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 74

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

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in the birth of two children: Irving S. and, Eugene A.

J. B. Hirsch is a dealer in hardware, groceries and plantation supplies, at Newport, Ark., and is conducting a successful business. He was born in Batesville, Ark., November 25, 1861, but received his education in the cities of New Orleans and St. Louis, and from his earliest youth he has been familiar with the details of mercantile life. At the age of sixteen years he came with his father,. A. Hirsch, to Newport, and began clerking in the latter's mercantile establishment, continuing thus employed until 1881, when they formed a business partnership and continued under the firm name of A. Hirsch & Son, until January, 1889. At this date J. B. Hirsch purchased his father's interest in the business, and began life on his own responsi- bility, and by honesty and fair dealing is doing an exceptionally prosperous business. His stock of goods is well selected, and in point of size is of fair proportions. For two years he was associated with Wolf, Goldman & Co., but thinking he could do better alone, this partnership was discontinued, and the result has proved that his judgment was sound. He is an intelligent and enterprising young man of business, and his future prospects are bright. He is a Mason and a member of the K. of P. His marriage with Miss Dora Pollock. of Little Rock, Ark., was consummated in Sep- tember, 1888.

Stephen G. T. Hite resides on Section 23, Cache Township, Jackson County, Ark., and is a farmer and stock raiser by occupation. He is a son of Spencer and Martha J. (Wilkins) Hite, na- tives of Virginia, where they were married and reared a family of twelve children; one child died in infancy, and another at the age of six years. making in all fourteen. The parents still live on the place upon which they settled immediately after their marriage, Mrs. Hite receiving the land by deed from her father December 25, 1869. Stephen G. T. Hite married Miss Sarah White, a native of Virginia, and a schoolmate. To them have been born the following children: David Russell, born October 13, 1870; Albertana, born September 5, 1872; Ella James, born November 6, 1874; Eunice,

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born ; Amos Andrew, born in July, 1881; Charles, born January 20, 1884, and Stephen, born July 17, 1887; two died in infancy. The two elder children were born in Virginia, and the rest in Arkansas. When Mr. Hite first went to Arkansas he located in the neighborhood in which he now lives, purchasing in December, 1875, his present farm, of which about forty acres were under cultivation, and upon which the only buildings were two small log cabins. He now has fifty-two acres under cultivation, and has erected a good two-story frame dwelling. He has also built a cotton-gin, saw and grist-mill, good barns, and has a well-improved place, contemplating still greater improvements, which will beautify his home, as he believes the more attractive the home the better will be the morals of his children. He aims to give his children six months schooling each year, as he thinks a good education is better than a legacy. Mr. Hite served nearly three years in the Fifty-ninth Virginia Volunteer Infantry, Confederate States Army, and in May, 1864, was wounded by a musket ball carrying away the fourth toe of his left foot. He participated in the siege of Richmond, belonging to the command of Gen. Lee at the time of his surrender to Gen. Grant. Mr. and Mrs. Hite are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and are highly re- spected by all who know them.

W. G. Hogan, planter, of Bird Township, is a son of Granville and Mary Jane (Taylor) Hogan, of Tennessee. The father, a farmer, went to Texas in 1853, where our subject was born March 8, of the same year. Soon after arriving the father died; the mother remained some eight years, and finally settled in Bird Township, this county, where she still resides, with her son, W. G. Mr. Hogan was raised on the farm, receiving his edu- cation in the schools of Cross County, this State. In 1877 he came to Jackson County, settling in Bird Township, and engaged in farming. He is a Democrat; is active in politics, and has held the offices of justice of the peace and constable, and is a member of the school board, Tuckerman District. He is a member of Kirkpatrick Lodge No. 192, at Tuckerman, holding the office of steward; he is

also a member of the Triple Alliance. In 1877 our subject married Maggie Smith, a native of Tennessee, whose parents, Ross and Martha (Woodard) Smith, came to Jackson County in 1874. The mother is still living. They have had four children, three of whom are living: Lafay Ella, Charles Henry and Daniel Green. Mrs. Hogan is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has a brother, M. M. Smith, who is presiding elder of White River conference, located at Jones- boro. Mr. Hogan is actively interested in the schools, and in all enterprises for the advancement of the county.

James W. Howard, farmer and stock raiser, of Jackson County, lives six and a half miles east of Newport, on the Memphis road. His parents were Philip and Hester D. (Bidwell) Howard, of Ohio and Tennessee, respectively. The father lived and married in Arkansas, but returned to Ohio, where James W. was born, the eldest of six children, two now living: Sarah Jane and James W. At the age of nine years the subject of this sketch came to Arkansas with his parents; he had then received the greater part of his education, but attended common school only eleven days in Arkansas. At the outbreak of the War of the Rebellion he was living in Village Township, Jackson County, but enlisted in the Southern army in Company A, Eighth Regiment of Arkansas Volunteer Infantry, served about three and a half years, and at the close of the war returned home, since which time he has given his attention to farming and stock raising, purchasing, in 1873, 120 acres of land, to which he has added by purchase eighty acres, and upon which he has since made his home. At that time, realizing the necessity of an education, he applied himself diligently to study, acquiring suffi- cient knowledge to carry on his business. Mr. Howard married Miss Margaret Lamkins, a native of Arkansas, who lived ten years, and in 1877 he married Miss Margaret Ballew, of Arkansas, daugh- ter of Robert J. and Mary (Pucket) Ballew, natives of Tennessee. Mr. and Mrs. Howard are mem- bers of the Christian Church, and he has always been a friend to progress-educational, religious and social, liberally supporting the church.

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Capt. George W. Hurley (retired), Newport, Ark. The career of the above mentioned gentle- man affords a striking example of encouragement for the youth of the present day who have not very favorable circumstances surrounding them, and yet who are desirous of attaining to positions of trust and esteem in the communities where they may hereafter reside. Left an orphan at an early day, Mr. Hurley attained his growth without the influ- ence and tender care of parents, and for this rea- son, if for no other, he deserves great credit for his success in life, not only in material affairs, but as a man. His birth occurred in Frederick Coun- ty, Md., on the 1st of May, 1829, and he is the son of Morris and Catherine Hurley, both natives of County Clare, Ireland. The parents were mar- ried in their native country, and in about 1829 emigrated to America, where the father, who was a civil engineer and contractor, worked on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. He was a large con- tractor on the canal, and had his headquarters at the Point of Rocks. They were the parents of these children: John, Catherine, Charles and George W., the first three of whom died in the year 1833, as did also the parents, leaving George W. Hurley, only four years of age, alone and among comparative strangers. He was taken by a family who thought considerable of him, received as good an education as they could afford, and, when nine years of age, was apprenticed to learn the tailor's trade. When about thirteen years of age he ran away from his master, went to Balti- more, and shipped as a cabin-boy on board the brig Edith. He made a trip around Cape Horn, visited Santiago, and numerous other places on the Pacific slope, and remained on the ship for about two years, being quite a favorite of the Cap- tain and his wife. Mr. Hurley relates an incident which took place while on the vessel, and gives it as a reason for leaving the sea. It was his duty to wait upon the table, and one day, after dinner, he put some nuts, raisins, etc., in the pockets of his little sailor's suit. The Captain, who fre- quently indulged too freely at the noon meal, met George on deck, and asked what was in his pockets. The boy replied, "Nothing," which so incensed

the Captain that the latter gave him a severe whip- ping. George was ever after afraid of the com- mander, and at the first opportunity left the vessel and returned to Baltimore. There he finished his trade as a tailor, and soon after went to Washing- ton, thence to Richmond, Va., where he was taken sick and came very near dying. He became penni- less, but, through the charity of friends, obtained enough money to return to Baltimore, where he obtained employment, and there remained until the breaking out of the Mexican War. He then enlisted in the Second Baltimore Battalion, under Col. Hughes, and served one year, receiving a sabre and lance wound at the battle of Monterey, for which he now receives a pension. After recovering he was placed in the quartermaster's department, and was on the Southern route. Upon his second return to his home he had some means saved, and located at New Richmond, Ohio, where he started up a modest tailoring establishment, but only re- mained there a short time. He then sold out and moved to Indianapolis, Ind., where he secured a position as cutter in a large establishment: but, at the end of one year, he became restless, and en- listed in the Cuban Lopez expedition. He, with about 200 old Mexican soldiers, went to Cuba; eighty-six were captured, fifty-two were taken to Havana and shot, and thirty-four carried on the steamer "Pizarau," a large Spanish man-of-war ---- and was taken to Spain, with about thirty-four other comrades. They were kept prisoners some six weeks, and during that time, which seemed, no doubt, like so many years, experienced some of the most heartrending scenes imaginable, being taken out every day and counted, with the expec- tation of being shot. They were finally released by President Fillmore, who sent a United States cutter for them. They were treated like kings on the vessel, being given money, clothes, etc. He came to Kentucky, being again entirely broken up, and invented a patent for garment cutting, with which he traveled over several different States, and made considerable money on the same. He subsequently went to Keokuk, Iowa, where he started another tailoring establishment. and carried it on until 1857. From there he went to Jackson,

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Tenn., where he was married, and removed with his family to White County, Ark., being there en- gaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1861 he was appointed by Gov. Rector, of Arkansas, as quarter- master of the State troops, and in the organization of a regiment at Mound City, was appointed by Colonel-elect (afterward General) Cleburne, quar- termaster of the first State troops. The regiment moved to Pocahontas, where State troops were abandoned and regiments for the Confederacy formed. Being, as a consequence retired, he re- turned home and organized a company, of which he was made first lieutenant, and afterward, for meritorious conduct, was promoted to a captaincy. He participated in all the general engagements on this side of the Mississippi River, receiving one slight wound from a shell. In 1864 he asked for retired papers, and then took the superintendency of cutting and fitting clothes for the soldiers at Shreveport, La. His family still living in White County when he came home, he moved with them to Augusta, Woodruff County, Ark., where he re- mained for nine years, being engaged for two years in the livery business, and after this took the traveling agency for a cotton commission house at New Orleans. Having speculated too heavily in cotton, he became involved, and then entered the hotel and confectionery business, which he carried on until 1873, when he came to Newport, then a town of about thirty-one inhabitants. He em- barked in the wholesale and retail liquor and to- bacco business, afterward turning his business into a grocery and general planters' supplies, and buy- ing cotton, in which he was very extensively en- gaged until about 1880. Since that time he has been engaged in the real estate business, and in building up Newport, owning five large brick bus- iness buildings and several residences. He also owns a good farm, and is one of the leading citi- zens of Jackson County. He has taken great in- terest in secret orders, is a member of the Masonic fraternity, advancing as far as a Knight Templar. He is also a member of the I. O. O. F., is Past Grand Master, and has been a member of the order since 1847; was initiated in Mechanic's Lodge No. 15, at Baltimore, Md., being subsequently con- 55

nected with the order in the States of Ohio, Indi- ana and Kentucky. He is the founder and orig- inator of Newport Lodge No. 71, Newport, Ark., which was organized May 17, 1875. He has been honored with nearly every official position within the gift of the order; has served as Grand Master, was Grand Representative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge for six years, and Grand Patriarch in the En- campment branch for two years. In 1876 he repre- sented the State of Arkansas in the Sovereign Grand Lodge, at Philadelphia, and in 1SS2 at Toronto. He is an indefatigable worker in the interests of Odd Fellowship, and is one of the most highly honored members of that fraternity. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, and a member of the Royal Arcanum, of which he is past officer. His marriage to Mrs. Mary L. Boyd occurred in 1858, and one child, now deceased, was the result of this union. Mrs. Hurley is a member of the Episcopal Church. Both Mr. Hurley and Mrs. Hurley are hale and hearty in their old age.

Samuel C. Ireland, now residing in Auvergne, was born in North Carolina, February 26, 1849, son of John and Elizabeth (Isley) Ireland, natives of North Carolina. Mr. Ireland came to Arkan- sas in 1872, without a dollar, and located in Cow Lake Township, on property which belonged to his father, there then being but twenty two fam- ilies in the township. On this place was a double log house, and twelve acres had been cleared and planted the year previous. In 1873 he had thirty- two acres planted to corn; eight acres he cleared with the assistance of one man, and twelve acres he cleared after night, without assistance. Mr. Ireland continued to clear the land, and the next year planted sixty acres. In 1875 he bought eighty acres of W. L. Johnson, planted seventy acres, which he worked himself, and rented twenty more, making ninety acres under cultivation on his place. At that time, by various purchases, he was the owner of 400 acres of land, 320 of which he bought of his father; he is now the owner of 1,834 acres. 380 of which are under cultivation, the various tracts being in Cow Lake and Richwood Townships. On the places are good dwelling. houses and barns, and on that in Cow Lake Town-

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ship are a cotton-gin and a grist-mill. Mr. Ireland gives a great deal of attention to mule and cattle raising, finding a home market for them. Novem- ber 20, 1873, Mr. Ireland married Mrs. Mar- garet Ireland, widow of his brother, W. W. Ire- land. They have no children, but are raising four orphan boys, Henry Lee and Willie Benefield, born in 1871 and 1873, respectively, and Willie and Connie Barnes, nephews of Mrs. Ireland, born in 1880 and 1883, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Ireland are members of the Christian Church.

Thomas William Jamison, county surveyor of Jackson County, Ark., and farmer of Bird Town- ship, was born in Buckingham, Canada East, the youngest of six children born to Thomas and Clara (Hall) Jamison, natives of Scotland and Ire- land, respectively, who came with their parents to Canada, and there married. The father was a farmer, and, in 1859, when our subject was about seven years old, removed to Woodford County, Ill., and settled near Minonk, returning to Canada in 1876, where he died in 1884. His wife died in Canada in 1852. The subject of our sketch was raised on a farm near Minonk, receiving his edu- cation in the district schools of that county, and in Minonk. After leaving school he learned tele- graphy at La Salle, Ill., and engaged in that busi- ness at Colona, Ill., Columbus Junction and West Liberty, Iowa, on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pa- cific Railway. On May 11, 1882, he married Clara Lafferty, a native of Mercer County, Ill., and daughter of William Lafferty, of Ohio, an early settler of Mercer County. In September, 1879, he came to Jackson County, as agent and operator at Tuckerman, where he remained till last year, when he was elected county surveyor. He is not very active in politics, but votes with the Demo- cratic party. He is a member of Trinity Lodge No. 561, A. F. & A. M., Monmouth, Ill. He has bought a tract of timber land, containing 120 acres, improved, and now has seventy-three acres under cultivation. He has been engaged in stock raising. He has imported a thoroughbred stallion, also a heavy-draft Clydesdale, which carried off the first prize at this and adjoining county fairs. He is public-spirited and liberal.

Anderson Johnston, planter and stock raiser, is a native of Arkansas. His father, Andrew John- ston, was born in Maury County, Tenn., in 1829; came to Arkansas in 1841, and, at the age of eight- een, married Miss Sebelle Durham, a native of Mis- sissippi, and about that time settled a farm in Jackson County, where he raised his family, and where our subject was born, August 12, 1849. Andrew is a Democrat, and has been magistrate of his township. His wife is a member of the Chris- tian Church. Anderson was raised on the farm, and spent his school days in Jackson County, and in September, 1871, married Miss Julia A. Brown- ing, daughter of Nimrod and Emeline (Vandiver) Browning, natives of Tennessee, who was born in 1847. They have the following family: Auzell Bibb, fifteen years old; Lewin A., thirteen; Min- nie B., ten; James H., eight; Silvey, six; Ada and Etta (twins), three, and a babe one month old. After his marriage Mr. Johnston opened up a farm of 160 acres, thirty acres of which he cleared and cultivated. He sold the farm, and in 1887 lived in Boone County, Ark., and in 1888 came to Jack- son County and bought a farm of 160 acres, eighty - five under cultivation, on which he now lives. He rents his land for corn and cotton, and makes a specialty himself of raising sweet potatoes, raising, also, his own stock, hogs and cattle. He and his wife made themselves an excellent home, and a competency. They are members of the Christian Church. He is a Democrat, and a member of Fortitude Lodge No. 397, A. F. & A. M .; and takes an active interest in all public enterprises.

Retherford Lewis Jones, a prominent planter and stock raiser of Breckinridge Township, was born in Carroll County, Tenn., in 1825, and was the fourth in a family of eight children born to Richard and Polly (Martin) Jones, of Tennessee, where the father was an extensive planter in Wil- son County. The elder Jones moved from Wilson County to Carroll County, and a few years later went to Wayne County, Mo., where he became en- gaged in farming until his death, in 1844. While in Carroll County he took an active part in politics. and was one of the prominent figures in the his- tory of that county, and was also a member of the

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Masonic fraternity for a number of years, and deputy sheriff. He had one brother, who fought in the Creek and Seminole Wars, and his father was an old Revolutionary soldier, who was born in North Carolina, and in 1839 died in Davidson County, Tenn., at the age of eighty-four years. R. L. Jones was reared in Carroll County, Tenn., and instructed in the duties of farm life. In 1843 he moved with his parents to Wayne County, Mo., and continued farming in that State until 1847, when he went to Jackson County, Ark., settling in Breckinridge Township, where he took up a pre-emption claim, and later entered the same. The land consisted of sixty acres of virgin soil, and he at once commenced improving it and erected a log cabin. In 1850 he was married to Miss Ema- line Brazeale, a daughter of Archibald and Dorcas Brazeale, of Tennessee, and resided with his bride on the first farm until 1859, when he sold it and bought a claim of 160 acres, of which twenty-five were under fence. He has added to this and im- proved the land since he first occupied it, until now he owns a fine farm of 520 acres, and has 225 under cultivation. He raises principally corn and cotton, and other portions of the land make excel- lent grazing for cattle, in which he also deals quite largely. In 1871 Mr. Jones lost his wife after a happy married life of twenty-one years. Eight children were born to this marriage, of whom four are yet living: Mary Dorcas, now Mrs. Martin; Sarah, now Mrs. Jagers, who resides on her father's farm; Edgar, and Nancy Alice, now Mrs. Harris. Mr. Jones was again married, in 1872, his second wife being Miss Barbara C. Outlaw, of Tennessee, who died leaving two children, Joseph E. and Jeanette, both of whom reside at home. In 1886 Mr. Jones married his third wife, who was Miss Fanny B. Hall, of Alabama, by whom he has one child, Nora. He does not take an active part in politics, but his sympathies ever since the war have been with the Democratic party. In educational matters he is greatly interested, and his efforts toward promot- ing the schools in Jackson County have been praiseworthy. He is a member of Augusta Lodge of the A. F. & A. M., while in the religious faith he attends the Missionary Baptist Church, of which

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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 74

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