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 72

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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Walter A. Galloway, one of the leading mer- chants and a popular resident of Pulaski County, was born in that county on November 22, 1844, and was educated in the schools of that neighbor- hood. At the early age of seventeen years, he gave up his books to follow the fortunes of war, and en- listed in Company F, of the First Arkansas Mounted Riflemen, his uncle, M. G. Galloway, com - manding the company. His experiences through

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that struggle were many and varied, and on several occasions he was wounded while in the thick of battle. He was in the battles of Richmond, Ky .; Pea Ridge, Helena, Ark. ; Mansfield, La. ; Pleasant Hill, La., and a number of minor skirmishes. After the war was over, he returned to Pulaski County and commenced farming up to the year 1871. He then went into business at what is now Galloway Station, on the Memphis & Little Rock Railroad, and opened up a general merchandise store, the town being named in his honor. He continued in business at that point for three years, and then moved to Kerrs, in Lonoke County, where he entered into the same line of business in con- nection with farming. In 1879 he came to his present place in Pulaski County, and established a general merchandise business in which he has been very successful ever since. He carries an excellent stock of goods, valued at about $5,000, and owns something like $7,000 worth of real estate in his county, consisting of 820 acres of land. Besides this, he owns 280 acres of valuable land in Lonoke County and several buildings in the town of Jack- sonville. On January 10, 1867, he was married to Miss Lavena T. Heanes, of Mississippi, but lost his wife on May 16, 1882. This marriage gave them eight children, of whom six are yet living: David, Jennie L., Maggie, Katie, Annie, Emma. Mr. Gallo- way was again married in 1882, his second wife being Miss Susan S. Smith, of Georgia, by whom he has had four children: Edna and Elenore (deceased), and Walter A. and Susan S. (yet living). Mr. Galloway's parents were James B. and Mar- garet A. (Shall) Galloway, the father a native of Virginia, who was one of the earliest settlers of Pu- laski County, having arrived here in 1830. His par- ents were R. L. and Maria Galloway, who came to Arkansas the following year. In 1849, when the gold fever was spreading its contagion from the Pacific to the Atlantic, Jaines Galloway was one of the first of those venturesome '49ers to cross the plains and dig for the glittering metal in Califor- nia. On his return, four years later, he commenced farming and merchandising, which occupations he continued in up to the time of his death, in 1861. The Galloways are of Scotch descent, their fore-

fathers coming from Scotland to America at an early period in this country's history. Walter A. Galloway is a representative business man and an influential citizen of Pulaski County. He has been postmaster of Jacksonville since 1882, and holds the postoffice in his place of business. A member of the Masonic order he belongs to Jacinto Lodge No. 216, and has also been a member of the Grand Lodge, representing that body as a delegate on several occasions. In politics he is a Democrat, and a man of valuable aid to his party in this sec- tion. He has held the office of justice of the peace for one term in Lonoke County, and one term in Pulaski County, and has been school director in his district since 1879.

Lawrence D. Gleason, proprietor of the lead- ing restaurant of Little Rock, was born in Ireland, and came to America when only eight years old. He was reared in Cleveland, Ohio, and received his education in the public schools of that city; in boyhood days becoming apprenticed to Mr. Jacob Lohman, of Cleveland, with whom he remained four and one-half years, learning the carriage- trimming trade. Going south, he first settled at Nashville, Tenn., and subsequently at Chatta- nooga, Tenn., Huntsville, Ala., Jackson, Tenn., and Memphis. After the war, he engaged in the restaurant business in the last-named city, and was proprietor of the well-known "Sam's House," on Jefferson Street, until the year 1870, when he came to Little Rock and opened up a restaurant on the corner of Markham and Main Streets (the present site of the Bank of Little Rock). Though burned ont on December 14, 1876, he quickly resumed, and started in the Benjamin Block (now Allis), in 1877 returning to the new Metropolitan Block. Seven months later, he went to the Union Depot and operated the hotel there for ten years. but in November, 1888, established his present business on the northeast corner of Markham and Louisiana Streets, where he also has a garden and dairy, furnishing his own vegetables and milk. Here he enjoys the patronage of Little Rock's best citizens. Mr. Gleason was married in 1858, to Miss Mary McCabe, by whom he has had six children. They are members of St. Andrew's Catholic Cathedral.

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John Albert Goodson, constable of Owen Town- ship and a prominent farmer in that section, was born in Cass County, Ga., in 1844, and is a son of John F. and Eliza (Abernathy) Goodson, of North Carolina, born in 1811 and 1812, respectively. The parents were married in 1833, and after their union moved to the State of Georgia. In 1855 they came to Montgomery County, Ark., where they resided until 1860, and then settled in Pulaski County, where the father died in 1875. The mother, who is a Baptist, still survives him. The elder Goodson was a well-known farmer and con- stable in Pulaski County, and was also a member of the A. F. & A. M., belonging to Mary Williams Lodge No. 307, at the time of his death. He was a son of Joel Goodson, of North Carolina, who died in Georgia, where his father-in-law, Nathan Aber- nathy, also died. John Albert Goodson was the seventh child of eleven sons and five daughters, of whom eight are still living. Schools were very scarce during the period of his youth, conse- quently his education was not all that he desired. However, what he accomplished by his own efforts in that direction, coupled with his natural ability and quick perception, enabled him to successfully cope with the world in after life. He was married in 1874, to Mary J., daughter of Sherid W. and Sarah M. Nowlin, natives of Georgia and Arkan- sas, respectively. Eight children were born to this union, all of whom are living with their parents i on the farm. Mr. Goodson owns 320 acres of val- uable land, and has placed 100 acres under cul- tivation, having accumulated the greater portion of it by his own industry and good judgement in business transactions. In politics he is a stanch Democrat, and has served as constable for six years, and from 1883 to 1885 he filled the position of postmaster of North Point. He has also been a member of the A. F. & A. M., Mary Williams Lodge, for over eighteen years, and has held vari- ous offices in that fraternity. From 1872 to 1873. Mr. Goodson carried the mail from Little Rock to Perryville, and then for eighteen months had charge of the route from Little Rock to Maumelle. He next carried the mail from Little Rock to North Point, and was then appointed postmaster at that

place. Mr. and Mrs. Goodson both attend the Missionary Baptist Church, Mrs. Goodson being as popular with the community as her husband.

Dr. George W. Granberry. a prominent physi- cian and surgeon, of Jacksonville, Ark., was born in Russell County, Ala., September 13, 1848, being a son of Richmond and Zilpha (Duncan) Granberry. The father was a native of Jefferson County, Ga., born in 1817. His parents were Thomas and Claricy (Yarbrough) Granberry, both from the State of Georgia, who moved to Missis- sippi, when Richmond was in his sixth year. After a residence of a few years in Mississippi, they returned to Georgia, moving to Alabama in 1837, but during their declining years decided to again return to Georgia and pass their last days in that State. Thomas Granberry was a well known Baptist preacher, and of Irish descent. Mrs. Zilpha Granberry was born in North Carolina, in 1820, and was the daughter of Edmond and Nancy (White) Duncan; the father a native of North Carolina, and of Scotch descent. Mr. Duncan was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and fought in a regiment from his native State. He escaped the siege and capture of Charleston with his regiment, by being monnted in place of a sick trooper, and taking part in the disastrous expedition with Gen. Moultrie to Monk's Corner, where the command was surprised by Tarleton, and cut to pieces. Mr. Duncan was among the fortunate few who escaped the butchery that followed, and afterward served under Gen. Green until peace was declared in 1783. He settled in Georgia in 1812. Upon the visit of Gen. Lafayette to the United States in 1834, he was among the few old veterans left to greet that venerable patriot. Richmond and Zil- pha Granberry were the parents of nine children. four of whom are yet living. the oldest son Benja- min F. Granberry, being killed in the Confederate army. The others died from natural causes. Dr. Granberry was reared in Alabama until twelve years of age, when his parents moved with him to Panola County, Miss., where he was educated in the public schools. On September 27, 1862, the Doctor enlisted in Company H, Second Regiment Mississippi Partisan Cavalry, Capt. C. H. John-

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Frank P. Gray, president of the F. P. Gray Dry Goods Company, No. 206 Main Street, Little Rock, and one of the city's leading business men, was born in Augusta, Ga., being a son of James A. Gray, a prominent citizen and dry-goods mer- chant of that place. The elder Gray was a noted manufacturer and well known in commercial cir- cles throughout the South, being president of the Summerville Cotton Mills at Augusta. His wife was a Miss Arabella O'Conner before her mar- riage, by whom he had seven children, only three of them yet living and all residing at Little Rock: Mary E. (wife of Joe P. Quinn). Frank P. and James A. (the latter studying law with Messrs. Caruth & Erb, leading attorneys of Little Rock.) The father's death occurred on June 29, 1880, and the mother followed him on October 3, 1881. Frank P. Gray was reared and educated in Georgia, but later on attended Seaton Hall College at South Orange, N. J. His close application to study serionsly affected his health, and he was forced to abandon his college and go abroad, trav- eling through England, Ireland and France until he was once more restored to his former strength. After a two years' stay in Europe he returned home and embarked in the dry-goods business with his father at Augusta, Ga., remaining with him until his death. Soon after, he formed a partnership with Mr. Joe P. Quinn, and carried on the same line of business at Eatonton, Ga., continuing for eighteen months, and in 1884 came to Little Rock, Ark., where the firm of Quinn & Gray was estab- lished. Subsequently it became known as the Quinn & Gray Dry Goods Company, with F. P. Gray as its president; later Frank P. Gray with- drew and formed the F. P. Gray Dry Goods Com- pany. This company ranks among the first of the many well-known dry-goods houses of Little Rock, and its success is certainly due, in a large measure,

ston, and served in the Confederate army until the and his wife are members of the Baptist Church, as are nearly all of the descendants. Dr. Gran- berry's profession brings him in contact with all classes and character of men, and his popularity with each and every one is due as much to his per- sonal traits as to his reputation as a practitioner. close of the Civil War, surrendering at Meridian, Miss., May 13, 1865. Upon reaching his eight- eenth year, he commenced the study of medicine, attending his first course of lectures at Memphis, Tenn .. in 1868-69. Returning home, he entered a printing office at Water Valley, Miss., and was afterward connected with Capt. R. M. Brown, editor of a paper called the Mississippi Central, at that town. He occupied that position for four years, when he became news editor of the Tennes- see Baptist, published at Memphis, Tenn., and acted in that capacity until 1880. He then en- tered the Memphis Hospital Medical College, in that city, having previously taken a course of lect- nres at that institute, and gradnated in 1881. In the same year he moved to Jacksonville, Ark., and commenced the practice of his profession, and has remained in that town ever since. He was married on April 30, 1871, in Water Valley, Miss., to Miss Eleanor Neville, who was born in Yalo- busha County, of that State, and a daughter of Whitley W. and Frances (Milam) Neville. the father a native of North Carolina, and a well- known physician, and the mother from Alabama. Seven children were born to the Doctor's union with Miss Neville, five of them yet living: Benja- min F., William D., Edmond W. (deceased), George W., Lillie M., Maude E. (deceased) and Eleanor. Dr. Granberry is a stanch Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for Horace Greeley, the nominee of the Democratic party. in 1872. He received the nomination of his party, for representative of Pulaski County to the legis- lature, in 1886, and was elected; was renominated in 1888, and was re-elected, but resigned before the expiration of his term. He was an active and influential member, and took rank among the most effective and eloquent debaters upon the floor of the General Assembly. The Doctor is a prominent member of the I. O. O. F., having been initiated at Water Valley, Miss., in 1870, and has taken the Encampment degrees. He was a member of the Grand Lodge, at Canton, Miss., in 1873, and at Vicksburg in 1874; and is now a member of Banner Lodge 146, at Memphis, Tenn. Both he , to the foresight, business tact and enterprise of its

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able president. Mr. Gray is one of the foremost citizens to give his aid to any worthy enterprise, and is one of the most popular men in commer- cial and social circles in Little Rock.

Joseph Griffith, of the firm of Griffith & Bris- bin, insurance agents at Little Rock, is a native of that city, his birth occurring on Main Street be- tween Fifth and Sixth, July 5, 1845. His father. Henry Griffith, was born of English parents on board a ship from England to America. The elder Griffith, was reared at Harper's Ferry, Va., with four other brothers, and learned the gun- smith's trade in his youth. From there he went to Louisville, Ky., and in 1839 came to Little Rock, Ark., where he resided np to the time of his death, in 1868. He carried on his adopted avoca- tion with great success at Little Rock for a num- ber of years, but his health failing after the war, forced him to retire from active life. In politics he was an old line Whig, and held the office of city constable for sixteen successive years, his opponents finding it impossible to defeat him at any election, and in secret societies he was a prom- inent member of the Odd Fellows. He made his way through the world in a manner that found him many friends and rapidly pushed him to the front, his high sense of honor, tact and ability making him well known and respected. Mr. Griffith was married at Louisville, Ky., to Miss Mary Boyd, by whom he had nine children, six sons and three daughters, and six yet living: Sarah J. (wife of John M. Frazier, of Engstrom & Frazier, mer- chant tailors), Mary E. (widow of M. H. McGann), Annie E. (wife of John W. Earland, a prominent trunk merchant), Joseph (the principal of this sketch), William R. (deputy State treasurer of Arkansas) and Thomas E. The mother is still living at a good age and in splendid health. Joseph Griffith was reared in the city of Little Rock and passed an uneventful life until his fifteenth year. when the Civil War commenced and all his youth- ful ardor was fired to become a soldier. In Feb- ruary, 1862, he enlisted in William E. Woodruff's battery, and served as an artillery man for six or eight months, being assisted to the ordnance de- partment at Tyler, Tex., where he remained for about

three years. After the war was over, he returned to Little Rock, and entered into the employ of Thomas Scott, city collector, but remained with him only a short time, when he accepted a position as clerk in the old Anthony House. He subsequently kept a store on the Fort Smith & Little Rock Railroad, ten miles northwest of the city, and later on was constable of Big Rock Township from 1876 to 1878. In the latter year, he was elected county treasurer of Pulaski County on the Democratic ticket, filling that office with great credit for ten years, and after being relieved of his position in 1888, retired from politics altogether. On Jan- uary 1, 1889, Mr. Griffith entered into the insur- ance business with Mr. John M. Brisbin, and the firm is now one of the strongest in that line at Little Rock. In secret societies he is a member of Little Rock Lodge No. 452, Knights of Honor, and Baynard Lodge of the Knights of Pythias. He has also been a member of the Pat Claiborne Fire Company for twenty-two years, and is at present treasurer of that company, as well as secretary of the Arkansas Nursery Company. Mr. Griffith was married on May 15, 1872, to Miss Clarlie O. Hite, a daughter of William H. Hite, an old resi- dent of Little Rock. Eight children have been born to this marriage, of whom seven are yet liv- ing: Daisy, Nellie, Mamie, Richy, Annie, Ed and Florence. The one deceased was named John.

L. H. Hall, M. D. (deceased), was one of the most talented physicians in the State of Arkansas, and secured a reputation which placed him among the front ranks of the medical fraternity. He was born in Tennessee, in 1830, and at the age of ten years was taken by his parents to Mississippi. where he grew to manhood, receiving a good clas- sical education in the schools of that State. At an early age he became imbued with a desire to make medicine his profession, and began his medi- cal studies under his father, who was a talented physician, and from his earliest youth was familiar with the different drugs. After several years prep- aration, he entered the Memphis Medical College, of Memphis, Tenn., and after taking one course of lectures began practicing with his father, con- tinuing until the session of 1860-61, when he

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again entered the college and graduated in the latter year. He then returned to his old home in Mississippi, and entered the Confederate army as a private soldier. although his sympathies at first were with the Union. He assisted in organizing Company B, turned it over to an uncle, and joined the ranks as a private, but did not long remain such, for after the battle of Inka he was elected to the position of first lieutenant, and a short time afterward became surgeon of his regiment. He was captured at Fort Donelson, Port Hudson and Danville, Ky., being surgeon of Bell's brigade when last taken, and was afterward appointed chief surgeon of Chalmer's division. He was paroled at Gainesville, Ala., at the close of the war, and returned to Mississippi, where he built up a fine medical practice, and remained until December, 1870, then moved to Arkansas, locating at Devall's Bluff. In 1880 he removed to Lonoke, and after February, 1888, was a successful practitioner of Little Rock. He was married, in Mississippi, to Miss Helen M. Sanders, a daughter of Col. R. T. Sanders, of that State, who was a grandnephew of Daniel Boone. Their union resulted in the birth of eleven children, five of whom are living: Annie (Mrs. Bilheimer, of Little Rock, Ark.), George F., Lula (Mrs. Allen), Harry W. and Pearl. The mother of these children died in 1880, and three years later Dr. Hall espoused Mary J. Arnold, of Georgia, by whom he had three children born to him, one of whom is living, Pat W. Hall. The Doctor was a son of Joseph G. and Ann W. (Jenkins) Hall, the former being a native of Mas- sachusetts, born in 1789. He was a physician, and practiced in West Tennessee the greater part of his life. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was wounded at Lake Champlain. His death occurred in Mississippi, in 1867. His father was also born in Massachusetts, and there made his home until his death. The great-grandfather, David Hall, of Sutton, Mass., was a Congrega- tional minister for many years, and was pastor of one church for sixty years. Dr. Lemuel H. Hall died in Little Rock, Ark., September 23, 1889.

Mr. P. Hanger, a resident of Arkansas since 1834, was born in Boone County, Ky., in 1807,

and is the son of Frederick Hanger, a native of Pennsylvania. When quite a young man, P. H. went to Virginia, and after several years returned to Kentucky, where he carried the mail on horse- back across the country, from Cincinnati to Lex- ington, for some time. After that he was employed in a store belonging to one Mr. Fisher, in a small town called Ghent, on the Ohio River. For his services in this store he was given $100; quite a fortune it seemed to him then, and it has since proved to be the only salary he ever received, as since that time he has been his own master. For some years previous to 1834, Mr. Hanger was en- gaged in boating up and down the Ohio and Mis- sissippi Rivers, starting from Cincinnati with a stock of general merchandise and trading all along the shore, and one winter took a contract to fur- nish planters on the Red River. In 1834 he settled in Chicot County, at Gaines' Landing, and there built his cabin. He was almost as far (seemingly) from civilization as Robinson Crusoe, for there were no roads at all, only an occasional trail made by the cattle wandering through the woods. In 1838 he sold cord-wood to the steamboats, and car- ried on a general merchandise business. He next went to Van Buren, Crawford County, and opened a mercantile business, but failed there. His next venture was to rent a farm, and for several years made brick, and, as he worded it, did anything that turned up. In 1848 he came to Little Rock, and has since resided here. He bought the stage contracts from Little Rock to Hot Springs and Fort Smith, carrying all the mail from 1848 to 1862, having all the contracts in that State. At the beginning of the war, his horses were taken from him, thus peremptorily closing up that busi- ness. Near the close of the war he started to New Orleans with a cargo of cotton, tobacco and sugar, but it was destroyed by fire before reaching its destination. Since that time Mr. Hanger has been engaged in planting. He was a member of the legislature from Chicot County, in 1837-38, and is now a member of the Presbyterian Church. He was married, June 18, 1850, to Miss Matilda Cunningham, who bore him seven children, two of whom are still living: Fred (born in 1855) and

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Mrs. Ratcliffe (born in 1853). Mrs. Hanger died in 1865, and Mr. Hanger was married again to Miss Ann M. Gaines, a very estimable lady and respected by all who knew her. Mr. Hanger is always interested and gives liberally to all enter- prises of a worthy character. He has done a large amount of building and opened up a number of acres of land.

Fred Hanger, a well-known business man of Little Rock, and a son of Peter Hanger, one of that city's pioneers, is a native of Little Rock, and has made that place his home during his entire life. He is proprietor of Hanger's Ginnery and Pickery, and also secretary and treasurer of the Arkansas Granite Company. Out of the city's many popular citizens, both in commercial and professional life, comprising the younger genera- tion, there are none more favorably known nor respected than Mr. Hanger. He is genial, enter- prising and progressive, and takes a deep interest in the welfare of his native home, being recognized as unbounded in his liberality when it comes to matters of public good. A few years ago Mr. Hanger erected and put in successful operation his ginnery and pickery, which is one of the best pay- ing industries in the city. He also owns a planta- tion of about 500 acres, mostly in cotton. The Arkansas Granite Company is one of the largest quarry companies in the South, and also one of the most successful. Mr. Hanger was married on January 3, 1877, to Miss Frances Harrow, of Ot- tumwa, Iowa, by whom he has had two children: Kenneth and Albert. His home is a bright one, and he is rich in the affections of his wife and children.

James K. P. Henderson, one of the best-known men in Pulaski County, and a substantial farmer and stock raiser, was born in Marshall County, Miss., in the year 1844, and is a son of Simeon and Mary Ann (Burks) Henderson, natives of Vir- ginia and North Carolina, respectively. The par- ents were principally reared and married in the State of Mississippi, where the mother died when James was only two years old. The father was married twice, and became a very prominent farm- er in Tate County, Miss., where he died in 1860.

He had been a member of the A. F. & A. M. for a great many years, and was a son of William Hender- son, a native of Ireland, who emigrated to America with three other brothers when all were young men. John F. Burks, the maternal grandfather of James Henderson, came to Arkansas about the year 1847, and died in Jefferson County in 1878. He became a leading citizen and a very influential man during his residence in Jefferson County, and his funeral was one of the largest ever seen in that section. James K. P. Henderson was the third child of three sons and one daughter. His education had been somewhat neglected in his youth owing to the poor opportunities offered for schooling in his section, but like hundreds of other self made men. he has always been equal to any emergency by his fertile brain and ready wit. When sixteen years of age, he joined Company K, of the Ninth Arkan- sas Infantry, and served actively until the surren- der, operating in Arkansas, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama. He was captured at Baker's Creek, shortly before the fall of Vicksburg. and taken prisoner to Indianap- olis, where he was confined for eight months. He was then paroled and returned to his home, but after a short period of inactivity, he rejoined his command at Lost Mountain, Ga., and served all through the campaign in that State, finally surren. dering with Gen. Johnston, at Jonesboro, N. C. During Mr. Henderson's gallant service for the Con- federacy, he was severely wounded twice, but hap- pily recovered each time. After the last gun had been fired and the smoke of battle cleared away, he returned to Tate County, Miss., where he resid- ed until 1875, and then moved to Pulaski County, Ark., his present home. He owns 167 acres of good land, and has placed about seventy-five acres under cultivation, all of which he has made by his own exertions since the war. In March, 1874, he was married in Tate County, Miss., to Mrs. Lucy Ann Bumpass, a charming widow and a daughter of Harvey and Rebecca Burford, of Alabama. Mr. Burford died in Tate County, and, with those pe- culiar selections which Cupid sometimes makes, Mrs. Burford's second husband was Mr. Hender- son's father. Mrs. Henderson died June 1, 1882,

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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 72

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