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 50

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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William D. Wray, an extensive farmer of

Union Township. Saline County, was born in Jef- ferson County, Ind., in 1824, the son of Joseph and Mary J. (Collins) Wray. Joseph Wray came to Indiana about the year 1819, entering and improving eighty acres of land, where he remained until his death, in 1841. He was the father of eleven children, nine living till maturity: Coran (deceased, wife of a Mr. Harrison), Alexander (de- ceased), Amanda (deceased ). David, John, Parmelia Thomas and Mary J. (deceased), leaving only one the youngest, William D., our subject, in the land of the living. Mrs. Wray died in 1832, as a member of the Presbyterian Church. W. D. Wray, at the age of twenty two years, began farming on rented land in Indiana, where he re- mained until 1851. Then coming to this State, he settled on the place where he now lives. In 1857 he bought forty acres of land, remained upon it until 1863, and then purchased his present farm of 160 acres. He has since added to his property 320 acres, unimproved, and 200 acres of improved land, making a total of 720 acres, with about 230 acres under cultivation. He joined neither army during the war, and was not molested in the least by marauders. Mr. Wray has been three times married: first, to Sarah Lyon, on April 30, 1846. By this marriage there were six children, four now living: Mary J. (wife of Dave Robert- son), Agnes (wife of James Barron), Joseph (who lives in this county), Alfred (also of this county). Mrs. Wray was a member of the Baptist Church and died in 1862. The following year Mr. Wray was married to Elizabeth Harderson, who bore him six children, three of whom survive: Sarah (wife of John Thompson), Elizabeth M. (deceased wife of James Cain), William (at home), and James (at home). The second Mrs. Wray was also a mem- ber of the Baptist Church, and died in the month of May, 1877. In October, 1877, Mr. Wray mar- ried Mary L. Hutchison, who became the mother of seven children, four now living: Zorah, Lewis, Coran and Martha E. The present Mrs. Wray is a member of the Baptist Church, while her hus- band belongs to Ionic Lodge No. 377, A. F. & A. M. Politically Mr. Wray is Democratic. He is one of the most earnest of public-spirited men,

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faithfully supporting all worthy public enterprises, donating liberally to the churches and schools of his county, and standing constantly ready to assist in anything that will alleviate the sufferings of humanity.

M. L. Young, for a long time a well-known farmer and stock raiser of Shaw Township, is a na- tive of Georgia, and was born in Carroll County, that State, on June 4, 1833, being the second in a family of four children born to John J. and Jane (McDawell) Young, natives of South Carolina and Georgia. John J. Young was a millwright, and for years was engaged as a contractor, building mills in Georgia and Alabama. For eight years prior to his death, which occurred in 1840, he resided in Calhoun County, Ala., his estimable wife surviving him until 1852. Her death took place in the Choc- colocco Valley, Ala. They were both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Young belonged to an old family of McDawells in Georgia, whose names are very familiar to readers of Georgia history, they having been prominent and influen- tial people. Of the four children born to them only two are now living: J. J. Young (a farmer in Alabama) and M. L. (the subject of this sketch). He was reared on a farm, and received his edu- cation in the common schools of Alabama and Georgia, but when quite a young man was thrown upon his own resources by the death of his mother. Beginning work as a farm hand, the first year his salary was $8 per month, the next $16 and the third year $20. He improved every advantage that presented itself for schooling, and the fourth year after his mother's death attended the high- school at Gadsden, Ala. After completing his studies here he again resumed agricultural labor, this time renting land in Gadsden, farming in the summer and working at his trade (carriage mak- ing) in the winter. In 1857 Mr. Young was mar- ried to Miss Sarah E. Christopher, a daughter of William and Eliza (Hardy) Christopher, natives of North Carolina and Georgia. Mrs. Young was born in Georgia, February 1, 1838. To this union have been given the following children: Frances Ida (born April 11, 1858, and the wife of Leonidas Brumbelow, a farmer of Grant County, Ark. ),

Genora A. B. (born December 11, 1859, and wife of N. B. Manning, of Saline County), J. C. (born December 4, 1860, married and resides in Saline County), Alter C. (born April 25, 1864, died Sep- tember 28, 1885, as the wife of James Martin, of Saline County), D. A. M. (born October 15, 1866, and a brakeman on the St. Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad), John R. (born September 26, 1868, a farmer, in Saline County), Joseph L. (born Octo- ber 24, 1870, died August 21, 1874), Margaret A. (born May 26, 1872, died October 15, 1888), Bes- sie E. (born April 16, 1874), Susan O. E. (born May 1, 1876) and O. L. (born July 2, 1879). After his marriage Mr. Young lived in Alabama until 1860, when he came to Bradley County, Ark., where he enlisted in Weaver's company, Nine- teenth Arkansas Infantry, and remained till the close of the war. He participated in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth and Fort Pillow, and can say, what but very few can, that he was never wounded or taken prisoner during his entire service. After the battle of Corinth he became ill, and was sent home where he remained for one year. He re- joined the army at Shreveport, La., in 1864, and was paroled at the same place in 1865. In 1863 Mr. Young's family moved to Claiborne Parish, La., where Mr. Young joined them after the war. They remained there until 1867, when they moved to Ouachita County, Ark., one year later locating in Saline County. In 1871 he homesteaded eighty acres, and after a short time added eighty acres more. until he owned eighty acres in a fine state of cultivation, the rich soil of which yields ex- cellent crops of cotton, corn. oats and potatoes. Mr. Young's opinion is that a farmer should make his land produce what he lives on, and he certainly does, for his crops have long been the admiration of the surrounding country. He votes with the Democratic party, but is not a political enthusiast. Huey Lodge No. 95, A. F. & A. M., counts him as a member, and he is also a Wheeler. Mr. Young and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he lends his hearty support to all enterprises, educational and otherwise. While at Shreveport with the army he was en- gaged in the engineer department, doing carpenter

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work, and had charge of the ponton and railroad trestle department. He has recently emigrated to the northwest portion of Texas to make it his home.

Samuel M. Henderson, owner and proprietor of the Benton Jug Factory at Benton, established in 1885, was born in Saline County in the year 1842, and is a son of Samuel T. and Belinda (Bland) Henderson, born in Maury County, Tenn., in 1814, and (now) Saline County, Ark., in 1815. respectively. The father came to Saline County about the year 1834, and was married three years later. He re- sided here until 1852, and then moved to Garland County, where he remained until 1863, changing his location at that time to Texas until after the war. On his return to Arkansas he settled at Ben- ton, where he passed the remainder of his days. He was a prominent miller and farmer, a leading merchant at Benton, and was held in high esteem by the entire county. In secret orders he was a member of Hot Springs Lodge, A. F. & A. M., for many years, and took a deep interest in Masonic affairs. He served through the Seminole War with distinction in Florida, and was known as one of the best strategists in Indian warfare. Before the War of the Rebellion he had accumulated consid- erable property which was all destroyed and lost during that event, but he afterward recovered the greater part of his fortune by industry, good man- agement and fine business tact. He was a son of the Rev. Samuel Henderson, of South Carolina, a noted Missionary Baptist minister, who came to Saline County, Ark., in 1833, and established the first church of his denomination erected in that county, the Spring Creek Church, at Benton. He also organized churches at various places in Arkan- sas, and built the first Missionary Baptist Church in Perry County. Eleven children were born to him and his wife, some of them attaining high prominence in public and commercial life, and of whom only two are yet living. His father was one of four brothers who came from Ireland to America at an early period. and settled at Charleston, S. C. The maternal grandfather, Rev. Jesse Bland, was a Baptist minister and one of the pioneer preachers of Saline County, having come here from Ken- tucky in 1833. He was one of the most original

and unique characters in that county, being known by the cognomen of "Old Hardside, " but withal a powerful and eloquent speaker whose voice could hold his hearers spellbound for hours, as they listened to the words that fell from his lips. In his boyhood days his father's entire family was massacred by Indians in Kentucky, and he alone escaped death, but was taken by the red men and reared among them until he reached his twelfth year, when he was sold to the whites. Samuel M. Henderson, the principal in this sketch, was the third of nine children born to his parents, and was educated in the public schools of his birthplace. He served four years through the Civil War, and was a member of Company C, Third Arkansas Cavalry, holding the rank of lieutenant, and taking part in the battles at Iuka, Corinth, all through the Alabama campaign and a number of hard skir- mishes. He was with Gen. Jonhston at the surren- der, and afterward returned home, where he was married, in March, 1865, to Antonia, daughter of Dickerson and Nancy Futrell, who moved from Mississippi to Saline County about the year 1850, where the mother died in 1865. Twelve children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Henderson, of whom five sons and three daughters are yet living. Soon after his marriage he moved with his wife to Texas, where he was engaged in merchandising and trading in beef, cattle, and various commodi- ties until 1870, when he returned to Saline County and commenced farming. He remained at this calling until 1879, and then embarked in milling. and also railroading for awhile, until he branched off into the pottery business, which he has fostered and managed with such good judgment, that it is now one of the best paying industries in Saline County. His establishment has a capacity of 5,000 gallon jugs per week, employing on an average of twelve people, and is using the latest improved clay crusher, manufactured at Roseville, Ohio. In politics Mr. Henderson is a strong supporter of the Democratic party, and cast his first vote for Sey- mour in 1868. In secret societies he is a member of Monticello Lodge No. 62, A. F. & A. M., and the K. of H. at Benton. In religious faith he and wife are Methodists in good standing.

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CHAPTER XVIII.

HOT SPRING COUNTY-LOCATION AND BOUNDARY-AREA-DIVISION INTO TOWNSHIPS-NATURAL DRAIN- AGE-STREAMS AND WATER POWER-DIVERSITY OF SOIL-ADAPTABILITY TO CULTIVATION- TIMBER-PRODUCTIONS-FRUIT GROWING PROPERTIES-CROPS-LUMBER-STOCK INTERESTS -CLIMATE-FIRST OCCUPANCY-EARLY PERMANENT SETTLERS-PIONEER LIFE- TITLE TO LANDS-ACT OF ORGANIZATION-COUNTY SEAT-DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS-ADVANCE IN POPULATION-COURTS OF THE COUNTY-

POLITICAL PROSPECTS-CIVIL WAR HISTORY-FREE SCHOOL SYSTEM - SPIRITUAL WELFARE - MUNICIPALITIES - COUNTY BUILDINGS-GENERAL RESOURCES -LOCAL PERSONAL MEMOIRS.

The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun; the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness between .- Bryant. .

OT SPRING COUN- TY is by no means an unimportant one in the sisterhood of counties of Central Arkansas. Its well defined position and admirable adaptability to agricultural affairs in every particular, without reference to its exhaustless natural resources, combine to make it as favorable a community for farming purposes as can be found anywhere, and all that home-seekers could desire. Situ- ated in the southwest central part of the State, and lying south of the Ozark Mountains, it is bounded on the north by the counties of Garland and Saline, on the south by Clark and Dallas, and on the east by Saline and Grant Counties, the counties of Clark and Mont-

gomery forming its western boundary. A glance will thus serve to show its delightful surroundings.

The area of the territory comprises about 690 square miles, or 441,600 acres, judiciously divided into twelve municipal townships, known as Fenter, Magnet Cove, Lone Hill, Big Creek, Clear Creek, Gifford, Antioch, Ouachita, De Roche, Prairie, Bismarck and Valley. Scattered through these lo- calities are numerous towns and villages of greater or less importance, affording convenient trading centers for the adjacent rural districts, and graut- ing necessary communication with the outside world.

The natural drainage of the county constitutes one of its important physical characteristics. Various streams of clear fresh water course here and there, the most important of which are Ouachita River, traversing the county from north to south, and the Caddo in the southwestern portion, which with their numerous tributaries furnish an abun-

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dant supply of never failing healthful water. These streams have a large fall and are capable of lend- ing an immense force for propelling manufactories. The springs that flow from the hillsides at fre- quent intervals all over the county yield abundance of the purest water for stock and domestic pur- poses.

The land lying adjacent to these water courses is rich alluvial soil and generally level, susceptible of easy cultivation and of unexceptional fertility. The greater portion is elevated upland, which varies in productiveness, some of it being the richest of this variety in the State, as is illustrated by the marvelous natural growth of sumac, hickory, and other timber, the surest indications of a superior quality of land. Wherever artificial meth- ods and man's devices, since the devastations of war, have been able to introduce improved ma- chinery and adopt more modern modes of cultiva- tion, the yield has been commensurate with the outlay, and the many evidences of comfort and affluence, as seen in the humble cottage or the more pretentious home with beautiful surround- ings, is proof sufficient that here sure returns can be depended upon for the investment made.

The average production of the bottom lands is from one bale to one and a half per acre of cotton and forty-five to seventy bushels of corn, while on the uplands the yield is from one-half to three- quarters of a bale per acre and twenty-five to forty bushels of corn. In exceptional seasons these fig- ures have been exceeded. A remarkable fact is observed in the productive durability of some of the farming land, a portion of which has been under cultivation for a number of years, above forty, without any perceptible decrease in yield or a sign of exhaustion in luxuriance. This may be due to some extent to the annual accretions or "washings" which come from the adjoining high- lands.

Though the entire State of Arkansas is recog- nized as a fruit-growing district, no part of it is superior in its adaption to general fruit culture to Hot Spring County. Apples, pears, peaches and plums thrive splendidly where they have been in- troduced, and certain it is that this industry must

become an important source of income, when a proper appreciation of its value and profit as a market crop is realized. Many specimens seen here are almost perfect in beauty and flavor, and the only wonder is that Nature's rare contribution has not long since been applied and made to serve the necessities of man. Progress in this direction, however, is being made, and will tell in years to come.

The grape is also a native of this county, and in the profusion of its growth and wonderful pro- ductiveness, added to its luscious flavor, equals many varieties of greater renown. Berries of dif- ferent kinds are found growing in abundance.

None of the fruits adapted to this latitude fail of success in the locality where proper cultivation is followed. Indeed, every owner of a lot of ground might, with a small outlay of capital and labor, secure such an amount as would be required for home consumption, from the strawberry and early cherry to the late-keeping apple, and thou- sands of acres could, with reasonable fostering, be converted into fine vineyards and orchards. The capacity of this county to produce fruit for market and utilize transportation facilities, is not one whit inferior to any other section in the State. In a word. there is no question as to the profit of raising fruit for market, if a proper location is se- lected, good varieties planted, and reasonable care bestowed on the trees and fruit after it is gathered.

Vegetables of all kinds grow with but slight cultivation, and mature from a month to six weeks earlier than in that section of country lying north of the Ozark Mountains.

The principal lumber producing timber of the county includes yellow pine, oak, ash and gun, though in fact all varieties indigenous to this lat- itude are found in large quantities. The uplands furnish an abundance of the finest pine, and with the prairie countries to the northwest, south and west, will afford at no distant day an important source of revenue. Already located here are sever- al valuable lumber plants, notable among which might be mentioned those of the Bratt Lumber Company, Ouachita Falls Lumber Company, Mal-

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vern Lumber Company, The Christopher Clarkson Company, Joe Brown Lumber Company, and Ne orne Lumber Company, representing a capital of $480,000. Some 500 men are employed, cutting daily an aggregate of 320,000 feet of lumber. In addition to these interests there are numerous smaller mills, each doing a good business.

The soil hereabouts is unexcelled in the variety and abundance of its natural grasses, which sup- ply adequate grazing for horses, cattle and sheep. The cane that thrives on the lowlands grants bountiful and nutritious food, both summer and winter, for stock purposes.

This being a new country, and especially one so impoverished by war, its people have had a hard struggle to pay for their lands and obtain a com- fortable living, consequently but little attention has been paid to the improvement of stock, either cat- tle, horses, hogs or sheep, but as greater prosperity dawns, and the outlook in every respect becomes more favorable, it is only reasonable to expect a decided and beneficial correction in the condition of native stock, by the introduction of Durhams, Holsteins, and other noted and high graded ani- mals. Grass is generally sufficiently high in Feb- rnary and March to sustain stock, and cattle do not have to be fed until in December and Jannary. Such a feature is a revelation to the farmers of the North and Northwest, who are often obliged to feed nine months in the year. Good ordinary work horses and mules are bred here; Berkshire and Poland China hogs have been introduced to some extent, and the few scattered flocks of sheep to be seen show that the Merino cross is best adapted to this range.

Dairy interests are coming to occupy favorable attention. Hot Spring, while possessing all the natural advantages of New York as a successful dairy region, is quite as well situated with regard to markets. The great metropolis of the Missis- sippi Valley on the east, St. Louis, and the world- renowned watering-place of Hot Springs, are within easy access by rail, while other places prove profitable market centers. Rapid communication with the populous communities of the East and South are destined to increase, necessarily creat-

ing an extended demand, which will only be re- stricted by the limitation of resources.

Every other advantage being equal, climatic condition will, in all cases, tend greatly to influ- ence the emigrant in his choice of location for a home. It is, indeed, one of the most essential elements to be considered, as it concerns not only the individual himself, but the health and comfort of his family, and hence demands important and serious reflection.

The winters in this county are generally con- fined to the month of January, though cold weather is occasionally obtained in December and February. The spring season commences in February and lasts until May, being followed by summer months of the most pleasant weather. A carefully kept record of temperature for eight years shows the average mean temperature to be 65°, rarely falling below 42° in winter or rising above 88° in summer. There is no local cause for sickness, and the ad- vanced years reached by many individuals in dif- ferent portions of the county, as well as the large families of children, robust and hardy, show con- clusively that as far as health is concerned Hot Spring County will not suffer in comparison with surrounding localities.

The settlement of the territory now comprising this county may properly be said to have com- menced about the year 1850, although previously and near the commencement of the present cen- tury some came in, a small proportion only of whom remained. These first venturesome comers were principally trappers and hunters. At that time the country was inhabited by the original occupants, the Indians, and remained almost an unbroken wilderness until the admission of the State into the Union in 1836. So truly was this the case that those who entered before 1850 may justly be considered pioneers. Besides the hunters referred to, a considerable sprinkling of refugees from justice might have been found here -men who had crossed the Mississippi to evade prosecution in the courts of some State farther east, some of whom, perchance, hoped to live down among new associations the remembrance of their unfortunate crimes. These were followed by many

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farmers from the States of North Carolina, Ala- bama, Kentucky, Tennessee, who settled here and there on the public lands and opened and cultivated small farms, spending not a little time in the rest- ful occupation of killing game which, up to thirty or forty years ago, continued to be abundant.

As years advanced, these evaders of justice, urged on by a guilty conscience, or chafing under the stings of a disproving memory, sought out other homes or were made to leave, and the trap- pers and hunters disappeared with the game. The present population, especially in the rural districts, is largely made up of the descendants of the better class of permanent pioneer residents of the county. Never were there truer, more honest, or more hospitable individuals than these same first settlers, who broke the forests, and began to open a way for advancing civilization. While such a life as theirs might not suit the present generation, they were suited to it, and, it is safe to say, enjoyed life to its fullest extent. Were some of the refined and cultured people of to day suddenly taken back to the log-cabin of their forefathers, what a contrast would be presented! Open-hearted, gener- ous hospitality instead of formality and suspicious welcome then prevailed. Personal inconvenience was not thought of; a desire to assist, rather than selfishness, characterized the average individual, and to the thoughtful mind, it is a serious question whether, or not, with all boasted advance and progress, persons of the present are superior to their ancestors in those nobler elements of cour- tesy, defference and consideration of the wants of others.

The life of these pioneers was anything but dull, though not one in ten as a rule saw a news- paper more than once a year, and the only news which reached them from the East, was by the last new comer, or from some traveler through the country, or perhaps by letter, that only arrived about three weeks after it had crossed the Missis- sippi River. Notwithstanding such deprivations, their very surroundings and the life they lived furnished excitement that exactly fitted them, and if any people well filled the place assigned them in social life, the founders of Hot Spring did.

One of the delightful customs of early settlers was a cabin raising affair, when neighbors living any- where from four to ten miles apart, met and helped construct the new log house. Mills were primitive arrangements, and even as late as in the 40's, one little tub-wheel-mill, grinding away at the rate of ten bushels a day, turned out all the corn neces- sary for families within a radius of fifteen miles.

Among the earliest of the first in this vicinity these names will be familiarly recognized: Dean, Martin, Fenter, Ewing, Huddleston, Miller, Cun- ningham, Perciful, Irwins, Blakely, Physic, Gib- son, Blalock, Moorehead, Russell and Beason. Later came the Thorntons, Emmersons, Flowers, Williams, Mannings, Hales, Robersons, Hughes, Mitchells, Curls, Lamberts, Spencers, Burnetts, Easleys, Hensons, Saunders, Days, Striblings, Woods, Peytons, Fizhues, Alexanders, Corneliuses, McClennan. Garbers, Chandlers, Bradleys, Davises, Vantrease, Busie, Halls, Kirbys, Simms, Henrys, Clouds, Floyds, Gillises and others.

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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 50

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