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when our subject was about thirteen years of age, and the date of his birth is unknown. He re. moved from Alabama to Missouri in 1826, and was of Irish descent, his grandfather having been born in the "Emerald Isle." His wife was supposed to have been born in Alabama in 1805, and died in Jackson County, Ark., in 1862. Two of her nine children are now living, of whom our subject is the eldest. He attended the common schools of Wayne County, Mo., and until twenty two years of age remained faithfully by his mother, assist- ing her in making a living. In March, 1844, he moved to Jackson County, Ark., and was married there in May two years later to Miss Caroline Kinder, who was born in Cape Girardeau County, Mo., in 1828. She died in her native county in 1851, having become the mother of two chil- dren, both of whom are deceased. On February 22, 1858, he married Mrs. Elizabeth (Brecken- ridge) Dennis, who was born in Alabama in 1826. Of the seven children born to them only one is now living: William, who was born June 14, 1854, is living with his parents and is married to Susan Mullens. They have two children: Robert L. and. Walter C. Mr. and Mrs. Howard are members of the Baptist Church. In 1863 Mr. Howard enlisted in Company E, Clark's regiment, and served un- til the final surrender, the latter part of his ser- vice being under Marmaduke. He was also with Price on his raid and served as second lieutenant. Since about 1844 he has been a resident of Ar- kansas and in his political views has always been a Democrat, having cast his first presidential vote for James K. Polk.
Dr. D. T. Hudgens, of Elizabeth, Ark., has been successful as .both druggist and practicing physician, and is one of the prominent business men of the place. He was born in Pulaski County. Mo., March 27, 1850, and received his rudimentary education in the common schools, supplementing the same by a two years' course in the high school at Rolla. When about twenty years of age he en- gaged in farming, and two years later entered the ministry, being licensed in August, 1872. He was a traveling preacher for five years and held all the offices in the Free Will Baptist Church. He
has been an ordained elder since 1872 and occa- sionally occupies the pulpit now, thus administer- ing to the spiritual wants of his fellow man as well as to their physical needs. He is popular with all, kind and courteous in his intercourse with his ac- quaintances, and is always to the front in aiding any enterprise which tends to the advancement of the county. In December, 1869, he selected a wife in the person of Miss Martha Ousley, a native of Osage County, Mo., and the daughter of William and Martha Ousley, the father one of the wealth- iest farmers of Pulaski County, Mo. This union resulted in the birth of five children, one son and three daughters living. While practicing he was studying medicine in Pulaski County, and in 1878 he came to Fulton County and was the first settler at Elizabeth, becoming one of the most successful and prominent physicians of the county. When first entering upon the practice of his profession he was in poor circumstances, but his true worth soon became apparent and a large patronage was the result. He never attended medical college, but in 1882 he passed the best examination before the medical examiners of any physician in Fulton Coun- ty. For three years he has been in the drug bus- iness in connection with his practice. He was the first postmaster at Elizabeth and held the position for several years. A Democrat in his political preferences, his first presidential vote was cast for Tilden in 1876. He was a charter member of Wild Cherry Lodge No. 443, A. F. & A. M., and has held nearly all the offices. He is also a member of Eastern Star Chapter, at Wild Cherry. His wife has been a member of the church for many years, and he has been a member since 1869. His parents, Robert and Mahala C. (Dodd) Hudg- ens, were born in Kentucky and Tennessee, re- spectively. They were married in Missouri, where they were early settlers, and there the father was a successful attorney for twenty years. He died in Rolla in October, 1864, and at the time of his death was one of the leading lawyers of Southern Missouri, then holding, also, the position of provost marshal. He was also treasurer of Pulaski County at one time. After his death his widow married again and moved to Elizabeth, where she died in
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Jacob T. Hudson is a man whose natural char- acteristics have especially favored as a tiller of the soil. The pursuit of agriculture has afforded him high gratification, and in the conduct of a farm the principles which he has held have been pecu- liarly adapted to the successful development and improvement of the varied elements of farm life. Of unquestioned honesty and integrity, his course through life has been unimpaired by criticism. Mr. Hudson was born in Itawamba County, Miss., in 1850, and is the son of William P. and Celia (Thomas) Hudson, the former a native of Anson County, N. C., born July 8, 1808, and the latter of Darlington District, S. C. They were wedded in the last named place, and from there removed to Pickens County, Ala., in 1845 or 1846, and from there soon after to Itawamba County. Miss. In 1870 they moved to Fulton County, Ark., and there Mr. Hudson died in 1871. He was a well- to-do farmer, and was of Dutch extraction. His wife died in Tennessee about 1884, and both were members of the Missionary Baptist Church. Like most of the youths of that vicinity, as he grew up, he devoted his time and attention to farming, re- ceiving in the meantime a rather limited amount of schooling. In 1869 he came with his brother- in-law to Fulton County, and was engaged in farm labor until 1873, when he was united in marriage to Miss Martha E., daughter of Josiah and Ma- tilda Ross, natives of Tennessee and Kentucky, respectively. Mr. Ross died in Fulton County, but his wife is still living. Mrs. Hudson was born in Izard County, and by her union to Mr. Hudson became the mother of six children, one son and three daughters living. Since 1878 Mr. Hudson has lived on his present farm of 175 acres, with sixty-five or seventy under cultivation. All this is his own work, as there were but twelve acres cleared when he first settled there. He is a Republican in his political views, and his first presidential vote was for Gen. Grant in 1872. He has been a mem- ber of Lodge No. 443, A. F. & A. M., at Wild Cherry, and has held nearly all the offices except Master. He is also a member of Ladies Chapter
of Eastern Star (White Lily) No. 61, at Wild Cherry, and is a charter member of both lodges. He and wife belong to the Missionary Baptist Church, and he is clerk in the Mount Vernon and Pleasant Ridge Church. One brother. E. D., and two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Wallace and Mrs. Argen D. Harris, are residing in Fulton County. while one brother, John A., is in Alabama, and two sisters, Mrs. Mary P. Mayhall and Mrs. Bet- sey A. Mayhall, are both natives of Mississippi.
Dr. John S. Hutchenson, physician and sur- geon, Wild Cherry. Among the people of Fulton as well as surrounding counties the name that heads this sketch is by no means an unfamiliar one, for for many years he has been active and successfully occupied in the prosecution of his chosen profession, and during that time his career as a practitioner and thorough student of medicine has won for him no less a reputation than did his personal characteristics as a citizen and neighbor. He owes his nativity to Carroll County, Ark., where he was born in 1854. His parents, John W. and Mary (Sudduth) Hutchenson, the former a na- tive of Alabama, and the latter of South Carolina, were married in Mississippi, about 1850, later re- moving to Carroll County, Ark., and four years after to Fulton County, of the same State. They settled on the farm where the Doctor is now living, and in 1855 the father went to Kansas and was absent about four months in search for gold. He was a farmer, but also followed merchandising at Wild Cherry. There he died in 1858 in full com- munion with the Christian Church. Mrs. Hutch- enson was married twice, Mr. Hutchenson being her last husband. She has been living on the old home place since 1854, and is one of the old set- tlers in Big Creek Township. She has been a member of the Christian Church for many years. Dr. John S. Hutchenson was the third of four sons: and his education was acquired in the common schools. When sixteen years of age he began the study of medicine and in 1878 and 1879 at- tended Keokuk Medical College, at Keokuk, Iowa, and has since practiced his profession in the locality in which he was reared. Jannary 2, 1874, Miss Mary Trap, originally from Tennessee, became bis
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wife. She was an orphan, was reared in Missouri, of the Mammoth Spring Fish Farm, is a director and died on September 20, 1876, leaving one son. She was a member in good standing in the Metho- dist Episcopal Church. Dr, Hutchenson owns the home farm of 520 acres, with 225 under cultiva- tion. He is the only child living of his father's family. In politics he affiliates with the Demo- cratic party, and cast his first presidential vote for S. J. Tilden in 1876.
in the Motor Light & Water Company and is a di- rector of the Building & Loan Association, all of these companies being incorporated. He was mar- ried in 1879 to Miss Mollie McKee, of Owensboro, Ky., and their union has resulted in the birth of four children: Robert T., Rosalie B., Lawrence M. and Selden L. Mr. Hynson is a Democrat. His grandmother was a Scott, a relative of Gen. Scott.
P. P. B. Hynson of the general mercantile firm William M. Lafevers, farmer, Viola. No worthy reference to the affairs of this county would be complete without mention of Mr. Lafevers, who, among others, is engaged in tilling the soil. Besides enjoying to an unlimited extent the confi- dence and respect of all who know him he came of a family of children that have not only done credit to themselves but have brought honor upon the name they bear. Mr. Lafevers' parents, Alex- ander and Rebecca (Bradley) Lafevers, were both natives of North Carolina, the father born in Burke County and the mother in Cherokee County. They moved to Hardin County, Tenn., in 1871, to Izard County, Ark., about 1876, and to Fulton County in 1878, where Mrs. Lafevers died in 1883. The father is still living, and is sixty-four years of age. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, as was also his wife. He is a farmer by occupation and served in both the Mexican and Civil Wars. Of the ten children born to his marriage seven are still living, and all but one in Fulton County. William M. Lafevers is the eldest child of this family. He was born in Cherokee County, N. C .. in 1852, and though his educational advantages in youth were very meager, and though perhaps defi- cient in general learning, his vigorous mind has so grasped and embraced the opportunities which have presented themselves that he is accounted among the intelligent men of this vicinity. He was from the first taught everything connected with farming, later moving with his parents to Izard County. In 1875 he wedded Miss Tennessee Cole, of Archer, Daniel & Co. of Mammoth Spring, Ark., was born in Batesville, Independence Coun- ty, in 1851, his parents being William and Ros- alie (Burton) Hynson, the former of Maryland by birth and rearing. In 1838 he came to Arkan- sas, and located at Batesville, where he married in 1842, and resided until his death in 1858, at the age of forty three years. His family came from England and settled upon the eastern shore of Maryland. His wife was born in Virginia, and now resides in Batesville, having become the mother of four children. The maternal grand- father, P. P. Burton, was a native of Virginia, and was a successful physician; he graduated from a medical college at Philadelphia, and first prac. ticed his profession at Lexington, Va., then at Holly Springs, Miss., and finally located in Little Rock, Ark., in 1840. He was a practicing physi- cian for sixty years, and was United States sur- geon at Little Rock for many years. His death occurred in 1872 at the age of eighty-five years. The great grandfather was a Scotchman, who moved from his native land to the colonies at an early day, and during the progress of the Revolutionary War served in the Continental army in the rank of major. He was donated 4,000 acres of land by the Government for valuable services. P. P. B. Hyn- son was educated in Batesville, Ark., and began life for himself as a clerk in a general mercantile store in that town at the age of sixteen years, con- tinuing until 1871 when he became a member of the firm, remaining as such until 1873. Since 1876 daughter of Henry and Mary Cole, early settlers he has been a resident of Fulton County, Ark., of Arkansas, and the same year of his marriage he moved to Fulton County. He is the owner of 207 acres of land, with 100 under cultivation, and also has other interests. He is a Democrat in and has been associated with his present partners. They carry a stock of goods valued at about 822, - 000. Mr. Hynson is president and a stockholder
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politics, casting his first vote for Tilden; is a mem- ber of the Agricultural Wheel. and he and wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
William Thomas Livingston. The many years passed in sincere and earnest endeavor in thor- oughly discharging every duty in the different branches of business to which his attention has been directed, have contributed very materially to the success that has fallen to the career of Mr. L. He was born in Chambers County, Ala., May 14, 1835, and is a son of James T. and Emma W. (Childs) Livingston, who were born in Abbeville District, S. C., in 1803 and 1810. and died in Fulton County, Ark., July 7, 1859, and in 1864. respectively. Their marriage took place in their native district in 1830, and about three years later they moved to Chambers County, Ala., and in 1850 to Cass County, Ga. (now known as Bartow County), where they made their home until the fall of 1856. Then they came to Arkansas and located in Fulton County, the country at that time being in a very wild and unsettled condition and the homes of the settlers few and far between. Mr. Livingston engaged in farming and milling, and was successful in the former occupation, but in the latter his efforts were not attended with good results. He served in the Creek War for a short time, and while in Alabama and Georgia held the office of justice of the peace at different times, and at the time of his death in this State he was county surveyor of Fulton County. He acquired an excel- lent education by experience as a salesman in a mercantile establishment in Old Cambridge, S. C., and afterward became a partner in the business. He was a son of Thomas Livingston, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, being at the battle of Horse Shoe Bend. He died in Abbeville District, S. C. William Thomas Livingston, our immediate subject, was the second of eight chil- dren, six of whom survive, and acquired his edu- cation in the common schools of Alabama and Georgia. He remained faithfully by his parents until their deaths, and assisted his father in man- aging the home place. In 1858 he was appointed deputy sheriff under Thomas E. Martin, serving two years, then farmed until May, 1862, at which
time he enlisted in the Confederate army, in the Tenth Missouri Infantry, and served as forage and wagon-master until starting for home the day before Lee surrendered, April 8, 1865, with a dis- . charge by reason of his election as representative of his county. After his return home he again took up the implements of farm life, was appointed deputy sheriff of Fulton County, and in 1866 again appointed to the same position under M. V. Shaver, and again in 1867 under E. O. Wolf. In 1872, at the close of reconstruction, he was elected sheriff, again in 1876 and 1878. then in 1882, and once more in 1886, in all ten years -a longer term of office than has ever been held by any one man in the county, with the exception of W. P. Rhea, who was circuit court clerk for the same length of time. He was assessor of Fulton County in 1859, 1867 and 1868; and in 1864, while in the army, was elected to represent Fulton County in the General Assembly. In 1867 his union with Miss Louesa L. Jenkins took place, and by her he became the father of eleven children, seven of whom are living: James T., William S., Mary T., Emma J., Carrie M .. Cora A. and Daisy B. Mr. Livingston is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, is a Democrat in his political views, and has shown his brotherly spirit by becoming a member of the Masonic fraternity. representing his lodge in the Grand Lodge in 1873.
Hon. E. R. Lucas, farmer, Viola. No name is justly entitled to a more enviable place in the his- tory of Fulton County than the one which heads this sketch, for it is borne by a man who has been usefully and honorably identified with the inter- ests of this county, and with its advancement, in every worthy particular. He owes his nativity to Dallas County, Ala., where he was born in 1835. His parents, Harvey B. and Amy (Wilson) Lucas, were born in Kentucky, in 1808, and Georgia. in 1810, respectively. The father went to New York City when twenty-one years of age, engaged in merchandising, but was burned out in the fire of 1833. After this he went to Alabama, was mar- ried there, and began the study of medicine. He practiced in that State for some time, then gradu- ated in his profession at Cincinnati, Ohio, after
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which, his health being very poor, he was advised to go to Europe, but died on the ocean. in 1844 or 1845, leaving a wife and four children, in poor circumstances. He was of Scotch descent, was a member of the Baptist Church, also a Mason, and was a very promising man. His widow is still living, and has been a member of the Baptist Church for over sixty years. She reared four children, Hon. E. R. being the eldest. He re. ceived very little education until grown, and then taught seven terms of school. His wife was for- merly Miss Nancy Radford, whom he married in 1859. Her parents, Reuben and Sarah Radford, were natives, respectively, of Alabama and Ken- tucky, and passed their last days in the former State, Mrs. Radford dying in 1853, and Mr. Rad- ford some years previous. To Mr. and Mrs. Lucas were born ten children, three sons and four daugh- ters living. Mr. Lucas served through the war, having enlisted in Company K, Eleventh Alabama Volunteer Infantry, Confederate Army; the first year he was a private, then third lieutenant, and afterward first lieutenant, and finally captain. He operated in Northern Virginia with Gen. Lee, and was in twenty-four general engagements, among them Seven Pines, seven days' fight before Rich- mond, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettys- burg. Wilderness, Spottsylvania, etc., and was never captured nor wounded. He received a fur- lough, and was at home during the final surrender. He then returned to tilling the soil, and in 1869 came to Fulton County, Ark., where he has since lived, residing on his present farm for the past six years. He has been a close student all his life, and is at present one of the best informed men in Fulton County. In 1874 he was a member of the constitutional convention that framed the pres- ent constitution of Arkansas, and in 1882 was elected to represent the county mentioned in the State legislature, holding the position for two years. He has been a life-long Democrat. and his first presidential vote was for James Buchanan. in 1856. He has been a Mason since 1861. now belonging to Viola Lodge No. 399, and has held nearly all the offices, and was Master two years. He is also a member of the Agricultural Wheel.
He and wife belong to the Missionary Baptist Church, in which he has been a deacon for a num- ber of years. His maternal grandfather, William Wilson, was a native Virginian. and died in Georgia. He was of English descent, and a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Mr. Lucas has one brother, Rev. Oscar M. Lucas, who has been a prominent Baptist minister for about twenty-five years. He was educated principally at Mountain Home, in Baxter County. William P., another brother, served about fourteen months in the Confederate army, and was wounded at the seven days' battle. in June, 1862, and died from the effects July 9. of the same year. A sister, Sarah F., is the wife of William P. Cameron, and is also a member of the Baptist Church.
Elder Joseph B. McGlasson. minister of the Christian Church, and farmer of Big Creek Town- ship, was born in Cumberland County, Ky., in 1809, and is at present one of the oldest and most esteemed citizens of Fulton County. His early life was one of hardship and trouble, and at that day he received very limited educational advantages. the most of his education being acquired after attaining his majority. Previous to that he had left home under rather unpleasant circumstances. his father being quite dissipated, and ragged and bare-foot, and with little or no schooling, he was compelled to make his way in life. He worked for a man one day to get some leather, and for another man a short time to get the leather made up into a pair of shoes. He continued to labor at such occupation as he could find, until he had a good suit of clothes, after which he attended school, etc. He was married September 16. 1830, to Miss Fannie Ross, who was originally from Cumberland County, Ky., and who died in Fulton County. Ark., in 1858. Eleven children were born to this marriage, six sons and five daughters, only four of whom are now living. viz. : Isabelle S., Susan. wife of William L. Cavnett, of Phelps County. Mo. : Jane and Fannie. Mr. McGlasson's second mar- riage occurred, in 1859, to Mrs. Margaret J. Nib- blett. daughter of William and Lucy Fewell. She was born in Alabama, and by her marriage became the mother of four children. two now
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living: Francis M. and Tabitha, wife of James James, of Randolph County, Ark. The second Mrs. McGlasson died about 1877, and Mr. Mc- Glasson then married Mrs. Nancy Hewitt, who died in 1883. In August of the following year he married Mrs. Elizabeth Watson, daughter of James Hammond, and a native of Graves County, Ky. She was previously a member of the Baptist Church, but for the last seven years has been a member of the Christian Church. In 1836 Mr. McGlasson removed to Southwest Arkansas, where he remained until 1851, then locating in Izard County, and from there, one year later, in Fulton County, Ark. He settled in the neighborhood where he now lives, and was one of the first white settlers of the county, he being only one of two now living in Big Creek Township who were in that township at that time. He has long been recognized as an honest, upright and much es- teemed citizen, and one of the county's leading farmers. He now has 148 acres of land, with some sixty acres under cultivation. For about fifty-eight years he has been a Christian, first a member of the Methodist Church, and in 1845 he was licensed to preach by that church. He has preached more or less ever since, and is among the oldest ministers of Arkansas. He was a Meth- odist until the separation in 1845, and was then a Protestant Methodist until the war. He then re- mained out of the church until 1865, when he joined the Christian Church. From 1844 to 1850 he was justice of the peace, and filled this position for four years in Fulton County. He was drum- - mer for four years in the militia in Kentucky, and was lieutenant of a volunteer company in the year 1845. In politics he has been a Democrat all his life, and his first presidential vote was cast for Andrew Jackson, in 1828. He is a mem- ber of Wild Cherry Lodge No. 85. I. O. O. F. Mr. McGlasson is the son of James and Susannah (Harley) MeGlasson, natives of Virginia, born in Franklin and Bedford Counties, respectively. The parents were married in their native State, in 1807, and removed to Cumberland County, Ky., locating in the woods, and were among the very earliest settlers. There they spent their entire
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