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ing his farming operations up to 1881, when he opened a store at his present stand, and has met with the best of success in this enterprise. In 1861 he was a member of the State convention, and voted for secession, and in 1863 was elected to represent Fulton County in the State legislature. His wife was a daughter of William Chiles, of Abbeville District, S. C., and was born October 7, 1827, being killed at Rolla, Mo., November 6, 1864. To them were born four children, three of whom are living: William C., a farmer of Fulton County ; J. C., also a farmer of the county, and J. D., farming near his father. Samuel W. died in 1863, when twelve years of age. In 1865 Mr. Cochran wedded Miss Martha E. Livingston. a daughter of James Livingston, who was also born in Abbeville District, S. C., her birth occurring in 1831. In 1848 Mr. Cochran was licensed to preach the gospel, having joined the Missionary Baptist Church three years previous, and his wife and children are also members of this church. He is ak Democrat politically, and previous to the war held the position of postmaster at Union, and received his last appointment in 1887. When a young man he taught school in Georgia, and also in Ful- ton County, Ark. Mr. Cochran's parents, Clark and Sarah (Wharton) Cochran, were born in Abbe- ville District, S. C., where the father was engaged in merchandising and farming until his death. He was of Scotch-Irish descent, and was a son of John Cochran, a native of Virginia, and a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He died in South Carolina. The maternal grandfather, Pleasant Wharton, was born in the "Palmetto State." A large extent of land in South Carolina was given his ancestors by George III, and has been in possession of the fam- ily ever since that time.
Alvah L. Cooper, farmer and stock raiser, and the recently appointed postmaster of the thriving little city of Mammoth Spring, was born in Tomp- kins County, New York, April 1, 1842, and was the fourth of ten children, eight now living, born to Laban D. and Sarah M. (Woodin) Cooper, both of whom were born in Dutchess County, N. Y., the former in 1780, and the latter in 1812. In the primitive days of the Republic, the Coopers were
among its most valiant defenders. In the gloomy days of 1778, when the notorious Tory refugee, John Butler, defeated his cousin, Col. Zeb Butler, and so unmercifully massacred the inhabitants of Wyoming, Penn., the paternal grandfather became one of the victims. Laban Cooper was of English descent, and a soldier in Gen. Scott's brigade, re- ceiving four different gun-shot wounds. At the memorable battle of Lundy's Lane or Bridgewater, he was wounded twice, one of which was received while assisting Col. Miller in his historical charge on the British batteries on the heights, the key to the British position. In the no less eventful battle of Chippeway he was wounded. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant for services ren- dered during the war, and as his wife is still living. she now receives a pension. She resides at Moun- tain Lake, Penn., at the age of seventy-seven years. Alvah Cooper's youth was spent in Bradford County, Penn., and his education was there re- ceived in the public schools. He and two of his brothers served nearly four years each in the late Rebellion. Alvah enlisted May, 1861, in Company F, Sixth Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, was elected captain and transferred to Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-Second Pennsylvania Volun- teers of the Second Army Corps. From the battle of Bull Run to the closing scene at Appo- mattox, he was in all the principal battles in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, never re- ceiving a wound. Mr. Cooper has been in the em- ploy of the Government as special pension examiner and other positions almost continually since the war, and has ever been a consistent, hard working Republican. It was in recognition of his services and abilities as a political organizer that he was recently appointed postmaster at Mammoth Spring. He is thoroughly imbued with the principles of the Republican party. and is an indefatigable polit. ical worker, and has probably done more than any other single man toward organizing the Republi- can party of this part of the State. He was one of the first to join the G. A. R., and has held many offices of trust in that order. Before com- ing to this State he was elected commander of the Soldiers' and Sailors' encampment of Bradford
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County, also chairman of the Bradford County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monumental Association, for three years. On leaving his native State he re- signed both positions, but was held in such high esteem by his comrades that his resignation was not accepted, and he continued to hold his office until the expiration of his term although out of the State. For a number of years he was a director of the Agricultural Society of Bradford County. In 1866 he was married to Miss Sarah Ann Lar- com, a native of Bradford County, Penn .. born in 1843, and dying in 1883; to them were born these children: Mintie 'M., wife of F. L. Sayles; Elmer C., Woodard C., killed when fourteen years of age; Gracie, Fred. C., Nellie, Warner and Grant. In 1886, like many of the hardy sons of the East, desiring a more congenial clime and soil in which to care for his family. he started toward the "Sunny South" to try his fortunes. The wood. land of Arkansas pleased him. He and his son each homesteaded 160 acres. and have purchased 240 acres in addition, making in all a ranch of 560 acres of land. In every day life Mr. Cooper is looked upon as an energetic, honest citizen. He spends his time closely in building up his farms and superintending the postoffice, and if fortune continues to smile on him, in a few years he will be one of the most prosperous as well as one of most prominent citizens of North Arkansas.
Charles W. Culp, M. D., is one of the rising young members of the medical fraternity of Ful- ton County, Ark. He was born in Izard County. of the same State, May 14. 1858. His parents, Thomas and Elizabeth (Benbrook) Culp, were born, reared and married in Izard County, the for- mer's birth occurring in 1831, and his death March 8, 1880. The paternal grandfather, Thomas B. Culp. was a Tennesseean, who removed to Izard County, Ark., at an early day and took a prom- inent part in aiding in the growth and devel- opment of this region, and both he and his son Thomas were physicians. They were of German descent, and all the male members of the family have been Democrats in their political views. Of the family of eight children born to Thomas and Elizabeth Culp, four are now living, two sons and
two daughters, all of whom reside in Fulton Coun- ty, with the exception of a daughter, who is a resi- dent of Izard County. Dr. Charles W. Culp re. ceived his literary education in the common schools of Izard County, after which he entered the Mem- phis Hospital Medical College, from which institu- tion he was graduated as an M. D., February 25. 1885. Previous to graduating he had practiced the profession (since 1879), and has won an envia- ble position among the medical fraternity of Ful- ton and surrounding counties. December 22. 1880, he was married to Miss Joannah C. Sharp, who was born in Sharp County. Ark .. December 4, 1861, and is a daughter of Ephraim Sharp, whose sketch appears in this work. Dr. Culp is a Royal Arch Mason, belonging to Rural Chapter No. 50, Evening Shade, Sharp County. He is al- so a member of Ash Flat Lodge No. 159, F. & A. M., Ash Flat, Ark. He is a Democrat, his first presidential vote being cast for Hancock. and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. His mother is a resident of Ful- ton County, and is the worthy wife of J. MI. Cook.
W. H. Culp, editor and proprietor of the Mam- moth Spring Monitor, at Mammoth Spring. Ark .. is of German descent, the name originally being Kolb, but it was changed to Culp when the family became Americanized. He was born in Izard County, Ark., November 5. 1863, and after ac- quiring a fair education in the common schools he entered the office of the Clipper. at Melbourne, Ark .. and learned the printer's trade. In 1882 he bought a half interest in the Izard County Reg- ister, at Melbourne, and in August, 1884. purchased the remaining interest and conducted the paper with highly satisfactory results until November. 1886. when he leased the press and moved to Lee County, Ark .. where he spent a part of the follow- ing year in an unsuccessful attempt to raise a cot- ton crop. Moving to Mammoth Spring. Ark .. he established the Mammoth Spring Monitor. the first number being issued February 2. 1888. This paper has proved a decided success financially, and is one of the spiciest, best and most ably edited business papers in Northwest Arkansas, and Mr. Culp has become well known throughout the State
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as one of its most successful editors. He estab- lished the Thayer Tribune at Thayer, Mo., in 1888, but has since sold it and is now devoting his time and energies to the publication of the Monitor. He was married in 1884 to Miss Amy D. Owen, of Forrest City, Ark., she being a daugh. ter of Dexter Owen, who was born in Providence, R. I. They have two children: Homer and Madge. Mr. Culp is a son of Dr. T. B. and Elizabeth (Benbrook) Culp, the former's birth occurring in Izard County, Ark., in 1835, and his death in Mel- bourne of the same county in 1880. His widow still survives him and is a resident of this county, being forty-five years of age.
Judge Thomas J. Cunningham, a prosperous Fulton County farmer, came originally from Ran- dolph County, Mo., his birth occurring December 31, 1837. His father, Robert H. Cunningham, was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., in 1808, and in 1834 emigrated to Randolph County, Mo., where he was one of the earliest settlers. He was an active tiller of the soil there until about 1867, and from that time until his death, in 1868, he resided in Fulton County, Ark. His parents, James and Jane Cunningham, removed from Tennessee to Randolph County several years prior to their son, and both died in Adair County of that State. The wife of Robert H. Cunningham was born in Ten- nessee in 1810, and died in Fulton County, Ark., in August, 1886, having borne a family of ten chil- dren, nine of whom grew to mature years, and eight of whom are yet living. Four sons and one daughter reside in Fulton County, one son lives in the State of Texas, a daughter in Randolph County, Mo., and one son in Macon County, Mo. Thomas J. Cunningham is the fourth of the family, and from his earliest recollections has been famil- iar with the details of farm life; while growing up he learned lessons of industry, frugal habits and economy, which he has never forgotten. His rudi- mentary education was acquired in the common schools, and was supplemented by a collegiate course in Macon County, Mo. He remained with his father and mother until 1861, when. full of zeal and enthusiam for the land of chivalry and the cause of the South, he joined Gen. Price's com-
mand, whose division was commanded by Gen. John B. Clark, Sr., and served two years, partici- pating in the battle of Lexington and numerous other engagements. In 1863 he went by mule train to California, in which State he remained until 1870, being engaged in farming, and in that year he left California and came to Fulton County, Ark., and located near where he now lives. In 1866, while in California, he was married to Miss Mary E. Proctor, who was born in Randolph County, Mo., in 1841. She died in 1873. in Ful- ton County, Ark , having borne a family of four children: Julia, wife of William T. Cunningham, of Texas; Jennie D., wife of John D. Isenhour, of Fulton County; Rollen P., now in Texas, and Robert H. (deceased). In 1875 Mr. Cunningham united his fortunes with those of Miss Sarah E. Jeffery, a native of Izard County, Ark., born Oc- tober 26, 1853. Her parents are Rev. Daniel and Nancy Jeffery. To Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham were born the following children: Robert C. (de- ceased), James C., Edgar, Margaret Ann, Ida, Thomas J. and Henry K. Mr. Cunningham has resided in Fulton County sufficiently long to ena- ble his many sterling qualities to become well known. About forty-five acres of his 180 acre farm are under cultivation. He is a Democrat, and in 1874 was elected judge of the county court, and served six successive years, making an able and efficient officer. His first presidential vote was cast for John C. Breckenridge. His wife is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Charles C. Davis, surveyor of Fulton County, and one of the enterprising agriculturists of Mam- moth Spring Township. was born in Webster County, Mo., January 22, 1854, receiving a very meager education in the common schools. He fol- lowed the plow for his father until nineteen years of age, and was then united in marriage to Miss Nancy C. Young, a native of Oregon County, Mo., August 11, 1872, the daughter of J. L. Young. Mrs. Davis died April 17, 1885, and September 1S of the same year Mr. Davis married Martha, sister of his first wife. Her parents were natives of St. Francois County, Mo., now of Oregon County, Mo .. and Mr. Young served in the Confederate army as
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a private. By his first marriage Mr. Davis became the father of five children, three sons and two daughters, and to his second union were born two children, both sons. Since his first marriage he has lived on his present farm, one mile east of Mammoth Spring, where he has 900 acres of good land, with 130 under cultivation. He followed farming and also dealt in stock until the railroad was built, after which for some years he was local agent, locating settlers, etc. He has been a practical surveyor for some time, surveying for the county, and in 1888 was elected county surveyor for two years. In politics he affiliates with the Democratic party, and his first presidential vote was for S. J. Tilden in 1876. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Myatt Lodge No. 401, and was Junior Warden one year. Mr. Davis is pleasant and agree- able in his demeanor to all with whom he comes in contact, and is a man who attracts the regard of all who approach him. He is universally respected by his fellow citizens. He is the son of Eliphaz and Permealey Davis, and the grandson of Charles C. Davis, who was born in Jackson County, Ill . in 1800, and died in Oregon County, Mo., in 1878. He was a soldier in the Black Hawk War, was jus- tice of the peace and also county judge for some years. He was of Welsh descent. Eliphaz Davis was born in Randolph County, Ark .. January 1, 1822, and was married in that county to Miss Ed- wards, a native of Indiana. From there they moved to Webster County, Mo., and in 1858 to Oregon County, where Mrs. Davis died in 1863. Mrs. Davis is still living there. He is a member of the Christian Church (as was also his wife), and is a successful farmer.
Lee Davis. Under the efficient management of Mr. Davis the Fulton County Banner has come to be regarded as one of the representative journals of the county, and although he has only been its editor since 1887, he has proven himself to be a man of good judgment in directing the editorial policy of his paper. He is a native of the county in which he is now residing, his birth occurring in 1865, but received his education in La Crosse, Izard County, Ark., and as the school was good, he acquired an excellent education. After train-
ing the "young idea" for some time, he first entered the journalistic field in 1884. in Elizabeth. Ark. In 1887 he purchased the Banner, at Salem, Ark .. a paper which he has since edited in a very efficient manner, and through the columns of this journal he has wielded no slight influence in di- recting the proper steps to be taken for worthy movements. As the worth of his paper becomes known the circulation increases accordingly, and he has won the patronage of all the better class of citizens in the county. He was first married, at the age of nineteen years, to Miss Josie Lytle, a native of Tennessee, who died ten months after her marriage, and after remaining a widower until 1889, he wedded Miss Mary Jeffery, whose birth occurred in Izard County. Ark. Mr. Davis is one of eight children born to Solomon M. and Eliza (Pipkin) Davis. who were born, reared and mar- ried in the State of Tennessee, and who lived there until a number of their children were born, after which they moved to Missouri, being among the pioneers of that State. After residing there a number of years they came to Arkansas. being among the first settlers of Fulton County. The father was an officer in the Confederate army, and died in 1880, at the age of forty-nine years. He was a farmer by occupation, and is still survived by his widow. Our subject's paternal and mater- nal grandfathers, G. A. Davis and G. F. Pipkin, were also Tennesseeans by birth.
Dr. D. S. Deaderick, real estate agent, Mam- moth Spring. In that proud series of names which have aided materially in developing the bus- iness interests of Fulton County, that of Mr. Deaderick holds a leading place. He was born in Saline County, Mo., in 1842 and is the son of John S. and Ellen (Cotter) Deaderick, and grandson of David Deaderick, who was a native of Tennessee. John S. Deaderick was born in Georgia in 1819. and in 1840 was united in marriage to Miss Cotter. at Potosi, Mo. She was born in Pittsburg. Penn .. in 1820. After marriage the parents removed to St. Louis, where the father was interested in the shot tower. In 1848 they moved to Saline County of the same State, and there he was engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1857. when they
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moved to Plattin Rock, in Jefferson County. Dur- ing the year 1861 they were in different parts of the South, and in 1865 returned to St. Louis, where Mr. Deaderick was occupied in wool manu- facture for several years. In 1874 they came to Mammoth Spring and were the first settlers here. He erected a flour mill and cotton-gin. which he operated until June, 1887, when he sold out. He was a thorough going business man and was at one time quite wealthy. His death occurred in 1887. Florence Cotter, the grandfather of Dr. Dead- erick, was a native of Ireland and came to the United States about 1796. He settled in Penn- sylvania, where he died early in the present cen- tury. Dr. D. S. Deaderick, the eldest of two sons and one daughter, received his education in the St. Louis University. During the late up- pleasantness between the North and South he served four years in the Confederate Army, Com- pany E, Second Missouri Cavalry. He enlisted as a private and came out as adjutant of the regi- iment. He operated in Missouri, Tennessee and Mississippi with Gen. Forrest, and was wounded several times. After the war he engaged in the lumber business in Iron and St. Francois Coun- ties, Mo., and in 1870 took up the study of medi- icine and graduated at the St. Louis Medical Col- lege in 1872. He then practiced in that city until 1874, when he came to Mammoth Spring, and in company with his father embarked in milling and merchandising, and was also for a number of years interested in the real estate business. He has continued the real estate business in town and besides is the owner of several farms in Missouri and Arkansas. In his political views he affiliates with the Democratic party, and his first presiden- tial vote was cast for Gen. Hancock in 1SSO. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Myatt Lodge No. 401, and Evening Shade Chapter No. 50. He is also a member of Mammoth Spring Lodge No. 48. I. O. O. F. His only sister is the wife of J. D. Lucas, of St. Louis, and his brother, Dr. James S., is a practicing physician of De Soto. Mo. His mother is still living and resides at Mammoth Spring. The family are members of the Catholic Church.
William Deatherage, one of the foremost farm- ers of Mount Calm Township, on Bennett River. owes his nativity to Tennessee, where he was born in 1842. His father, A. J. Deatherage, was born in Tennessee, about 1811, and died in Roane Coun- ty, of that State, in 1847. The latter was married in his native State to Miss Sarah Jackson, also a native of Tennessee, born about 1822. Three chil- dren were the result of this union, William being the eldest. One was drowned in the Tennessee River, by the overturning of a skiff, when only seven years of age, and Martha, became the wife of O. B. Fuller, and is now living in Tennessee. Mrs. Deatherage was married the second time. in 1850, to W. F. Ellis, and by this union became the mother of eight children, six daughters and two sons: Sarah (deceased), Margaret (deceased). Minerva, wife of George Jones, and now living in Tennessee; Nancy and Becky (twins), were mar- ried to twin brothers, Samuel and Elijah Kelon, and live in Tennessee; Caleb, Franklin, and Mary. at home with her mother. A. J. Deatherage was a major in the United States army when the In- dians were moved to Indian Territory. William Deatherage commenced for himself in life by join- ing the Confederate army, Company A, Twenty- sixth Tennessee Infantry Regiment, on the 15th of June, 1861, and served about four years. He participated in sixteen hard-fought battles, the principal ones being Fort Donelson, Murfrees- boro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Taylor Ridge Gap, Swamp Creek, Resaca, New Hope, Marietta. Jonesboro, Columbia, Franklin, Nash- ville; was with Forrest at Murfreesboro the second time, Columbia, Bentonville, Chickasaw Mountain, etc. He surrendered on the 5th of April. 1865, at Greensboro. N. C., after which Mr. Deatherage re- turned to Greeneville, Tenn., and from thence home. where he commenced farming. He started out after the war with nothing but a Confederate suit of clothes, with forty-eight bullet holes in it. He was married, May 28, 1868. to Miss Rebecca Hall. of Tennessee, and in the fall of the following year he came to Fulton County, and settled on Ben- nett's Bayou, and there remained three years. In 1873 he moved to his present fine property. con-
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sisting of 267 acres, with 100 acres improved. He of this section, owning an excellent farm com- has good buildings, and a comfortable home. As prising 160 acres of land. He is industrious and enterprising, and his present farm denotes him to be possessed of thrift and energy. He is a Demo- crat in his political views. Miss Elizabeth Taylor became his wife on the 16th of February, 1888. She was born in Fulton County, Ark., in 1871, and is a daughter of C. C. and Mary Taylor, both of whom are now deceased. he has had but little help since commencing for himself, he is the architect of his own fortune. To his marriage were born eleven children, eight liv- ing at present: Susan. born October 12, 1870; E. J., born February 9, 1872; G. W., born on the 3d of September, 1874; Lydia MI., born on the 8th of September, 1876; Sarah A., born on the 5th of December, 1878; W. S., born on the 5th of March, 1880; James K. P., born on the 12th of October, 1885, and Nancy, born on the 11th of June, 1888. Mr. Deatherage has been justice of the peace of his township for one term. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, County Line Lodge No. 373, and in his political opinions is with the Democrats. Mrs. Deatherage is the daughter of Elijah and Lydia Hall. who were the parents of eleven chil- dren, the following living: Samuel, Elisha, Mollie, Elijah, Lydia, Thomas, Rebecca D. and J. K. P.
James Dinwiddie is a man whom nature seems to have especially fitted to be a farmer, for he has met with good success in his farming operations. He was born in Greene County, East Tenn., on the 14th of August, 1856, and is a son of Calvin and Mary (Carr) Dinwiddie, the former being also a native of East Tennessee, his birth occurring Feb- ruary 23, 1828. He was a school teacher in his youth, and by trade was a tailor, and these occu- pations he followed in his native State until 1859, when he moved to Arkansas. While at Greenfield, Mo., in 1864, he was captured by the Federal troops and taken to Indianapolis. Ind., where he died the same year from the effects of a wound re- ceived from a sabre at the time of his capture. He was a son of James H. Dinwiddie, who died in East Tennessee. Mary (Carr) Dinwiddie was born in Knoxville, Tenn., April 5, 1836, and died in Arkansas on the 13th day of December, 1885. Of her two children, James, the subject of this sketch, was the elder. His youth was spent in Arkansas, and in this State his early scholastic advantages were enjoyed, though only such as the common schools of that period afforded. He has resided in Fulton County since February 11, 1862. and has thoroughly identified himself with the interests
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