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 44

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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(Burow) Wood, natives of Tennessee. David |he was made presiding elder of Washington dis- Wood and wife moved from Tennessee to Wash- ington County, Ark., thence to Saline County. They are the parents of ten children, five now liv- ing: Louisa (wife of J. A. Bowen, who resides in this county), Sarah (died in 1871), Cora (died in 1876), Unnania, Ist (died in 1876), Unnania. 2d (died in 1878), Edna (died in 1881) William and Robert (twins) and Arthur. Mr. Hunnicutt was elected to the office of county treasurer in 1872, and served two terms. He was chosen as justice of the peace of his township in 1882, and still re- tains that office. He is a Democrat, and takes a very active interest in politics of his county. Schools, churches and all enterprises of whatever nature tending to improve the county find in Mr. Hunnicutt a sturdy champion. He is a member of Fair Play Lodge No. 32, A. F. & A. M., hav- ing filled several offices in the lodge, now holding the chair of worshipful master.

Rev. Andrew Hunter, D. D., a supernumerary minister of the gospel, whose eloquent sermons have been listened to by very many residents in Central Arkansas, was born in County Antrim, Ireland, in 1814, and came to the United States with his parents when only two years of age. His father and mother first settled in Pennsylvania, where Andrew was reared and grew to manhood and received a common-school education. In 1833 he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and in 1835 went to Missouri, locating near . St. Louis, where he taught school for some time. In 1836 he was licensed to preach, and for one year preached the gospel in the Choctaw nation. He was ordained a deacon at Fayetteville, Ark., in 1839, and the following year was made an elder at Little Rock. He has been actively spreading the gospel for fifty-three years, and first came to Saline County in 1838, where he had charge of a circuit for one year. Since 1871 he has made this county his permanent home, and is the only minister now living whose naine was on the conference roll when he joined in 1836. Dr. Hunter is of a robust con- stitution and still full of vigor, although he has probably done more church work than any other minister in Central Arkansas. In the fall of 1842

trict, which then comprised a large portion of South Arkansas, and was afterward presiding elder of the Little Rock, Batesville, Camden, Arkadelphia and Pine Bluff districts. He is probably the most popular Methodist divine in Arkansas, and still gives his attention to church work. Strictly speak- ing he is a self-made man, having received most of his education since entering the ministry. During the war his reputation had spread so far that he was allowed to continue his good work without molestation. In 1844 he was one of three dele- gates sent from Arkansas to attend the conference in New York that divided the church, and out of 300 delegates present on that occasion there are but three yet living. In 1866-67 he was elected to represent Dallas and Bradley Counties in the State senate and was president of that body. In 1866 he was also elected to the United States Senate, but could not take the oath and was dis- qualified, A. H. Garland taking his place instead. He was married at York. Penn .. in 1844. to Anna M., a daughter of William and Leah Jones, of Welsh and German descent, respectively, and became the father of four children, of whom three are yet liv- ing: William P .. Florence (wife of W. P. Field, of Little Rock ) and Andrew J. (chief clerk of the United States marshal's office at Little Rock, and a graduate of Jones' Commercial College, at St. Louis, Mo.) Mrs. Hunter has been a member of the Methodist Church since her thirteenth year. and is just as devoted to the cause as her husband. The Doctor's parents were John and Rachel (Dens- more) Hunter, of Scotch origin, but born in Ireland. The father died in York, Penn., after coming to this country, and some years later the mother was married to Joseph McPhearson, also a native of Ireland. She died at York, Penn., in 1837. Dr. Hunter had a brother, William, who was also a man of great talent and a graduate from the Madi- son College, at Uniontown, Penn. He was for some years professor of Hebrew in Alleghany College, Meadville, Penn., and later was editor of the Pitts- burgh (Penn.) Christian Advocate. He was also presiding elder of the Cleveland (Ohio) district, where he died. Another brother, who is now de-

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ceased, named John, was a prominent manufact- urer of Ohio, and the sister, Margaret, is the widow of Abraham Wells. a large manufacturer of Wellsville, York County, Penn., before his death. This lady, with her son-in-law, is carrying on the immense business of her husband at that place with great success, and is widely known for her business ability. Dr. Hunter owns 152 acres of very fertile land on his home place, about one mile west of Collegeville, and two other tracts, one of 280, the other of 200 acres.

J. T. Hyatt, farmer in Section 9, Saline Town- ship, was born in Dallas County, Ark., in 1852, being the oldest son in a family of six children born to James and Mary (Woods) Hyatt. The former was a native of Alabama, from which State he emigrated in about 1856, settling in Saline County, Ark. In 1861 he enlisted in Capt. Walk- in's company of Confederate soldiers. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Helena, and re- moved to Rock Island, Ill., where he was confined as a prisoner of war. His death occurred there in 1864. Mrs. Hyatt still survives him and resides with her children: Martha Jane (now Mrs. Ogles- berry, lives in Beaver Township. Saline County), William Maid (also of Beaver Township), and J. T. (the subject of this sketch.) J. T. Hyatt was reared to farm life, being educated in the district schools of Saline Township, and commenced farm- ing for himself at the age of twenty. He was mar- ried in Saline Township, in February, 1871, to Miss Amanda Goodwin, a native of Mississippi, and a daughter of John and Betsy (Caselberry) Goodwin. Mr. Goodwin was a native of Missis- sippi and came to Saline County in 1859, settling in Saline Township, where he now resides. After his marriage Mr. Hyatt rented for some years un- til 1877, when he bought 320 acres of land with only twenty-five acres cleared. He has since been improving and adding to it until he now owns 360 acres, with over forty acres in cultivation. Mr. and Mrs. Hyatt have a family of six children: B. Francis (died in 1883, at the age of eleven), Henry (died in 1884, at the age of four years), Mary Elizabeth (died in 1877, aged four years), James, Bletha, Lovey. They are also rearing two of his

brother's children: Nola and Daisy J. Mr. Hyatt is a prominent Democrat and takes an active part in all work for the upbuilding and good of the county,

William James, the oldest settler of Kentucky Township, Saline County, was born in what is now Ripley County, Mo., in 1828, his parents be- ing Honor and Sallie (Boiles) James, natives of Tennessee. Honor James came to Missouri in 1815, where he was married in 1817. He owned land near what is now Doniphan, Pocahontas, Ark., being the nearest trading point. Missouri and Arkansas were not then separated, and Poca- hontas was the seat of justice for that section. When Mr. James came to Arkansas, there were but four settlements in this county, from Dyer Town- ship to where Benton now is. His uncle, Jesse, helped to build the first court house at the county seat, a log structure, the lumber used for flooring being sawed with a whip saw. It was necessary to go twenty miles to mill. When anything pre- vented, a steel mill was used. Mr. James did not enter land when first coming here: instead he squatted on Government land, in (present) Dyer Township, where he improved a home, remaining on this land until about 1848, when he sold his claim and moved to Holland Township. Here he bought an improved place and lived until his death in 1856. He never owned any land in this county. His chief occupation was stock raising, as it was unnecessary in those days to feed stock except occa- sionally during the winter. Game was plentiful, and bear, deer and turkey abounded in the neigh- borhood. Mr. James was twice married, his first wife being the mother of William, our subject. They were the parents of six children (five now living, and all within a radius of twenty miles): Jesse (deceased, see sketch of W. T. James), Lucinda (widow of D. J. Robinson), Daniel, Min- erva (widow of John Terry), William (our subject) and Martha (widow of James Hutchison). Mrs. James died about 1830, and some ten years later Mr. James took unto himself a second wife, in the person of Susan Manus, a native of Indiana. By this marriage there were three children: Sarah E. (wife of Jasper Wallace, who resides in Perry

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County, this State), Nancy (wife of William Hunt, a resident of Scott County), and George H. (who , resides in Perryville, Perry County, this State. ) Mrs. James died near the year 1848. William James, after receiving a limited education in the country schools of this county, began his struggle for existence at the age of nineteen, as a farmer on rented land. At the close of three years he bought eighty acres of land in Dyer Township, where he resided from 1858 to 1865, when he sold out and purchased his present place, consisting of 620 acres, with 150 under cultivation. He has since given his sons 160 acres, 140 acres im- proved. Mr. James has, besides this farm, a splendid steam and grist-mill, which he owns in partnership with his son, C. F. James. With this mill they put up annually some 200 bales of cot- ton, and do a large amount of grinding. Mr. James has been married three times. Miss Jane Muse became his first wife April 24, 1851, and was the mother of six children, three now living (three dying young): J. C., C. F. and J. Y. (all living in this county. ) Mrs. James was a member of the Baptist Church, and died in 1874. The following year Mr. James was married to Caroline James, be- ing divorced in 1876. Lena H. Hood became the third Mrs. James in the year 1876. Two children were born to this union: James A. and Minnie M. Mr. and Mrs. James are both members of the Baptist Church. He belongs to the A. F. & A. M., and is one of the most liberal men in the county in matters that pertain to general improvement .. He is uppermost in donating to churches and schools, and has been counted one of the Baptist flock for the past forty years, his wife having belonged for twelve years. His political faith is Democracy. At the commencement of hostilities in 1861, Mr. James joined the Confederate army, enlisting as a private in Company C, Third Arkansas Cavalry, and served for four years on the east side of the Mis- sissippi River. Three years of this time he never heard from his wife and babes. He participated in quite a number of battles: Iuka and Corinth, Miss .; Atlanta and Dalton, Ga .; Chickamauga, Knoxville, Pigeon River and Thompson Station, Tenn. ; and Savannah, Ga. In 1865 he came home

in company with Col. Henderson on a recruiting tour. During his stay at home the war closed, and Mr. James was paroled at Little Rock. He found his wife at the close of the war in destitute circumstances. His present possessions he has accumulated since then by hard work and good management.

W. T. James, also numbered among the pio- neers of Kentucky Township, Saline County, first saw the light of day in this county in 1848, as the son of Jesse and Fanny (Terry) James. Jesse James came to this State when but a lad with his father, who was known as Honor James, settling in this county. He was married twice: the first time to the mother of W. T., the subject of this sketch. Jesse was a farmer by occupation, and after his mar- riage bought land on Lee's Creek, where he lived for some twenty-five years. He sold this in 1886, and rented the Given Dyer farm. Here he kept board- ing house on the stage route from Hot Springs, accumulating a large amount of money, frequently selling corn for $3 per bushel. He moved from there to where Charles James now lives, six miles west of Benton, bnying 300 acres of land with 100 acres under cultivation. This place he made his home until his death, which occurred in 1874. He was accidentally killed while out hunting, a man named James Kinkade having dropped his gun. The ball entered Mr. James' knee while he was in a sitting position, ranging upward and entering his body. He only survived twenty-four hours. As a farmer and trader he had been very successful. He died as a member of the Baptist Church. Seven children had been born to him, six living till ma- turity (and three still surviving): Martha (de- ceased, wife of Peter Staner), W. T. (our subject), Elizabeth (wife of P. M. Wright), J. J. (resides in this county), Sarah (wife of John A. Moore), Frances (deceased, wife of John Wallice). Mrs. James was a member of the Baptist Church and died in 1854. Mr. James was married abont 1854 to Lucinda Staner, becoming by this marriage the father of six children, two dying when young. They are, James M., Minerva A. (deceased wife of Robert Wright), Mary D. (wife of Benjamin Donavant) and J. C. Mrs. James was married

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in 1886 to Dr. Barnes, but died the same year, a member of the Baptist Church. W. T. James was reared and educated in this county, receiving but a common-school education at the country schools. He was brought up to farm life and at the age of twenty-one began life for himself as a farmer on his father's land. In 1870, after only one year of renting, he bought property consisting of eighty acres, with twenty five acres improved. He has since added 100 acres and now has eighty acres un- der cultivation, with splendid farm buildings, plenty of stock, etc. He raises many horses, cattle and mnles, and has on hand some fifteen head of cows, four mules and a large number of hogs. In 1869, Mr. James was united in marriage to Miss Mary J. Moore, daughter of C. F. and Sarah (Freeman) Moore, natives of Tennessee, and the parents of ten children, six of whom lived to be grown: John A., Mary J. (wife of our subject), Paralee (wife of Robert Wright). Alphonso (farmer), and Julia A. (wife of Jeff Brady). Mrs. Moore died about 1861. Mr. Moore was married, the second time, to Nicey E. Blockwell, who bore him ten children, eight now living: Martha, Radford, Robert, T. F., Rich- ard F., Bertie, Rebecca and Annice. Mr. Moore came to this State in 1844 and his wife still lives in this county. Mr. and Mrs. James were the parents of ten children (four dying when young and six still living): Jessie F. (born May 15, 1870), William R. (born January 20, 1874), J. C. and Sarah F. (born December 23, 1876), J. E. and J. A. (born October 10, 1880), J. A. (died in Novem- ber, 1880), Mary (died December 1, 1SS6), Ada B. (born April 28, 1888). Mr. and Mrs. James are both members of the Baptist Church. He takes a lively interest in the public schools, having filled the office of school director for eight years. Politically he is Democratic and has served as postmaster at Owensville for two years.

Dr. Vaughn D. Lafferty, a prominent physician and surgeon of Saline County, and at present representative of that county in the legislature, was born in Dallas County, in 1854, and is a son of Vaughn D. and Eritha E. (McCalip) Lafferty, born near Batesville, in 1816, and in Tennessee, near the year 1821, respectively. The parents

were married in Saline County, about 1836, and immediately afterward settled in Dallas County. which was then nothing but a wilderness, they being among its earliest settlers. The father cleared land and opened up a good farm, upon which he made his home until within a few years past, then moving to Ouachita County, and set- tling at Lester, where he is engaged in business. He was a soldier in some of the early Indian wars, and helped remove them to the West. He is a man of strict integrity, irreproachable character. and well known for his energy. His estimable wife died in 1873, a believer in the Methodist faith from childhood, and the only one of her family who ever came to Arkansas. She was of Scotch origin, while the father was of Irish descent, his father, Hon. John L. Lafferty, being a native of Ireland, who came to this county when a young man, and was a well-known navigator. He first came to Arkansas and settled near the present site of Batesville, when this State was yet comprised in the Louisiana Territory, and was here married and resided for a few years. He then changed his location to Van Buren County, where he farmed for the remainder of his days. During his life he be- came one of the most prominent men in public life and a highly esteemed citizen of that section, and in 1836 was a member of the State Constitutional convention from Van Buren County, afterward representing that county in the legislature for three terms. He was also elected county and pro- bate judge for a number of years besides holding a number of high public offices. Although quite old when the Civil War commenced, the fire of battle burned fiercely in his breast, and he was one of the first to join the Confederate ranks. His death occurred abont the closing period of the war. Vaughn D. Lafferty, the principal of this sketch was the sixth of three sons and five daughters, born to his parents, and was reared on a farm in the backwoods. He was educated at home by his father, and under his instructions obtained a good knowledge of the English branches. He afterward taught school himself for a short time, and when twenty four years of age, commenced the study of medicine, under his elder brother, Dr. John M., a

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graduate from the medical department of the Uni- versity of Kentucky, at Louisville. Dr. Vaughn also graduated in ISSI from the medical depart- ment of the University of Arkansas. He immedi- ately commenced practicing his profession in Saline County, where he has resided since, and become one of the most successful physicians and surgeons in that section. In politics the Doctor is a stanch Democrat, and in 1888, was elected by his party as representative of Saline County, in the State legislature. He is a member of Bryant Lodge No. 441, A. F. & A. M., and is the present junior warden of his lodge, besides having repre- sented them twice at the Grand Lodge. In relig- ious faith he has been a member of the Methodist persuasion since 1880, and is a liberal contributor to all worthy enterprises, as well as being one of the foremost spirits in pushing the interests, and developing his county. As a physician he ranks among the leaders, and has performed some mar- velous cures, and as a citizen enjoys the confidence of the entire community.

A. J. Lancaster, farmer and stock raiser of Beaver Township, was born in the southern part of Illinois, February 25, 1830, and is the eldest in a family of thirteen children born to Jesse and Mary (Woods) Lancaster. Jesse Lancaster was a native of Tennessee and his wife of Illinois. They were married in the latter State, and when A. J. was only one year old moved to Missouri, but after a residence of two years, came to Arkansas, settling in Izard County. Mr. Lancaster followed the oc- cupation of farining until his death in 1850, his wife surviving him till 1863. Both great-grand- fathers were in the War of 1812. Of the thir- teen children born to Mr. and Mrs. Lancaster. only five are living: Allen P., Jesse, Greenbery, Charlotte (Halpain) and A. J., the subject of this memoir, who was reared and educated in Izard County, remaining there until his eighteenth year, when he engaged in farming for himself. In April, 1851, he was married to Miss M. Williams, a native of Missouri, and a daughter of one of the ; back to the land of her childhood. She has been early settlers of Izard County. After his marriage a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for he continued farming in Izard County for three ' sixty years, and is now living with her children. years, when a determination to travel for a time |Mr. and Mrs. Lancaster are members of the

led him to explore the South and especially Texas, but he concluded at last that there was no place like the State of his adoption. On his return he located in Saline County, and has since been a res- ident of this part of the county. In 1856 he came to Beaver Township, and entered eighty acres of land at 123 cents per acre, clearing and improving about twelve acres. He afterward sold that and purchased the farm where he now lives. This farm consisted of eighty acres partly improved, and at the present time he has forty acres under cultivation. When Mr. Lancaster took up a home in Beaver Township, it was very thinly settled and game was plentiful. The inhabitants were obliged to de- pend on their own resources for clothing, and had to go twenty miles to mill. Little Rock was the nearest market, it being at that time a very small village, and Indians were numerous. When the war was proclaimed Mr. Lancaster joined the Eleventh Arkansas Regiment (Col. Smith) in July, 1861, and participated in the battle of Tiptonville and fight at New Madrid. In the year 1862 he was captured and kept a prisoner of war at Camp Douglas, Chicago, for some months, finally join- ing the army at Vicksburg, Miss. At Port Hud- son in the spring of 1863, he was wounded and from that time was in a great many skirmishes until the close of the war. He was at home on a furlough when the surrender was made, so never received his discharge. By his first marriage two children were born: Ambrose (married, living in Union Township) and Susan (Richey, in Beaver Township). Mrs. Lancaster died in 1853, and in 1854 Mr. Lancaster was married to Narcissa A. Wills, a native of Saline County. To this union six children have been born, three of whom lived to be grown: Benjamin, Jessie Rutha and Berris. Mrs. Lancaster's mother, Mrs. Rutha L. Mills, is the daughter of Mathew Carroll, a farmer of South Carolina, where she was born about 1807. Mrs. Mills is at present enjoying very good health for a woman of her age, and expresses a desire to go

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Methodist Episcopal Church, in which the former has been steward. He is a member of Ionic Lodge No. 374, A. F. & A. M.

W. H. Lawrence, proprietor and manager of a general merchandise store, does the largest busi- ness in his line in this vicinity. He was born in Banks County, Ga., on May 30, 1853, and had nine brothers and sisters, six of whom are older and three younger than himself. His father, Isaac B. Lawrence, was a native of South Carolina, and moved to Georgia at eight years of age with his parents. He married Frances Caudell, a daughter of a wealthy planter, and afterward Lawrence opened up a farm in Georgia, continuing to make that State his home. He was justice of the peace for twenty years. His death occurred in December, 1881, but his widow still resides on the old home- stead. W. H. Lawrence was reared to farm life, being educated in the district schools. He moved to Monroe County, Ark., in 1872, and in January, 1873, came to Hurricane Township, Saline County, where he bought a partly improved farm and also opened up a good farm, which he afterward sold in September, 1888, then purchasing the building and stock which he now owns of W. M. Packard, and has built up a good business. He gives his strong influence to the Democratic party. He was married in Saline County in 1877 to Miss Nancy M. A. MeHaffy, a native of Georgia. They had five children, four of whom are living: Ruth Nall, Josephine Elizabeth, Rachal Rosella (who died in 1883, aged eighteen months), Clara E. and Thomas Harvey. Mr. Lawrence has ever lent his aid to all work in the interest of educational and other affairs of his town and county. He is an active business man and enjoys the confidence of his many acquaintances.

known citizen of that county, and served a great number of years as justice of the peace. During the war he served one year in the Confederate army, being a member of Company A, Eleventh Georgia Infantry, and took part in a number of important battles. His death occurred on September 9, 1862. His father was Daniel McAdams, a successful farmer, who was also born in Anderson District, S. C., dying in Hall County, Ga., in 1872. The latter was a soldier in the War 1812 and fought under Gen. Jackson at the battle of New Orleans. In religious faith he was a member of the Meth- odist Church, as were almost all of the family. Some years after the father's death the mother was married in Saline County to Mr. Abraham Elrod, a well-known citizen of that place. She was a daughter of Nathaniel Tate, of South Carolina, who died during the Civil War in Hall County, Ga., as did also his wife. L. C. McAdams was the oldest of two children born to the parents, and was reared on a farm by his widowed mother. His advantages for procuring a good education were very limited in his youth, owing to his father's death, which put upon him the responsibility of supporting bis mother, and thus dispelled any idea of attending school. A few years later he removed to Arkansas where he remained until he was twenty-one years, and then commenced farming on his own account. On January 11, 1873, he was married to Laura, daughter of George and Elizabeth Elrod, of South Carolina and Georgia, respectively, who came to Saline County in 1844 and settled near Bryant when the surrounding country was a wilderness. The father was a farmer, and a highly esteemed citizen of this county. He and wife were both members of the Methodist Church, and were the parents of ten children, of whom four are yet liv- ing. His death occurred on July 11, 1889, but his estimable wife is still living. Five children were born to the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. McAdams, of whom four are still living. On the arrival of the former in Saline County, he homesteaded eighty acres of land in Hurricane Creek which he im- proved and sold to good advantage in 1879. He then purchased his present farm, which was then

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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 44

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