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 45

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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L. C. MeAdams, one of the leading and most progressive farmers in Saline County, was born in Hall County, Ga., in 1850, and is a son of J. Pinck- ney and Nancy E. (Tate) McAdams, born in Ander- son District, S. C., in November, 1829, and No- vember, 1825, respectively. When very young the parents moved to Hall County, Ga., with their parents, and in later years were there married. The father was a successful farmer, and a well- . in the woods, but now has abont 100 acres under

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cultivation, and owns 165 acres altogether. His land is some of the best in that section, and he has accumulated his present property by his own efforts and judicious management. There is a good dwell- ing upon it, barns, an.excellent orchard, and every- thing necessary on a first class farm. The land is situated about two miles south of Bryant. In poli- tics Mr. McAdams is a stanch Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for Greeley in 1872. He is a prominent member of the Agricultural Wheel; takes a deep interest in all the affairs of the county, and is one of its most valued citizens. He and wife both attend the Methodist Church and are active and liberal in their assistance toward all charitable enterprises.

J. N. McAllester, merchant, farmer and ginner, of Union Township, was born in this county only one-half mile from the place on which he now resides March 31, 1851. He was the son of Andrew and Mary (Bland) McAllester, the former of whom came from South Carolina to Arkansas in 1826 and set- tled in Saline County, being one of the first to find a home in this section. He followed farming as a means of livelihood, discontinuing it only to par- ticipate in the Indian War of 1836, in the West. On July 13, 1837, he was married to the daughter of Moses and Vancy (McKee) Bland. He bought land close to where his son (the subject of this sketch) now lives, and reared his family of nine children, four of whom are now living: Mary E. (wife of G. Hoopper), John F. (deceased, 1875), Sarah E. (deceased, July 17, 1864), William (mar- ried and lives in Union Township), A. J. (deceased), James U. (merchant in Union Township), Samuel Daniel (deceased), Nancy J. (now Mrs. Milligan), Emily Q. (deceased). Andrew McAllester died Jan- uary 29, 1878. He was a member of the Baptist Church. His wife survives him, living on the home place with her son-in-law, Mr. Milligan. The first McAllesters to come to this country from Ireland were William McAllester and wife, Margarette. They were the parents of the McAllesters who took such an active part in the Revolutionary War. Nathan McAllester was a brigadier-general in the war in Ireland against the mother country known as the McAllester war. He was born in 1837, and

came to America immediately after the war with England, in company with William McAllester and three sons, Nathan, Alexander and Andrew. Alex- ander was born May 19, 1744; Andrew, August 16, 1748. The girl of the family was Jane, born April 15, 1746. Andrew McAllester was the young- est of the three boys who served in the Revolution- ary War. They were all in service six or seven years. Andrew was crippled by exposure. the others coming out unscarred. He was married to Mary Huffman, July 5, 1779, at Abbeville Parish, S. C. They were the parents of four children: Andrew (born February, 1780, died December, 1782). John (born August 29, 1781), Andrew (born September 23. 1784). F. A. (born October 28, 1792. ) John McAllester, the eldest son of Andrew McAllester of Revolutionary War fame, married Mary Lightfoot, of Edgefield District, S. C., near the old Ninety-six Court-house, on February 15, 1807. The same year he moved to Picking's Dis- trict, where, in 1808, John McAllester was born. From there he moved to Three and twenty Creek (known as Ben Smith's settlement), locating there December 10, 1810. On January 11. 1811, An- drew McAllester, the father of our subject, was born. Mary, wife of John, died on May 11, 1825, and with his two sons, Mr. McAllester started to Arkansas Territory. They stopped in Franklin County, Tenn., at Lake Granby, where they re- mained from May to December of 1829. Then, continuing their journey, they moved to St. Fran- cis River, Ark., settling on L'Anguille Creek, now Poinsett County. Here they made the first clear- ing of land ever made by white men. From here they moved to Little Rock, remaining but a few days, then moving to Dogwood Springs (now Col- legeville), Saline County, where they bought their first land of Gov. Pope, in 1833. They went to the west side of Alum Fork of Saline River in August, 1836. He served in the Indian War, being at Forts Tuscon, Coffee and Gibson. In 1837 he returned to Saline County and formed a partner- ship with Drs. Sprague and Adams, of Little Rock, locating minerals. They were . very successful, locating several claims. He sold out to his part- ners the same year and hired to them for $50 per

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month to examine and locate mineral lands, but only worked for a short time. During his life An- drew McAllester was one of the leading men of this section. He was remarkably successful both as a hunter and farmer, and led all his fellow-citizens in developing the, then, new country. It is related that on one occasion Mr. McAllester and Dr. Adams were out hunting, when they discovered a large bear, and noticed, what was unusual with bears, that he could hardly get along. Coming near to him they saw that he was so fat that he could scarcely walk. Thinking that it would be best to drive him as near as possible to a neighbor's house be- fore killing him, they began a series of maneuver- ings which eventually brought the big beast within one-half mile of the home, when they killed him. There are several people living in this section who frequently mention this hunt, saying it is no * fish story." Mr. McAllester was a decided Democrat. At the age of twenty-one years J. N. McAllester began life for himself as a farmer. He rented for two years, but, in 1874, purchased 120 acres of land, on which he lived until 1881, when he sold out and bought elsewhere. He moved to the place on which he now lives in 1882, owning 1,000 acres of land, mostly wild. Among his possessions are (also owned in partnership with his brother W. M. McAllester) a fine steam gin, saw and grist- mill combined, besides his store and stock of goods. In the mercantile business alone he realizes annu- ally some $3,000. He also gins about 165 bales of cotton yearly, and does a large business with his saw-mill. Mr. MeAllester has been twice mar- ried. His first wife was Mollie Smith, whom he married on September 12, 1872. She died De- cember 27, 187S. His second wife was Miss Dora Ray (born July 27, 1862) with whom he was united December 4, 1879. She bore him five children, four now living: Donie (born September 29, 1880), James David (born October 13, 1882), Katie (born April 6, 1884), Ramon Carl (born May 20. 1887), and Fred Nathan (born October 11, 1SS9). Mr. and Mrs. McAllester are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mr. McAl- lester is a member of A. F. & A. M., and is master of Ionic Lodge No. 377. He is a strong Demo-

crat and takes quite an interest in politics, though he has never sought an office. His chief delight is in standing by the man whom his party may name. He favors free schools and is a liberal donator to the schools and churches. All worthy public en- terprises find in him a stanch supporter and the people of the county and State would be loth to lose him as a citizen.

Henry H. McCray, one of the pioneer settlers of Saline County, was born here in 1844, being the son of H. N. and Elizabeth (Carroll) McCray, the father a native of South Carolina, and the mother of Alabama. H. N. McCray was married when a young man, and removed to what is now Union Township, Saline County, Ark., in 1837. there entering land and partly improving it, when he sold out and went to what is now Grant County. He bought a claim and improved it, but some years after returned to Saline County, and settled in Union Township, the second time in 1842. Later he bought a farm on Saline River. His remaining days were spent in Benton, his death occurring March 27, 1886. He was a member of Benton Lodge No. 34, A. F. & A. M. His wife died in 1865. Henry H. McCray passed his boy- hood days on the farm, and was educated in the subscription schools of Saline County. He en- listed at Little Rock, in 1862, in Col. Crawford's regiment for three years or during the war, and was engaged in scouting, being transferred to Col. Hawthorn's regiment of infantry, where he was principally engaged in Texas. He was paroled at Marshall, Tex., in May, 1865, when he returned to Saline County, becoming engaged in farming. He married in November, 1868, Miss A. J. Frances Pelton, a native of Saline County, and daughter of James and Arrilla ( Williams) Pelton, of Illinois. Mr. Pelton came to the Louisana Territory when a young man, was married here and settled in what is now Beaver Township, Saline County, Ark. He settled on a claim of eighty acres given by the territory to actual set- tlers, where he made his home until his death in 1846. His esteemed wife survived until 1876. Grandfather Berry Williams was a native of North Carolina, was in the War of 1812. and at a very

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early day came to Arkansas. His death occurred in what is now Grant County, in 1854. Mr. McCray settled in 1872 upon a farm, where he now resides, which is one of the oldest settled places in Saline County. He has also opened up con- siderable land, and has now about 100 acres under cultivation, owning besides 475 acres of well-improved land in Saline Township. Mr. McCray and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Churh, South, and take an active part in all church work. They have been blessed with six children: Flora, Clara, Jasper, James, Rosa and Marvin. Mr. McCray has always taken an active part in everything which would tend to the improvement of the town and county, both in a material, religious and moral sense.

McNeelan Lumber Company, one of the best paying industries in Saline County. is managed by enterprising men, a secret of the large patronage accorded them. They are large manufacturers of yellow pine and oak lumber, and make a specialty öf railroad timber. This business was first estab- lished in 1886 by C. H. McNeelan, his father, and John D. McNeelan, a brother, but in 1888 the lat- ter retired from the firm, and Mr. John A. Russell was taken in partnership. This company are by far the strongest and most extensive dealers and manufacturers of lumber in the county, being lo- cated on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad, about twenty miles southwest of Little Rock, where they own some 2.240 acres of the finest timber land in Arkansas, as well as many acres of timber in other sections. The senior member, John D. McNeelan, was born in Pennsyl- vania and reared in that State, but later on moved to Ohio, where he was married to Miss Savannah A. Extine, also of Pennsylvania nativity, born in 1826. Shortly after their marriage they removed to Jennings County, Ind., where Mr. McNeelan was for many years a prominent lumber dealer. He lost his wife in September, 1876, but after her death continued to reside in Indiana until the year 1886, when he came to Saline County. He is a representative business man, a prominent and leading figure in commercial circles, and one of the most popular citizens of Saline County. He ,charge of the company's store, besides acting as

is a son of George W. McNeelan, originally from Ireland, who came to the United States when only five years of age, and first settled in Pennsylvania, but spent the latter days of his life in Ohio. Mrs. John D. MeNeelan's father, David Extine, was of German origin, and a tailor by trade. He was born in Pennsylvania, where he followed his call- ing for some years, later adopting the occupation of an auctioneer, which he carried on with great success in his native State and Ohio. Six sons and one daughter were born to Mr. and Mrs. Jolin D. McNeelan, of whom C. H. was the third. He was educated at the public and graded schools of Hopewell, Ind., and after completing his studies entered at once into the lumber business, in which he has continued ever since. He at first remained with his father, but later established a business on his own responsibility in Indiana, which he carried on with success until coming to Saline County, Ark., in 1886. In 1881 he was married to Anna M., daughter of James and Elizabeth Wilson, of Ohio, where Mr. Wilson resided all his life. Mrs. Wilson afterward removed to Indiana, but is now residing with her daughter, Mrs. C. H. McNeelan. The latter was born in Salem, Ohio, and by her marriage became the mother of four children, of whom three are yet living. In politics Mr. C. H. McNeelan is a stanch Republican, and cast his first presidential vote for Grant in 1872. He is a shrewd financier, a representative business man, and one of the best posted men on lumber affairs in Arkan- sas. The junior member of the firm, John A. Russell, was born in Saline County in 1863, and is a son of Hon. Alexander Russell, of whom a bio- graphical sketch is found elsewhere in this volume. John A. was reared on a farm, and educated at the public schools of his native State, and after acquir- ing a thorough knowledge of the English branches, taught school himself for a number of years. In 1885 he and his father established and operated the Siddell Mill, which was afterward purchased by this company, for whom Mr. Russell then acted as book-keeper until the year ISSS, when he was taken in as a partner. He is now actively inter- ested in the management of the business, and has

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postmaster for the town of Siddell. Mr. Russell was first married in 1885 to Miss Anna Cameron, of Mississippi, who died December 25, 1885, and in June, 1888, he was united in marriage to Miss Jennie McFadden, of Clark County. In politics he is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for Cleveland in 1884. He is a young man of pluck, enterprise and the proper business spirit, and promises some day to be a leader in the com- mercial circles of Saline County.

J. Y. Mashburn, a prominent farmer of Saline County, and one of its leading citizens, was born in Talladega County, Ala., on the 24th of January, 1845, and reared on a farm. His parents were poor people, and, as for the greater part of his youth he was forced to help toward their support, was unable to attend the schools as much as he desired. He served eighteen months during the war and was a member of Col. Barbies' battalion, operating in Alabama and Georgia. He was engaged in a number of skirmishes, and fought bravely until the surrender at Talladega, Ala. After that event he returned home, and in 1866 removed with his parents to Saline County, Ark., and the following year was married in that place to Sarah L., a daughter of Abraham and Mary Elrod, who came from Hall County, Ga., to Sa- line County, Ark., at an early period. Mr. Elrod was a successful farmer, and became one of the best known citizens of the latter county during his residence at that place. Mrs. Mashburn was born in Hall County, Ga., and came to Arkansas with her parents when eight years old. Mr. Mashburn moved on his present farm in 1880, and now owns about 101 acres of fertile land with some forty acres under cultivation, and has made it all by his own enterprise and judicious manage- ment. For four years he held the office of justice of the peace in Hurricane Township, and for the same length of time was justice of the peace of Bryant Township. In politics he is a stanch Dem- ocrat and cast his first presidential vote for Sey- mour in 1868, and has always stoutly upheld the principles and men of his party. In secret socie- ties he is a member of Bryant Lodge No. 441, A. F. & A. M., and is senior warden, and also be-

longs to the Agricultural Wheel. He and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and are prompt in aiding every worthy enterprise that comes to their notice.

Marshal M. Mashburn, the father of J. Y. Mashburn, is an old resident of Saline County, and well known throughout the surrounding country as an upright and conscientious man in all his deal- ings. He was born in Abbeville District, S. C., in 1817, and is a son of Daniel and Dorinda (Hughes) Mashburn, of North Carolina and South Carolina, respectively. The mother was married three times, Daniel Mashburn being her second husband. When Marshal was twelve years old they moved to Alabama, where the father died, and before the war the mother was married to John Harris, her third husband. In 1876 they came to Saline County, where the mother died on Novem- ber 5, 1882, at the age of eighty-six years, a de- vout member of the Baptist Church. She was a daughter of Moses Hughes, of South Carolina, who afterward moved to Alabama, where he became a well-known farmer, but fell a victim to intemper- ance. His father was Nathaniel Wells, of Penn- sylvania, and of Welsh origin, who fought in the Revolutionary War. Moses was a little boy with his father in that war. Daniel Mashburn was a farmer all his life and an honest man. He was a Baptist in religious faith and liberal in his contri- bntions to charities that came under his notice. He was a son of Matt Mashburn, who died in North Carolina, and after his father's decease went to South Carolina, then to Alabama, where he resided until his death. Marshal M. was the oldest child of his mother's second marriage and received a fair education in his native place. In 1838 he was married in Talladega County, Ala., to Martha J., a daughter of John Moore, of that State, and be- came the father of twelve children of whom nine are yet living. Mrs. Mashburn was born in South Carolina and died in Saline County, Ark., on June 6, 1875. Those of their children who are living are: Jane H. (wife of Allen Adams), J. Yancy, . Susan A. (wife of Jonathan Adams), Daniel H., Nancy E. (wife of Asa Baxley), Rufus C., one daughter the wife of Vesta Carmichael, Frances

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A. (wife of Nicholas Briggs), and Virginia I'. (wife of Rufus C. Morgan. ) They are all married, and Mr. Mashburn can boast of having forty grand- children, besides a number of great- grandchildren. His second marriage occurred in 1876 to Mrs. Olive A. Ball, an estimable widow and a daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth Moore, of North and South Carolina, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Moore were married in the latter State but moved from there to Morgan County. Ga. The father is residing now in Coweta County, at the age of ninety-one years. He is a prominent farmer and a member of the Methodist Church, as was also his wife, who died in 1838.

T. C. Mays, editor and proprietor of the Ben- ton Courier, is too well known to need a formal in- troduction to the people of this section, but cer- tainly this volume would be incomplete without giving his name prominent mention. He is a na- tive of the " Buckeye " State, and was born in Waynesburg, in February, 1840, being the seventh son and child of a family of nine children born to Andrew and Rebecca (Ryan) Mays. The former, of old Virginia stock, was born in 1799, while his wife was a native of Ohio. He was a builder and contractor by trade, and in politics was a Whig, but very conservative. Himself and wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His death occurred in Los Angeles, Cal., in 1885, at the advanced age of eighty five. He had lived in the latter State one year prior to his death; but had been a resident of the same town in Ohio for sixty years. Of the family of nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. Mays four are now living: Madison (a man of family, and a wealthy farmer, lives at Waynesburg, Ohio), W. O. (has a family and lives at Mossman, Iowa, where he has a fine farm), Ar- retta (is the wife of Amos Fell, a business man of Los Angeles, Cal.), and T. C. (is the subject of this sketch.) The last named was educated in the com- mon schools of Ohio, and at the age of sixteen years was sent to Meadville, Penn., to attend col- lege. After a short time he grew tired of college life, and entered the office of the Crawford County Democrat, serving three years, at the end of which time he was foreman of the office. The war being

declared he returned to his native State, and in answer to his country's call offered himself and was accepted as a volunteer in Senator Sherman's Sixty-fifth Ohio Volunteers. He entered as a cor- poral, but was promoted to second sergeant after the battle of Stone River. This office he was given for meritorious conduct, and he served in that capacity until near the close of the war, retir- ing as captain. He participated in the battles of Shiloh (under Gen. Buell), was with Rosecrans at the battle of Stone River (where he was wounded in the left shoulder). with Thomas at Chickamauga, and there received a gun-shot wound in the left hand. He was subsequently put in charge of a veteran corps company at Nashville, where he re- mained until the expiration of his enlistment, be- ing honorably discharged as captain of Company A, Fifth Battalion Veteran Reserve Corps. Then entering the post-quartermaster's department he remained as chief clerk of the camp and garrison equipage. Upon returning to Ohio Mr. Mays filled a position as local reporter on the Cincinnati Enquirer for one year, afterward conducting the Crawford County Forum, at Bucyrus, Ohio, for two years. Subsequently he served as city editor of the Fort Wayne (Ind.) Sentinel for three years, and then founded the Auburn Courier, which he conducted eight years, during that time being elected and serving two terms as clerk of the House of Representatives, in the State legis- lature (October, 1874 and 1878). In connection with other parties he established the first paper at Silver Cliff, Colo. In 1880 he went to Hot Springs, where he published the Daily Telegraph, and changed the name to the Evening Star. One year later the paper was consolidated with the Daily Sentinel, being published under the name of Sen- tinel, of which he was editor until the presidential election in 1884. In December, 1884, Mr. May's went to Kansas City, and while engaged as reporter for the Times accompanied Gen. Hatch on his ex- pedition to Oklahoma, in driving Capt. Payne out of that territory. Returning to Little Rock, he was connected with the Arkansas Gazette in various capacities until failing health caused him to cease his efforts in this direction, and he came to Ben-

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ton. October 10, 18SS, he purchased the Saline Courier, the name of which was changed to Ben- ton Courier, and since that time he has been en- gaged in the publication of what has become one of the representative journals of the community. Earnest and sincere in his editorials, and having interests of the people of his adopted home at heart, his paper meets with a warm welcome in the homes into which it enters. In 1867 Mr. Mays was married to Miss Emma Mallory, a native of Bucyrus, Ohio, and to them was born one child, Hardie M., a young man of twenty-one, who holds a responsible position in an office in Fort Wayne. Mr. Mays was separated from his wife in 1886. He is a member of Damon Lodge No. 4, Knights of Pythias, at Little Rock, and is a believer in the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Dr. Benjamin S. Medlock, prominent as one of Saline County's physicians and surgeons, residing at Collegeville, was born in Fayette County, West Tenn., in 1834, and is the son of Judge John A. and Mary (Forsyth) Medlock, born in South Carolina in 1812 and in North Carolina in 1812, respectively. The parents resided in that State until 1842, when they moved to Tippah County, Miss. They made this place their home until 1858, and then came to Saline County, Ark., settling at a point about five miles above Benton, and in 1861 moved to a farm near Collegeville, where the Judge still resides with his third wife. He is one of the best known citizens of this county, and a prominent man in public life, having for four years served as county and probate judge. In secret societies he is a member of Alexander Lodge No. 353, A. F. & A. M., at Mabelvale, and also belonged to the Chapter and Council many years. He has been a member of the Methodist Church for about sixty- five years, and is a liberal contributor to all relig. ious and educational matters. His father was Benjamin Medlock, of South Carolina, who came to Saline County in 1868, and remained here until his death, in 1874, at the age of ninety-two years. The latter had served in several Indian wars, and was noted as a great Indian fighter during that period. The maternal grandfather, Benjamin For- syth, was a lieutenant-colonel during the War of

1812, and commanded a North Carolina regiment. He was killed during the latter part of that event. Benjamin S. Medlock, the principal in this sketch, was the oldest of eight children born to his par- ents, of whom there are six yet living. He was reared on his father's farm, and educated at the public schools of his native State and in Missis- sippi. When at the age of twenty-five years he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. R. L. Bouton, a celebrated physician of the latter State, and afterward entered the Eclectic Medical In- stitute at Cincinnati, Ohio, from which he grad- uated in 1861. The Civil War commencing at this period forced him to leave his profession for awhile, and he then joined Company E, First Ar- kansas Infantry, with the rank of orderly-sergeant, and promoted to lieutenant. His service the first year covered Virginia, and afterward he fought in the battles of Bull Run, Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, and all through the Georgia cam- paign. He was captured at Jonesboro, Ga., on August 1, 1864, but was exchanged with other prisoners at Nashville, about ten days afterward, and then joined Hood, under whom he fought at Franklin and Nashville. Later on he joined Gen. Johnston, and was with him at the time of the sur- render. After the war was over he returned to Arkansas, and began to practice his profession at Collegeville, where he has since continued, and is to day the most successful as well as the oldest practicing physician in Saline County. His suc- cess financially has been remarkable, and some of his marvelous cures have caused a great deal of comment in medical circles. The Doctor has a splendid home at Collegeville, and owns about 1,050 acres of very valuable land in Saline and Pu- laski Counties, with about 125 under cultivation. In July. 1869, he was married to Miss Julia Jennings, a daughter of Richard and Julia Jennings, the father an Englishman, who went to New Orleans on arriving in this country, and in 1837 moved from there to Little Rock, where he died in 1847, while the mother is now residing with Dr. Medlock and his wife. Two children were born to the Doctor's marriage, of whom one is yet living, Rosa. For a number of years Dr. Medlock has

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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 45

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