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George W. Finch, a farmer and stock raiser of Buffalo Island, was born in Campbell County, Georgia, February 20, 1849, and is the son of Willis and Elizabeth (Harrison) Finch, both na- tives of South Carolina. They moved to Georgia and later to Alabama, where the father died in 1868. George W. was reared mainly in Alabama, and began farming for himself when eighteen years of age, and in 1869 he was united in mar- riage with Adaline Maith, a native of Alabama. In 1880 he came to Arkansas, locating on Buffalo Island, where he rented for two years, and then bought his present place of residence. He has a farm of 400 acres, with 100 improved. May 26. 1884. Mrs. Finch died, leaving five children: Belle (wife of George Hogar), Oscar, Ethel, Luther and Itha. Mr. Finch chose a second wife, this time selecting Nannie Goss, who lived
but a short time, dying June 22, 1887. His pres- ent wife was Mrs. Skelton, nee Stoddard, a native of Alabama; a widow and mother of eight children : William, Florence, Joseph, Sarah, Walter, Clin- ton, Jennie, and James (deceased). Mr. Finch is one of the public-spirited and enterprising men of the Island, and his wife is a member of the Methodist Church.
James Gordon Frierson was born on Duck River, in Maury County, Tenn., November 5, 1838, and died in Jonesboro, Ark., March 8, 1884. His father was Dr. Charles Curren Frierson, descended on the father's side from French Huguenots, who settled in South Carolina some time before the Revolutionary War; on the mother's side, he comes from Scotch-Irish lineage-early emigrants to Middle Tennessee. Dr. Charles Frierson mar- ried, in 1828 or 1829, Miss Mildred Payne, of West Tennessee, of English descent, numbering among her progenitors some of the pioneers of the State, and among her kindred some of the best people of Tennessee and Mississippi, counting among their cherished possessions many relics of the Revolu- tionary days, and pointing with pride to the record of their family. Among these are the Van Burens, the Taylors, the Alexanders, and others. Thomas Paine, the noted political and deistic writer of early times, was a member of the family and was spoken of with mingled feelings, in which pride of race did not predominate. Dr. Frierson and wife were the parents of eleven children, only five of whom are now living. They removed many years ago, with quite a colony of neighbors and relations, accom- panied by many colored families who had descended to them, to La Fayette County, Miss., where, four miles from Oxford, the site of the State University, they founded College Hill with a fine Old Presby- terian Church, and male and female high schools, and added much to the culture and refinement of that part of the State. Dr. Frierson died at a ripe old age in 1879, and his wife the previous year. Both were devout members of the Presbyterian Church. in which faith their children were all reared. One daughter married Rev. Mr. McLamroch, of Her- nando, Miss .; another Hon. Martin L. Clardy, of St. Francois County, Mo. ; a third, Ben. G. Peers.
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of Farmington, Mo .; still another, a Mr. Hurt, of Germantown, Tenn. The remainder of the family still reside at the old homestead at College Hill, Miss. James Gordon Frierson was the second son. . At the age of twelve or fourteen years he was taken from the home of his birth, near old Zion Church, in Maury County, Tenn., to Mississippi, the State of his adoption. He was educated at Oxford, graduating with honor, and numbering among his professors the distinguished Dr. F. A. P. Barnard, Dr. John Waddill, Justice Lamar, Judge Long- street, and others of less note. Mr. Frierson vol- unteered at the age of twenty-three in an infantry regiment, in the Confederate service, serving as captain under the noted Gen. Walthall, in the Army of Tennessee, and was in many of the fiercest bat- tles fought in that section-Corinth, Iuka, Frank- lin, Perryville, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain. Here above the clouds he was captured by some of Hooker's men, taken to Johnson's Island, held a prisoner for nineteen months, being released at the close of the war, with health shattered by hardships and privations and exposure he was poorly fitted by nature to en- dure. Soon after the war (in January, 1869) he with his brother-in-law, Maj. M. L. Clardy, located at the little village of Cleburne, Cross County, then the county seat of the county, to practice law. November 12, of the same year, he was married to Miss Emma G. Davis, the oldest daughter of Dr. N. A. Davis, formerly of Ozark, Christian County, Mo. In 1870 he was elected to the State Senate of Arkansas, held this office two terms (four years), and was president of the senate during the Brooks-Baxter war. Mr. Frierson, as- sisted by the Hon. James Berry, who was then speaker of the house, drew up a bill the next day calling for a constitutional convention. The bill passed immediately. He was then elected a mem- ber of the convention, and took a leading part in its deliberations. In 1882 he was elected judge of the Second judicial district, consisting of the counties of Cross, Craighead. Clay, Randolph, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett and Crittenden. He held this office to the entire satisfaction of all parties, by his pure life and varied learning win-
ning the respect and affection of the people. He possessed, in an eminent degree, those virtues which adorn the bench, and that law knowledge which makes the safe and wise jurist a unity of purity and integrity. He was kindly, true and patriotic, a zealous Christian, and as legislator, patriot or jurist, his merit was only exceeded by his modesty. He died at the age of forty-six at his home in Jonesboro, Ark., leaving a wife and three children: Gordon, Camille and Charles Davis Frierson. Mrs. Frierson established and con- ducted a high school, which flourished for several years until superseded by the Jonesboro graded schools, in which she at present occupies a position as first assistant.
William Lewis Gage, a prominent and enter- prising farmer of Jonesboro Township, was born in Greene County, Ark., November 27, 1845, and is the son of Jeremiah and Martha (Hutchins) Gage, both natives of Tennessee, who were mar- ried in that State and emigrated to Arkansas about 1830. They first located at Gage's Point, on the Cache River, and from there went to St. Francis. and afterward to Greene County. He was a farmer all his life, and during the War of the Rebellion served under Gen. Marmaduke of the Trans-Missis- sippi department, receiving a wound in a battle in Missouri, from the effects of which he died at Cane Hill, Washington County, in November of 1864. He was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, a devout Christian and strong in his political con- victions. They were the parents of eight children, four of whom are living and in this county. After her husband's death Mrs. Gage married Larkin Johnson, of Greene County. She died in 186S, aged forty years. W. L. Gage was reared in Greene County, receiving a moderate education. In the spring of 1863 he enlisted in Col. Cooper's company and surrendered at Shreveport, La., June 9, 1865. In 1870 he moved to Craighead County, locating on his present farm, and having been very successful in farming operations at present owns 1,620 acres in Greene and Craighead Counties. He devotes much time to stock raising and takes . great interest in obtaining better breeds of stock. Mr. Gage was married October 22, 1868, to Maria
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Elizabeth Paramore, a native of Missouri, and daughter of Robert P. and Nancy Caroline (Man- sese) Paramore. The fruits of this marriage are six children, one deceased: Ona Kate, Martha Caroline, Ethel Paramore, Grace Truman, Mary Ella and Maud Almer. Mr. Gage is a member of the I. O. O. F. and Knights of Honor fraternities, and he and wife and three oldest daughters are members of the Missionary Baptist Church at Jonesboro, and he is one of the executive board of the Mt. Zion Association of that denomination.
A. Thomas Gatlin, a successful self-made farmer of Craighead County, was born in Tennes- see December 16, 1849, and is the son of Hardy and Mary (Gullett) Gatlin, the former a native of Virginia, the latter of Mississippi. The father moved to Tennessee when a young man and there married and remained for several years; then, about 1856, came to Arkansas, locating near Jones- boro, where he remained until his death, in 1860. After his father's death Mr. Gatlin went to Ken- tucky with his mother, who is still living, and re- mained there until after the Rebellion. In 1873 he returned to Craighead County, this time select- ing a location on Cane Island, where, by the fruits of his own labor, he has become the foremost farmer. The land was covered with heavy timber, but now he has 120 acres cleared and under culti- vation and sixty acres yet timbered. In connection with his farm he is owner and proprietor of a cot- ton-gin, which he built in 1885, and with which in 1887 he ginned over 200 bales of cotton. In 1868 was consummated his marriage with Amanda Gibson (now deceased), who bore him three chil- dren: Riley, Hardy and Lovenia. Mr. Gatlin married his present wife on this Island in July of 1878. She was a daughter of William Bennett (her maiden name Sallie Bennett), and a native of Alabama. Mr. Gatlin is noted as one of the most energetic and industrious farmers of the county. He is a member of the Masonic order and is mas- ter of the lodge at Lake City.
Needam Harvey Grady, M. D., a successful medical practitioner on Buffalo Island, also en- gaged in merchandising and farming. was born in Gibson County, Tenn., March 5, 1852. He is the
son of William Grady, a native of North Carolina, who was reared and married in that State. He moved to Tennessee and engaged in farming for several years, and when our subject was about ten years old, went to Pemiscot County, Mo., where the father and mother both died. Dr. Grady, then a boy of fourteen, returned to his old home in Tennessee, where he remained until he was twenty- five years of age. He had superior educa- tional advantages, and has taught school several terms. In his profession he is well posted, began the study of medicine with Dr. James, of Gibson County, Tenn., and has attended lectures at both St. Louis and Louisville, Ky. He practiced in Butler County for three years, then in Independ- ence County, Ark., and after trying Greene County. Ark., and Dunklin County, Mo., settled in Craig- head County, Ark., in the fall of 1884. In 1886 he began merchandising, keeping a general stock, and at this has been quite successful. He owns several good farms, aggregating 600 acres, with over 200 under cultivation. In October, 1872, he was united in marriage with Nancy A. Keith, a native of Indiana, and daughter of Isom Keith, an early settler of Missouri. During the five years Dr. Grady has been on Buffalo Island, he has built up a wide practice, and has won the es- teem and confidence of the people.
Henry M. Griffin (deceased) was born in Cal- houn County, Ala., December 4, 1842. His father was Benjamin Griffin, a farmer of that county, who died in 1856, and his mother was Mary (Moody) Griffin, a native of South Carolina, who died in 1873. Henry Griffin toiled faithfully and dili- gently on the farm through his youth, receiving but a limited education. He was a youth seventeen years of age, attending school at Selma, when the war broke out, but he immediately enlisted in the Tenth Alabama Regiment, and served gallantly for four years. When mustered out, he was cap- tain of a company of fifty sharp shooters. He made a crop in 1866, and February 3, 1867, mar- ried Rachel A. Bennett, a daughter of Thomas Bennett, a native farmer of Alabama. Mr. Ben- nett came to Craighead County in the latter part of 1866, and located in Jonesboro Township, where
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he passed the remainder of his life. His widow, Martha (Rollins) Bennett, a native of Georgia, now resides with Mrs. Griffin. The seven surviv- ors of their eleven children are all residents of Craighead County. In 1867 Mr. Griffin located in Greenfield Township, about one mile east of Dee Station, where he remained but one year. After trying two other farms he bought forty acres of his present place, and subsequently adding 120 acres, later had a farm of 160 acres, and much of it is improved. He was a member of the Mis- sionary Baptist Church, and also of the Agricul- tural Wheel. After a life of patient toil and sterl- ing integrity, he died, January 27, 1888. Mr. and Mrs. Griffin were the parents of seven children; those now living are: John Henry, Benjamin, Jimmie, Belle and Ruthie. Mrs. Griffin is a pious and charitable lady, and she and her oldest son are members of the Baptist Church.
Christopher C. Hale, an energetic and worthy citizen of Buffalo Island, is one of the leading farmers and stock raisers of the community in which he lives. He was born in Shelby County, Tenn., in March, 1835, and is the son of Edward D. Hale, of Middle Tennessee, who married Hettie Fleetwood, a native of North Carolina. They set- tled on a farm in Shelby County, Tenn., where she died in 1869, and he in 1872. To them were : born four children, one son and three daughters. Christopher C. attained his majority in Tennessee, and joined the Confederate army in 1862, serving until the spring of 1864, when he went home on furlough, having participated in several minor engagements. Being sick and unable to return to the field, he hired a substitute. He engaged in farming in his native State until 1871, when he came to Poinsett County, Ark. ; there he remained several years, and, in 1879, came to Craighead County, where he has since resided. He pur- chased 160 acres of wild, timbered land, and soon had 100 acres of it cleared and under cultivation. He has two good residences, good outbuildings and a nice young orchard. He has in all 200 acres of good land. He was married in Tennessee Janu- ary 20, 1861, to Martha A. Carr, a native of that State, who died in 1877. They had four children:
John B., George D., Mary E., wife of W. A. Wil- kin, and Hettie, wife of P. Foster. Mr. Hale chose as his second wife Mrs. Mary A. McDonald, a daughter of Larkin Majors. She was the mother of two children: Alexander and James. To Mr. and Mrs. Hale has been born one child: Luna Z.
Joseph W. Harrell, postmaster at Macey, and a farmer of sterling worth in Buffalo Township, is a native of Arkansas, born in White County, February 6, 1846. His father, Jethro Harrell, was a native of South Carolina, where he was reared and married Mildred Hunt. In 1840 they came to Arkansas, where Mrs. Harrell died, in 1846. After his wife's death he was unsettled until 1851, when he located in St. Francis County, where he remained for several years. He after- ward came to Craighead County, and died Febru -. ary 7, 1866. He was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, greatly respected by all who knew him. His second wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Morrow, survived her husband several years, dying in Alabama in 1883. By his first wife Mr. Harrell had five children, Joseph W. being the only one who grew to manhood; and by his second wife four sons and two daughters, who reached mature years. Joseph W. Harrell was reared and educated in Poinsett and Craighead Counties. In the late war he enlisted in the Con- federate service, and participated in several en- gagements during Price's raid in Missouri and Kansas, and at last surrendered at Wittsburg, May 25, 1865. He returned to Poinsett County, and remained there until his father's death. He was married in this county, February 16, 1873, to Frances E. Hunton, a native of Georgia. She died February 20, 1887. To this union were born seven children: Charles J., Martha Jane, Mary F., Macy A., Lucy A., William J. and Joseph E. Mr. Harrell went to Dunklin County, Mo., in 1872, and farmed there for two years. after which he located in this township, where he has since re- sided. He bought timbered land. and has cleared 100 acres, and built a comfortable home and five tenant houses. He has married Amanda Carson, a native of Lauderdale County, Tenn., where she was reared. She is a zealous member of the Meth-
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odist Church. Mr. Harrell was the first postmas- ter at Macey, appointed in 1882. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and takes active interest in the promotion of the educational interests of his neighborhood.
Benjamin J. Harrison. Few farmers and stock raisers of Lake City Township have been more universally successful than the subject of this sketch, who is a native of Marshall County, Tenn., born November 27, 1844. He is a son of J. W. is one of the leading spirits of the community.
Harrison, born and reared in Virginia, who, when a young man, moved to Tennessee, and there mar- ried Lucy Emeline Culberhouse, a native of North Carolina. He then located on a farm in Marshall County, and there engaged for several years in agricultural pursuits. In 1856 he came to what is now Craighead County, Ark., where he resided until his death, in 1881, his wife having previously died, in 1871. Benjamin J. was but twelve years of age when he came with his father to this State, and he grew to manhood and was educated in Craighead County, remaining with his father un- til his marriage. In 1863 he enlisted in the Con- federate service, Fourteenth Tennessee Cavalry, and served until near the close of the war, be- ing at home on a furlough at the time of the surrender. He was second sergeant, was once captured, and participated in a number of engage- ments. Returning home, he engaged in farming until 1881, when, in June, he bought a building in Lake City, put in a stock of general merchan- dise, and followed mercantile business for three years. December 25 following, he lost everything by fire, having no insurance, his loss is estimated at $10,000. The following fall he rebuilt the store and rented it, himself moving to a farm near the village, where he has since resided. He has a comfortable home, with 125 acres of good land in a splendid state of cultivation, and a large orchard of 1,200 trees, mostly apple, and all choice fruits, some just beginning to bear. March 25, 1868, he married Miss Mary E. Lewis, a native of this county, who died in 1877, leaving two sons. Mr. Harrison chose a second wife, and February 14, 1879, was united in marriage with Victoria Eveline Grayson, born, reared and educated in this coun-
ty, and a daughter of Col. Adam D. Grayson, a colonel in the Confederate army, killed at the bat- tle of Shiloh. Mrs. Grayson died March 5, 1889. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison have also two sons, the four children being John A., George T., James and Walter S. Mrs. Harrison is a member of the Methodist Church. Mr. Harrison owns, in con- nection with his farm, a cotton-gin and grist-mill, possessing also hotel property in Lake City. He
James H. Houston was born in Shelby County, Tenn., October 1, 1849, and is now a farmer of Greenfield Township, residing about six miles south of Jonesboro. His father was William Bird Houston, a prominent and highly esteemed citizen of Poinsett County. He was a native of Tennessee, and came with his family to Arkansas, about December, 1856, locating in the northern part of Poinsett County, where he engaged extensively in farming and stock raising. He was a Democrat, belonged to the Masonic fraternity, and was a mem- ber of the Methodist Church. When about twenty- five years of age he was married, in his native State, to Harriet Jane Steelman, also a native of Tennes- see. To them were born thirteen children, the four surviving making their home in Arkansas. They are: James H. (the subject of this sketch), Melinda (widow of S. Harris, son of Capt. Harris. who has several times represented Poinsett County in the State Senate), John F. (married to Emma J. Allen, deceased), and William Bird, Jr. (mar- ried to Elizabeth Kelsoe, deceased). The father died in 1872, the mother in 1867. James H. was seven years old when his parents came to this State, but he returned to Tennessee to school after the war. He owns 130 acres of land in Poinsett County, much of it under fence. He moved to Craighead County in August of 1887. locating at his present residence-the old McCarty homestead. February 15, 1880. Mr. Houston was married to Lucinda J. Stephens. To them were born three children, all deceased: Cora M., Lorenzo B. H. and John H. Mrs. Houston died August 22, 1886, and he was married again August 4, 1887, to Me- linda Josephine McCarty, a daughter of Michael and Melinda (Weer) McCarty, the former a native
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of Ohio, the latter of North Carolina; the former is deceased, but the latter is still living, aged seventy- one years. Mr. and Mrs. Houston have had one child, a daughter, now deceased. Mr. Houston is a member of the Methodist Church, has taken great interest in Sunday-school and church work, and is a leading member of the denomination to which he belongs. He is a member of the Agricultural Wheel, and a prominent and enterprising citizen.
Philip T. Hudson was born in Madison County, Tenn., and is the only surviving son of Baker Hud- son, a native of Mecklenburg County, Va., born May 18, 1783. Baker Hudson was reared and ed- ucated in Virginia, and engaged in farming all his life. He married Jane Fletcher, whose birth oc- curred in Louisa County, of the same State, No- vember 17, 1798, and to this union were born nine children, only two of whom, Mrs. Elizabeth Peebles and Philip T., are now living. Mr. Hudson died May 24, 1850, in Fayette County, Tenn., and his widow in the same county, May 7, 1878. They were both active and consistent members of the Methodist Church. The marriage of Philip T. Hudson and Mary E. Perkins was consummated in Fayette County, Tenn., May 9, 1866. In that county, near Somerville, he had spent his boyhood, and received his education. To this union have been born five children: Sallie S., Philip B., Will- iam H., Tillie and Cuthbert L. Mr. Hudson came to Arkansas in 1870, and since that time has been engaged in farming. He owns 160 acres of good land, and has about eighty acres under cultivation. He has cleared most of this himself. For six years he served as justice of the peace in Craighead County, is a member of the Agricultural Wheel, and both he and his wife are members of the Pres- byterian Church. Having the public interest al- ways in view, he is one of the class of citizens who exert a marked influence for good in the com- munity.
William Huggans was born in Hall County, Ga., in 1821, and is a son of David and Elizabeth (Irbel) Huggans, natives of Georgia and South Carolina, respectively. The mother went to Geor- gia when quite a girl, was there married, and re- sided until her death in 1849. Her husband died
in 1882. They were the parents of one son and three daughters, our subject being the only surviv- ing child. Though only a boy, he went to Florida during the Seminole War, enlisting as a soldier. He returned home in 1839, and in the fall of the same year moved to Alabama, where he remained until 1854, when he came to Arkansas, locating near Greensboro, in Greene (now Craighead) Coun- ty. He entered some land in Greene County, and rented for several years, and had improved a num- cer of farms before coming to his present location. He is a wide awake and energetic farmer, and al- though he only came to this place in 1887, he now has in a state of splendid cultivation seventy-five acres of choice farming land. December 8, 1839, he was married to Miss Mary Anthony, who was born and reared in South Carolina, and to this un- ion have been born two children: John J. and Mrs. Elizabeth Steward, both now deceased. The son, John J., had married, and to him and wife had been born two children, one of whom grew to woman- hood and married. She had one child, William T. Manerd, who is now living with Mr. Huggans. Both Mr. and Mrs. Huggans are active and char- itable members of the community in which they live, and the latter is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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