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Towns and villages of commercial importance bave sprung up here and there, forming necessary trading points for the surrounding country.
Afton, a station of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad, five miles south of Mam- moth Spring, contains a depot, store, hotel and saw-mill.
Camp is seven miles northeast of Salem. Here are a store, grocery, grist-mill and cotton-gin.
Elizabeth, eighteen miles southwest of Salem, has a general store, drug store and a cotton-gin. with three saw-mills in the near vicinity.
Mitchell, fifteen miles southwest of Salem, has one general store.
Myatt, in the northeastern part of the county, has one store, grist-mill and cotton gin.
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City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad, at the fa- mous spring of that name. The old town, con- taining a small cluster of houses and a saloon, on the Missouri side of the State line, located at the Harry Tunstall Spring, about half a mile west of the big spring, was established many years ago. but the new town, near the big spring and the rail- road, has been almost wholly constructed since the completion of the railroad, in 1883. It now con- tains three general stores, three groceries, two drug stores, a hardware and furniture store, a jew- elry and a millinery store, three hotels, two res- taurants, a livery stable, a weekly newspaper, two real estate offices, a building and loan association, a lumber yard, a fish farm, the Calumet Cotton Factory, two church edifices, a large brick school- house, a complement of mechanics' shops, a lodge each of Masons, Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias, etc., etc., and a population of about 800. The town is "booming," the immigration is rapid and the population will soon double and treble. The place is designed by nature for a health and summer resort, and is being fitted up for that pur- pose. A commodious hotel. commanding splendid views, recently under construction, is now com- pleted, and is especially adapted for the accommo- dation of health and pleasure seekers. The Mam- moth Spring Monitor. a Democratic newspaper, is published weekly by its proprietors, Culp & Dead- erick. It is now in its second volume, and is well supported, as its ably written columns and sub- stantial local matter deserve.
The great spring from which the river flows is about 180 feet in diameter, but the Mammoth Spring Improvement Company have constructed a huge dam across the river at a proper distance below the spring, thus forming a reservoir, com- pletely submerging the spring and containing an area of eighteen acres. The sheet of water that flows over the dam is 107 feet wide, the depth of fall is fourteen feet, and the quantity that falls is over 45,000 cubic feet per minute, enough to turn all the mills and factories that can be built adjacent to it. The supply is constant and does not vary with the change of seasons. The river, with this great body of water. for a distance of eleven and
three-fourth miles from below the dam has a fali of 134 feet. In this distance many dams could be constructed and hundreds of mills operated. Mam . moth Spring and the river that flows from it form one of nature's greatest wonders. The Calumet Cotton Factory stands by the dam mentioned. It is a two-story brick building. 50x250 feet in size, with a one-story wing attached. 40x90 feet, and at this writing is well supplied with looms and other machinery. The number of looms is about 120 and the number of spindles 5.000. One hundred and fifty hands are employed and all the finer grades of colored cotton goods manufactured. These hands and their families add much to the population of the place.
Salem, the county seat, is near the geograph- ical center of the county, and has a beautiful site at the foot and south of Pilot Hill. It had its origin with the county's organization. As pre- viously mentioned, it was destroyed during the Civil War. It now contains two general stores, a drug store, grocery, school-house, church. two hotels, the county buildings. two newspapers, etc .. and twenty-two families. The Fulton County Ban- ner, published weekly at Salem, is now in its fifth year. It is published by Lee Davis. is Democratic in politics, and has a fair circulation. The Salem Informer, now in its thirteenth volume, is published by Jesse Matthews. It advocates Republican prin- ciples and has for its motto. " Whatever will ad- vance the laborer's interest."
South Fork, in the eastern part of the county. has a general store, a drug store, flouring-mill and cotton-gin.
Union, ten miles south of Salem, contains a general store and school house.
Viola, in the western part of the county, con- tains two general stores, a drug store, flouring- mill. two cotton-gins, blacksmith shops. a school- house and Masonic hall.
Wheeling, four miles south of Salem, has a grocery, a saw and grist-mill and cotton-gin. a church and school-house.
Wild Cherry, in the southwest portion of the county, contains two general stores, two churches, a grist mill and cotton gin, blacksmith shop, a
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James M. Archer, senior member of the gen- eral merchandise firm of Archer. Daniels & Co. Fulton County has within her borders many men to whom she may point with pride; men. who, for- getting their own interests, have labored assidu- ously, bending all their efforts to one great end- their country's advancement and welfare. These men, in braving the dangers and privations in- cident to a pioneer's life. have pressed rapidly forward, paving and preparing the way for the advantages now reaped by a younger generation. Such a man is James M. Archer, who was born in Lawrence County, Ark., June 10, 1832, and when but five years of age removed with his parents to Fulton County. He suffered the loss of his mother when still a mere lad, and a few years later his father was stricken down with paralysis, lingering a helpless cripple for sixteen years. This was a terrible blow for young Archer, as it robbed him of his support and reduced him to a state of destitution. It was in this trying ordeal that the boy showed the metal of which he was made. Born of a sturdy line of ancestry, he inher- ited a vim which refused to bow under adverse cir- cumstances, and here were developed that deter- mination of purpose and untiring energy which has characterized his after life. He is first found occupying the humble position of knife rubber on a steamboat, which he followed for three years, never once complaining of his hard lot. Later he was engaged in labor upon a farm, receiving for his work the mere pittance of four dollars per month, which he saved for the purpose of attending school. His small amount of funds was soon ex- hausted, and he was compelled to resume his la- bors, and for five years more was engaged in various occupations. When the war broke out he was not long in making his decision, and, espous- ing the cause of the Confederacy, he organized the first company of Confederate troops in Marion County, Ark., where he was then located. He
assumed the captaincy of this company, which was mustered into service in the Seventh Regiment Arkansas Infantry, and for a short time was sta- tioned at Pocahontas, Ark. He next joined the Regulars and was commissioned regimental adju- tant of the Fourth Cavalry, participating in many engagements, among which were the battles of Fitz Hugh's Woods, Ironton, Boonville, Inde- pendence and others. After the close of the war he embarked in agricultural pursuits near Salem. Ark., and in 1869 he engaged in business at that town, where he remained until 1882. In 1887 he obtained control of Mammoth Spring, and at once devoted his attention to the general improvement of the place. He is now general manager and secretary of the Mammoth Spring Improvement & Water Power Company, and director of the Calamity Cotton Mills. In 1879 Mr. Archer was elected representative of Fulton County, and re- elected in 1881. His wife was Miss Laura Tun- stall, of Arkansas, a daughter of Thomas T. and Elizabeth Tunstall, early settlers of this State. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and are held in the highest esteem. In political faith Mr. Archer is an ardent adherent of Democratic principles. He is also a member of the K. of P.
A. F. Bassham is the present efficient sheriff and ex-officio collector of Fulton County, Ark., and is well-known throughout the county as a man of ability and honor. He was born in Lawrence County, Tenn., January 25, 1859, and is a son of S. H. and Elizabeth (Ray) Bassham, who were born in Tennessee and Alabama. September 9, 1829, and January 1, 1830, respectively. The former grew to maturity and was married in his native State, being there engaged in the pursuit of farming, but after the late war. in which he served on the Confederate side, he emigrated to Arkansas, in 1874, where he followed the same oc- cupation, but is now residing in Salem. He is a Democrat, and he and wife are members of the Free. Will Baptist Church. His father, Richard Bassham. was a native and a farmer of Tennessee, and was married to a Miss Pennekuff, who died in Lawrence County, Tenn. In all probability the maternal
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grandfather, Benjamin Ray, was a native of Ala- bama. A. F. Bassham was reared to the age of fourteen years in Tennessee, since which time he has been a resident of Fulton County, Ark. Being desirous of supplementing the primary education which he received, in the vicinity of his home, with a more thorough knowledge he entered the graded school at Mountain Home, Ark., where his career was marked with rapid advancement. Now thoroughly qualified to enter upon a professional career, he engaged in teaching school, and was one of the popular educators of Fulton County for several years. He gave up this work, however, to assume the responsible duties of his present office, to which he was elected September 3, 1888, by the Demo- cratic party, of which he has always been an active member. He is a Master Mason, and is secretary of Viola Lodge No. 399; also belonging to Salem Lodge No. 28, I. O. O. F. October 15, 18S1, he was married to Miss Allie Brown, who was born in 1862, and by her has an interesting little family of three children: Frederick, Maude and William. Mr. Bassham owns a good farm of 120 acres.
W. W. Brooks, now in the employ of the Mam- moth Spring Fish Farm, was originally from Troup County, Ga., where he was born in 1851. His father, Capt. Henry Brooks, was born in Jackson County, Ga., in 1816, and was married in Troup County, of the same State, to Miss Eliza Wideman, a native of Troup County, born in 1824. The mother died in 1856, and two years later Mr. Brooks removed to Tallapoosa County, Ala., from there to Pontotoc County, Miss., in 1868, and in 1870 to Independence County, Ark., where he died in 1874. He had been married twice. Dur- ing his entire life he followed the occupation of a farmer, and was very successful in this pur suit. During the late war he was captain of Company G. Fourteenth Alabama Infantry, Con- federate Army, and was with the Army of Virginia until 1862, when he resigned on account of poor health. He then joined Young's company of Ala- bama State troops and served until the close of the war. He was captured at the surrender of Selma, Ala., and paroled. He was major of the militia in an early day, and held the position of justice of
the peace for a number of years. He was a mem- ber of the Masonic fraternity for years, and also belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. His father, John Brooks, was born in Jackson County, Ga., and died in Troup County, of the same State. He was of English descent. was a member of the Baptist Church, and was a soldier in the early wars. The maternal grand- father of the subject of this sketch was a native of South Carolina, and died in Troup County, Ga. W. W. Brooks was the third of four sons born to his parents. - Like most of the youths of his vicin- ity, as he grew up he devoted his time and atten- tion to labors on the farm, and in the meantime re- ceived a fair education in the common schools. He began for himself at the age of twenty-one and went to the Lone Star State, where he went at braking on the railroad. Later he clerked in a store at Batesville for two years, and was then made deputy sheriff of Independence County. After this he engaged in the milling business, rail- roading, and was also in the railway mail service for a number of years, or until in March, 1889, when he was employed by his present company. His marriage to Miss Mollie Jeffery occurred in 1882, and two sons were the result. Mrs. Brooks was born in Izard County, and is the daughter of Daniel M. Jeffery, who was also a native of Izard County, where he died in 1888. He was a farmer, also being a Cumberland Presbyterian minister. Mr. Brooks came to Fulton County, Ark., in 1880, lived at Salem three years, and while there was en- gaged in the milling business. Since then he has resided at Mammoth Spring. He was appointed by President Arthur postmaster at Mammoth Spring. and filled this position in a satisfactory manner for two years. He was justice of the peace from 1884 to 1886, and was postmaster at the same time. In 1885 he was a member of the equalization board of Fulton County, appointed by Gov. Hughes. He was formerly a member of the I. O. O. F. He is an active worker in the Democratic party, and voted for Horace Greeley in 1872.
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the Buckeye State, and is the son of Matthew and Hannah (O'Key) Brown, natives of Ohio. They were married in their native State, and remained there until 1866. he engaged in farming and stock raising. In 1861 the elder Brown joined the United States troops as first lieutenant of Company D, Twenty-seventh Ohio Infantry, and served about one year. participating in the following battles: New Madrid. Island No. 10 and Corinth. When the call for 600,000 troops was made, Lieut. Brown came home, raised a company, was made captain. and joined the One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio Infantry, Company F. and remained with that company for three years. He took part in several noted engagements: Winchester, Cedar Creek, Piedmont, Petersburg and Richmond. He was wounded at Winchester while on picket duty, being shot in the arm. He was discharged at Har- per's Ferry in 1864, and came home. In 1866 he went to Southwest Missouri, and in 1869 came to Fulton County, Ark., and bought the place on which his son. Hon. S. A., now resides, for $2.000. Three years later he sold this farm to his son, and bought one on Big North Fork of White River, in Baxter County, Ark., where he died in 1876. He was public administrator of this county for three or four years, and was also county judge of the same county. He was not an office seeker, and was appointed to the positions he held by the Governor. Previous to the war. he had been a strong Democrat, but after that his ideas coincided with those of the Republican party. He was a mem- ber of the Masonic fraternity. Nine children were born to his marriage, eight of whom lived to be : grown, and seven are now living: Edward, S. A., born December 28, 1839; Catherine, A. R., Nancy (deceased), Mary A., Jennie D. and Josephine. S. A. Brown was a soldier in the late war, having joined Company F. One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio, in his twenty-first year, and served three years. He was discharged on account of a wound, and was afterward captured at Staunton. Va., and kept in prison three months. He was in Libby prison a short period, but the principal part of the time was spent in the hospital. He was paroled at Richmond, Va., on the 12th of August, 1865.
While in service he participated in the following battles: Winchester, Gettysburg, and at Piedmont, Va., where he was wounded by a musket ball in the arm. He held the rank of orderly sergeant of his company during the war. After his return home in 1865, he remained there for about a year, and then, in company with his father. moved to Polk County, Mo., where he continued for three years. After this he taught school, and in 1869 came to Fulton County, Ark., where he taught the first free school in this section after the war. Sub- sequently he engaged in agricultural pursuits, and has continued the same up to the present. On the 8th of December, 1870, Miss Lou Baker became his wife, and to them have been born three chil- dren: Claud, born on the 19th of September, 1871; Bettie, born on the 2d of November, 1873, and Bertha, born on the 4th of February. 1881. Mrs. Brown died on the 28th of April, 1882, and Mr. Brown married Mrs. Josie Simpson, nee Tuttle, August 4, 1884, and they have two children, Ros- coe C., born on the 16th of August, 1885, and Archie, born on the 16th of April, 1887. Mrs. Brown is the daughter of Capt. T. C. Fluty, of Tennessee, a captain in the Confederate army, and one of the prominent farmers of Baxter Coun- ty, Ark. Mr. Brown has represented his county in the legislature, and has held several minor offi- ces, filling the position of commissioner of public accounts for two terms. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Queen Elizabeth Lodge No. 360, and is also a member of the I. O. O. F., Vidette Lodge No. 94. He belongs to Simp. Mason Post No. 228, G. A. R., Department of Missouri, and was appointed on the staff of John E. Phelps, commander of the State of Missouri. He is a Republican in politics, and he and Mrs. Brown are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Thomas J. Brown. No name is more prop- erly placed in the history of the county than that of Mr. Brown, who is not only one of the most enterprising farmers of the county. but is of such a social, genial nature. that he has made many friends. He owes his nativity to the State of Ten- nessee, where his birth occurred January 5. 1854.
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His parents, John and Caroline (Harber) Brown, are natives of Tennessee. The elder Brown was a sturdy son of toil and followed this occupation in his native State until his subsequent removal to Dunklin County, Mo. His death occurred April 30, 1858. He had been constable in Tennessee and filled the position in a highly satisfactory manner. His marriage took place in 1844, and six children were the result: Henry N., born September 27, 1846, died October 23, 1846; Martin W., born Sep- tember 30, 1847, died October 14, 1848; Martha J., born December 22, 1849, died May 4, 1886, Joseph M., born January 26, 1852; Amanda C., born July 30, 1858, died February 22, 1876. John Brown, the father of these children, was born on the 19th of July, 1824, and his wife was born on the 20th day of October, 1825. She died August 23, 18SS, and was a worthy and consistent member of the Christian Church. Thomas J. Brown com- menced life for himself at the age of nineteen years, and his marriage to Miss Eliza J. Pumphrey was consummated on the 24th of August, 1873. She was born in Ozark County, Mo., October 10, 1852. With his parents he left Dunklin County, Mo. ; came to Fulton County, Ark., in 1858, and has been a resident of this county ever since. In 1874 he purchased his present property, and is now the owner of 320 acres of land, 150 under a fine state of cultivation. Over his broad acres roam cattle, sheep and horses and mules, which he makes a specialty of raising. To his marriage were born six children: John W., born on the 13th of June, 1874; Richard W., born on the 12th of February, 1877; Elizabeth C., born on the 20th of August, 1879; Ollie M., born on the 7th of May, 1885; Thomas M., born on the 21st of March, 1887; James E., born on the 6th day of August, 1889. Mr. Brown has made the principal part of his property by his own labor. His wife is the daughter of William G. Pumphrey and Elizabeth (Hawkins) Pumphrey, both natives of Tennessee. They came to Missouri at an early day, settling on The Big North Fork of White River, in Ozark County, Mo., and were married there in 1848. After remaining in that county until 1887. he moved to Boone County, Ark. His first marriage was to Miss
Fannie Holt, of Tennessee, who bore him two children, one living at present: Mary. By his marriage to Miss Hawkins he became the father of six children, four of whom survive: Benjamin J. (deceased), Eliza J., George W., Sarah A., M. T., and William (deceased). Mr. Brown is a Demo- crat and has filled the office of deputy sheriff of his county for two years. His wife is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.
Charles J. Brunson's life from his earliest rec- ollections has been passed on a farm, his early days being spent in assisting his father on the old homestead in Georgia, in Twiggs County of which State he was born January 7, 1827. His parents, Jarrett N. and Mary M. (Stephens) Brunson, were born in South Carolina, the former's birth occur- ring about 1797. He was a farmer by occupation, of Scotch descent, and died in Georgia near 1842, being one of thirteen children (eleven sons and two daughters) born to Peter Brunson, who lived and died in South Carolina. Mrs. Mary M. Brun- son died in the State of Georgia about 1829, hav- ing borne a family of four children, of whom our subject is the third. After his father's death Charles J. began making his home with his elder brother, and while living with him attended school one year, making good use of his opportunities. He then went to his uncle's, Marion Brunson, in Ala- bama, and again entered school, attending about three months, after which he took charge of his uncle's plantation, and overseered his slaves, who numbered about sixty, for two years. Being of- fered better wages, he became an overseer for a neighboring planter, remaining with him one year. In 1848 he was married, in the State of Alabama, to Miss Mary Hickman, who was born in Twiggs County, Ga., October 23. 1833, and died in Ful- ton County, Ark., January 1. 1872. She left. besides her husband, a family of three children to mourn her loss: Charles J., James L. and Anna E. (wife of J. H. Nichols. ) Three children are deceased. In the latter part of 1872 Mr. Brunson took for his second wife Mrs. Margaret (Huffman) Willcox, who was born in Davidson County, N. C .. November 19, 1837. They have one son. Joseph A. In 1854 Mr. Brunson moved with his family
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to Ashley County, Ark., and there resided until and general trading with marked success until 1865, when he settled in Jefferson County, where he spent two years. Since that time he has been a resident of Fulton County. By his own unaided efforts he has become the owner of a fine farm comprising 280 acres, with about 130 under culti- vation, and has made all the improvements, such as building fences and houses, and clearing the land, himself. He served two years in the Confederate army during the Rebellion, and has since been a Democrat in politics. He has held the position of constable both in Alabama and Arkansas, and has been solicited to accept other local offices, but has declined. He and family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of which he has been a member since twenty one years of age. His first wife was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.
1884. He then came to Mammoth Spring, where he purchased the first business and residence lots sold by the town syndicate. He immediately erected buildings, and built the first brick business house in that town, besides investing largely in real estate there. He is also the owner of considerable real estate in and around Newport, and is one of the most thoroughgoing and active business men in Fulton County. He enjoys an immense trade. He was the assessor of Jackson County, Ark., for four years, and filled that position to the satisfac- tion of all. He has been married three times; first. in 1874, to Miss Lena Claridge, the daughter of Dr. H. B. Claridge, who came from Tennessee to Jackson County, where he was one of the leading physicians. Mrs. Buford died in 1879, and in 1883 Mr. Buford married Miss Della Harrison, who died in 1884. In 1886 he married Miss Nettie Ander- son, daughter of J. L. Anderson, who came from Iowa to Arkansas, where he is living at the present time, engaged in agricultural pursuits. Mr. Bu- ford is a Democrat in politics, and his first preși- dential vote was for Horace Greeley in 1872. He has been a member of Mammoth Spring Lodge of the I. O. O. F. for twelve years. He and wife are much esteemed members of the Christian Church.
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