- ernment owns 62,000 acres, subject to homestead entry; the State about 40,000, and the Iron Mountain Railroad Company 90,000 acres. Nearly fifteen per cent of its tillable land is in cultiva- tion.

In the eastern part a generally level physical

aspect is presented, heavily timbered. Soil of a light sandy loam predominates, except on the Arkansas River, where it is darker and heavier, and exceedingly fertile, being unexcelled in the pro- duetion of corn and cotton. The central portion is more broken, the soil here being of a red sandy and gravelly nature, except on the bottom lands of the Saline River, and is admirably adapted for the raising of fruits, corn, cotton and vegetables. Strawberries and peaches are also produced very early in the season. The county's western portion is mountainous; here the soil is a red sand and gravel, and it is well watered by the tributaries of the Saline.

The Saline River traverses the central portion of the territory, in a direction somewhat from northwest to southeast. Its tributaries, North Fork, Alum Fork, Middle Fork and South Fork, entering the county on the borders of the north- west, central, and southwestern parts, converge and form this river about three miles northwest of Benton, and that stream Hows on through the county.

Lands on the Saline and its tributaries are ex- cellent for farming purposes. The uplands are fairly timbered, while the valleys are in many places an unbroken forest, in which some of the finest timber in the State can be found. Oak, . ash, hickory, walnut and yellow pine are the lead- ing varieties, though many other kinds, equally important and useful, abound.

Almost the entire mountainous portion of the county is underlaid with valuable minerals, show- ing traces of gold, nickel, silver, cobalt, iron, manganese, copper, lead, zinc, sulphur, arsenic, antimony, graphite, steatite, granite, kaolin, pot- ter's elay and fire elay.

The predominating minerals so far as devel- oped are nickel, sand carbonate and steotite (soap stone). Some efforts are being made to disclose these various storehouses of nature, and utilize the riches which are only awaiting human appropria- tion.

Rabbit Foot Mine, two and one-half miles north- west of Benton, on Saline River, yields nickel and most of the other minerals found in the county,

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but the principal ore is nickel. The future pros- pects of this mine are very promising. It is owned and operated by Col. S. H. Whitthorne, of Benton, mention of whom is made in subsequent pages.

The American Mine, located in the extreme western portion of the country, has yielded sand carbonate and a considerable showing of gold.

Steatite of a superior quality is found in vari- ous localities. Wallis' Mine, twelve miles north of Benton, in Beaver Township, has been partially developed, and shows an exhaustless bed of the finest quality of steatite. Potter's clay of a good quality is found in the central part of the county. Ever since 1866 pottery has been manufactured in the vicinity, but the business was greatly enlarged in 1873, and from that period the present exten- sive interests properly date. There are now seven good factories, producing various grades of ware, and, as this is at present a leading manufacturing industry, large shipments are constantly being made to the outside world.

The agricultural productions of the county for the year 1879, as shown by the United States Census Reports in 1880, were as follows: Indian corn, 292,628 bushels; oats, 38,046 bushels; wheat, 7,589 bushels; hay, 178 tons: Irish potatoes, 7,682 bushels; sweet potatoes, 22,949 bushels; tobacco, 9,418 pounds: cotton, 5,075 bales. The average yield of seed cotton is 1,000 pounds per acre; wheat, 16 bushels; corn, 30 bushels, and oats, 50 bushels, while the vegetable production is enormous.

What more need be said in indicating to the would-be immigrant Saline County's desirability as a place of residence? It offers a natural wealth hardly exceeded; its attractions rest upon favor- able facts impossible to dispute; society is of that order which surrounds moral, law-loving and law- abiding individuals; climatic and atmospheric con- ditions are all that need be asked; and here may the worthy. enterprising citizen, by application and manifested energy, obtain that just recognition which at all times is an incentive to honorable liv- ing and a benefit to any community.

Wilburn Hensley Allen, farmer and stock raiser of Shaw Township, Saline County, Ark., first saw the light of day on November 4, 1848, in the little town of Benton, Ark. His parents, William D., born April 14, 1811, died December 6, 1871, and Rhoda (Ramsey) Allen, born May 25, 1820, died June 3, 1880, were among the very early settlers of Benton, coming to that town in 1847. They were natives, respectively, of North Carolina and Georgia. William Allen moved to Georgia when but a young man, met the mother of our subject, and was married November 18, 1837. He also spent three months in the Florida War, taking part in the battle of Pea River, and being one of the force that removed the Indians from the terri- tory. After his marriage he lived in Georgia seven years, after which, moving to Mississippi, he made that State his home until 1847. Coming to this State at the latter date he engaged in farming. He purchased the place one and one-half miles from Benton, known now as the Allen field, and later moved to Benton and opened a blacksmith shop which he ran in connection with farming. He was for years a member of the Masonic lodge at Benton, and together with his wife was a mem- ber of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. During the war he served in the commissary department of the Confederate army, but saw no active field service. After the Federal capture of Little Rock he followed the army in company with Col. Crawford. About 1863 he moved to Oua- chita County for greater safety, returning to Saline when the war was closed. He spent the latter part of his life in retirement, dying from dropsy at the age of sixty. He was the father of ten children: George W. (born September 2, 1839, deputy sheriff of Grant County), Cynthia (wife of H. S. Glenn, a merchant of Benton, born Novem- ber 27, 1841, died June 28, 1863), Sarah (wife of Dr. John W. Cole, of Shaw Township, born Jan- mary 15, 1844), Thomas J. (born January 17, 1846, died May 8, 1860), W. H. (the subject of this sketch), John W. (born January 11, 1851, died September 19, 1853), Uriah E. (born Sep- tember 29, 1853, died August 20, 1868), Joseph B. (born September 25, 1856, died November 25,

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1857), and Benjamin F .. (born November 3, 1858, farms in Shaw Township). W. H. Allen was reared on a farm, spending his school days in the common schools of Saline County. At the age of twenty-one he began life for himself, but lived with his parents until his marriage, October 18, 1877. His wife was formerly Miss Mickey C. Kinkead, daughter of Rev. James and Susana (Hughes) Kinkead, residents of Farmington, Mo. The father, a Cumberland Presbyterian minister, was born July 6, 1807, resided, labored and mar- ried in Missouri, dying near Irondale September 27, 1864. His wife, Susana (Hughes) Kinkead, was born November 25, 1817, in Missouri, the daughter of John Hughes, a farmer and stock raiser, and an early settler of Southeastern Mis- souri. She was married the first time September 15, 1835. She survived her husband, and some years after his death moved to Illinois, where she married Spruce Boggs. Two years later she again became a widow. She remained in Illinois until 1874, then coming to Saline County, where she died May 18, 1879, at the home of her son-in- law, Wilburn Allen, on the Tomlinson place. Mrs. W. H. Allen was the eighth in a family of ten children: Eliza J. (born August 31, 1838, wife of John Bean, a farmer of Irondale, Mo., died about 1875), J. M. (born May 18, 1840, is a mechanic, and lives in Mississippi), Mary N. (born February 6, 1842), James C. (born December 23, 1843, is deputy constable of Big Rock Township, Pulaski County, but lives in Benton, on the Hackersmith farm), Alex. E. (born July 4, 1846, is constable of Big Rock Township, and lives in Little Rock), Susan S. (born August 8, 1848, is the wife of Newton Maxey, a mechanic of Oak Grove, Ill. ), Elizabeth (born October 4, 1850, is the wife of D. C. Hays, postmaster at Benton, Ark. ), Marthy F. (born June 12, 1854, is the wife of Hays Maxwell, a farmer and mechanic of Irondale, Mo.), Mickey C. (wife of W. H. Allen, born September 8, 1856, and died September 30, 1889), and Eleanor (born November 6, 1858). Mr. Allen and wife became the parents of Clara Lillian (born August 16, 1858, died October 4, 1879), Finis Ewing (born December 9, 1879), Fiamen W. (born October 12,

1881, died August 6, 1882), Mickey Gertrude (born October 30, 1883), and George C. (born August 14, 1886). After his marriage Mr. Allen began farming on an inheritance of eighty acres from his father, on the Saline River, to which he added ten acres. In 1879 or 1880 he sold his farm and bought the eighty acres on which he now lives. He has about forty acres under cultivation, and has erected some excellent farm buildings. During the years 1887 and 1888 he was engaged as lumber contractor for the Brushe mill. Later he held an interest, and on September 9, 1889, sold out to his partner, S. H. Glover, and is now engaged as sawyer at the same mill. He is a member of the school board of his township, and votes with the Democratic party, though taking very little interest in politics. He is a member of Benton Lodge No. 34, A. F. & A. M., and (as did his wife) belongs to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mr. Allen is classed with the most pub- lic-spirited men of Saline County. He is a liberal donator to all worthy public enterprises, and a zealous worker for the welfare of his adopted home.

J. W. Ashby, prominently identified with Ben- ton's interests, was born in Floyd County, Ga., August 17, 1842, and is the son of John and Rebecca (Woodruff) Ashby, natives of Virginia and North Carolina, respectively. John Ashby was born in Princess Ann County, on October 11, 1800, and was of the old Virginia stock. He was reared to the occupation of farming, which he continued all his life, and in the fall of 1858 emigrated to Clai- borne Parish, North Louisiana, where he spent the remainder of his days. Himself and wife were de- vout members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was called to his long home in 1864, and his wife (who married again) survived until 1878. J. W. Ashby is the eighth of a family of ten children, six of whom are still living: Elizabeth (wife of Mr. Johnson, a prosperous farmer of Texas), G. W. (a farmer living in Louisiana), Annette (wife of J. F. Hamiter, a farmer of Hempstead County, Ark.), Amanda (wife of Robert Scott, a farmer, and one of the early settlers of Saline County, hav- ing lived here since 1834), Nancy (wife of George King, a farmer and stockman of Texas), J. M.

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(the eldest of the brothers, a man of family, who died in the army at Monroe, La., in 1863), William (a farmer, living in Saline County, Ark.), Lucin- da (who married John Nelson, and died in 1872), William (died at the age of thirty-four, in 1867, in Louisiana), and Mary (died in childhood while her parents were living in Georgia). J. W. was edu- cated in the common schools of Georgia, and was reared to farm life, but in his early manhood learned the carpenter and blacksmith trade. At the age of twenty-two, and in the spring of 1862, he enlisted in Company G, Twelfth Lonisiana Infantry, Col. Scott's regiment. He served three years and four months, participating in the engage- ments of Baker's Creek, Jackson, and the bombard- ment of Fort Hudson. He was with Hood on his Georgia and Tennessee campaigns, and while in the latter was in the battles of Franklin and Nash- ville, then in the encounter at Kingston and later on at Bentonville. He was paroled at Greensboro, N. C., on April 26, 1865. After the close of the war Mr. Ashby returned to North Louisiana to take care of his mother and her family, and did not leave her until her second marriage. He then came to Arkansas and there won his bride, Miss Mary Scott, their marriage occurring in 1868. Returning with his bride to Louisiana, he remained there till December, 1869, when the temptation to get back to Arkansas became so great that he again located and purchased a large farm. This place consisted of 120 acres of new land, with lit- tle or no improvement, but this did not discourage him in the least, for he immediately set to work and cleared forty acres and erected good buildings and made so many improvements that old surround- ings would hardly have been recognized. For thirteen years Mr. Ashby remained on this farm, but in 1882 he moved to Benton and erected a home, opening a store of general merchandise, and also engaging in the undertaker's business, which he has successfully conducted to the present time. In 1885 he sold his land, and since then has devoted his whole attention to the mercantile business. Mr. and Mrs. Ashby have four children: Edna (born March 3, 1871, at present attending boarding school in Kentucky), Bertie (born July 7, 1874, at-

tending school at Benton),. Pearl (born October 13, 1879, also at school), and Robert (born February 13, 1883). Mr. Ashby is a member of Benton Lodge No. 1319, and himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Benton. He honors the Democratic party with his vote, but is conservative on the subject of politics. He has served as a member of his school board and always takes an active interest in any enterprise that is for the good of his town or county, and is a man that has the respect of the entire community.

Philip J. Bradfield. Prominent among the enterprising and popular men of this section is Philip J. Bradfield, a well known merchant and farmer, and the son of John H. and Sarah E. (Bur- nett) Bradfield. He was born in Hamilton County, Tenn., May 19, 1861. John H. Bradfield was also a native of Tennessee, his birth occurring June 16, 1830. He was reared a farmer, and made that his life's work; a man of common school educa- tion, for years he held the position of magistrate. being a Democrat, politically, but not an enthusiast. He was married September 10, 1857, to Miss Bur- nett, and they were the parents of ten children, five of whom survive, as follows: William C. (a farmer of Jefferson Township), J. L. (a farmer, but now a student of Benton Collegiate High School), Louisa E. (living with her mother on the old homestead in this county), Leon L. (also at home) and Philip (the subject of this sketch). Mr. Bradfield, Sr., came with his family to this State, by rail as far as Memphis, thence on board the "Thomas H. Allen," a river steamer via the Mis- sissippi and Arkansas Rivers, landing at Little Rock, February 20, 1871. From the latter place Shaw Township, Saline County, was easily reached, and after a residence there of two years they moved to Jefferson Township, where the father bought a tract of 182 acres of partly improved land. He added to this from time to time until he owned 253 acres, improving it to a great ex- tent, and at the time of his death, in 1881, was pre- paring to build a new residence. He was a mem- ber of the Masonic fraternity, and respected by all who knew him. His estimable wife still lives at the old homestead, and is a member of the

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Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Philip J. was reared to farm life, and spent his younger days in the common schools of Saline County. When in his twentieth year he took the management of his mother's farm. On February 5, 1884, he led to the hymeneal altar Miss Faithie A. Roberts, daughter of T. J. Roberts, and a native. of Sa- line County. To this union two children have been born: Ida May (born March 6, 1885) and Essie Maud (born April 17, 18SS). After his mar- riage Mr. Bradfield resumed farming and home- steaded 120 acres adjoining his mother's place, which he immediately began to improve. He also owns a part of the old homestead. In 1887, pur- chasing a fine stock of goods, he cpened a store on his farm, and since that time has conducted his mercantile business with encouraging success. In 1886 he was elected justice of the peace in his township, and still holds that office, to the entire satisfaction of those concerned. He is president of the school board and a member of the board of equalization for Saline County, in session at Ben- ton. He is a member of Paran Lodge No. 309, A. F. & A. M., also of Jefferson Lodge No. 55, I. O. G. T., in which latter he has held nearly every office. Mr. and Mrs. Bradfield are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mr. Bradfield votes with the Democrats, and exerts considerable influence in the township and county politically. He has given not a little attention to journalistic work since 1881, attaining an enviable reputation in that line. He first began this work as local correspondent for the Benton Courier, and is still holding that position. In January, 1885, he wrote an article for the "Farmer and Mechanic," entitled "Our Neglected Resources," which was published in the regular edition of that paper. It was re-published in the 50,000 edition of the paper, and the attention it received, together with the criticisms, which were all that one could de- sire, combined to show that the writer was of un- nsnal ability and an honor to the literary world. He was appointed April 2, 1887, as special cor- respondent of the Daily Arkansas Gazette, both by mail and wire, and was sent by that paper to visit Montgomery County, Ark., during the mining

excitement there in 1887. He also prepared the article for the Bear City edition of the Gazette, and has contributed largely to other papers, the Benton Review, and Farm and Fireside, of Spring- field, Ohio. He has served as a member of the Democratic central committee for the last six years. Mr. Bradfield is one of those young men rapidly coming to the front, and the citizens of Jefferson Township have just cause to feel proud of such a one in their midst. He is public-spirited, and takes an active part in, and gives his earnest support to all enterprises for the good of the public.

William Brents, at one time a leading farmer and well known hotel keeper in Saline County, but at present retired, was born in what is now Marshall County, Tenn., in the year 1811, and is a son of Thomas and Jane (McWhurter) Brents, natives of Kentucky, but who were very early set- tlers of Marshall (formerly Lincoln) County, Tenn., where they spent the remainder of their lives. The father was a successful farmer and a promi- nent citizen of that county, and in religious belief was a member of the Christian Church. He served with distinction in the Revolutionary War, and was with Gen. Jackson at the battle of New Orleans. His father was John Brents, one of the early settlers of Kentucky, where his death oc- curred at an advanced age. The maternal grand- father, James McWhurter, was of Irish origin, and also fought in the War of 1812. William Brents, the principal of this sketch, and the fourth of four sons and four daughters born to his par- ents, was reared on his father's farm. He was educated in the public schools of his birthplace and acquired a good English training, being in- structed in the duties of farm life by his father. When twenty-one years of age he was married to Mahala, a daughter of Robert and Lucy Ewing, by whom he had ten children, of whom one son and three daughters are yet living: Harriet (widow of Frank Shoemaker), Malvina (wife of Thomas Delamer, residing in Texas). Robert E., and Siff (wife of Alfred Trammell, residing near Eldorado). Mr. Brents lost his first wife, and in Jannary, 1868, was married to Mrs. Xalisco Dickinson, an estimable widow, and daughter of Robert Strib-

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ling. This lady was born in Georgia, but came to Arkansas with her parents when three years old, and settled in Hot Spring County, where her | father and mother both died. One child was born to her marriage with Mr. Brents, Lily. Mr. Brents was one of the first settlers of Saline Coun- ty, having come here in 1844, and he has made it his home ever since. The year following his ar- rival he purchased a farm near Benton, which he still owns, and has accumulated altogether about 550 acres of fertile land, with some 200 acres un- der cultivation, all of it being the result of his in- dividual effort and good management. He is noted above all things for his enterprise, as is illustrated by the fact that on the second day of his arrival he opened up a hotel, which was afterward one of the most noted in Central Arkansas, con- tinuing in that business until the war. After that event he turned his attention to farming with equal success until his retirement from active life. His industry and energy have won the respect and ad- miration of the entire community, and he can now rest content with the knowledge that he has done his share toward the development and improve- ment of Saline County. In politics he is a stanch Democrat, having cast his first presidential vote for Jackson in 1832, and for every presidential candidate since that time except during the war. Before that period he followed the trade of har- ness and saddle-maker in connection with his other interests.

James A. Brown, a well known, influential citi- zen, and one of the most prominent planters of Saline County, was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., in 1829, and is a son of John and Nancy Brown, born in North Carolina in 1807 and in Tennessee in 1825, respectively. The parents were married in Lincoln County, and a few years after their union, moved to Fayette County, West Tenn., where they resided until the year 1853, then coming to Arkansas. The father was a prosperous farmer during his life and for many years a cap- tain of militia. His wife, a devout Christian woman, died in 1853, and he followed her two years later. He was a son of James Brown, of North Carolina, one of the earliest settlers of Lin-

coln County, Tenn., who resided in that State the remainder of his life. The paternal grandfather, James Brown, came from Ireland to America in his boyhood and first settled in North Carolina, and afterward in Lincoln County, Tenn., where he died in 1830. Champion Blithe, the maternal grandfather, was a Kentuckian by birth, and in an early day fought the Spaniards at Santa Day. The remainder of his life was spent on the frontier of Texas fighting against savage tribes. James A., the second of six children born to his parents, re- ceived his education in the log cabin schools of bis day. He started out in the world for himself when only fourteen years old, and at the age of eighteen was assistant overseer of a large planta- tion, having entire charge of over 100 slaves. In 1851 he was married in Shelby County, Tenn., to Virginia, a daughter of Payton and Sarah Fletcher, of Kentucky, who settled in Tennessee after their marriage, the father becoming one of the largest planters in Shelby County. Mr. Fletcher was also a soldier in one of the Indian wars. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were the parents of seven children, of whom two only are living: William H. (born in 1857, educated in Benton, Ark., and Shelby County, Tenn., and married in 1888 to Miss Edna E. Hooker, of Shelby County), and Thomas Jefferson, (born in 1864, also educated in Benton, Ark., and Shelby County, Tenn., and at Little Rock; married March 7, 1889, to Miss Maggie L. Wilder, of Georgia, who came to Benton, Ark., with her parents, the latter now residing in Texas). The following year after his marriage, Mr. Brown came to Arkansas and settled in the wilds about twenty miles below Little Rock, which was then the nearest postoffice and trading point. Here he opened up a small clearing and built himself a slab cabin, and one of his greatest pleasures is to recall the many happy hours spent in that primitive habita- tion. The country was overrun with wild animals at that time and many a night he was forced to get out of bed and let the dogs in to keep them from being eaten by the wolves. During the first year he killed twenty-two bear besides a quantity of other game, and on one occasion stood in his door with a shot-gun and killed seven wild turkeys at

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one shot. Wild deer were then more plenty than the domestic hog of to-day, and the delicious venison now sold for exorbitant prices was then a common fare. Mr. Brown was an ardent hunter, but never let his fascination for that sport interfere with his other duties, and the severest weather did not hinder him from improving his farm and build- ing up his place. He cultivated about 250 acres of fine bottom land, which, on his arrival had been covered with a dense growth of timber, and has done perhaps as much hard work as any man in Arkansas. He now owns 3,200 acres of fine bot- tom land, having placed some 600 acres under cultivation, all accumulated by his own energy and judicious management: besides this he was a con- siderable loser by the Civil War. He now employs about 100 people on his place and operates his own gin and store. In earlier days Mr. Brown was en- gaged in rafting Iumber down the Arkansas and Mississippi Rivers, and after getting through with his season's business made the journey back home on foot through the wildest and most unsettled portion of the country. In politics he was a Whig until after the war, and now votes the Democratic ticket. For eight years he held the office of justice of the peace and filled the position with great dig- nity and wisdom. He has been a member of Pem- ington Lodge No. 273, A. F. & A. M., at Hensley since 1865, and has been junior and senior warden, treasurer and junior deacon. His sons also belong to the same lodge.

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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 38

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