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George C. Buford, dealer in general merchan- dise, farm implements, etc., Mammoth Spring. Of the many names that make up the strength of the business portion of Mammoth Spring that of Mr. Buford is foremost. His business was established in 1885, and the value of the stock is estimated at about $12,000. Mr. Buford was born in Frederick- town, Mo., October 20, 1849, and is the son of Christopher Y. and Mary (Nifong) Buford, natives of South Carolina and Pennsylvania, respectively. G. A. Bundren. farmer and stock raiser of Washington Township, was born in Tennessee, January 30, 1847, and passed his youth and early manhood in that State and in Illinois. His par- ents, G. C. and Lucinda (Keyton) Bundren, were natives of Virginia, the father born in 1807, and the mother in 1823. In their family were five children, four of whom lived to be grown. They were named as follows: James C., who died in the Union army in 1863, and whose family now reside : in Johnson County, Ill. ; Surena, wife of George Everett, a resident of Williamson County, Ill. : Melissa, wife of David Sollis, living in Du- quoin, Ill., and G. A. The father of these clul- dren was a successful agriculturist, and followed this occupation in Tennessee until 1851, when he moved to Illinois. He entered land in that State The parents were married in Missouri, and there spent the remainder of their lives. Mrs. Buford died in 1855 and Mr. Buford in 1879. Her father, George W. Nifong, was a native of Pennsylvania, and moved to Southeast Missouri at a very early day, where he died at the age of ninety-eight years. Mr. Buford was married twice. He was a well to- do farmer, stock raiser and general trader, and was also a member of the Masonic fraternity. His father died in Louisiana at the age of eighty years. George C. Buford was one of six children born to his parents, and received a thorough education at Fredericktown, and at Washington University, St. Louis. He also graduated from Reed's Commer- cial College, of St. Louis, in 1869. Subsequently he taught school for several years in Frederick- town, Mo., until 1871, when he removed to New- | and continued tilling the soil until his death, which port, Ark., and there engaged in merchandising occurred in 1882. He was a Democrat in politics.
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but was not an aspirant for office. nor was he act- ive in politics. He was a member of the United Baptist Church, as was also his wife. G. A. Bund- ren, like so many of the substantial citizens of this county at the present time, was initiated into the mysteries of farming from the very first, and this has since continued to be the calling to which his attention has been directed. He received a fair education in his native State, and in the State of Illinois, and at the age of seventeen began for himself, attending to farm duties in Illinois until 1866, when he moved to Kentucky. Two years later he went to Cape Girardeau, Mo., resided there two years, going thence to Dunklin County, thence in 1876 to Scott County, Mo., and from there, in 1878, to Peach Orchard, Clay County, Ark .; where he engaged in the practice of medicine, and also started a drug store. At the same time he filled the position of postmaster. In 1882 he left Peach Orchard, and moved to Knobel the same county, where he embarked in merchandising, and this continued for two years. From there he moved to Woodruff County, Ark., and in connection with farming, practiced medicine, conducting also a mercantile store at Howell Station, on the Bates- ville & Brinkley Railroad. He remained there but a short time, and in 1885 came to Fulton County, and here attends to his practice in connection with farming. By his marriage to Mrs. Elizabeth Holmes nee Thompson, January 1, 1863, he be- came the father of six children, three now living: James A., born February 26. 1865, and now liv- ing at home; C. W., born February 3, 1869, and also at home, and M. B., whose birth occurred on the 3d of February, 1869, and is at home. The other children died in infancy. Mrs. Bundren died at Knobel, Ark., in 1883; she was a consistent member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Bundren was married the second time in May, 1885, to Mrs. Sarah J. Wilson, nee Young, a native of Ken- tucky, and the mother of four children, the fruit of her former union. They are named as follows: Hannibal Wilson, living at Alicia, Ark. : W. V., also at Alicia, Ark., Mary, wife of H. Hensley, re. siding at Alicia, Ark., and Celia. wife of T. B. Caple, a resident of Fulton County, Ark. Mr.
Bundren is not active in politics, but votes the Democratic ticket. He and wife are members of the Christian Church.
J. M. Burrow, a prominent attorney-at-law at Mammoth Spring, is among those who contribute to the strength of the Arkansas bar. He is a na- tive of Tennessee, born in Bedford County in 1854. His parents, Freeman and Louisa (Nichols) Bur- row, were born also in Bedford County, Tenn., in 1834 and 1833, respectively. They resided in that county until 1857, when they came to Sharp Coun- ty, Ark., where Mrs. Burrow died in 1874. Mr. Burrow is still living, and has followed tilling the soil for many years. He filled the position of jus- tice of the peace for four years, and served four years in the Confederate army with Gens. Price and Freeman. He has been a member of the A. F. & A. M. since 1857, and belongs to the Methodist Church, of which his wife was also a member. Of the six children born to their union J. M. was the eldest. He was educated in the log school-houses, and like the majority of farmers' boys, assisted on the farm. When about twenty one years of age he taught school, and followed this occupation for two years. When twenty-two years of age he began the study of law, and diligently continued this in connection with farming for several years. In 1SS5 he was admitted to the bar, and since 1883 has lived at Mammoth Spring. He is one of the most substantial attorneys of Fulton County, and also practices in Sharp and Izard Counties. He was married in September, 1878, to Miss Josie Whiteside. daughter of Allen and Sarah Whiteside, who came to Fulton County from Illinois at an early day, and there the father died. The mother is still living. In politics Mr. Burrow is a Demo- crat, his first presidential vote being for S. J. Til- den, in 1876. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Myatt Lodge No. 401, 'and also belongs to Spring River Lodge No. 49, K. of P., at Mammoth Spring. He has a very pleasant home on Emi- nence Hill, Archer Avenue.
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posted man in all public affairs; and a short sketch the leg at Chickamauga, and at Appomattox Court House, about two hours before the surrender, he received a very severe wound in the right arm. After the war he remained in Alabama until 1866, when he went to the State of Mississippi, and from there came to Fulton County, Ark., in 1870, and here has since made his home. In 1879 he moved to his present location, which is a farm consisting of 360 acres of as good land as there is anywhere, and in addition to looking after this property still continues to work at his trade. He is a Democrat in his political views, and in 1885-86 served as justice of the peace. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity, and as a citi- zen of Fulton County has been identified with its advancement and growth ever since locating here. He was married in 1860 to Miss Rhoda Ann Bry- ant, a daughter of Alexander Bryant, and her death occurred in Izard County, Ark., in 1875, when thirty-seven years of age. Of the eight children born to her union only four are now living: Charles D., of Texas; Elizabeth E., wife of James A. Talley, a farmer of the county; Nancy E., wife of Abraham L. Reed, a farmer residing near Mansfield, and Nathan D., at home. Mrs. Butler was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. of his life will be of more than passing interest to the citizens of this locality. He was born in Chambers County, Ala., October 15, 1838, and is a son of Nathan H. and Francis R. (Hogue) But- ler, who were born in Elbert and Waltham Coun- ties, Ga., respectively, the former's birth occur- ring in 1818; and like his father, Daniel Butler (who was born in South Carolina, and died in Georgia), he was a worker in wood and a skillful wagon-maker. He and wife were married in Paulding County, Ga., and resided in that State and in various counties in Alabama, until 1855, when they came to Arkansas, locating in White County, but only remained a short time and then moved back to Alabama. In 1863 or 1864. they went to Mississippi and Tennessee, and in 1875 located in Fulton County, Ark., where the father died the same fall. His widow is now residing in Viola, of that county, and is enjoying good health. She is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, as was her husband, and to them were born eight children, of whom James Marion was the eldest. Of these only four are now living: M. L., a blacksmith of Viola; Louisa M., wife of William Smith; William P. H., residing in the State of Colorado, and our subject. Those deceased are Napoleon B .. Martha A. E .. George W. and Mary Thomas B. Caldwell is possessed of those ad- vanced ideas and progressive principles regarding agricultural life which seem to be among the chief characteristics of the average native Mis- sourian. He was born in Franklin County of that State on the 16th of October, 1840, and is a son of James Patten and Ann (Caldwell) Caldwell, the former of Irish descent, born in the State of Mis- souri, in the year 1816. He was a well known agriculturist of his region, and died in Fulton County, Ark .. in 1863. His wife was also born in Missouri, and died when her son, Thomas B., was about seven years of age, her demise occur- ring in Franklin County. The paternal grand- parents were Andrew and Nancy (Farrow) Caldwell, the former being a native Kentuckian. He moved to Franklin County. Mo., during the early history of that country. and died there at his son's home J. James Marion Butler received his schooling in the State of Alabama, and while growing to manhood learned the blacksmith and wagon- maker's trade of his father. At the age of twen- ty-one years he began depending on his own re- sources for obtaining a livelihood. and from that time until the opening of the Rebellion worked in Alabama. Although his father served in the Union army for some time, he espoused the cause of the Confederacy and first joined the Alabama Legion, which was consolidated and thrown into other regiments, the Twenty-third Alabama Bat- talion of Sharp-shooters being a part left over. He served two years as sergeant, participating in many battles, among which were Chickamauga, Petersburg, being intrenched in the ditches of that city for nine months: Hatch's Run, and the Vir- ginia campaign. He received a flesh wound in , in 1847. His wife, Nancy, died there also. The
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paternal great-grandfather, Kincaid Caldwell, was born in the " Emerald Isle." The maternal grand- father also bore the name of Andrew Caldwell, but the two families were not related. Thomas B. Caldwell is one of two surviving members of a family of five children, the other being a sister residing on the Iron Mountain Railroad in Mis- souri. He was reared in his native State, but never received any educational advantages in youth, being compelled to assist his father in tilling the home farm; but by contact with the world and by self-application he has become a well posted man. He was twenty years of age when he enlisted in the army, and was a member of Capt. B. B. Bray's Seventh Division of Missouri Volunteers. He participated in the engagements at Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and in numerous skirmishes. He was second sergeant of artillery for about twelve months prior to the close of the war. On the 9th of March, 1862, he was captured at Mountain Grove, Mo., and was sent to St. Louis, thence to Alton, Ill., and from there to Vicksburg, Miss., where he was exchanged on the 22d of September, of the same year. Nearly ever since the close of the war he has been a resident of Fulton County, Ark., and has been actively engaged in tilling the soil. On the 5th of March, 1865, he was married to Miss Lucintha M. Smith, who was born in South Carolina in 1842, a daughter of Inman and Mary A. Smith. The father died in the " Palmetto State," but the mother is still living and resides in Fulton County, Ark., the wife of a Mr. Hutch- esson. To Mr. Caldwell and his wife the follow- ing children have been born: James Henry, Benjamin H., Thomas J. (deceased), John H.,
admiration for him, for he is possessed of those sterling principles which make a true man and a valuable citizen.
Capt. John G. Carroll, a farmer of Fulton Township, is now successfully following the occu- pation to which he was reared and which has been his life work, a calling that for ages has received undivided efforts from many worthy individuals, and one that always furnishes sustenance to the ready worker. He was born in North Carolina in 1834, and is the son of Green and Priscilla (Earles) Carroll, natives of South Carolina and North Car- olina, and born in 1802 and 180S, respectively. The parents removed to White County, Tenn., and in 1859 came to Fulton County, Ark., where Mr. Carroll died in 1870. He was the son of Jesse Carroll and the grandson of William Carroll, who was of English descent, went through the Rev- olutionary War, and died in North Carolina at the age of nearly one hundred years. Jesse Carroll was born in North Carolina, and died in Georgia at the age of ninety-eight years. He was a mill- wright by occupation. This family is of the same as that Carroll who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The paternal grand- father, William Earles, was born in North Caro- lina and died in Tennessee at about the age of one hundred and two years; he was of Welsh descent. His father was a Revolutionary soldier. Capt. John G. Carroll, the second of eight children born to his parents, received very meager edu- cational advantages. He came with his parents to Fulton County, Ark., in 1859 and in 1861 Miss Auerilla Copeland, a native of Tennessee, became his wife. She died in 1879, leaving six children. Mary A. (deceased), Ruthie J. and Joannah. The . three sons and three daughters. Capt. Carroll greater part of Mr. Caldwell's time has been occu- then married Miss Eliza Baize, a native of Mis- pied in farming, and he is now the owner of 310 acres of land, with about eighty acres under culti- vation. He is a Democrat, his first presidential vote being cast for Douglas, and he was elected on that ticket to the office of deputy sheriff and con- stable. He and wife are connected with the Chris- tian Church, and he is a Mason and a member of the I. O. O. F. Mr. Caldwell is a man univer . sally respected, and to know him is to have a high souri and the daughter of George Baize. To this union were born four children, a son and three daughters. Capt. Carroll is one of the prominent agriculturists of Fulton County, is the owner of 520 acres of land, with 300 under cultivation, and also possesses considerable property in Viola, all the result of his own industry. When the war cloud hovered over the United States he. enlisted , in Company F, Fourteenth Arkansas Infantry,
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Confederate Army, and served three years and eleven months. After the first nine months he was promoted to the rank of captain in his regi- ment and operated in Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana. He took a prominent part in the battles of Elkhorn, Augusta, Farmington, Corinth, Iuka, Port Hudson, etc. He was captured at Saltillo, Miss., but after sixteen days escaped and rejoined his regiment at Tupelo. At the close of the war he returned to farm life. Politically a Democrat, his first presidential vote was for Bu- chanan in 1856. He filled the office of deputy sheriff two years, justice of the peace for four years and constable two years. He has been a member of the A. F. & A. M. for twenty-eight years, now belonging to Viola Lodge No. 399, and was master and senior warden for sixteen years of that time. He is also a member of the Eastern Star lodge at Viola. He and wife belong to the Missionary Baptist Church, he having experienced religion at the age of sixteen, and he is a deacon in the same.
B. H. Castleberry is another excellent example of what can be accomplished through energy and perseverance, for he has won his way up to his present enviable position through his own un- aided efforts. He was born in the State of Geor- gia, on the 1st of July, 1854, and is a son of S. G. and Jane E. (Bell) Castleberry, both of whom were Georgians, the former born in 1821. He was a farmer and a miner, but made milling his principal occupation through life, and is still the owner of some gold mines in Georgia, near Cleveland. His father, who was a native of the State, owned some mines there and was also an extensive slave owner at the time of his death. The great-grandfather was a Georgian, but the great-great-grandfather and six brothers emigrated from the Old World, and settled in the Southern States. B. H. Castle- berry was one of seven children. and his youth and early manhood were spent in his native State. He received his literary education in the North Georgia Agricultural College, and principally through his own efforts secured means with which to prosecute his studies. In December, 1876, he emigrated to the State of Arkansas, settling in Fulton County,
where he began the study of law, and the same characteristics which marked his progress at school, were prominent in his legal studies. After a thorough preparation he was admitted to the bar and entered upon his practice at Salem, and his patronage steadily and substantially increased dur- ing his two years of practice. At the end of that time he engaged in merchandising with his brother, their stock of goods amounting to about $8,000, and besides this they each own a half in- terest in 500 acres of land. Our immediate sub- ject also owns 1,500 acres in his own right. He was married on the 10th of April, 1881, to Miss Laura P. Wainwright, by whom he has two inter- esting children: William Lessie and Rex. Mr. Castleberry is a Democrat, and a member of the I. O. O. F. William Castleberry, his brother, a member of the general mercantile firm of Castle- berry & Co., was born in White County, Ga., in 1856, and during his youth and early manhood worked with his father. He received an excellent education in Dahlonega College, Ga., and also at Nacoochee Valley, and after leaving school engaged in mercantile pursuits as clerk in a general mer- chandise store in the latter place, but eighteen months later went to Rabun County, where he be- gan merchandising inpartnership with C. W. Oakes. Two years later they dissolved partnership, and Mr. Castleberry came to Salem, and in 1881 embarked in business with his brother and William Wain- wright, keeping a grocery. At the end of one year this association was terminated, and the two brothers started a general mercantile establishment of their own. They thoroughly understand the en- terprise in which they are engaged, and have done much in their line to increase the trade and influ- ence of the town. They are thoroughly reliable and honest in all their transactions, and as a result enjoy a large and lucrative custom. William Cas- tleberry is also a Democrat politically, and a mem- ber of the I. O. O. F. He is unmarried.
William D. Chase, one of the prominent mil- lers and farmers of Elizabeth, was born in Maury (now Gordon) County, Ga .. in 1839, and is the son of Hon. Dean W. and Alley (Johnson) Chase. The father was born in Pawtucket. R. I., and re.
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ceived an unusually good education. At the age of nineteen he was sent to Georgia to erect a spin- ning factory, which he operated for a number of years. He was married and spent the remainder of his days there and in Tennessee, where he manu- factured cotton goods all his life. He died in Gil- more County, Ga., in 1881. He was justice of the peace many years and once represented Gor- don County in the legislature. He was also for thirty-five or forty years a traveling minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and besides was an officer in the Mexican War. His wife was a native of North Carolina, and died in Gilmore County, Ga., July 8, 1886. She, too, was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her father, James Johnson, was a native of North Carolina, who died in Walker County, Ga. He was a soldier in the Mexican War. William D. Chase, the second of ten children, born to his parents, received his educa-
and farming and has two flour and saw, shingle and planing mills. He is also the owner of about 900 acres of land in Missouri, Fulton, Izard and Law- rence Counties. All his property is the result of hard labor since the war. He has been a Demo- crat in his political views all his life, and his first presidential vote was for Gen. Mcclellan. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Elizabeth Lodge, and is also a member of Newburg Lodge of the I. O. O. F. in Izard County. Mrs. Chase has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years.
Hon. Samuel W. Cochran. For a period up- wards of thirty-three years, he whose name heads this sketch has been a resident of Fulton County, and during this time he has enjoyed the reputation of being an honest, upright man in every respect. fully deserving the good opinion with which he is regarded by all who know him. His life up to tion in the common schools. He was reared to the the time of his location in Arkansas was rather arduous duties on the farm, and in 1861 Miss Ade- line Sprouell became his wife. She was born in Ful- ton County, Ga., and was the daughter of Wilson E. and Eliza J. Sprouell. natives of Abbeville Dis- trict, S. C., but who moved to Georgia, where Mrs. Sprouell died. To Mr. and Mrs. Chase were born eleven children, seven sons and three daughters now living. Mr. Chase served over four years in the Confederate Army, Company E, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, was at Cumberland Gap, Richmond, Siege of Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Kingston, Calhoun, New Hope Church. Kenesaw Mountain, etc. He was captured several times, the last time at Peach Tree Creek, and imprisoned at Nashville. He was afterward taken to Indianapolis, where he was at the time of the surrender. He never received a wound during his time of service. After the war he returned to the farm and in 1872 came to Fulton County, Ark. He followed agricultural pursuits for five years and then engaged in merchandising at Newburg, Izard County, for three years. This not suiting him he entered into the milling business there for six years, after which he returned to Fulton County, and continued merchandising at Elizabeth for four years. Since then he has been occupied in milling unsettled, but notwithstanding the old saying that "a rolling stone gathers no moss," Mr. Cochran has been quite successful in accumulating worldly goods, and is one of the leading merchants of this county. His birth occurred in Abbeville Dis- trict, S. C., May 20, 1820, and he was left an orphan when an infant. Until ten years of age he was cared for by an uncle, J. C. Wharton, and from that period until sixteen years of age was taken care of by his guardian, Samuel Jordan. At this time he went with his uncle, Mr. Wharton. to Tennessee, and located at Raleigh, near Memphis. but shortly after went to Tipton, and still later to Columbia, of the same State, where he remained two years. He then returned to his old home in South Carolina, where he attended school for one year, after which he came back to Columbia, and was a salesman two years for the mercantile firm of G. Frierson & Co. At the end of this time he again returned to South Carolina, where he remained with his guardian for some time, and was married there to Miss Julia A. Chiles, moving with her at a later period to Cass County, Ga., where he gave his attention to farming until 1856. In that year he came to Fulton County, Ark., and located in the neighborhood of where he now lives, continu-
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