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see, and when a child moved to Gibson County, of the same State, where she was married. The fol- lowing are their children: William W., John T .. Avey Ann (wife of William Russell), John H., Robert L., Samuel P., Onia A., Susan A. A., Mel- vin M., Maude and Claude (twins), and Edward E. Henry L. died from the effects of a fall, at the age of seven years. Mr. McHaney is a Demo- crat, has been a Master Mason for two years, and he and wife are members of the Baptist Church, in which he has been a deacon for twelve years.
James K. P. McKelvey, whose success in life is mainly due to his industry and perseverance, coupled with a pleasant, genial disposition, is a na- tive of Franklin County, Tenn., born in 1844, being the son of John and Mary Ann (McKelvey) Mc- Kelvey, natives of South Carolina. The parents came to Franklin County, Tenn., in their youth- ful days, were reared in that county, and were married there about 1842. In 1850 they moved to Benton County, Tenn., and there remained un- til 1863, when they located in Union County, Ill. In the fall of 1865, they came to Lawrence County, Ark., settling on a farm where they re- mained about one year, and afterward moved to Carroll County, thence to Sebastian County, where the father died in 1874. at the age of fifty-five years. He practiced medicine the later part of his life; was a self-made man, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of which he was a minister for twenty-two years before his death. He was very successful in administering to the physical as well as the spiritual wants of his fellow-men, and his face was welcomed in the homes of all, and especially in the homes of the sick and afflicted. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, a Democrat in politics, and a strong advocate of free schools. He was a very
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mother is still living in Sebastian County, Ark., on the home place. She was born in 1825, and has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for many years. To their union were born thirteen children, twelve of whom grew to maturity: Louisa E., James K. P., Mary J., Martha F., who died at the age of thirty eight
years; George N., died at the age of thirty years; Elizabeth Ann, William H., Millie H., John G., died at the age of thirteen years; Isaac N., Joseph T., Aaron A. and Luther W. Aaron A. is now attending the St. Louis Medical College. James K. P. McKelvey was reared in his native county, and received limited educational advantages. In 1864 he commenced farming for himself in Illinois, but one year later returned to Tennessee, to the old home place, where he remained until 1873, and then moved to Greene County, Ark. He located west of Gainesville, and soon after went to Sebastian County, to settle the estate of his father, where he remained until the fall of 1876, then returning and settling on his present prop- erty. He has 100 acres under cultivation, and is a thriving, industrious farmer. He was married, in the fall of 1863, to Miss Ferlissa A. Swindle, a native of Tennessee, born in 1848, and the fruits of this union were ten children, all living: Will- iam T., a student at the State University of Fay- etteville, Ark. ; Italy, John, Alonzo, Horace and Hervey (twins), Adolphus L., Anna L., Clara M. and James R. Italy is the wife of L. C. Rudesial. Mr. and Mrs. McKelvey are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of which he is local deacon; he was ordained in 1879, and com- menced preaching in 1874. He is a Royal Arch and Master Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge at Gainesville, and has served as Worshipful Mas- ter for several years. He has a dimit from Duval Chapter, No. 65. He is a Democrat in politics. His father was a Union man during the war, and was opposed to secession. Mr. McKelvey is a strong advocate of the free school system, but has never sought political prominence.
Dr. J. G. Mckenzie. Among the many suc- cessful farmers and practitioners of the "healing popular man, but never aspired to office. The art" in Greene County, Ark., deserving of spec- ial mention, is Dr. Mckenzie, who was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1851, and is the third in a family of seven children born to Alexander and Jeanette (Patterson) Mckenzie, the former of whom was engaged in commercial pursuits, and conducted a boot and shoe factory. The Doctor attended school in his native land until nineteen
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years of age, then entered the Alton Medical College for a course of two years, after which he took a finishing course of six months at the Rush Medical College, in 1873. Subsequently he emigrated to the United States, and after remain- ing in New York City for some time, made a tour of the great lakes, and settled in Canada for about one year. He then went to the State of Illinois, and engaged in practicing the medical profession at Dresdon. in partnership with Dr. Rhodes, making his next move to Cotton Plant, in Southeast Missouri, and about one year later went to Kennett, and was associated with Dr. Har- vey for another year. After following his profes- sion in Northeastern Arkansas for some time he came to his present location about 1875, purchased one acre of land, erected a residence, and here has since made his home. He has added eight and one half acres to his home lot, and has bought eighty acres of good farming land in one tract, be- sides eighty acres in the Cache River bottoms, making the last purchase in 1887. Fifty acres of land are cleared and under cultivation, and the rest is devoted to stock raising, in which he is quite ex- tensively engaged, making a specialty of horses and mules. The Doctor's practice is very large, and although he has lived in Greene County a comparatively short time, he is well and fav- orably known. He is also doing a commercial business among his friends and neighbors, and is a stockholder in the First National Bank of Greene County. He votes with the Democratic party, and in 1885 was postmaster of Crowley. In 1886 the Doctor made a trip to Europe and visited his old home and the Edinburgh Exposition, which was being held at that time. He returned to the United States after about a month fully convinced that this country was the easiest and best in which to acquire a competence. He was married in November, 1878. to Miss Cynthia Ann Pevehouse. a native of Arkansas, and by her is the father of five children: Willie Alexander. Jessie Odel, who died at the age of six years: James, Maggie and Roger Q. Dr. Mckenzie's father is deceased, but his mother, two sisters and two brothers are living in retirement at Aberdeen. A brother. John G ..
is chief engineer on a line of steamships sailing between Shanghai and Hong Kong. He also has an uncle who is captain on the ocean, and sails be- tween Liverpool and New Orleans.
Judge L. L. Mack, attorney at law. The firm of Mack & Son is one of the leading and most influential at the bar in the city of Paragould, and gives strength to the fraternity. The gentlemen composing it are admirably adapted to the honor- able prosecution of this most exalted of profes- sions, and possess that easy and interested grace of manner not easily acquired by the majority. Judge L. L. Mack was born in Maury County, Tenn., on the 18th of December, 1817, and is the son of Lem- uel D. and Mary (Taylor) Mack, natives of Rock- ingham County, N. C., and of Wake County, N. C., respectively. The parents emigrated to Tennessee when single, were there married and located in Maury County, of that State, where they remained for several years, and then removed to Wayne County, also in that State. In 1851 they removed to Greene County, Ark., locating near Gainesville, where they passed the remainder of their days. They lie buried in the cemetery at Gainesville. They were the parents of eleven children, of whom our subject is the eldest. He was born a cripple, and on that account it was thought that he would never amount to anything. He was reared and educated in Maury County, Tenn., receiving an ordinary education, and after his school day's work was over he began the study of law. a part of the time with a preceptor and a portion without any. When in his twenty-first year he was admitted to the bar in Maury County, although living in Wayne County, and practiced in the last named county for about twelve years. In the year 1844 he was elected county clerk, and filled this position with credit for four years. He became very prominently identified with the whole section of country for many miles. He was a candidate for the legislature from Wayne County, but was de- feated by forty-four votes. In December. 1550. be landed in Greene County, Ark., with his family. and in October of the following year settled at Gainesville, then the county seat. Here he began the struggle for life and reputation. Previous to
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this, in 1844, he married Miss Felicia Cypert, a a sister of Judge Cypert, and became the father of eleven children, nine now living. They are named as follows: Robert P., an attorney; Allen P., also an attorney; William N., a physician; Messilla B., wife of P. H. Crenshaw: Emma W., wife of Judge James E. Riddick; McCall, Thomas C .. Idella A. and Sarah J. After locating in Greene County, Ark., he found his money scarce though a good sized family depended upon him for support. He had a little library and set to work in earnest in the practice of his profession, notwithstanding there was very little to be done in those days. How- ever he held on to what little there was, and in 1855 he was elected prosecuting attorney from the First district, and on next election was defeated. In November, 1860, he was elected to the legisla- ture and served during that session, but later resigned and was a candidate for prosecuting attorney from the Third district. He was elected and served one term. In the year 1865 he was elected circuit judge of the same circuit and went off under reconstruction in 1868. In 1874 he was elected circuit judge of the Second circuit without opposition, and held one term of four years. He was re-elected in 1878 and served until 1882. Since that time he has turned his attention to his practice. The most of his life has been spent in serving the public, and in that capacity he has given entire satisfaction, meriting the respect and admiration of all by his firmness and advancement. As a lawyer he is a ready and fluent speaker, and has but few superiors. A sin- gular circumstance of the family is that there were eleven children in his father's family, of whom the subject of this sketch is the eldest, and eleven children in the wife's family, she being the young- est. The Judge is also the father of eleven chil- dren. There were twenty three grandchildren born, and twenty-two are living at the present time. Judge Mack is a member of the Masonie fraternity and also the I. O. O. F. He and wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Rufus A. Markham, M. D .. an energetic prac- titioner. is recognized throughout this State as a friend of and laborer in the cause and advance-
ment of the medical profession, and has acquired a flattering reputation as a physician. He was born in Orange County, N. C. (now Durham County), in 1848, and is a son of Benjamin and Rhoda (Pritchard) Markham, who were born in North Carolina. The father was the eldest of nine children and grew to maturity in his native State, after which he emigrated westward to Tennessee, where he was engaged in teaching school for some time. He returned to the old home place, and at the age of forty years located within three miles of the old home, where he lived until his death, in 1866, at the age of sixty-three years, rearing there a family of five children, all of whom are living. His wife was born in 1807 and died in 1861, and she, as well as her husband, was a member of the Baptist Church, the latter being a deacon in the same for twenty years. The grandfather was born and reared in the Carolinas, and the great grand- father was a soldier in the Revolutionary War; he reared a large family of children. He lived to be over ninety years of age, and had several sons who also lived to extreme old age, one lacking seven days of being ninety-nine years old at the time of his death. Dr. Rufus A. Markham's brothers and sisters are as follows: Eliza Ann. Felix G., James D. and Martha J. Dr. Markham remained at home until the death of his parents and acquired a fair education in the district schools and at Dur- ham, N. C. In 1870 he came to West Tennessee and the following year removed to Greene County. Ark. In 1874 he went to Texas, where he en- gaged in teaching school. After returning to Ar- kansas he was appointed. in 1876, to the office of deputy clerk of Greene County. In 1878 he began the study of medicine under Dr. M. V. Camp, now of Walnut Ridge, Ark .. and soon after entered the Missouri Medical College, of St. Louis, from which institution he graduated in 1885, though previous to graduating he had practiced in Greens- boro from 1880 until 1884. After graduating he came to Gainesville, where he bas since been en- gaged in the active practice of his profession, and is ranked among the leading physicians of the county. He was married in the fall of 1880 to Miss Maggie Steadman, who was born in Chatham
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County, N. C., in 1845, and died in October, 1888, having become the mother of three children: Ed- ward L., James C. and Rufus P. The last child died in infancy, soon after the mother's death. She was an active worker and member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Doctor is a member of the Baptist Church. He belongs to the A. F. & A. M., and is in every respect a self- made man.
W. H. Martin, a farmer of Blue Cane Town -. ship, was born in Caldwell County, N. C., in 1832, and is the son of William R. and Anna (Hood) Martin, who were of English and Scotch ancestry respectively, and were natives and farmers of the "Old North State." W. H. Martin resided in his native State until sixteen years of age, when he left home and went to Union County, Ill., where he engaged in the sawmill business as a hand sawyer. He was married there in 1856 to Mary Jane Hart- line, a daughter of John and Margaret (Rendel- man) Hartline, who were among the pioneer set- tlers of that county and State, from North Caro- lina. The father was a farmer by occupation and died some years ago. The mother is still living. Mr. Martin remained in Illinois until 1866, when he went to Texas, where he purchased an im- proved farm and remained until the fall of 1869. Selling his property, he came to Greene County, purchasing an improved farm on Crowley's Ridge. Here his wife died in 1880, having borne a family of six children, three of whom survive: Willis A., Walter L., and Eliza Jane. The latter is the wife of C. L. Sides, and resides on Crowley's Ridge. In the fall of 1880 Mr. Martin married Mrs. J. F. Lewis, a widow of Jacob Lewis, of Stoddard County, Mo .; he was reared in Illinois, where he resided on a farm until 1869, when he came to Greene County, Ark., and bought eighty acres of land, which he improved and added to. He was conservative in politics. He died in 1879 and left his widow with two children to care for: William Franklin and Myrtle May. Mr. Martin owns lands to the amount of 480 acres, 200 being under cultivation, and has taken an interest in fruit culture, having on his home farm a fine or- chard. He raises and buys considerable stock.
and is one of the successful farmers of the county. He votes with the Democratic party, and has been a member of the school board ever since his resi- dence in Arkansas. Socially, he is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Danley Lodge No. 3, and is a member of the Knights of Honor, at Rector. He and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and are the parents of one child: Edgar C. Mr. Martin has seen many changes in the growth and prosperity of the county since coming here; he often went to Cape Girardeau, a distance of 125 miles, to do his marketing, when now it is only necessary to go a very few miles to obtain all the articles one desires.
J. R. Miller, deputy circuit and county clerk. and a prominent educator of the county for a num- ber of years, was born in Gordon County, Ga., April 8, 1856, and came to Greene County, Ark., in 1879. His father, W. W. Miller, was a native of South Carolina, where he followed agricultural pursuits for some time, and, when a young man, moved to Georgia. Here be was united in mar- riage to Miss Amelia Erwin, a native of the last- mentioned State and the daughter of James Erwin. The grandparents, Archibald and Hannah Miller, were of English stock. After coming to Greene County, Ark., J. R. Miller engaged in agricultural pursuits, which had been his principal occupation while in Georgia, and he has also been occupied in the teacher's profession for several years. He set- tled on a farm near Gainesville, cultivating sixty acres or more, and has a fine residence. He was married December 26, 1883, to Miss Mattie Hamp- ton, daughter of M. B. and M. C. (Stevenson) Hampton, of Greene County, formerly of Shelby County. Tenn. One child is the result of this un- ion, a daughter, named Minnie May. The mother of Mr. Miller makes her home with him. In his political views he affiliates with the Democratic party, and in January, 1889, he was appointed to the position of deputy circuit clerk by Mr. T. B. Kitchens. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South.
James F. Newberry, a prominent and highly re- spected farmer of Greene County, was born in Ala- bama in 1844, and is the son of John Newberry,
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who came to this State in 1854. Here he engaged in farming and was for two years justice of the peace. At the breaking out of the Civil War he entered the Confederate service under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, and was killed in 1862. He reared a family of six children, five sons and one daughter. James F. Newberry was in the Confederate service during the entire war, and was wounded in the left leg. In 1864 he returned to his farm in Greene County, and devoted himself to its improvement. He then owned 100 acres, which he has since in- creased to 425. A part of his farm is under cultivation, and he is also interested in raising cattle and fine mules. He married Mary Mor .- gan, who bore him six children and died in 1880, aged thirty years. He chose as his second wife Mrs. Charity (Dennis) Ross, and to their union have been given four children. The nine chil- dren are: Robert E., born in 1865; Martha C., born in 1867, died in 1880; Sarah F., born in 1870; John E., born in 1872; Isabella, born in 1874; Laura E., born in 1881; James J., born in 1883, died in 1884: Jennie B., born in 1885, and Myrtle G., born in 1887, died in 1889. Mr. Newberry is a stanch Democrat in politics, and he and his wife are popular in the community in which they live.
W. C. Newberry is in every way worthy of being classed among the prosperous planters of Greene County, Ark. He was born in Weakley County, West Tenn., in 1852, and was the sixth of eleven children born to Samuel and Nancy (Trantham) Newberry, the former a native of North Carolina, and the latter of Tennessee. In 1854 they moved to Greene County, Ark., and settled near the farm on which W. C. Newberry is now residing, where they entered land and re- sided until their respective deaths, the father's demise occurring in February, 1874, and the mother's in 1883. They took quite an important part in the early history of the country, and the father assisted in organizing the county. W. C. Newberry received his early education in the dis- trict schools of Greene County, and aided at home in opening up his father's farm. He was married in Greene County, in 1872. to Miss Martha Jane
McHaney, who was born in Arkansas, and is a daughter of John and Sally (Sims) MeHaney, Tennesseeans. Mr. Newberry soon located on his present farm of 120 acres, about fifty-five acres of which he has cleared and put under cultivation. He has added to his original purchase until he now has 200 acres of as good land as there is in the county, with 110 under the plow, the principal products of which are corn and cotton. Mr. New- berry is independent in politics, and is not an office- seeker. In 1874 he lost his wife, and four years later he was married to Mary H. Hartso, of Arkan- sas. His first union was blessed by one son, Samuel; and his last by four children: Luther, Clifton, Charley and Tuler. His wife is a daugh- ter of William and Sarah (McFarland) Hartso, who came to Arkansas at an early day. The father is still living, but the mother is deceased. Mr. Newberry has been active in aiding all laud- able enterprises, and is one of the self made men of the county.
John Nutt, farmer and stock-raiser, of Greene County, Ark., is one of its foremost men in the support of all measures for its progress and devel- .opment. He was born in Shelby County, Tenn., and grew to manhood on his father's farm, there receiving his education in the county schools. His father. William Nutt, was a native of Alabama. and moved from that State to Tennessee in 1827. There he engaged very successfully in farming, and, being a minister of the gospel, devoted much time to his Master's cause. He reared a family of eleven children, four of whom are yet living. All his life he was faithful to his ideas of right and duty, and died in 1844. John Nutt has dur- ing his life engaged in farming, and now owns 520 acres of splendid land in this county, and 600 acres in Lawrence County. He has given some attention to stock-raising, and now has many good horses and mules. To him and wife have been born six chil- dren, and five of them have grown to manhood and womanhood. They are three sons and two daughters: William C .. George W., Sampson MI., Lavina E. and Nancy Ann. Mr. Nutt is a mem- ber of the Masonic order, and he and wife are worthy members of the Baptist Church.
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John M. Nutt. The fine quality of the soil in Greene County, Ark., added to energy and good management, has placed Mr. Nutt among the pros- perous farmers of the community. He was born on the old homestead near his own farm on the 14th of January, 1863, being the eleventh of four- where he was engaged in the hotel and lumber teen children born to W. G. and Sarah (Ellis) business for about ten years. After this he went to Dyer County, Tenn., there following saw- milling, having a mill built on a steamboat, and taking the timber from the river. He was also occupied in merchandising for about four years. In January, 1888, he came to Paragould, Ark., where he bought his present property and immedi- ately embarked in the mercantile business under the present firm name. He carries a good stock of general merchandise and has a thriving trade. He was married in 1862, but lost his wife the fol- lowing year. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, having joined that order in 1862. Mr. Odam's parents, Cleyburn and Mary (McConnell) Odam, were natives of Middle Tennessee and Maysville, Ky., respectively. The mother emi- grated from Kentucky to Illinois in 1816, when the last named State was a Territory, and the father came to the same State about 1820. They were married there and located in Hardin County, where the father successfully cultivated the soil. He died August 5. 1834, of Asiatic cholera. In their family were two children: John and Sarah. wife of Thomas McConnell. After the death of her husband Mrs. Odam married Mr. Commodore P. Tadlock, by whom she had five children, three now living: Edward J., Jonathan L., and Nancy J. The mother died in 1858. Nutt, the former a native of Alabama, and the latter of Maryland. The father came with his parents to what is now Greene County in 1839, and settled with them on a farm near Gainesville, where the parents died. He was married in Greene County and became a very wealthy farmer. being the owner of 2,500 acres of land, with 600 acres under cultivation. He always votes with the Democratic party, and socially is a member of Gainesville Lodge No. 168. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and his wife is a Methodist. The maternal grandfather was a very early resi- dent of Arkansas, and was a soldier in the Mexican war. John M. Nutt has always resided in Greene County, and in his youth attended the common schools; this with a few years spent at Howell, Mo., has enabled him to successfully cope with fickle fortune. When first starting out in life for him- : self he began tilling the soil on the farm where he now lives, his acreage amounting to 1673, eighty acres being under the plow. The most of this he cleared himself, and now has one of the best farms in the county. He was married in Greene County in 1887 to Miss Lulu, a daughter of W. G. But- ternut and wife, nee Skiles, all being natives of Tennessee, who came to Greene County in 1871. The parents are living in the county. Mr. Nutt always votes the Republican ticket, but is not a seeker after office, and has ever been deeply inter- ested in educational matters. His wife is a mem- ber of the Baptist Church. Their union has been blessed in the birth of one child: Ivery.
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