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The conflict closed before the expiration of the fur- lough, so he remained at home. In 1865 he put in a crop on a farm near Pleasant Plains, Inde- pendence County, and in October of the same year, engaged in business with Mr. A. J. Cheek, the latter furnishing the means, and Mr. Pearce man- aging the business and receiving a salary for his services. He continued in business with Mr. Cheek until in March, 1868, after which he passed his time in collecting for other business men until 1869. He was then united in marriage to Miss Sarah Calhoun, of Arkansas, but originally from South Carolina. Her father was a cousin of John C. Calhoun of historical fame. To Mr. and Mrs. Pearce were born five children: Zachary H., born in 1870 and died in 1885; his body is interred in the cemetery at Maple Springs, Independence County. Mollie, Laura, Cornelia and Culbert L. Mr. Pearce moved to Oil Trough in 1875, and was engaged in various occupations until appointed postmaster under President Garfield's administra- tion, in 1882. The same year he was elected jus- tice of the peace, and notary public in 1887. He has taken a great deal of interest in politics, ident- ifying himself with the Democratic party, to which he has always strongly adhered. While Mr. Pearce is not a member of any Church, he has always been a strong friend to religious and social advancement, and contributes liberally to all. He is a great friend to education, and his children have had good opportunities for schooling. He was made a Mas- ter Mason in 1866, was exalted to the first sublime degree of Royal Arch Mason in 1868, and at this time is a member of McGuire Lodge No. 208, Oil Trough, Independence County, Ark. He is also a member of Oil Trough Chapter No. 84, Oil Trough, Ark,
John L. Pierce is worthy in every way of being classed among the successful agriculturists of this region, for by his own industry he has become the owner of 320 acres of land, about seventy of which are in a high state of cultivation, and 100 acres of land he has cleared himself. His birth occurred in McMinn County, Tenn., January 11, 1838, and he was educated near Athens, and, after attaining manhood, was married there to Miss Lucie Herod,
who was a native of the State. Of eight sons and three daughters born to them, eight of the family are still living, and one is at home with his parents, helping to till the farm. Mr. Pierce is a Mason, a member of the Agricultural Wheel, in which organization he has held the office of vice-president, and he and wife, for a number of years, have been earnest and consistent members of the Baptist Church. The manner in which Mr. Pierce has acquired his present estate denotes him to be an energetic, successful agriculturist, and the secret of his success, perhaps, lies in the fact that he was reared from earliest boyhood on a farm and inher- ited some of the sterling qualities of his Scotch ancestors. His parents, Thomas and Elizabeth (Wyatt) Pierce, were born in Tennessee and Vir- ginia, respectively, and became the parents of two sons and nine daughters, five of the family sur- viving: Sarah, Ursulia, Lina M., David and John. The father died in 1868, followed by his wife in 1872, she having been a member of the Lutheran Church for many years. The paternal grand- father was a Scotchman, who came to America many years ago.
William Ramsey, farmer, Batesville. Nowhere within the limits of Independence County can there be found a man who takes greater interest in its agricultural and stock affairs than Mr. Ramsey, or who strives continually to promote and advance these interests to a higher plane. He has a native pride in this county, for he was born here, and it is but natural that he should strive to see all its mat- ters placed on a footing equal, if not superior, to the affairs of other counties in the State. He is the son of Allen D. and Helen F. (Slater) Ramsey. and the grandson of William Ramsey, who settled in what is now Independence County, Ark., in about 1819, when there were but few settlers in this country. He was a farmer by occupation, and died in Independence County. During his early residence in this county he underwent many hard- ships, and had many stirring adventures. He was sheriff of Independence County at one time. Allen D. Ramsey was born on the place where the fami- ly now resides, and there passed almost his entire life. Perhaps few men in North Arkansas, aside
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from those in professional or political life, were better known. He was educated near Alexandria, Va., and was possessed of a high order of intelli- gence. He was an honored, influential and exem- plary citizen. He died December 31, 1878. The mother is still living, and is a native of North Carolina. Her parents were natives of Scotland, and came to the United States at an early day. Her mother came to Arkansas, and located at Batesville. To Mr. and Mrs. Allen Ramsey were born five children, three now living: Margaret, William and Maria. The two deceased were Mary, married George Weaver, who is also de- ceased, and left one child, Allen R. Weaver, who makes his home with the subject of this sketch, and David. William Ramsey (subject) was born and reared on the farm where he now lives. Being reared to the arduous duties of the farm, he has always followed this calling, and has made a complete success of the same. The family now own 1,050 acres of land, with about 325 acres un- der cultivation, and the principal productions are corn, cotton and hay. Mr. Ramsey also raises some stock. He is an enterprising young man and a first-class farmer. He is a member of the Episcopal Church, and his mother and family are members of the same. When the Ramsey family first settled in Independence County, Indians were here, and all kinds of wild game abounded. The now fine and productive river bottoms where then a dense canebrake. One incident that the father used to relate to his children was that, when the first steamboat came up the river, that had a whis- tle, it roused every one from their slumbers, and the people were very much frightened. The great grandfather of the subject of this sketch, at a very early date, lived in Kentucky, where he met with experiences worthy of record. On one occasion, while in the hay field, in company with a hired man, a party of Indians came upon them unaware. The hired man started to run, but was killed by the savages. Mr. Ramsey's great-grandfather was taken prisoner, and kept as such for a long time, finally being sold to some French traders for a ' pair of blankets. He was then so far from home, that the only way to return in safety, and avoid
being recaptured, was to cross the ocean to France and back again, which he did. He at last made his way to his family, who had mourned him as dead, after an absence of three years.
C. T. Rosenthal, dealer in hardware, stoves, tin-ware, etc., Batesville. Among the resources of the town of Batesville, which go to make up its commercial fabric, the trade carried on in hard- ware, stoves, tin-ware, etc., forms a most import- ant feature. Prominent among those engaged in it is Mr. C. T. Rosenthal, who has been in this line of business for twenty-five years. In 1865 he engaged as clerk in the wholesale hardware house of Pratt & Fox, then the largest hardware firm in St. Louis. He remained with them over three years, after which he went to Helena, M. T., and there worked for Clark, Conrad & Miller for a short time. He then returned to St. Louis and entered the firm of Adolphus Meier & Co., remaining with them about three years, or until they sold out to McCombs, Keller & Byrnes, with whom he remained until 1878, although the firm again changed, this time to McCombs, Caruth & Byrnes. At the above mentioned date, Mr. Rosenthal came to Batesville, Ark., engaging in business for him- self. The first two years the firm was Rosenthal & Stritter, and since that time he has carried on the business alone. He has one of the neatest and best stocked hardware stores in Arkansas. Mr. Rosenthal has been an alderman three terms, and was school director for one term of two years. He owns the building that he occupies, which is a large two-story stone building, and which he has had erected since coming to Batesville. He does a good business, carries a large stock of goods, and employs five men.
Joseph M. Runyan, who has a reputation of owning some of the best stock in Independence County, and is also an experienced farmer, is a son of and Elizabeth (Burke) Runyan, of Tennessee, in which State Joseph was born and educated .. His early life was spent on the home farm, but in 1842, when he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Baker, also of Tennessee, he com- menced to make a home for his bride. Three children were born to them in that State, and seven
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in Arkansas, of whom eight children are still living. Their names are Jerome, born in Tennessee in 1866; John Richmond, born in Tennessee in 1867; Russell M., born in 1869; Cora B., born in Ten- nessee in 1871; William D., born in 1873; Katie, born in 1877; Josie, born in 1880; Bertha, born in 1882; Thomas J., born in 1884, and dying at the age of three years, and James C., born in 1887, dying in 1888. Mr. Runyan moved to Arkansas in 1870, and located in Christian Township, where he rented land and farmed up to 1876, when he purchased 160 acres of heavily-timbered land, com- prising sycamore, which was 6 feet in diameter; oak trees, 5 feet in diameter; walnut, 33 feet; cot- tonwood, 8 feet ; box elder, 2} feet; pecan 5 feet; hack- berry, 4 feet, and corn that was 20 feet tall. This was the condition Mr. Runyan found the land in upon his arrival, and out of the 160 acres he has now placed eighty acres in cotton and 30 in corn, besides gathering 2,800 pounds of cotton seed, that being the average of the field. He has raised 336 bushels of corn from three acres of ground, and 41 bushels of wheat to the acre. Also from seventy-five to 100 bushels of oats per acre. Mr. Runyan is also cultivating 500 acres of new land, and has placed sixty acres in clover, from which he expects to get three and one-half tons at the first cutting; one and one-half tons at the second, and the signs are very favorable toward getting one and one-half tons per acre at the third cutting. He also raises a fine stock of cattle and Berkshire hogs, as well as high-grade poultry. His land has upon it a fine orchard of apple, pecan and pear trees, and several good dwellings, barns, cribs, etc. He is a member of the Missionary Church, while his wife and the three oldest children attend serv- ice at the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Run- yan is a member of McGuire's Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Oil Trough, and also belongs to the Knights of Honor and Royal Arcanum. In politics he is a stanch Democrat, and has served one term as justice of the peace, but only held the office from a sense of duty, as he can not well spare the time.
Hon. James Rutherford, ex-State senator, a highly-esteemed citizen of Independence County, was born in Rutherfordton, Rutherford County,
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N. C., on July 7, 1825. This county was named after Gen. Rutherford, of Revolutionary fame, and a distant relative of the senator's. Walter B. Rutherford, the father, was a Scotchman, who emi- grated to America when twenty years of age, and resided for twenty-five years in Rutherford County. afterward moving to Batesville, Ark., in 1850, where he died October 17, 1865. The elder Ruth- erford was a man firm in his convictions, and sen- sitive of his honor, and up to the time of his death was a citizen of considerable influence in the community. His father, Alexander Rutherford, was one of the leading lawyers of Edinburgh. Scotland, and his wife. Sarah (McTyre*) Ruther- ford, was a native of Georgia, who died in Inde- pendence County, Ark., in 1870, at the age of seventy-five years. They were the parents of nine children: Catherine, Isabelle, Alexander, Walter, James, William, Mary A., Amelia and George. James Rutherford remained in North Carolina un- til the age of twenty-three years, when he moved to Batesville, in 1849, two years in advance of his parents, and has resided at that place ever since. His education was limited to a common school and academic course, but his natural abilities and liter- ary tastes soon placed him on a level with some of the smartest men of that section. It has been a common belief that for one to be successful in after life he must, as a rule, sow his wild oats in boyhood, but in Mr. Rutherford's case this theory has been exploded. He has never sowed his wild oats, has never gambled, drank, nor sworn an oath, and in his later life he has remained always the same practical, moral man, and becoming more successful year after year. He owns several valua- ble farms, having nearly 1,000 acres under culti- vation, and raises almost everything that the soil will produce, commencing his life with only 160 acres of land. Public offices have been bestowed upon him, on account of his intelligence, tact and integrity, and these talents have commanded for him the respect of every citizen interested in pub- lic affairs. In 1861 he went into the State service as first lieutenant of Dye's company, in Colonel
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Shaver's regiment, afterward known as Seventh Arkansas Regiment, and then transferred to the Confederate service. He commanded a company at the battle of Shiloh, in which the lieutenant- colonel was killed, and Mr. Rutherford was imme- diately promoted to fill his place, serving until the reorganization, in August, 1862, when he resigned and came home. At Batesville he accepted the po- sition of provost marshal, remaining in that ca- pacity for four or five months, and for the balance of the war he was enrolling officer at that town. At Grand Glaize he was taken prisoner, on Febru- ary 4th, 1863, and detained at Little Rock for three months. Senator Rutherford became an Odd Fellow at Lincolnton, N. C., and is the oldest liv- ing member of the Batesville Lodge. He is a member of no other secret order. In politics he was a Whig from boyhood until the death of that party, when he became a Democrat. He was a: Secessionist in theory, but contended that it was bad policy to secede, although he stood firmly with the Confederacy to the bitter end. For the last six years he has attended as a delegate to the State conventions of the Democratic party, but has never taken an active part in politics, except when can- vassing for himself. In 1850 he was elected jus- tice of the peace, just one year after moving to the county, and served four years. In the trouble- some times of 1874 he was elected a delegate from Independence County to the constitutional con- vention that framed the present constitution of the State, and in 1879 he was elected for four years as State senator for the counties of Independence and Stone. During the session of 1880 he was chairman of the finance committee, and also of the special senate committee on revenue, and re- ported the famous revenue law which Gov. Churchill vetoed. Senator Rutherford was mar- ried in Batesville, on November 12th, 1862, to Miss Maria Louisa Hynson, of Independence County, a daughter of Henry Hynson, one of that county's well known merchants. Mrs. Rutherford is a charming lady, and is almost her husband's equal in tact and good judgment. In fact, it is partly due to her advice and good management that the senator has built up his fortune. Their
marriage has been blessed with four sons and two daughters: George L., James B., William A., Medford M., May B. and Sophia A. The senator is a man who never allows politics to interfere with his friendships, as is shown by the fact that some of his political opponents are his personal friends. He is regarded as the best financier in Independ- ence County, and, as an eminent citizen of Arkan- sas says of him, "He has an undisputed charac- ter for honesty and integrity, and is strictly moral "
Capt. George W. Rutherford, a prominent cit- zen and leading farmer of Independence County, was born in Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, N. C., on July 10, 1833, and is a son of Walter B. and Sarah (McTyre) Rutherford, the former a native of Scotland, and the latter, who was also of Scottish origin, from Fairfield County, S. C. The elder Rutherford landed at Charleston, S. C., in December, 1815, some six months after the battle of Waterloo was fought, and while the world was still ringing with the news of Napoleon's defeat. His voyage across the ocean occupied four weeks, and the vessel encountered many heavy storms in that time, causing consternation on board. Alex- ander Rutherford, the father of Walter B., was at one time a captain in the British Reserves, and an old friend of Robert Burns. He resided in Scot- land and practiced law up to the time of his death. Walter B. Rutherford was a tanner by trade, hav- ing served seven years' apprenticeship at Edin- burgh, Scotland, and still pursued that occupation in South and North Carolina. In 1839 he made a trip to Arkansas, coming the entire distance on horseback, and after returning to North Carolina, where he resided until 1850, he moved with his fam- ily to Independence County, traveling all the way by wagons. Following his arrival here he bought a section of land in 1839. comprising 640 acres, with about seventy-five acres under cultivation, and which is the farm upon which Capt. George W. now resides. The land was purchased from a man named Dilling- ham, who settled here in 1814, and the old house, which was built in 1816, is still standing on the place. The elder Rutherford died in 1865, and the wife fol- lowed him five years later. They were the parents of nine children, of whom five are still living.
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Capt. Rutherford was the youngest of this family, and received his education in the schools of North Carolina. He came to Arkansas with his parents when seventeen years of age. and has always been a farmer. In 1862 he enlisted in the Second Ar- kansas Cavalry, and served until the close of the war, taking part in the battle of Helena, and a great many cavalry skirmishes, and on one occa- sion captured a train of Federal soldiers. He raised a company of partisans under orders of Gen. Hind- man, in 1862, being joined to Chrisman's battal- ion of Arkansas Cavalry, and subsequently to Dobbins' regiment of Arkansas Cavalry. In May, 1864, he was captured at Sugar Loaf Springs, and taken to the Little Rock penitentiary, where he was confined in a cell, though only at night, for : eleven months, and after obtaining his liberty. re- turned home, to once more lead a peaceful life and cultivate the land. Capt. Rutherford owns about 1,000 acres, and has some 350 acres under cultivation. His farm is well improved, and adapted to the stock business, in which he is an extensive dealer. In 1868 he was married to Miss Florence Neill, a daughter of Judge Henry Neill, and has had ten children by this marriage, of whom nine are living: Anna and Lizzie, Mary and Amelia are twins; Delia, George and Neill, twins; Nina and Genevieve. Mrs. Rutherford is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a devout Christian. She has made her home one of the most pleasant in Northeast Arkansas, and is a de- voted wife and fond mother.
Calvin Rutherford, farmer and stock raiser, Elmo, Ark. Mr. Rutherford owes his nativity to Cocke County, Tenn., where he was born in 1848. He left his native county in 1871, journeyed to Ar- kansas, and located in Oil Trough Bottom. Chris- tian Township, Independence County. The same year he was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Baker, a native of Tennessee, and after coming to Arkansas he rented land, thus continuing until in 1887, when he bought forty acres. Heaven has blessed his married life with four children-Lounz, Oscar, Mary and John. The forty acres purchased by Mr. Rutherford was at that time very heavily timbered, but of this he has cleared twenty acres,
and has built on the same a good log house. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, McGuire Lodge No. 208, Oil Trough, Independence County, and takes a prominent part in all public enterprises, whether of a religious, social, or educational nature, in his county and State. He has two children in school, and contemplates educating them as far as his means will permit. He is the son of Calvin and Nancy (Lane) Rutherford, natives of Ten- nessee, and the grandson of - Lane, who was a soldier in the Mexican War, and drew a pension until his death. Mr. Rutherford is not only a public-spirited, enterprising citizen, but is a man universally respected by all acquainted with him. In the history of Independence County, in its de- velopment and growth, Mr. Rutherford has borne a prominent part for the last eighteen or twenty years.
James F. Saffold, a popular and enterprising farmer and stock raiser, of Independence County. is a son of James F. and Elizabeth (Hulsey) Saf- fold, both natives of that county, where James, Jr., was born on the 2d of July, 1854. The elder Saffold was a noted and brilliant politician during his life, as also a leading spirit in all public enter- prises for the advancement of his county. He was elected to represent Independence County in the State legislature, and filled the office with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of his constitu- ents, besides filling several minor positions. On the occasion of his death, at the age of forty five years, the county lost one of her most valued citi- zens and one whom she well appreciated. He be- longed to McGuire Lodge No. 208, A. F. & A. M., and was also a member of Oil Trough Chapter No. 84. His loss was deeply mourned by the public. as well as his wife and six children, to whom he was a kind husband and an indulgent father. He was strictly a self-made man, having received but a limited education in his youth; but the brain and power of the man were equal to any emergency, and ! in after life he had educated and qualified himself for any position he might have been called upon to i fill within the gift of the people. or in the ordinary demands of business. His son. James F. Saffold. Jr., follows closely in the light of his father's
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