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Richard W. Hopper, a substantial citizen of Lonoke County, residing on Section 12, Lonoke Township, is a native of West Tennessee, and was born in Tipton County, September 3, 1848, being
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the son of Joel and Susan (Winn) Hopper. Virgin- ians by birth. The parents moved to Tennessee, when young, with their parents, who settled in that region when the country was a wilderness, be- coming recognized as among the pioneers. They were married in Tennessee, and had a family of fourteen children, of whom Richard W. is the twelfth in the order of birth. Of this number, ten grew to maturity, and three are now living; three brothers having been killed in the war. When Richard was in his fifth year his father died, at the age of fifty-two, and in 1857 he came to Arkan. sas with his mother, who died September 3, 1862. at the age of fifty-two. The family had located in Woodruff County, and later in Jackson County, where Mrs. Hopper's death occurred. Our subject then came to Prairie County and resided with his sister, Mrs. James G. Adams, until he became of age. He received a very limited education, the advantages at that time for schooling being far from satisfactory. but his keen observation and constant reading have contributed to make him well-informed on the topics of the day. He began business for himself, in 1871, as a farmer and planter, and in 1877 married Miss Ella Chambers, of North Carolina nativity, who came to Arkansas with her parents when a child of three years. To them have been born three sons and one daughter: Joel W., Floyd J., Richard J. and Dessa. Mr. and Mrs. Hopper are members of the Concord Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and Mr. Hop- per is a Master Mason, also Past Noble Grand of the I. O. O. F. and a member of the Knights of Honor, serving as representative to the Grand Lodge in 1883. He purchased his present farm of 160 acres in 1884, and now has forty-five acres under cultivation.
M. C. House. planter of Lonoke County, was born in Cabarrus County, N. C., April 1, 1848, his father, John W. House, having been born in the same county in 1817. There he was educated and grew to manhood, being married to Mary. E. Aus- tin. This union was blessed with five children, three boys and two girls. The father was a farmer and miller by occupation, and also a captain of a State military company before the late war. His
wife was a member of the Methodist Church, South, dying in 1852, after which he married Elizabeth Parker in 1853. There were four girls born to this union. all still living in North Caro- lina. He died in 1862. The grandfather, Jacob House, was born in Cabarrus County, N. C., in 1794. He was a farmer, serving through the war of 1812. He still survives, and is residing with one of his daughters near the old homestead, and being of Dutch descent is a member of the Lu- theran Church. M. C. House received his edu- cation at Mount Pleasant, N. C., and when sixteen volunteered in the Confederate service, enlisting in Company H, Eighth North Carolina Regiment, Clingman's brigade, Hake's division, then located in front of Petersburg, Va. In a battle on the Wel- don Railroad, near Petersburg, he was captured and recaptured three different times in one en- gagement on August 19. 1864. He participated in many other engagements in Virginia and North Carolina, and surrendered fifteen miles east of Greensboro, N. C., at the close of the war, after which he returned home and began to farm. Soon leaving North Carolina, he was unsettled for some time, first going to Illinois and then back to his native home. After remaining but a short time he went to Texas, and from there to Kansas with a drove of cattle, returning again to his old home in North Carolina. Shortly leaving once more, he returned to Texas, and in 1874 came to Arkansas, settling near Russellville, in Pope County, moving in 1876 to Lonoke County, where he has since lived. Here, May 27, 1877, he was married to Georgie A. Williford. To this union a family of three girls has been born: Myrtle R., Margie B. and Miriam G. Mr. House is a farmer owning 820 acres of land, with 200 acres in cultivation. This accumulation is the direct result of continued toil and good management. His first wife died on July 14, 1883. He was then married to Rhoda V. Misenhimer December 2, 1883, an elder sister to his first wife. He is a Master Mason, belonging to Jacinto Lodge No. 216, is a Royal Arch Mason and a member of Lonoke Chapter No. 31. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Church, he having held a membership for three
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years, while his wife has been associated with the good work for eighteen years.
John R. Howell, one of Lonoke County's prom- inent mill men and farmers, first saw the light of day in Madison County, Tenn., September 8, 1841. His father, Dred Howell, was born in North Carolina in 1814, and there received his education. marrying Jeanette Smith, who bore a family of five children. In November, 1859, he moved to Lonoke County, Ark., settling on a farm. The son. John R., was educated in Tennessee, coming to Arkansas with his father. Here he married on December 24, 1865, Rebecca J. Dickerson, daugh- ter of Lawrence and Barthems Dickerson. The fruits of this marriage have been eight children: Fannie, Ada, Emmett A., Minnie, Bertie, John and Jeanette, the second child dying in infancy. Mr. Howell is quite an extensive farmer and mill man, owning about 200 acres of good land, with sixty acres under cultivation. He has been a mem- ber of the Wheel, and has served his township as school director. He was in the Confederate army during the war, enlisting in 1861 under Gen. Churchill, and his first engagement was at Rich- mond, Ky. He was with his regiment when it surrendered in 1865, and in January of the same year he received a furlough, after which he came home and began farming, not rejoining the army. His wife is a devoted member of the Baptist Church.
Lewis W. Hutson, merchant and planter, Tot- ten Township, is a native of Dallas County, Ala., where he was born in 1832. His parents, Rob- ert C. and Elizabeth (Hill) Hutson, were of North Carolina and Alabama nativity, respectively. The former went to Tennessee when a boy, and later moved to Alabama, where he was married, subse- quently going to Mississippi. when Lewis was about two years old, where they lived some fifteen years. Mrs. Hutson died in 1843. In 1849 Mr. Hutson came with his five children to Arkansas, and settled in this county, where he died in 1864, at the age of fifty-seven. He was married the second time after coming to Arkansas, to Margaret Cummings, becoming the father of six children by his first wife: Susan (deceased), Casander (wife of
William Johnson), Parolee, Miller, Leonidas (de- ceased) and Lewis (the second child), the subject of this sketch. Mr. Hutson's widow died in 1885, leaving one child. who died when young. Lewis Hutson was seventeen years of age when he located in Arkansas. He was married in 1852, and settled on the place which he now occupies, though he had nothing to start with but plenty of persever- ance and industry. These have contributed to his accumulation of about 1,200 acres of land, 150 being under cultivation. Mr. Hutson engaged in the mercantile business in 1886, in which he is still occupied, keeping a general supply store, and enjoying a liberal patronage. His wife was for- merly Miss Jane Cummins, a native of Tennessee, who was born in 1832, and who is the mother of four sons: Robert A., Lewis W., James W. and Edley. Mr. and Mrs. Hutson are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. The former belongs to the A. F. & A. M., and holds membership in the E. H. English Lodge No. 237, at Walter Chapel. Mr. Hutson enlisted in the Confederate army, in 1862, and started with Price on his raid through Missouri, but was taken sick and returned home. He took part in the battle of Helena, and held the position of corporal.
Samuel C. Jackson, the third son in the family of eight children born to Samnel and Martha (More) Jackson, came originally from Madison County, Tenn., where his birth occurred January 18, 1834. Samuel Jackson was born in Sumner County, Tenn., May 7, 1808: was married, in 1829, to Martha More, and moved to Arkansas in 1854, settling in White County. Mrs. Jackson was born in 1808 in North Carolina. They are now living in Lonoke County, and are the oldest couple residing here, being much esteemed for their true worth. The family are of Scotch-Irish descent. Samuel Jackson resided with his parents until twenty-eight years of age, when he was mar- ried to Eliza J. Thompson, who died in 1873, leaving two children: Sarah E. (wife of Henry Wallace) and James W. In 1875 Mr. Jackson was married, the second time, to Savannah F. Oate, her death occurring in 1878. His third wife, Teurpie Hargus, a widow, whose maiden
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name was Hughes, became Mrs. Jackson in Decem- ber, 1979. She was born in Lincoln County, Tenn. , May 8, 1842. and is the daughter of Joshua and Teurpie (Gunter) Hughes, the former born in North Carolina, February 1, 1797, and his wife in the same State in 1808. Mr. Jackson moved from Madison County, Tenn., to White County, Ark., in 1854, with his parents, he and a brother at one time owning the land on which Beebe now stands. Mr. Jackson now has a fine farm of eighty acres under cultivation. His principal crop is straw- berries. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Church.
John D. Jordan, like so many others of Ar- kansas' citizens came originally from Tennessee, and is the son of John S. and Jane (Ingram) Jordan, natives of Canada and South Carolina, his birth occurring in Haywood County, August 4, 1858. The senior Jordan moved to Tennessee when quite a young man, and there married Miss Ingram. He was a carpenter by occupation and carried on that business successfully until 1861, when he responded to the country's call, and en- listed in the Federal army, meeting his death in the battle of Bull Run. After his demise Mrs. Jordan brought her family to Arkansas and located in White County, where she resided for seven years, moving thence to Lonoke County. She now resides with her son, the subject of this sketch. John D. Jordan grew to manhood in Arkansas (having come to this State in his fourth year), and remained with his mother until in his twentieth year, when he settled in the bottoms of this neigh- borhood. He was married on February 28. 1881, in Lonoke County, to Miss Alice M. Garlington, a daughter of James A. and Mary J. Garlington. Mrs. Jordan was born in Prairie County, Ark., March 5, 1861, here receiving her education. Mr. Jordan bought the land, where he now resides, when it was in its embryo state, but has cleared it in a good manner, and of 180 acres, fifty acres are in a state of fine cultivation. A good log-house, outbuildings, etc., are among the improvements due to his industry and perseverance. Children numbering five have blessed this union: Edna G., John D., Jennie B., James K. and Flossie. John
and Jennie are deceased. Mrs. Jordan is a mem- ber of the Baptist Church, and the school board counts Mr. Jordan as one of its influential mem- bers. He is also a Knight of Honor.
James M. King, one of the oldest living settlers of Central Arkansas, is a native of East Tennessee, and was born in Knox County, April 27, 1818. His parents, Richard and Sarah (Yeates) King, were both originally from North Carolina, and descendants of early settlers of that State. The maternal grandfather, Daniel Yeates, was a colonel in the American Revolution, and throughout the entire war was noted for the bravery and spirit of daring that characterized his career as a soldier. In a family of five sons and three daughters, James M. is the youngest child. His boyhood days were spent in a manner similar to that of other boys of the time and like them his education was necessarily meager, as the facilities for schooling were then limited; but his close observation, read- ing and keen perception, have placed him on an equal with many who boast of a college course. At the age of eighteen his parents moved to Ala- bama, prior to the removal of the Indians from that country, and in 1837, at the outbreak of the Florida War, he shouldered his rifle and served until the cessation of the trouble. He also ren- dered valuable assistance in helping to send the Indians from that country. His parents died at the age of seventy and seventy-two years, respect- ively, their deaths occurring within a week of each other, the father being buried on Monday. and just one week later his good old mother was laid by her husband's side. In 1840 Mr. King was married to Miss Eleanor Jett, a native of Georgia, and by her became the father of thirteen children, nine of whom are now living. He started for Arkansas in 1843, making the trip overland with an ox-team, and met all the inconveniences and perils incident to that mode of traveling, with a strong and hearty courage, hardly characteristic of the present gen- eration. On reaching this State he located in its northern part, in Marion County, where he began farming, and remained for five years. In 1850 he settled near Pleasant Hill Church, then Prairie County, and during his residence there was a citi-
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zen of Pulaski, Prairie and Lonoke Counties, the change in county lines causing this singular condi- tion of affairs. In 1858 he was elected sheriff by a unanimous vote, and moved to Brownsville, then the county seat of Prairie County, but before the expiration of his term the war broke out, and he, at his own expense, organized and transported to Springfield, Mo., a company of cavalry. He was made captain, and led them to the charge at the battle of Oak Hill (also known as Wilson's Creek), where one-half of his company was killed and wounded, he, himself being wounded twice. Be- fore really able to ride he returned to Arkansas and organized another company, and throughout his entire career, only brave and noble actions at- tended him, such as will always reflect great credit upon himself and family. He participated in a hard fought battle at Verdigris River with the Indians at that time the country round resounding with his heroism and gallantry. The Indians were lead by their chief, Opotholoholo, the Captain com- manding a battalion. During the engagement a warrior singled out our subject and fired at him, but missing his aim, the captain immediately charged upon him, and then came a hand-to-hand encounter, in which he was victorious. though not until the Indian had dealt him a blow with his gun that stunned him. The rifle used by the savage is now in the possession of Capt. King's family, and is highly prized as an heirloom. After the reor- ganization of the army at Corinth he returned to Brownsville, and was again elected sheriff of Prairie County. In 1863, when the Federal army occu- pied his country, he went with his family to Texas, where he resided until the close of the war. In the fall of 1865 he returned to Arkansas and lo- cated where his first settlement in the State had been made. He was elected, in 1874, as sheriff of the county of Lonoke, and at the expiration of the first term was re-elected. In 187S he was elected to the State legislature from Lonoke County, and in 1882 elected county judge, and re-elected in 1884. Capt. King is a member of the Baptist Church, in which denomination he has officiated as a minister for twenty-three years. He is truly one of Lonoke County's representative citizens.
Amos D. King. The name borne by the sub- ject of this sketch is one well known in this section of country, and consequently needs no formal intro- duction to the readers of this volume. He was born within one-half mile of where he now resides, his birth occurring in 1837, in what was then Pulaski County. Amos D. and Elizabeth (Saund- ers) King, his parents were natives of South Caro- lina, coming to Arkansas in 1833 from South Car- olina, where they were reared and married. They traveled to this section in a wagon, and while ex- periencing many inconveniences, never became en- tirely discouraged, for this was to be the land of their adoption, and their determination overcame all obstacles. Mr. King settled in Pulaski County on what was afterward the birthplace of the sub- ject of this sketch. The home was laid out in a dense wilderness, but by his energetic and indus- trious spirit, it was soon transformed into a habit- able and comfortable place of residence. He was a school-teacher, carpenter and surveyor, and took an active part in the development of the country, until the dread destroyer, Death, cut him down in the prime of his life. He was only about forty- three years old at that time. Mrs. King survived to the age of eighty-six years, living at her home at the time of her death. They were the parents of six children, two of whom now survive: Tennie C. (who lives in Faulkner County) and Amos D. The latter has resided on his present place from the time he was seven years old, gaining extended and honorable acquaintance. He was educated by his father, who was a cultured and finely edu- cated man, and when nineteen years old he mar- ried Miss Martha Whitley, a native of Arkansas, who died in 1865, leaving four children: Abagail, Zachariah, Sabinna and Martha E. Mr. King chose for his second and present wife, Miss Ann Smart. Her birth occurred in Tennessee in 1847, she having come to Arkansas when seven years old with her parents George A. and Rachel Smart, natives of Georgia and Alabama, respectively, who died soon after locating here, having contracted the fever, of which disease they and four of their children were victims. To Mr. and Mrs. King have been born eight children: Jehu, Amos S., Mary M.,
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James M., Aaron A., George A., Tennie C. and Charles C. In politics Mr. King is a Democrat. His war record is one of which he may be proud. Always in the thick of battles, he seemed to know no such thing as fear, and his courage and spirit of daring equaled that of the bravest officer. He served in the regiment of Col. Wheat (now living in Lonoke County).
Stephen P. Kirkland is the eldest and only living member of a family of six children born to David and Ann (Carrel) Kirkland, both natives of North Carolina. His birth also occurred in that State, November 22, 1832, but he was reared and educated principally in Tennessee. David Kirk- land was born in 1808 and his wife in 1810. They moved to Tennessee in 1844, coming in 1855 from that State to White County, Ark., where Mr. Kirkland died in 1867. He was a stanch Demo- crat and held the office of justice of the peace for several years. Mrs. Kirkland died when Stephen was a small boy. The latter Kirkland was mar- ried in 1860 to Martha Butler, who was born in Tipton County, Tenn .. in 1834. They are the par- ents of thirteen children, ten of whom are still liv- ing: Lelia A. (now the wife of P. W. Belamy), Fannie E., David M., Mary S. (wife of Samuel A. Russell), Sarah T., Samuel P., Ida A., Anna V., James O. and George W. Mr. Kirkland, upon moving from Tennessee came to Pulaski County, Ark., in 1856, where he remained until 1863, then settling in this county, near where he now resides. He now owns 187 acres of fine land, sixty acres of which are under cultivation, and upon this place he has erected good buildings and has an excellent orchard and a running stream of water. Mr. Kirk- land is an out-and-out Democrat, and held the office of justice of the peace from 1862 to 1865. serving in an acceptable manner. He and his wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, to which he has belonged since 1863, hav- ing been an elder since 1871. He is also a mem- ber of the County Wheel.
Joe S. Kirkpatrick is justly looked upon as one of the prominent residents of Lonoke County, and like other influential citizens is a native of William - son County, Tenn., born July 18, 1852, being the
youngest in a family of thirteen children of John B. and Catherine (Shirley) Kirkpatrick. The par- ents were Virginians by birth, and moved to Ten- nessee with their parents when small, afterward marrying in that State. The father died at the age of sixty seven years, but his wife still survives, and though eighty-two years old, is well-preserved, en- joying good health. When Joe S. was about eight- een years old he engaged at railroading, which oc- cupation he followed for ten years as conductor, but being in a wreck in 1876 was so severely in- jured that for several hours he was thought dead. He was one of the best and most popular con- ductors of his day, being well known all over the South and taking some of the first trains over the Cotton Belt Road. August 3, 1882, Mr. Kirk- patrick was united in marriage with Miss Fannie M. Eagle, a native of Weakley County, Tenn., and a daughter of David and Elizabeth (Long) Eagle, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work. One child, a bright little boy, named Au- brey, has blessed their union, and in him they place great hopes. They worship at the Baptist Church and are agreeable and pleasant people, much es- teemed by all. In 1882 Mr. Kirkpatrick settled on his present place, five miles northwest of Lonoke County, where he has one of the finest farms in the county, consisting of 490 acres. The Kirk- patrick family are of Scotch extraction, being noted for their longevity.
Thomas Kitley was born in Clinton County, Ind., in 1839, to the union of Francis and Jane (Hulmes) Kitley, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respect- ively. He comes of English descent on his father's side, the paternal grandfather having been a Quaker, who emigrated from England in 1801, and settled at Pittsburgh, Penn., where he died in 1844, at the age of ninety-three. Francis Kitley, after moving to Ohio, married there and then went to Indiana. In 1852 he took his family to Clay County, Ill., where he died in 1878, at the age of seventy-six years. His widow still survives, and is the mother of ten children, eight boys and two girls, seven of whom are living. Thomas Kitley, after reaching manhood, married Drucilla Chaney, whose birth occurred in Indiana in 1842; to this
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union were born five children (one of whom is de- ceased): Margaret A. (now Mrs. Coldasur), Lewis E. (who is attending school at Carlisle and study- ing law), John W. (a graduate of the American Medical College, of St. Louis), Amos B. (deceased) and Pearley V. In 1877 Mr. Kitley moved his family to Arkansas, and located in Lonoke County, though at that time he had nothing. Now he owns a fine farm of 160 acres all under enltivation, 200 acres being situated on the Prossi. He is a prom. inent Republican, politically, having been, as he tersely puts it, "rocked in a Republican cradle." He is a member of the school board, and has held this position for a number of years. He is also a member of the A. F. & A. M. Mr. and Mrs. Kitley have been actively associated with the Meth- odist Episcopal Church for twenty two years. He is a highly respected citizen, and takes an influen- tial interest in all educational, religious and worthy public enterprises.
Andrew Jackson Legate, if for no other reason, is deserving of prominent mention as one of the oldest settlers of Central Arkansas. He was born in Williamson County, Tenn., May 28, 1815. His father, Charles S. Legate, originally from Northi Carolina, went to Tennessee when a young man, where he married Sarah Gray, a native of that State, her parents, Jacob and Mary Gray having been among its early pioneers. Mr. Legate was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was also with Jackson, at the battle of New Orleans. In 1821 he came with his wife to Arkansas, and located in Pulaski County, where they resided until their death, he dying in 1825, and his wife in 1823. Andrew J. was reared in the pioneer days of Ar- kansas on his father's farm. At the age of thir- teen he was mail carrier from Little Rock to Mont- gomery's Point, on the Mississippi River, the route lying through an unbroken wilderness, with no road but a bridle path, and no houses for thirty miles along the way. In 1842 he went to Pulaski County, and located at Moss Prairie, eighteen miles from Little Rock, when that section was in- habited by Indians. No schools were found such as now obtain, and the children received the rudi- ments of an education in what was called the sub-
scription schools, in which the teachers were paid by subscription. Mr. Legate was married, in 1842, to Mrs. Sarah Eagle, a native of Tennessee. She died in 1863, at the age of fifty years, leaving seven children, two of whom are now living. In 1865 Mrs. Derryberry, a native of Tennessee, be- came his wife, she surviving until 1871. She was a member of the Baptist Church. In 1875 Mr. Legate married his present wife, Mrs. Mary Ses- sums, a native of Tennessee. Mr. Legate has had some stirring experiences during life. At one time he had a narrow escape from a panther, and at another, engaged in a tight with a bear and four cubs, but came out victorious, with bear meat enough to last several weeks. He located on his present farm in 1884, in Section 21, Lonoke Town- ship, which comprised 213 acres. Mr. Legate was a Whig during the existence of that party, and when it became extinct, he joined the Democratic ranks. He and his wife are members of the Bap- tist Church.
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