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 37

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

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H. M. Hodge, examiner of public instruction and loan agent, Batesville. The history of every community is made up, so far as its more inter- esting features are concerned, of the events and transactions of the lives of its prominent, repre- sentative citizens. In any worthy history of Independence County, an outline of the career of the subject of the present sketch should not fail to be given, together with a sketch of his family. His parents, Louis and Willie (Cav- enar) Hodge, are natives, respectively, of North Carolina and Tennessee. They are still living in

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the latter State, and are happy and comfortable in their declining years. H. M. Hodge owes his nativity to Marshall County, Tenn., where his birth occurred March 13, 1849. He received his educa- tion at the Morrisville Male and Female College, at Marshall, graduating from the same in 1869, and subsequently became a teacher in that institu- tion. One year later he went to Western Tennes- see, and here wielded the ferrule for four years. In 1875 he came to Independence County, Ark., and here continued his former occupation for sev- eral years. In 1885 he turned his attention to the manganese mines, and was very successful in this. He had charge of the Keystone mines for one year, and was one of the first men employed. He was also acting collector. He now owns a mining in- terest in Izard County, and property in Batesville. He was married, in 1871, to Miss Fannie Benton, and both he and wife are members of the Cumber- land Presbyterian Church. In April, 1889, he re- ceived his appointment as public instructor. Mr. Hodge is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is also a member of the K. of H.

Robert H. Hodges, M. D. Among the people of Independence County, the name of Dr. Hodges is a familiar one, for during his twelve years' prac- tice here he has won an enviable reputation, not only as a practitioner, but as a citizen and neigh- bor. He was born in Tennessee, May 1, 1850, but reared and educated in the State of Kentucky, and at the age of twenty-three years began the study of medicine under W. A. Lively, M. D. He is a graduate of the medical department of the University of Louisville, and has been a citizen of Independence County since September 1, 1877. He is a member of the Independence County Medical Society, also the State Medical Society of the State of Arkansas. He owns some valuable property at different places in the county, and a comfortable and pleasant home in the town of Sul- phur Rock. He was married to Mrs. D. J. Mag- ness, nee Bone, December 10, 1879, and the happy results of their union are two boys, Eugene and Armstrong, and three girls, Ethelind, Jessamine and Nettie Roberta. Dr. Hodges is a modest, con- servative and unassuming gentleman, and he and

his wife are both consistent members of the Metho- dist; Episcopal Church, South.

Hon. William P. Huddleston is the name of a prominent farmer and a fitting representative of Independence County, who moved to that locality when the surrounding country was a wilderness, and has remained to see its present fortieth year of civilization under the leadership of sturdy spirits like himself. He was born in McNairy County, West Tenn., on March 24, 1836, and is a son of William P. and Sarah (Hodges) Huddleston, of Claiborne County, East Tenn. The father was a man of more than ordinary ability, and for a number of years was a teacher in the public schools of his native State, and a noted scholar. In 1849 he emigrated with his family to Independence County, Ark., and located in what is now Gains- boro Township, where he purchased a tract of land and began a home. He filled many civil offices with distinguished ability. None but the pioneers of Arkansas can fully understand the dangers and hardships that surrounded the early settlers of this State, when, for days and weeks, they had to con- tend with the terrors of a new country without the support and companionship of any civilized beings besides themselves. On May 1, 1877, the elder Huddleston died, and was followed by his wife on April 3, 1886. William P. Huddleston grew to manhood with his parents, assisting them with the duties of the farm, and in the early struggles of his life displayed the same strong character and firmness of will that characterized his father. He commenced in life on a farm of eighty acres, but his industry and fine judgment have increased it to 500 acres, of which 200 acres are under cultivation. During the struggle between the Union and the rebellious States he was an ultra-Union man. In the spring of 1861 he became a member of the Arkansas State militia, and from the 28th of May, 1862, until the close of the war, served in the Federal army as dispatch-bearer and scout. It was in the stirring times of battle that the finer metal of the man was discovered; when the modesty and unassuming appearance of the individual gave way to the brave and gallant soldier in many a charge through shot and shell. On July 28, 1861,

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Mr. Huddleston was married to Miss Martha J. Ward, of Lincoln County, N. C., who emigrated to Arkansas with her parents in 1859. This union was a happy one, and six children were given to the parents, of whom four are yet living. After the death of this wife Mr. Huddleston was married on September 9, 1877, to Miss Orpha E. Blair, and by this marriage has had four sons and one daughter. Mrs. Huddleston is a native of East Tennessee, and came to Arkansas with her mother in 1869. Her father, Napoleon Blair, was a sol- dier in the Confederate army, and met his death from a wound received at the battle of Atlanta, Ga. Politically Mr. Huddleston was formerly a supporter of the Democratic party, and still ad- heres to the true principles of Democracy as laid down by Jefferson. In 1885 he identified him- self with the labor organization, known as the Ag- ricultural Wheel, and was elected to the lower house of the XXVIIth General Assembly of Arkan- sas as the candidate of that body, which position he filled with distinguished ability and to the satisfaction of his constituents. He is a member of the Knights of Honor and a Royal Arch Mason. He has filled all the stations in the Blue Lodge with distinction to himself and satisfaction to the craft. He is a past High Priest of Dannerly Chapter No. 57, of Sulphur Rock, Ark. He is an active mem- ber of the Missionary Baptist Church, and a liberal contributor to the cause of Christianity and suf- fering humanity wherever dispersed about the in- habitable globe.

Wiley B. Huddleston has become closely ident- ified with the progress and development of Inde- pendence County, Ark. He was born in McNairy County, West Tenn., March 2, 1843, and is one of six surviving members of a family of eleven chil- dren born to W. P. and Sarah Huddleston, who were also Tennesseeans, the former's birth occur- ring in Claiborne County. He was a farmer and teacher by occupation, and in both callings became well and favorably known. He emigrated to Ar- kansas in the year 1849, and settled in Independ- ence County, eight miles northeast of Batesville, where he endured the privations incident to pioneer life. He was an active member of the Baptist

Church for a period of forty- five years, filling many important stations, among which were the positions of deacon, clerk of the association, church clerk, and licensed minister. He filled several civil of- fices with dignity to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. He died May 1, 1877, in his sixty- seventh year. Sarah, his wife, survived him nine years, and died April 2, 1886, in her seventy- third year. She was a consistent member of the Baptist Church for more than thirty-five years, and died . in the full triumph of a living faith. Wiley B. Huddleston was reared in Independence County, Ark., receiving the greater part of his education near Rolla, Mo. After returning home he was married to Miss Martha H. Wainwright, a native of Arkansas. Soon after this event he set- tled on a farm consisting of 134 acres, which yields annually a golden harvest of the diversified products of this climate. This result has enabled him to become an independent and prosperous citizen. To him and his worthy companion eight children were born, of whom six were boys and two girls. Six are now living. He is a member of the institution of F. & A. M., and has filled a number of stations in the order with credit to himself and satisfaction to his lodge. He is a member of organized labor. He was formerly identified, politically, with the Republican party, but is now a non-partisan, and votes for men and measures, and not for party. He and his wife, Martha H., are members of the Baptist Church.

Kelley Monroe Hulsey, farmer and stock-raiser. Among those who have become intimately associ- ated with the farming and stock-raising interests of this county we cannot fail to mention Mr. Hul- sey, who, from a very early period in life. has given his attention to this channel of business-life, gaining for himself a reputation which may be a source of pardonable pride. He is the son of Kel- ley and Sarah (Smalley) Hulsey, the former prob- ably a native of Georgia, and the latter of South Carolina. The elder Hulsey was married in Ar- kansas, about 1820, and was a successful agricult- urist all his life. He served five years in the War of 1812, and participated in one of the principal battles .. His father, Charles Hulsey, probably

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moved to Arkansas about 1811 or 1812, and was one of the earliest settlers of the northeast part of the State. Joseph Smalley, the maternal grand- father of the subject of this sketch, moved to Ar- kansas about 1812. Kelley Monroe Hulsey was born on the 12th of December, 1827, in Independ- ence County, Ark., within one mile of his present home. Like other farmer boys, he early learned the principles of farm life, and received his educa- tion in the schools of the county. He was one of five children born to his parents: Allen (deceased), Rachel A. (deceased), Charles (deceased), Warren and Kelley M. After the death of his first wife the brother married Miss Eliza Adams; Rachel A. Hulsey married Mr. John W. Fowler, by whom she had one child (she and her husband are now both deceased); Kelley M. Hulsey chose for his compan- ion in life Mrs. Mary Jane (Wiley) Gibbons, and was married to her on the 20th of October, 1850. In 1863 he enlisted in Col. Dobbins' cavalry, and served until cessation of hostilities. He partici- pated in the battles of Helena, Little Rock, Grand Prairie, and numerous skirmishes. In 1870 he purchased 148 acres of land, in its virgin state, and eighty acres of this he has cultivated, and is now living on the same. It is considered one of the finest small farms in Independence County, beautifully situated, on the banks of White River. While Mr. Hulsey has not attempted to raise fancy stock, he has upon his farm good grades of horses, cattle, sheep and hogs. He is a member of Mc- Guire Lodge No. 208, A. F. & A. M., Oil Trough, Independence County, Ark., and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has filled the offices of justice of the peace and con- stable in a very satisfactory and creditable manner.

John M. Hurley, farmer and stockman, was born in Franklin County, Tennessee, in 1850, and, at the age of ten months, he was removed by his parents to Independence County, Ark., and here has received his education and rearing. At the age of fourteen years he moved with his parents to the State of Illinois, and during his four years' resi- dence in that State his time was employed in attending school, his educational advantages being excellent. They next settled in Jasper County,

Mo., near Carthage, where John M. made his home for eight years, then removing to Benton County, Ark. Prior to this, he had spent about eighteen months in Colorado, and had worked in the mines in Leadville, accumulating thereby quite a sum of money. He was married in Benton County, to Miss Anna Hale, a native of the county, and two children blessed their union: William M. and Fan- nie C., who died at the age of four months. In March, 1876, his wife died in Dallas County, Tex., and he was afterwards married to Miss Sarah J. Haddock, who was born in Independence County, Ark. Three of their four children are living: Charles A., James A., who died at the age of three years; W. W. and Thomas W. Since 1878 Mr. Hurley has resided in Independence County, and has turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, being engaged in tilling forty acres of his eighty- acre farm. He is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the Agricultural Wheel. His father, John Hurley, was born and reared in Tennessee, and was married there to Miss Sarah A. Har- rington. He is yet living, and resides in Webb City, of Jasper County, Mo. The mother died in 1875, on her birthday (the 14th of October), at the age of fifty-five years. The paternal grand- father was born in the State of Maryland, was an early resident of Tennessee, and a hatter by occu- pation. He was of Scotch descent and lived to be 107 years old. His wife was a Denton. John Hurley, the father of our subject, reared a family of fifteen children, eleven sons and four daughters. The first ten children were sons, then came a daughter, then another son, and afterwards three more daughters. Of the ten sons who grew to manhood none of them ever drank liquor or used tobacco until after they were grown. All are mar- ried and have families of their own. They held a family reunion in January, 1889, and the father was there, aged seventy seven years.

J. B. James, of the general mercantile firm of A. M. James, of Sulphur Rock, Ark., was born in the State of Texas, in 1855, but was reared mainly in Randolph County, Ark., whither his parents moved when he was quite young. His rudimentary education was acquired in the common schools, and

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in 1878 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Anna M. (Robison) Bonner. Possessing keen business foresight, he concluded to embark in the general mercantile business, which he did at O'Kean, in 1881, and remained there some three years, when he closed out his business at that place, and came to Sulphur Rock and opened up his present gen- eral mercantile establishment. In 1887 he again engaged in business at O' Kean, and gave it in charge of his stepson, W. F. Bonner, the latter receiving a one-half interest in payment for his services. The style of the firm is James & Bonner. Mr. James has resided at Sulphur Rock for five years, and is doing an exceptionally good business. His stock is valued at about $4,000, and his annual sales amount to $20,000. Besides this possession he owns a business house and lot and a fine resi- dence property. His wife assists him in the store, and deals in general millinery goods, and shows remarkable taste in arranging her stock and in the goods she sends out. She is a highly-educated lady, and received her education in the schools of Alton, Ill. Mrs. James was born and reared in Wheeling, W. Va., and during the Civil War at- tended school at St. Louis. Her father was a Ger- man by descent, and was a tobacco merchant in Wheeling. Mr. James has been postmaster of Sulphur Rock for the past eighteen months, and his step-daughter, Miss Bertie Bonner, is his prin- cipal deputy. He is a Democrat, and belongs to the K. & L. of H.

Dr. Finis E. Jeffery, senior member of the firm of Jeffery & Dickson, physicians and surgeons of Jamestown, Independence County, was born in Izard County, Ark., in 1855. He is a son of Hon. Miles and Sarah (Williams) Jeffery, the former born in Missouri, in 1816, and the latter in Izard County, Ark., about 1820. The parents were mar- ried in Izard County, which county was always their home, the father dying in 1868, and the mother in 1875, both members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Hon. Miles Jeffery was reared in the wilds of Arkansas with no educational advantages, but became one of the most influential men of the county, and held many. positions of trust and honor, taking an active interest in every-

thing pertaining to the upbuilding of the com- munity. He served as justice of the peace for many years, was sheriff of Izard County from 1844 to 1846, and from 1856 to 1860 represented that county in the legislature with credit and distinc- tion. In his death the county was deprived of one of its most valuable men. Hon. Miles Jeffery was a son of Judge Jehoiada Jeffery, who was of a Vir- ginian family of English descent, and in 1S16 re- moved to the White River country, Ark., settling in what is now Izard County, where he spent the rest of his life. In 1824 he represented Independ- ence County in the Territorial legislature, and brought forward a bill to make a new county, call- ing it Izard, for the then governor of Arkansas; he subsequently represented Izard County in the legis- lature, and brought forward another bill to divide the county, naming the new county thus formed, Fulton, for the man then governor of the State. For perhaps a dozen years he served as judge of the county and probate courts of Izard County, and was one of its most prominent men. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and had a personal en- counter with an Indian, whom he killed and whose scalp he brought into camp: he died at his White River residence in 1846, esteemed by many. The maternal grandfather of our subject was also a pio- neer of Izard County, but in an early day went to California and was never afterward heard of. Dr. Finis E. was one of the younger members of a family of nine sons and six daughters. He was reared on a farm, receiving a good education at the common schools and the La Crosse Collegiate Institute. He began the study of medicine in 1876, with Dr. O. T. Hunt (deceased), of Izard County, and graduated in 1879 from the University of Louisville, Ky., after a two years' course; he was in a class of 105, and was one of ten who stood the best examination, being awarded the degree of honor. He immediately returned to Arkansas and began practice in partnership with Dr. L. A. Dickson, of Jamestown. Dr. Jeffery is now one of the leading medical practitioners of the county. and has an extensive and remunerative practice. June 10, 1886, he married Maud Dickson, daughter of his former partner, Dr. L. A. Dickson. Mrs.

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Jeffery is a native of Greenbriar Township, Inde- pendence County. Dr. Jeffery is a prominent member of the Independence County Medical So- ciety, the Arkansas State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He is the present mayor of Jamestown, and takes an active interest in all public enterprises, being one of the influen- tial men of his town. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., and belongs to the Cumberland Presby- terian Church. Mrs. Jeffery is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

L. C. Jernigan, of the general mercantile firm of L. C. Hathcock & Co., was born in Henry Coun- ty, Tenn., in 1854, but has been a resident of In- dependence County, Ark .. since 1859, and was prominently identified with its agricultural inter- ests up to 1883. Although he never attended school for more than three months at a time, he re- ceived the fourth first-grade certificate ever issued in Independence County. and taught school with marked success from 1875 to 1883. In the latter year he became associated with Mr. Hathcock as salesman, in his general mercantile store, but upon the death of the senior member of the firm of S. A. Hathcock & Co., Mr. Jernigan became con- nected with the business, and has remained thus interested up to the present time. He is the owner of some valuable real estate in the county, and had done much to build up the commercial standing of the city of Sulphur Rock, and was one of the first members of the city council. January 16, 1883, he was married to Miss Victoria, a daughter of Rev. J. W. Bell, of Cotton Grove, Tenn., and two children, Bonnie P. and Kate C., have blessed their union. The paternal grandfather moved from his native State of North Carolina to Tennessee, and there spent the rest of his days. His son, our subject's father, was born in North Carolina, and now resides in Sulphur Rock, and makes his home with his son, L. C. The family have been mem- bers of the Methodist Church for generations, and Mr. Jernigan, the father, has always been known for his uprightness and purity of character. L. C. Jernigan's older brother, T. M., joined the Confederate army before he was eighteen years of age, and during his four years' service, was a

participant in nearly all the regular engagements. and was neither wounded nor taken prisoner. His brother, James F., is a noted Methodist divine, and although he received a limited early education, dur- ing his early manhood he formed the resolution of devoting his life to the ministry, and was very suc- cessful from the first. After several years' preach- ing in different counties in Arkansas, he was given charge of the Sulphur Rock circuit, and in one year's work, over 150 souls were converted to Christianity. He is now located at Osceola. White River conference. He was first married to a Mrs. Shoup, at Jacksonport, Ark., and after her death he wedded Miss Lizzie Kamp. The mother of our subject was born in 1814 and died in 1878. In 1889 the brothers and sisters held a family re-union, the first time all had been together in ten years. It was a joyful and happy occasion, and when the time for parting came, the old father read a chapter in the sacred family Testament, and led in prayer. Instead of feeling sorrowful, all were shouting at the parting. Many will see this who knew and loved the good old father and grandfather, now eighty-two years old, recalling the name of Will- iam H. Jernigan with tender memories.

John Kimmer is the youngest but one of the family of eight children, five sons and three daugh- ters, born to Henry and Sarah Kimmer, both of whom were natives of North Carolina, where they spent their lives. Henry Kimmer was a farmer by occupation. John Kimmer was born February 2. 1815, and was reared in his native State of North Carolina, where he received a common-school edu- cation. In the year 1836 he married Miss Esther Eford. Mrs. Kimmer was born in North Carolina in 1817, and died in Arkansas, March 3, 18SS. leaving nine children, four sons and five daughters, viz. : Henry, Margaret, wife of John York; Sarah A., who married William McBride; Mary, now Mrs. William Fulbright; George W., Robert. Lou- isa, wife of J. B. Fulbright; Martha, now Mrs. A. D. York, and Jacob. About the year 1867 Mr. Kimmer removed with his family to Independence County, Ark., where they have since resided. He owns a fine farm of 267 acres, about sixty acres of which he has under cultivation. In politics he is a

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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 37

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

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