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him. In March, 1876. he was married to Miss Amanda Miller, who was born in Stoddard County, Mo., in 1856, and was there reared to womanhood. She died in 1882, having borne two children: Birdie and Hattie. She was a daughter of George F. and Sarah (Hardy) Miller, both of whom spent their lives in Stoddard County. Mrs. Margaret George became Dr. Thompson's second wife in December, 1883. Her birth occurred in Randolph County, Ark., in 1846, she being a daughter of Rev. R. O. Tribble, a Missionary Baptist minister, and the first minister of Oregon County. The Doctor and his wife have one child, William A. He owns 700 acres of land in Oregon County, Mo., and his home lot in Mammoth Spring comprises three acres. He is a member of the Masonic lodge at Alton, Mo., and in his political views has al- ways been a stanch Republican, having cast his first presidential vote for R. B. Hayes He and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. His first wife belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Robert L. Thompson, who is closely connected with the farming interests of the county, is of Arkansas nativity, and dates his birth from De- cember 30, 1856. His father, G. W. Thompson, was a native of Tennessee, a farmer and stock trader, and accumulated considerable property. He came to Fulton County at an early day. and there met and married Miss Eliza Pumphrey about 1848. Eight children were born to this union, three now living: H. J., living in Baxter County; Robert L., in Fulton, and G. W., who resides in Boone County. The father of these children left Fulton County several years ago, and has not been heard from since. He is supposed to be dead. In politics he affiliated with the Republican party. Mrs. Thompson resides in Boone County, Ark. Robert L. Thompson passed his youth and early manhood in his native State, Arkansas. On the 12th of December, 1850, he married Miss Emma E. Cook, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Har- ris) Cook, and one of six children born to their union: Ephraim (deceased). Sarah J., Mary. Per- necia. William W., Emma E. and Alice. Henry W. Cook was born in Kentucky, July 22. 1822.
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and married Miss Elizabeth Harris, of the same State about 1844. They moved to Arkansas in 1860, where he died March 17, 1877. He was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and also of the Masonic lodge at the time of his death. His widow still remains on the old homestead at Viola. Alice, the youngest child, who is now a widow with two children, resides with her brother, William W., whose home is in Texas. He is a lawyer by profession, and unmarried. The other tive have homes in Arkansas, and are married. The fruits of Mr. and Mrs. Thompson's union are three children: Huston B., born May 11, 1883; Nora A., born January 24. 1885, and James T., born August 5, 1887. At the commencement of his farm life, Mr. Thompson had 120 acres, and has since added eighty acres. He now owns con- siderable stock, consisting of hogs, cattle and horses. He is considered one of the leading farm- ers in this section. He is a man greatly in favor of public enterprises, and donates liberally to school, churches and all laudable movements. Po- litically, he is a native-born Republican. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. Thompson professed relig- ion in September, 1885, and joined the church in August, 1888. Mrs. Thompson professed religion August 17, 1874, and joined on the 20th of the same month. She has been a member of the church fifteen years, becoming such while only fourteen years old.
David P. Tunstall, one of the leading citizens of Fulton County, Ark., is a native of Independ- ence County, of the same State, his birth occur- ring on the 7th of July, 1841. His father, Thomas T. Tunstall, was born in Pittsylvania County, Va., and when a boy removed with his parents to Shelby County, Ky., where he grew to mature years and learned the cabinet-maker's trade, at which occu- pation he worked for a few years. He afterward turned his attention to steamboating, and after re- siding in Chicot County, Ark .. for six years he moved to Independence County in 1833, in which county he was residing at the time of his death, in November, 1863, at the age of seventy-six years. During his lifetime he farmed for some
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She was born in Henry County, Tenn., in 1845 (August 16), and to their union the following chil- dren have been born: Lemuel E. (farming his father's farm), William T., James F., Harrison M., Dicy E., Charles P., Daniel A. and Grover C. Mr. and Mrs. Tunstall are members of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church, South, and he is a stanch Democrat in his politics. On coming home from the army he was without means, and all his prop- erty has been acquired since then, and notwith- standing the fact that he has had to pay a great : many security-debts he has prospered. He is a second cousin of Abraham Lincoln's wife, his grandmother being a Todd.
E. L. Tunstall, M. D., a widely known and most successful physician of Mammoth Spring, Ark., was born in Independence County, of this State, in September, 1864. He is a son of H. M. and Melissa (Baker) Tunstall, who were born re- : spectively in Independence County, Ark., and i Middle Tennessee. The father was reared to a mercantile life in his native county, was married there, and a few years since came to Fulton County, Ark., and engaged in various pursuits at Mammoth Spring. He and wife, who came to Arkansas at the age of five years, became the parents of three children, of whom Dr. E. L. Tunstall is the second. The paternal grandfather was a native of the "Old Dominion," and removed to Kentucky during the early history of that State, afterward locating in Arkansas, where he engaged in steamboating and horse-dealing, accumulating a large amount of property thereby. The great- grandfather came from Wales and located in Vir-, ginia. Dr. E. L. Tunstall was educated in the graded schools of his native county, and during this time acquired a taste for the study of medi- cine. He determined to make this his profession, and for some time at first studied under a preceptor, and attended his first course of lectures in the Missouri Medical College at St. Louis, during the winter of 1884-85. He graduated from the Mem- phis Hospital Medical College in the spring of 1887 (the regular school). After practicing in Ozark County, Mo., for some time, he commenced practicing in Fulton County in the fall of 1885.
Miss Mary A. Tyree, who was born in Pulaski County, Mo., in February, 1867, became his wife in October, 1882, and to their marriage have been given two bright little children: Katie S. D. and A. G. Thurman. The Doctor is a member of the Tri-State Medical Society, which meets once a year at Memphis, Tenn. Politically he is a Demo- crat.
William Wainwright is recognized as a careful. energetic agriculturist of Fulton County, and by his advanced ideas, progressive habits, and liberal contributions to worthy enterprises, he has gained the respect and esteem of his fellow men. His birth occurred in Madison County, Ala., in 1826, and he is a son of William and Nancy (Turner) Wain- wright, who were born in Virginia and Tennessee, respectively. Upon first leaving his native State, he went to Georgia, but before his marriage moved from Alabama, where he had located, to Arkansas, in 1853, locating in Independence County, but afterward died in Sharp County in 1855, at the age of seventy-three years. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. William Wainwright is one of his nine children, and was reared to manhood on a farın in Alabama, but when his father came to the State of Arkansas, he came with him and here has since made his home. He was married in Sharp County, on the 28th of February, 1860. to Miss Margaret Elizabeth Huddleston, and by her has had a family of nine children: John B., who died at the age of nine months; Louise, who died in 1884 at the age of twenty-two years; Laura P .. William E., Mary M., Martha M., Samuel P., Lucy M. and Gundoland. During the late Civil War Mr. Wainwright served four years under Gen. Price. being in the commissary department the most of the time. In 1862 he came to Fulton County, Ark., and is now the owner of 1,346 acres of land in the country and considerable property in town. He has the finest dwelling house in the county. it being a fine brick structure, containing eight large rooms. Politically he has always affiliated with the Democratic party, and socially he is a member of the A. F. & A. M., being a Master Mason. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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and farmer of Fulton Township, was born in Bal- lard County, Ky., in 1846, and received very meager educational advantages. He remained with his widowed mother until sixteen years of age and then, in June, 1863, be enlisted in Com- pany B, Wood's Battalion of Missouri Cavalry, Confederate troops, and served until the close of the war, most of his operations being in Arkansas. He was in the engagement at Pine Bluff, and all through Price's raid in Missouri. At one time while a soldier there was some talk of promoting him for bravery to the position of fourth corporal. He was captured during that raid in Kansas, in October, 1864, and was a prisoner about four months at St. Louis and Alton, Ill. He was paroled just before the general surrender, rejoined his command and surrendered in May, 1865, at Shreveport, La. He then came to Izard County, and was married in June, 1866, to Miss Martha J. Williams, a na- tive of Kentucky, and the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Williams, also of Kentucky nativity. Her parents died in Izard County, whither they had moved when Mrs. Watson was a little girl. The fruits of Mr. Watson's union were seven chil- dren, four sons and one daughter now living. He remained in Izard County until 1875, and then came to his present farm, which was then in the woods, but now he has 160 acres, with fifty under cultivation. He has a pleasant home, one and a balf miles east of Viola, and aside from his farm- ing interest he has been local minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for about ten years, administering to the spiritual wants of his fellow men in a very satisfactory manner. He has been a member of that church for a period of about twenty-two years. He is a Democrat in his political preferences and has held the office of justice of the peace since September, 1SS8. He has one brother, James M., and a sister, the widow of William Ferguson, who are living in Fulton County. His parents. Miles and Mary S. (Gilles- pie) Watson, were born in Kentucky, where the father died when William E. was an infant. In about 1853 the family moved to Lawrence County, Ark., where Mrs. Watson married William Hawk- ins. She afterward moved to Fulton County, and
died about 1862, in what is now Baxter County. She had been a member of the Methodist Church for many years.
Z. L. Watters, M. D., is of Scotch-Irish birth and antecedents, and his ancestors for four gener- ations back have been prominently identified with the interests of the State of Georgia, his father. Joseph Watters, having been a prominent poli- tician of that State in the days of his prime. The latter was born in 1792 and was reared to manhood in his native State. During the Florida War he served as captain under Gen. Nelson. He was a member of the legislature from Floyd County, and was also a United States Senator from his senatorial district, comprising three counties. His death occurred in 1866. His wife was born in Oglethorpe County in 1799, and became the mother of thirteen children, ten sons and three daughters, all of whom grew to maturity. All the former served in the Confederate army with the exception of two brothers. One brother was killed at Sharpsburg while serving in Lee's army, and another at Atlanta. Dr. Z. L. Watters, our subject, was captain of a company from Gor- don County, Ga., and for gallant service was pro- moted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and served until Lee's surrender. He received his literary education at Rome. Ga., and being now prepared to carry out a long cherished desire he entered upon a course of medical study, entering the med- ical college of his native State, from which he graduated in 1852. He had practiced until the opening of the war at Calhoun, Ga., and also at other places in that State, and after the war he again located in Calhoun, residing there until he came to Arkansas in December, 1869. From that time until quite recently he was engaged in practicing his profession at Salem, and acquired a superior reputation as an able physician and surgeon. A short time since he retired from practice and is now conducting a drug store, for which he is thor- oughly qualified. He was for many years the only physician in the place, and owing to his remark- ably successful career as such he has become the owner of $20 acres of land in three different farms. He was married in 1866 to Miss M. A.
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S. P. Welden, treasurer of Fulton County, Ark., was born in Jackson County, Tenn., June 15, 1832, but was reared in the State of Kentucky, re- ceiving fairly good advantages for acquiring an education in the old subscription schools of early days. His boyhood days were spent in following the plow, and learning the blacksmith's trade, the two occupations receiving his attention for a num- ber of years. He was married at the age of twen- ty four years, to Miss Elizabeth S. Duncan, in Bol- linger County, Mo. She was born in Livingston County, Ky., May 7, 1838, and to their union five children were born, all of whom have passed to their long home: Mary A., born December 27, 1857, died March 14, 1858; an infant, born May 6, 1859, died the same day; Madoriah F., born July 20, 1860, died October 23, 1872; Ewell B., born February 2. 1864, died December 19, 1882; and one other infant. born November 2, 1867, died the same day. Mr. Welden bought two quarter sections of land in Fulton County, Ark .. in 1868. and moved here in 1881. He resided on his prop- erty until elected to the office of county treasurer in September, 1884, when he located at the county seat of Fulton County. He was re-elected in Sep- tember, 1886, and again re-elected in September, 1888, his majority being each year increased; and although he has only been a resident of the county a few years, he has become one of its prominent citizens, and is respected by all for his sterling in- tegrity. sound judgment and liberal. progressive ideas. He now owns over 900 acres of land in the county, ten forty-acre pieces being in one body. He is an old line Democrat. and is the master of 1 Salem Lodge No. 418. of the A. F. & A. M. Mr. Welden was the third in a family of twelve chil- dren, seven boys and five girls, eight of whom are
now living, born to William Welden and wife. formerly a Miss Jones, the former being probably a native of North Carolina, born June 12, 1809. and the latter of Tennessee, born May 11, 1809. William Welden moved to Tennessee with his fa- ther when young. and was there married to Mary R. Jones, subsequently following the occupation of farming. He is still living, and is residing at Pinkneyville, Livingston County, Ky. His wife died on the 18th day of March, 1865. The pater- nal grandfather, Daniel Welden, was born in North Carolina, and died in Kentucky at the home of our subject, between ninety-five and one hundred years of age. He was a veteran in the War of 1812, under Andrew Jackson. The great- grandfather, Pines Welden, was a Revolutionary soldier, and was of Scotch-Irish descent.
Marion Whiteside is a resident of Fulton County, Ark., who seems to be eminently fitted for the occupation of farming. for he possesses in- dustry and good business ability, and from earliest boyhood has been familiar with the details of farm life. He was born in Oregon County. Mo .. Oc- tober 11, 1850, but was reared in Fulton County. Ark., remaining with his parents until he at- tained his majority, and, although he received no schooling he became familiar with the details of farming and blacksmithing, which occupations his father followed. He has continued the former oc. cupation ever since starting out in life for himself. and since 1873 has lived on his present farm of 120 acres, fifty-five acres of which are under culti- vation. He has always been a Democrat political- ly, and his first vote for the Presidency was cast for Horace Greeley. He is now deputy assessor of his township, has been constable of Mammoth Spring Township two years, and has served seven years as school director, and is elected for two more years. He is a member of Mammoth Spring Lodge No. 48, of the I. O. O. F. July 7. 1.72. he was united in marriage to Miss Annis Mooney. who was born in Dent County. Mo .. about 1952. and by her he became the father of eight children. six of whom are living: Margaret E., Jackson F .. Martha L .. Josephine, Minnie A. and Monroe C. Mrs. Whiteside is a daughter of John and Mar-
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garet Mooney, who were native Tennesseeans, and were early settlers of Dent County, Mo. The father died in that State, but the mother's death occurred in Arkansas. Mr. Whiteside is one of eight surviving members of a family of eleven children, nine of whom reside in Fulton Coun- ty, Ark., and one in Oregon County, Mo., born to Hayes and Sarah J. (Payne) Whiteside, who were born in Indiana and Missouri, in 1833 and 1836, respectively. The father was brought to Arkan- sas by his parents when nine years of age, and be- came a noted hunter of Fulton County and lived in this county until his death, August 27, 1879, still survived by his widow. The paternal grand- father, Thomas Whiteside, was a Virginian, and with his wife moved from that State to Indiana, at a very early day, and later to Fulton County, Ark., of which they were among the earliest set- tlers. He was also a noted hunter and while on a hunting expedition was taken sick and died in Independence County, Ark. His wife died in Ful- ton County, Ark.
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Dr. Joseph M. Wolf, a physician of more than ordinary ability, who has practiced his profession at Mammoth Spring and vicinity since in August, 1887, is a native of Izard County, born in 1841, and the son of Maj. Jacob and Elizabeth (Sanders) Wolf, nee Lantz, natives of North Carolina and Ohio, and born in 1786 and 1800, respectively. They were married in Izard County, where they came in 1817, and spent the rest of their lives there, the mother dying in 1846, and the father in 1865. They were excellent people, and both were members of the Baptist Church, Mr. Wolf being an active worker in the same. He had been married three times, Mrs. Lantz being his second wife; she was the widow Sanders at the time of her marriage to Mr. Wolf. The latter was a black- smith and farmer by occupation, and followed this all his life. He was major in the militia, and or- ganized a company to go to the Mexican War. but it was not received. He served one term in the council when Arkansas was a part of Indian Terri- tory, and was also a member of the State legisla- : Democrat in his political preferences, and his first ture soon after the State was organized. He was : a pioneer, and one of the representative citizens
of the State. He traded with the Indians in the early settlement of the country, and was for some time engaged in flat-boating on the White River. His father, Michael Wolf, was a German soldier in the War of 1812. He removed from North Carolina to Kentucky about 1796, and to Arkansas in 1817, where he received his final summons. Of the ten children born to Mr. and Mrs. Wolf, Dr. Joseph M. was the ninth in order of birth. He assisted his father on the farm, and received very little education until grown, when he attended school for about ten months at Mountain Home. Ark. He then went all through the war in the Confederate army, serving in various companies. but principally in the Fourteenth Arkansas Infan- try, Trans-Mississippi department. He was in the fights at Oak Hill, Pea Ridge, Iuka, Corinth, Port Hudson, Jenkins' Ferry, and many others. He surrendered at Marshall, Texas, in May, 1865, and during his entire time of service was never wounded. In August, 1865, he began the study of medicine with his brother-in-law, Dr. J. M. Casey, graduating from the University of Louis- ville, Ky., in 1870, and began practicing near Jacksonport, where he lived five years. He sub- sequently removed to Baxter County, and from there soon after to Boone County, thence to Stone County, where he remained until he came to Mam- moth Spring, where he has practiced successfully ever since. By his marriage in 1872, to Miss Sarah Sink, daughter of George and Sarah Sink, early settlers of Jackson County, Ark., there were born two sons, Montrose and Eugene. Mr. and Mrs. Sink died in Jackson County, Ark., where Mrs. Wolf was born. The latter died in Boone County in 1876. Mr. Wolf was married the second time in Stone County, in 1878, to Miss Effie, a native of North Carolina, born in 1857, and the daughter of Ben- jamin R. and Mary J. Eaton. Mr. and Mrs. Eaton came to Washita County in 1865, and are now re- siding in Van Buren County. To Mr. and Mrs. Wolf were born four children now living: Caddie. Gertrude, Linnie and Virgie. The Doctor is a presidential vote was for Seymour. in 1868. He is a member of Blue Mountain Lodge No. 202. A.
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