Biographical and historical memoirs of northeast Arkansas : comprising a condensed history of the state biographies of distinguished citizens a brief descriptive history of the counties, and numerous biographical sketches of the prominent citizens of such counties. V. 2, Part 14

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Publication date: 1889
Publisher: Chicago, Nashville, St. Louis : The Goodspeed Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1044


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penniless, and instead of starting in business again at this point, he removed with his family up the White River; but seeing no advantages to be de- rived there that would equal his former home in Mississippi County, he soon returned and settled one mile south of Barfield, where he leased a cot- ton gin and forty acres from the Williams estate: and the same industry that characterized his early days is now starting him on the road to fortune again. In 1889 he bought 100 acres of good land with about thirty acres under cultivation, and soon after purchased forty acres of wild land, which he will immediately put under cultivation also. He has again commenced in business at Barfield, of which he intends to allow his son Guy to take the manage- ment, while he devotes the greater part of his time to his cotton gin and crops. On June 18, 1868, Mr. Tansil was married to Miss Sarah H. Spence, of Finley, Tenn., a daughter of George E. Spence, whose father, Mark, was one of the pioneers of Dyer County, that State, where he amassed a large fortune. To this union were born eight chil- dren: Belle, wife of J. H. Daniels; Annie; Min- nie, who died in 1885; Guy, Dixon, Nannie, who died in 1888; Frankie and Susie. Mr. Tansil is certainly one of the self-made men of Mississippi County. He is held in high esteem by his neigh- bors, has served four terms as magistrate, takes an active interest in all matters that promise to be for the county's good, and in school affairs, and is the possessor of a happy and interesting family.


G. W. Thomason is not only one of the most successful and enterprising planters of Mississippi County, but he is also a lawyer of thorough pre- paratory training, both literary and professional. His boyhood was passed in assisting on the farm and attending school. He was studying at college at the breaking out of the war, but he flung aside his books to enter the Confederate Army, enlisting when nineteen years of age in Company H, Fifth Tennessee Volunteers, and was assigned to the Western army. After participating in the de- structive battle of Shiloh, he was transferred to the Fifty- second Tennessee Regiment, and promoted to the rank of third lieutenant. After this he par- ticipated in the battles of Perryville, Murfreesboro,


and then in that most disastrous battle at Franklin. Tenn. Just previous to this battle he was pro- moted to captain, his command being fragments of five regiments, and was the only officer left of that company. He was captured during that engage. ment, and was sent to Johnson's Island, where he remained for about seven months. After his re- lease, the war being over, he returned to his brother's law office at Paris, Tenn., and began the study of law. He remained in that city until 1868. when he was admitted to the bar in that place, but soon afterward left for Dyersburg, where he remained one year, engaged in the practice of his profession. On the 5th of April. 1869, he came to Osceola, Mississippi County, Ark., and here re- sumed his practice. As a lawyer Mr. Thomason possesses solid, substantial talent, and is a man who will succeed under any and all circumstances. His practice is steadily and substantially increas- ing, and covers a wide extent of territory. In 1871 he was united in marriage to Mrs. C. J. Josey, nee Borum, a native of Kentucky. She died on the 31st of May, 1887, leaving one child, a daugh- ter, Lola Maud. He is active, politically. and votes with the Democratic party. He was the fifth of nine children born to Richard Lee and Elizabeth (Smith) Thomason, natives of North Carolina. The father's people were pioneers in Tennessee, and there the father cultivated the soil and passed his last days.


H. D. Tomlinson owes his nativity to Fort Don- elson, Tenn., where he was born in 1859, his parents being Uriah Douglas and Mattie (Outlaw) Tom- linson, who were also Tennesseeans. The latter is dead, but the father is still living, and resides near Clarksville. After his mother's death, which oc- curred when he was about fifteen years of age, H. D. Tomlinson began making his home with an uncle, J. J. Tomlinson, at Canton, Ky., where he remained until nineteen years of age; then went to Memphis, Tenn. (in 1879), and engaged as clerk with the Lee line of steamers, remaining in this capacity on these boats until 1883, at which date he became acquainted with Miss Mary Matthews, a daughter of Capt. Daniel Matthews, and their marriage was consummated on the 31st of May,


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1883. The following November they settled in Osceola, since which time Mr. Tomlinson has con- ducted his father-in-law's plantation in so satisfac- tory a manner that he is realizing a handsome profit thereby. He and wife are the parents of two chil- dren: Beulah Patience and Daniel Douglas. Mr. Tomlinson is a member of Lodge. No. 27, of the A. F. & A. M., at Osceola. As stated elsewhere, Mrs. Tomlinson's father, Capt. Daniel Matthews, was one of the best and most favorably known in- dividuals in Mississippi County, prominently con- nected with the farming interests of this region over a long period of years. A personal acquaint- ance with nearly every citizen of the different townships in this county tended to make him very popular, for he lived an honest, upright life in the sight of his fellow-men. After reaching manhood he was united in the bonds of matrimony to Miss Mary Young, whose mother was Elizabeth Young, of Hickman's Bend, Mississippi County, Ark., which town was washed away in the flood of 1883, and, for a number of subsequent years, her father ran a merchant's boat on the river. Upon selling out, he embarked in business in Osceola, having previously anchored his boat at the landing known as the Stone Boat Landing, and purchased a fine farm of 162 acres, nearly all of which was under cultivation at that time. The purchase was made about the year 1856, and the farm was just west of the town, and now comprises a tract 550 acres of which are under the plow. It is managed by his son-in-law, Mr. Tomlinson, who rents out a portion of the land. Seventy-five people, black and white, are employed to keep the place in good farming condition, and the average yield of cotton to the acre is about three-fourths of a bale. Ten acres are also devoted to raising timothy hay and clo- ver, which will average about three tons of cured hay per acre. Off of one acre of ground has recently been gathered 150 bushels of potatoes. Capt. Matthews died May 2, 1884; his death left a void in the hearts of all impossible to fill, for he was a : man above most men, and one esteemed for his sincere worth.


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gent management secured a substantial footing among the citizens of this community, was born in Frankfort, Ky., in 1856, being the fifth in a family of seven children. His parents, George W. and Mary E. (Spotts) Triplett, were born in Kentucky and Alabama, respectively, and were married in Frankfort, in the former State. The father was a noted river man, and was a well- known steamboat captain for many years on the Kentucky and Ohio Rivers. His death occurred at Atlanta, Ga., in 1867, his widow dying in Ar- kansas, in 1883, while on a visit to her son, Sam- uel S. During the latter's youth he attended school in the neighborhood of his home, but at the age of fourteen years, he began making his home with an uncle, who was a tiller of the soil, and when the latter removed with his family to St. Joseph, Mo., he accompanied him. In this State he was engaged in clerking with various firms for a period of three years, and in 1877 he came to Arkansas, and settled in Chickasawba Township, where he worked as a farm hand for H. T. Blythe, for about one year, then embarked in the business for himself on rented land. After continuing thus employed for some time, he entered the mercan- tile store of J. L. Edrington, as clerk, securing at the end of one year an interest in the business, the firm taking the name of Edrington, Triplett & Co., which partnership continued for two years. He then became associated in business with Z. W. Richardson for a short time, but during these years had been engaged in the occupation of farm- ing, to which he began devoting his entire atten- tion in the year 1884, continuing until 1887, when he resumed his mercantile career again, only to abandon it in the fall of the following year, selling out to N. L. Avery & Co. However, he has since been associated with the above firm in the capa- city of clerk. In 1SS5 he purchased a tract of wild land amounting to 120 acres, and of this ho cleared forty acres, which is now under cultivation. the soil being very fertile, and the whole tract till. able. The place is improved with a good house and other buildings, and in addition to this, he has since purchased 500 acres of land. His wife. whom he married in 1885, and whose maiden name


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was Kittie Snow, inherited 800 acres of land from her father's estate, of which 130 are being tilled. Mr. and Mrs. Triplett are the parents of a son named Blythe. Mr. Triplett is not an active poli- tician, but in 1888 was elected one of the levee commissioners. Mrs. Triplett's father, John M. Snow, was a pioneer of Mississippi County, and had a landing on the river known as Snow's Land. ing, which was situated a short distance above Barfield. In 1882 he came to Blythesville and re- sumed merchandising, which calling he pursued until his death, in December, 1884, he being the oldest merchant in the county at that time, and was one of its best known and most highly respect- ed citizens.


T. E. Turner. Within the limits of Missis- sippi County, there is no more successful planter to be found than Mr. Turner, who is thoroughly identified with the farming interests of the same. His birth occurred six miles east of Brownsville, Haywood County, Tenn., and he is the son of Ed- ward N. Turner, who came with his father, Gerry Turner, a native of North Carolina, to Haywood County, Tenn., at an early date. Here Edward N. Turner chose, for his life companion, Miss Caro- line Cockrum, the mother of T. E. Turner. The latter remained with his parents until nineteen years of age, and received a common-school edu- cation. His father, being one of the wealthy plant- ers, wished to give his son an excellent education, but the latter was of a different mind, and was married instead to Miss Almeda Barham, of Mc- Nairy County, Tenn. Of the seven interesting children born to this marriage five died in infan- cy, and two are now living: James Lee and John Edward, both of whom are living on Buffalo Island, with their grandmother, Mrs. Barham. In 1885 Mrs. Turner was riding in a wagon with her mother and brother, the latter driving; the brother was accidentally thrown from a spring seat, which so frightened the spirited team, that they ran away, throwing Mrs. Turner and her mother to the ground. Mrs. Turner received injuries from which she died, after having suffered fourteen days. The boy had his arm broken, and Mrs. Barham received injuries from which she will never re-


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cover. Mr. Turner, whose standing as a success- ful planter and a much esteemed and respected citizen, is well established in the county, is now principally engaged in the raising of cotton. He has rented 150 acres of the Cissell place, about six miles southwest of Osceola, and employs from ten to twenty hands. In a good year he raises over a bale of cotton to the acre, and at an expense of about $6 to the acre. He is a member of the K. of H., located at Osceola, and is also a mem- ber of the A. O. U. W. of the same place.


John W. Uzzell. Among the many estimable citizens of Mississippi County, Ark., who have passed to their long home, but who, from an early day, were intimately and prominently associated with the county's development, the name of John W. Uzzell can not be omitted. He was born in Columbia, Tenn., and is the son of Elisha and grandson of Thomas Uzzell, who commanded a vessel in Gen. Lafayette's fleet when coming to the succor of Gen. Washington during the Revolu- tionary War. After that war Thomas Uzzell set- tled in Isle of Wight County, Va., where he se- cured a large tract of land, married, and became the father of two children, a son and a daughter. The family all died with the exception of Elisha, the son, who inherited the property. The father had emancipated all his slaves before he died, and after Elisha came into possession of the property he sold it, and moved to Columbia, Tenn., where he remained until 1859. He then went to live with his son, John W. Uzzell. in Mississippi County, Ark., and died there in 1864 at the age of eighty- four years. John W. Uzzell was married in 1859 to Miss L. T. Evans, daughter of George H. Evans, who was the nephew of Gen. Tipton, for whom Tipton County, Tenn., was named. Jesse Evans, father of George H. Evans, came in the canebrakes from Tipton County, Tenn., to Missis- sippi County, Ark., about the year 1841, and brought only his servants with him at that time. He opened a small tract of land where the widow of George H. Evans now lives, and there died in 1844. At that time his son, George H. Evans, who was living in Tipton County, Tenn., in order to hold his place, moved his family on it. while


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he went to Helena to prove up, which he did the same winter. Mrs. Uzzell, whose memory is very good, remembers the first meeting she ever attended in the neighborhood, her father and the preacher being the only men in the congregation who wore coats, all the rest, and there was a house full, wearing hunting jackets, and all carried guns. Upon entering the church they would deposit their guns in a corner behind the preacher. The men also carried side-arms, generally knives, and were prepared for all emergencies. On coming to Arkansas in 1844, the family came in a barouche, and on the trip from the river over to her grand- father's Mrs. Uzzell remembers that there was but one opening from the river ferry to the farm, a distance of twelve miles. The cane on each side of the road was so high that it would form an arch over the top of the barouche. In 1859 they selected the spot where Mrs. Uzzell's house now stands to erect a building, and in choosing a spot to dig the well, which they wanted a certain distance from the road, they were obliged to stand Mrs. Uzzell in the saddle on the back of a gentle horse to make an object for her father to go by, on account of the cane. The place is now one of the pleasantest and most desirable to be found in the county, and the velvety lawn and brilliant beds of flowers attract the eyes of all beholders. In the rear of this stands the large double log-house. Back of the house is a large cistern which will hold 500 barrels, and there is also a good well. Mrs. Uzzell owns now, with her family, about 2,000 acres of land, with about 300 acres under cultivation, and keeps about ten families on the place. They raise nearly three-fourths of a bale of cotton to the acre, al- though they sometimes run more than a bale to the acre. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Uzzell were born ten children, nine of whom are living at the present. The father of these children died in 1884. He was a member of Lodge No. 27, A. F. & A. M., of Osceola, Ark.


been here. Mr. Walker is one of these, and his experience refers to the agricultural interests of the county. He was born in 1850, and was the fourth in a family of seven children born to John and Sarah Walker, nee Chadwick, both of whom. with their parents, were early pioneers of this por- tion of Arkansas. The father was engaged in fur- trading with the Indians during the primitive period of the county's history, but later embarked in cutting and selling cord-wood, which enterprise he continued to make his chief calling until the breaking out of the Rebellion. From that period until 1862 he settled on a farm in Chickasawba Township, which place continued to be his home until his death, in 1875. George Walker has given farming his time and attention from early boyhood, and in this work has met with substan- tial results. His first purchase of land was made when twenty-one years of age, and comprised a tract of thirty-four acres, one mile west of Blythes- ville; but in 1881 he made a purchase of forty acres, about the same distance east of the town. His home property is well improved with excellent buildings (his residence being erected in 1885), or- chards, etc., and during all these years, in addi- tion to managing his land, he has been in the tim- ber business, rafting this product down the river. which business he is now engaged in. Helen. a daughter of William Buckner, an old pioneer of the county, became the wife of Mr. Walker when he was about twenty-one years of age, but only lived about one year after marriage, giving birth to a son, James B., now aged sixteen. His second marriage took place in 1876, and was to Miss Emma Thompson, of Mississippi County, Ark., a daughter of William Thompson, also a pioneer of the county, who was killed during the late war, in. the battle of Shiloh. Mr. Walker is a member of Chickasawba Lodge No. 134, of the F. & A. M., and he and his wife are the parents of an inter- esting little family of three children, whose names are as follows: Cora, Charles and Sarah.


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was residing near Cotton Plant, in that State, dur- and Berde Jesamine. Mr. Walker has always ing the earthquakes of 1811. His son, John been a patron of education, and is now serving ,as school director. Walker, was born in the State of Virginia, and at the age of about fifteen years began to hunt and William W. Ward, an extensive stock raiser and farmer, was born in Tennessee in 1836. He was the fourth in a family of five children, and is the son of William L. Ward, of Kentucky, who first settled in Tennessee, and in 1831 moved to Mississippi County, Ark., where he started a large wood-yard and cultivated a farm. The father. meeting with good success and making a great many improvements on his farm, after a few years' residence sent for his family, and proceeded to make their future home in this county. His farm in Canadian Township was, at that time, one of the finest on the river, and be resided on this place until his death, in 1851, his estimable wife following him in the year 1881, at the age of eighty-two years. William W. Ward attended Parker's Academy at Richmond, Ohio, in his youthful days, which was then one of the best in- stitutions of learning in Ohio, accessible to both sexes, and where Mr. Ward's two sisters were also educated. After the father's death he took charge of the farm, which he has operated ever since, and may be called a general farmer, as he aims to pro- duce a variety of crops, and has been very success- ful in that desire. In addition to his farm, which consists of sixty acres under a fine state of cultiva- tion, he also deals in stock, and owns a herd of fine cattle and hogs. At one time the river threatened to absorb a good portion of his farm. but at present it has changed, and is filling and adding a number of acres to the place instead. The elder Ward during his life was an active man in politics and a brilliant speaker. He was several - times elected and held varions offices in this county, being at different periods justice of the peace, county judge and representative, but his son William does not seem to follow his father's footsteps in that direction, and takes little interest in politics, although at one time he served as mag- istrate in his county. He is alive to the interests of Mississippi County, and is active in promoting its welfare by enterprise and good citizenship. trap in the woods of Missouri, and until about twen- ty-five years of age, followed this occupation for his father, having under his management several Indians, who were expert trappers and hunters. At the above mentioned age, he was married to Miss Sarah Chadwick, who was born in Ohio, and moved to Hickman Bend, where he settled on some land and began farming in a limited way, being also engaged in operating a wood-yard until 1861, at which date he removed to Chickasawba Town- ship, and bought 160 acres near where Blythes- ville is now situated. On this tract he made some valuable improvements, in the way of buildings, and here resided until his death, in 1876, his wife hav- ing died in 1860. They were the parents of eight children, of whom Luther is the fifth, and after his father's removal to Chickasawba Township, he went to Illinois, and made his home with an uncle for ten years. During this period his time was employed in assisting at farm labor, and in attend- ing school; he also traveled some through Iowa and Minnesota, with his relatives, but upon the settlement of his uncle in Northwest Missouri, he returned to his father's home in Arkansas, and the same year made a crop on his father's plantation. The next year he came down the river and rented land above Barfield. on which he lived until 1882, then went to Blythesville and purchased a lot, and built a house in the village. In 1883 he purchased a tract of land comprising sixty-six acres, on which he cleared fifteen acres and resided until three years ago, since which time he has resided in Bar- field. He now has 320 acres, with 100 under cul- tivation, which will yield a bale of cotton to the acre. The dwelling house is in excellent condi- tion, and near it is a fine apple and peach orchard. His marriage to Miss Bell Buckner was celebrated in 1874, but she died the following year, and in 1878, he wedded Kittie Buckner, a sister of his first wife, and a daughter of Bill Buckner, an old pio- neer of this section. The last union has resulted in the birth of four children: Billie, Maud, Lizzie, W. P. West. This name carries with it an




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