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 39

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

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M. C. Long, an enterprising business man of Jamestown, Independence County, is a dealer in general merchandise, farm implements. etc., and is also postmaster. He was born in MeMinn County, Tenn., in 1851, and is a son of William R. and Susan C. (Scoggin) Long, natives, respective-

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ly, of Tennessee and North Carolina. They were married in the latter State in 1850, and subse- quently in 1857 removed to Independence County, Ark., where Mr. Long died in March, 1889. Mrs. Long is still living, and is about fifty-eight years of age; the former was a tanner by trade in early life, but afterwards turned his attention to farm- ing. He served a short time in the Civil War. He is a son of Moses Long, a native of Tennessee, who died in that State in 1880. The parents of our subject were both members of the Baptist Church. They had ten children (six living), of whom M. C. was the eldest. The latter attended the common schools and one year at high school in Houston, Mo., after which he taught one year in Texas, with which exception he has lived in Independence County since six years of age. In 1875 he married Ruth A., daughter of William and Emeline Jessup, the former a native of Indiana, and the latter of North Carolina. They lived several years in Greene County, Mo., and soon after the war removed to Lawrence County, thence to Independence County, where Mr. Jessup died in June, 1889. He was a blacksmith, and served as justice of the peace sev- eral years in Missouri. Mrs. Jessup is still living. Mrs. Long is a native of Missouri. Mr. Long engaged in farming a short time after marriage, and, then in 1878, established a grocery in James- town, in connection with which he taught school. In 1882 he enlarged his stock, and now keeps a general stock of merchandise, valuing the same at about $4,000. In 1878 he was appointed post- master, which position he still holds. He served two terms as mayor of Jamestown, and is one of the most influential citizens of the place. Mrs. Long is a member of the Baptist Church. They have five children, and the family is most highly respected by all who know them. The great-grand- father of Mr. Long, George Long, was a native of Virginia, where he probably spent his life; he was a prominent Baptist minister.

more so than Mr. McCauley, who represents the mercantile interest of this vicinity. Born in Cov- ington, Tipton County, Tenn., on January 29, 1851, he is the son of John A. and Emaline. (Cheek) McCauley, both natives of North Carolina. The parents were married in 1844, and five years later moved to Arkansas, where the father received his final summons. His excellent wife still sur- vives. They became the parents of six children, all now living with the exception of one. Andrew G. McCauley secured a good practical education in the private schools, and subsequently engaged in merchandising at Pleasant Plains (then Fairview), Independence County, Ark., in 1875, and has con- tinued there since. He carries a first-class stock of goods, such as dry-goods, boots, shoes, hats, caps and general supplies. He has assisting him Mr. Blackburn, an accomplished salesman, who gains many customers by his pleasant, social man- ners. Mr. McCauley is also notary public, has been postmaster for thirteen years, and also filled the office of justice of the peace in a satisfactory man- ner for four years. His marriage was consummated in 1878 to Miss Gertrude Garretson, of New Jer- sey, and they have two children, Beulah B., aged nine years, and Garrie G., who died at the age of seventeen months. Mr. McCauley is the owner of 120 acres of fine land, and also valuable property in the town of Pleasant Plains. He is a stanch Democrat and a firm believer in Democracy. He also takes a great interest in the progress of the State and county.

Eli McClain, M. D., a young physician of ac- knowledged merit in Independence County, Ark .. was born in Randolph County, this State, April 24, 1859, and is one of four surviving members of a family of eight children born to the marriage of Matthew McClain and Alcy Huffstedler, that mar- riage occurring August 7, 1851. in the State of Tennessee, where they were born. the former May 20, 1822, and the latter November 27, 1832. They moved to this State in the year of their marriage. procuring a place in Randolph County, where the father continued to till the soil up to his death. April 29, 1864. His widow married John S. Camp-

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that have arrived at the years of accountability, are members of the Christian Church. The Mc- Clain children still surviving are: Margaret, born October 23, 1856; Martin, born January 14, 1861; Julia, born December 23, 1862, and Dr. Eli. At first, the latter attended school in his native coun- ty, but a strong desire to study medicine led him to enter the Medical College of St. Louis, Mo., in which institution he made progress sufficient to justify him in entering into active professional life, which he did in his native State, and has continued successfully in this calling up to the present date, and many can testify to his ability. He is an active member of the Christian Church, and is un- married.

William B. Mcclendon, farmer, Jamestown, Ark. For many years, or since his location in this county, the reputation which Mr. Mcclendon en- joys has been not only that of a substantial and progressive farmer, but of an intelligent and thor- oughly-posted man in all public affairs. He is the son of Joel and Matilda (Mauldin) Mcclendon, the former a native of North Carolina. The father moved to Alabama while young, from there to Mis- | sissippi in 1840, and in 1853 to Independence County, Ark., where he departed this life in 1858. Mrs. McClendon came to Arkansas with her hus- band, and died at their home in 1857. William B. Mcclendon was born in Springville, St. Clair County, Ala., on the 28th of December, 1838, and began business for himself at the age of twenty years. He married his present wife, Mrs. Martha J. (Morgan) Mcclendon, the same year. Her parents, John and Mary Morgan, were natives of South Carolina, and both are deceased. Mr. Mc- Clendon, by his marriage, became the father of ten children, seven living: David E., aged twenty-nine years; Laura E., aged twenty-seven years; Cynthia E., aged twenty one years; Henry C., aged eight- een years; George D., aged sixteen years; Bertha A., aged thirteen years, and Claude O., aged seven years. The three deceased are: Thomas J., aged twenty-four years; Neaty E., aged eleven months, and Effie, aged four weeks. Mr. McClendon owns 260 acres of excellent land in Independence Coun- ty, on which he has a pleasant home with all mod-

ern improvements. He was with the Eighth Ar- kansas Regiment, Govan's Brigade, Cleburne's Division, Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee, for over three years during the late war; was wounded and captured at the battle of Murfreesboro, but made his escape, and came back to his home in In- dependence County, in 1864, where he began life anew by renting land for four years. In 1868 he bought land in the woods, his present farm. He has held the office of justice of the peace for two years; is a member of the Masonic lodge at James- town, and is a Democrat in politics. He has also been a member of the Missionary Baptist Church for thirty years.

Dr. M. McClure is the owner and manager of "The Batesville Steam Patent Roller Flour Mills," supposed to have cost over $20,000, including steam cotton-gin, with steam compress for baling; also wood-working machinery, planing-mills, re- saws, and woolen mills; also the owner of very valuable city property and thousands of acres of land in this and adjoining counties. He left home when but seven years old, and has paddled his own canoe ever since. From what we can learn from his friends, he educated himself and made all his property by his untiring industry, notwithstanding his father's estate (who died when the Doctor was but two years old) left a competency to have edu- cated all the heirs, if it had been properly man- aged by the administrator. The above shows what a boy can do if he has the will and determination. Dr. McClure was born twenty miles north of Mays- ville, Ky., and obtained the most of his education in Ohio. He graduated in the dental profession in Cincinnati. Practicing his profession in Decatur, Ill., for six years, he went South in 1858, and settled in Batesville, Ark., where he has remained since. He married a Miss H. A. Sigler, in Ross County, Ohio, in 1861. He joined the Confederate army in 1864, and surrendered as assistant surgeon, at Jacksonport, in 1865. He put several thousand dollars in a newspaper, The North Arkansas Times, a Democratic sheet, now owned by Batesville Print- ing Company, and still Democratic. We under- stand Dr. MeClure has about quit his profession. but still keeps things moving.

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William L. McGuire, farmer, Batesville. The name that heads this sketch is one long and worth- ily identified with Independence County, and, indeed, no history of this immediate vicinity would be complete which failed to make proper men- tion of Mr. McGuire. Originally from St. Louis County, Mo., his birth occurred near the city proper now, on the 5th of September, 1840. His father, Elam S. McGuire, was a native of North Carolina, but emigrated to Missouri while single, and was married in St. Charles County, of that State, to Miss Catherine E. Lewis, who was a native of Virginia, but who had emigrated to Mis- souri with her parents. They moved to St. Louis County a short time afterwards, and located near St. Louis, where he followed tilling the soil for one year. He lived in a little cabin, cut wood and hauled it to St. Louis. In 1841 he moved to Independence County, Ark., and stopped in Bates- ville, where subsequently he and his brother, Wil- liam L., engaged in farming in what is now Greenbriar Township. They farmed in partner- ship for a number of years. He then moved to Batesville and carried on the drug business until about 1856, when he bought and moved upon the Lee farm, adjoining his flouring-mill property, a mile and a half northeast of the town, which he had purchased three or four years before, and which farm, with a part of the mill property (210 acres, 100 under cultivation), is owned and culti- vated by his heirs. He there remained until his demise, in December, 1858. The mother died in December, 1888. He and his wife, being faithful Christians, members of the Presbyterian Church, were among the few to organize a Presbyterian Church in Batesville, in 1849. He was elected and ordained a ruling elder. They gave a hearty, cheerful, helping hand to all religious, educa- tional and benevolent efforts and enterprises in the community. They were the parents of seven chil- dren - all living: William L., Charles E., Thomas W., Walter S., John W., Elam A., and Laura B. The father was postmaster at Batesville through one administration (Taylor and Filmore's) and was also school commissioner. He was a Whig in politics, and was also a Know Knowing. He was a promi-

nent Mason. William L. McGuire was but one year old when he came to this county, and here he received a good, thorough education. He attended the Literary and Military Institute in St. Louis County, Mo., for some time, and was there at the time of the death of his father. He then came home and there remained. His father was a man who believed in making his boys useful, and re- quired their assistance in his business. There the son first learned in some degree the ways and forms of business - drug store and postoffice, and fur- ther on, milling, running of machinery, etc. When his father sold out his drugs and moved on the farm, he being the oldest, naturally became the leader in carrying out the directions of his father until his death, when he became more the mana- ger on the farm, on which he has continued, with the exception of two years in the employ of his uncle, E. R. McGuire, and cousin, J. C. McGuire, in Oil Trough Bottom, this county, in charge of a gin and mill; and one year in the employ of his aunt, Mrs. S. S. Watson, St. Charles County, Mo. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and in his politics he affiliates with the Democratic party. In 1862 he enlisted in Com- pany C, Dobbins' Regiment and served through the war. He was wounded twice at LaGrange, Ark., by a pistol shot, once in the right leg and once in the shoulder. He was in a great many hard skirmishes and witnessed many hardships. .

James Clinton McGuire, a prominent and suc- cessful farmer of Independence County, is a son of Edwin R. and Emeline (Craig) McGuire, of North Carolina and Missouri, respectively, and is the old- est of four children born to the parents, the next in order being Mary E., Cordelia and William E. The father was one of the earlier settlers of this county, having come here in 1837, and locating at Oil Trough Bottom. He was one of the largest land-owners in Independence County at that period. owning about 1,700 acres, with some 600 acres under cultivation, and resided there in content- ment and prosperity from 1837 to 1864, when he was burned out of house and home by a band of marauding jayhawkers, who were roaming over the country plundering honest settlers. He

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was well known and active in political circles, as well as all public enterprises, and was a man who commanded considerable influence in his day. He attended service at the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was an honorable man in every action. Mr. McGuire was also a member of the Masonic fra- ternity, and took an active part in developing and organizing lodges. He belonged to Mount Zion Lodge No. 10, and was also a member of Bates- ville Chapter No. 9, besides being at one time a member of De Molay Commandery, at Louisville, Ky. His son, James Clinton McGuire, was born at Oil Trough on the 17th of October, 1839, and received his education at that place. In early life he showed some of his father's characteristics, and the course he pursued in after life fully entitles him to be "a chip o' the old block." He is a member of the same Lodge and Chapter as his father was before him, and the same iron will and determined character mark his career as they did the older man. He now owns about 700 acres of land, and has placed some 500 acres under cultivation, and is a true representative of the progressive farmer. In 1871 he was married to Miss Mattie E. Erwin, who has been a devoted wife. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church, while her husband attends the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Richard A. McHenry is an extensive farmer of Big Bottom Township, Independence County. He was born in Batesville, Ark., January 12, 1840, and is a son of James and Mary (Parker) McHenry, natives, respectively, of Tennessee and Kentucky. James McHenry went to Kentucky when quite young, where he married, subsequently settling at Batesville, Ark., when there were but few people living in that part of the State; he was a mechanic by trade, but devoted the greater part of his atten- tion to farming. He died in Batesville, in 1844. Of his five children, our subject is now the only one living. Mrs. McHenry afterward married Will- iam May, to which marriage one daughter was born, now deceased. The mother died in Inde- pendence County, in 1862, aged about forty-eight years. When but thirteen years of age, Richard A. left home to work for himself. engaging at any- thing that he could, farming and working on a

steamboat. In July, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Eighth Arkansas Confederate Infantry, and : served nine months, being discharged at Nashville, Tenn., on account of disability. In 1863 he re- enlisted, and was under command of Capt. Knight, Col. Sweet's regiment, during the Missouri raid, participating in several skirmishes-among them Pilot Knob, Independence and Kansas City. After the war Mr. McHenry returned to Independence County, Ark., and turned his attention to farming, his first purchase being eighty acres of land in the bottoms of the White River. He now owns 880 : acres of as fine farming land as there is in the county, which he has acquired through enterprise and good management. January 21, 1863, he married Rose Tunstall, a daughter of Thomas Tun- stall. She was born in Independence County, April 4, 1847. They have three children living- Richard K., Katie N., wife of James Brooks, a farmer of Independence County, and Rosa L. Those deceased are: Mary E., James L., James I. and an infant. Mr. McHenry is a Royal Arch Mason, and in politics is a Democrat. He is an in- dustrious farmer, and has been very successful in his chosen occupation.

John Lemuel McKee. From this brief and in- complete review of the life record of Mr. McKee it will be seen that his life from earliest youth up to the present time has not been uselessly or idly spent. He is a progressive planter, residing in Christian Township, but was born in Tennessee, in February, 1839, and is a son of John and Bar- bara Ann (Smith) McKee, who were born, reared, and married in North Carolina. The parents emi- grated to Arkansas in 1848, and located one mile west of where our subject now resides, on what is known as the Newport and Batesville road. His land was heavily covered with timber, and con- sisted of 160 acres, and during a fourteen years residence on this place he cleared and improved the entire tract. This property he sold in 1862. and bought the farm on which his son, John Lemuel, is now residing, and here lived until his death, which occurred during the war. He was followed to his long home by his good wife in 1870. The subject of this sketch received the

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greater part of his education in Arkansas, and re- mained with his parents on the farm until the breaking out of the late Rebellion, when he volun- teered as a private in Company G, First Arkansas Infantry, and served until wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, having taken an active part in the battles of Bull Run, Manassas Gap, Mur- freesboro, Shiloh, and in various skirmishes. He was honorably discharged in 1864, by reason of disability caused by the wound received at Chicka- mauga, the ball having penetrated the left eye, and lodging just above the left ear. He remained in the hospital at Marietta, Ga., for about seven months after the battle, and after recovering suf- ficiently to travel he was discharged, and returned home, which place he reached about the middle of May, 1864. October 28, 1866, he wedded Miss Lucy McCravy, a daughter of John and Permelia (Newton) McCravy, the former a native of North Carolina, and the latter of Alabama, in which State Mrs. McKee was also born. In 1860 Mrs. McKee came to Arkansas with her married sisters, Mrs. Eliza Kennemur and Mrs. Mary Haney, but her early education was received in her native State. Mr. and Mrs McKee have two children, Jesse H., who was born on the 21st of Sep- tember, 1867, and died October 28, 1867, and George F., whose birth occurred on the 13th of December, 1868, he being now the mana- ger of the home farm. Mr. McKee has always lived the life of a farmer, and, although he has been a life-long Democrat, he has never held an office, or aspired to do so. Mrs. McKee and their son, George, are members of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, and, although Mr. McKee has never united with a religious denomination, he has always contributed liberally to the support of churches. His uncle, George McKee, held the position of major in the volunteer army through- out the Mexican War.

the son of A. W. and Serene (Hutson) Mack, the father a native of Rockingham County, N. C., and the mother of Maury County, Tenn. The father emigrated to Maury County at an early day, and there met and married Miss Hutson. After resid- ing here for twenty-two years they removed to Wayne County, of the same State, and there re- mained for another twenty-two years. In the fall of 1854 he came to Independence County, and located four miles northeast of Batesville on what is known as Blue Creek. He bought a tract of land, with about fifty acres under cultivation, 280 acres in all, and there resided until his death. which occurred on the 7th of May, 1876. While living in Tennessee he held a number of minor offices. He was a carpenter by trade, having learned the same in Maury County, Tenn., and followed this for many years. He was born in 1793, and was eighty-three years of age at the time of his death. His great-grandfather was a native of Scotland, and was an early emigrant to North Carolina. Some of the family were soldiers in the Revolutionary War. The mother died August 9. 1844. There were eight children in their family. six daughters and two sons, three now living: Aseneth R., wife of John W. Ingalls; Young M., and Victoria A. D. L. J., wife of Whitmill Leg- gett. Young M. came to Independence County, with his parents, when about sixteen years of age. and here he received the principal part of his edu- cation. In 1861 he enlisted in Company H, De- sha's battalion, and this was consolidated into the Eighth Arkansas at Shiloh, in 1862. He enlisted as a private and was promoted to corporal, ser- geant, second, third and first lieutenant, and final- ly to the rank of a captain. He was at the bat - tle of Perryville, was in all the engagements of the Army of Middle Tennessee, and was in the 120 days' fight during the fall of Atlanta. He was wounded, by a gun-shot, in the right arm, at New Hope Church, was taken to the hospital at Macon. Ga., and there remained four weeks. He was again disabled at Franklin, Tenn., but not seri- ously. He was within twenty feet of Clayborne when that officer was shot. Capt. Mack was cap.

Y. M. Mack, farmer, Batesville. The subject of this sketch, well and favorably known to a host of acquaintances in this community, is a fair example of what can be accomplished by industry and per- severance. He was born November 13, 1838, his ! birth occurring in Wayne County, Tenn., and is : tain of Company H, Eighth Arkansas, and served

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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 39

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