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 81

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


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connection with his son, James O., he has a cot- ton-gin and grist mill, and also a lumber mill, for their own use. They also have a supply store. His son is postmaster at Elgin. Our subject is a Democrat, and a member of Memphis Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In 1850 he married Mary J. Oliver, a native of Georgia. and daughter of James and Lucy (Clark) Oliver. of Virginia and Georgia; the father died in 1848, and the mother in 1850. They have two children: James O. married Julia Ethel Doswell, and Lucy Ann. Mr. Taylor is actively interested in every thing pertaining to the good of the county.


Thomas Toler is a native of Johnson County, N. C., and was born in November, 1844. He is a son of Thomas and Mary (Holder) Toler, who were the parents of eleven children, of whom our sub- ject was next to the youngest. Both the paternal and maternal ancestors were of Irish descent, and were pioneers of North Carolina. The father of our subject, who was a native of Wayne County, N. C., owned and operated a very large plantation in Johnson County, where he was a well-known and influential man." He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and for many years served as magistrate. taking an active part in politics and sympathizing with the Whig party. He died in Johnson County in 1849, his widow surviving until 1865. Thomas Toler, the subject of this sketch, was reared to the pursuit of farming, receiving his education in the district and subscription schools of Johnson County. In 1861 he enlisted in Company E, Twenty-fourth North Carolina Infantry, and was mustered into service at Weldon, N. C., June 24. He took part in the Seven Days' Battle around Richmond. the battle of Antietam, Winchester, and at the siege of Petersburg, doing service with the corps of sharp- shooters; he received a wound in the left leg and was first contined in the hospital at Richmond. He was then sent home on wounded furlough, where he was captured by Sherman, taken before Blair, and was imprisoned at Hart's Island, N. Y .. until the close of the war. Returning to Johnson County, N. C., he engaged in farming until 1867. when he went to Obion County, Tenn., and farmed


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two years. In 1869 he removed to Jackson Coun- ty, Ark., and two years later bought a tract of 160 acres, in Glass Township, six acres of which were cleared. He planted an orchard and made some improvements, after which he sold out and rented land. In 1877 he purchased 240 acres, which were partly improved, and which he still owns, having now under cultivation seventy-five acres, upon which he raises some timothy and clover, but more cotton. Mr. Toler read law at one time and now does some successful practicing in the justice's court, having served as justice of the peace since 1883. Mr. Toler was first married, in Sampson County, N. C., in 1864, to Virginia J. Walton, of Raleigh, N. C., who died in 1879. Of the children born to this union four are living, viz. : Thomas W., a physician and surgeon, of Swifton; Charles A., a traveling salesman; Anna V. and Edward C. In 1880 Mr. Toler married Martha Lollar, of Law- rence County, Ark., whose parents, David and Sarah (Michael) Lollar, were natives of North Carolina, and settled in Lawrence County, Ark., before the war, where the mother still lives, the father being deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Toler have three chil- dren: William A., Mary Carolina and Mattie. Mr. Toler is an active politician, voting with the Democrats. He is also a member and elder in the Christian Church, and one of the most prominent and influential farmers of Glass Township.


Rush L. Tucker, farmer and stock raiser, of Grande Glaise Township, was born in Arkansas, October 22, 1843, the son of Stitch and Minerva (Steel) Tucker. Our subject's grandfather came to Arkansas in 1812, when Stitch was one year old. He had three children by his first wife, the father of Rush L. being the third, who died at the age of thirty eight, his wife dying in 1873. In Stitch Tucker's family there were three children: Sarah E., Chester A. and Rush L. The latter received his education in the private schools of his county. In 1862 he enlisted in the Thirty-fourth Regiment Arkansas Volunteers, and served until October, 1864. Mr. Tucker is the owner of 150 acres of land, which he gained by inheritance, 100 acres from his mother's estate, the remainder from his father's. He has been a large land owner, but has sold it, till


he now owns but 160 acres, twenty-five of which are under cultivation. He was married, January 31, 1864, to Miss Mary L. Hall, a native of Tennessee. They had three children, two now living: Stephen H. and Chester A. September 12, 1875, he mar- ried Miss Celia Foster, a native of Arkansas. Their three children are Lucy, Robert Lee and Jesse Gray. October 12, 1886, Mr. Tucker mar- ried Miss Mary Snider, of Mississippi, who has borne one child, Nellie Ann. Mr. Tucker is a mem- ber of Byers Lodge No. 81, A. F. & A. M., of Bradford, White County, Ark. He takes no act- ive part in politics, but is a Democrat, and is a friend to all religious, social and educational ad- vancement.


Joseph J. Walker, circuit clerk and ex-officio county clerk and recorder, of Jackson County, was born in Christian County, Ky., on November 12, 1843. His parents were Joseph and Delila A. (Coffman) Walker, of Logan County, Ky., and of Scotch and Dutch descent. The Walker family were among the early settlers of Kentucky, and the grandfather, in his younger days, was an asso- ciate of Daniel Boone. The father was left an orphan when quite small, and was reared on a farm, but upon reaching maturity, he branched out for himself and entered into commercial life, at Chilli- cothe, Mo., where he remained several years. He next resided in Greene County, Ill., where he died in 1871, the mother also dying in that county, in 1886. They were the parents of eight children, of whom six are yet living: William E., of Boone County, Ark. ; George H., of Quincy, Ill. ; Mary, widow of John Fitzsimmons, of Carrollton, Ill. : Joseph J., Phillip, deceased; John R., James V., and Emma, deceased. Joseph was reared in Ken- tucky until his fifteenth year, when he moved to Missouri with his parents, in which State he re- mained until the Civil War commenced. After that he went to Quincy, Ill., and from there to Atchison, Kas., then to Nebraska City and finally back to Quincy, Ill., where he resided until 1866, when he came to Jackson County, Ark., and located at Elgin. He here found employment as book- keeper with a business house in that town and remained with the firm three years. He next


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commenced farming and continued at that until the fall of 1875, when he removed to Jackson- port, and again entered into mercantile life, con- tinuing in that branch until 1883. He then en- tered the sheriff's office as deputy, and continued in that capacity until the fall of 1884, when he was elected to his present office, and twice re-elected. Mr. Walker is one of the pioneers of this section, and a prominent and influential man in the com- munity. He is a member of the Masonic Order and Knights of Honor, as well as the American Legion of Honor. He was married August 3, 1869, to Miss Deborah B. Foushee, by whom he has had five children: Joseph, Owen, Emma, Mattie and Bessie, and with his wife he attends the Methodist Episcopal Church.


James Edward Wallace, a planter and stock raiser of Union Township, Jackson County, was born in Rutherford County, N. C., September 7, 1852, and is a son of Wesley W. and Isabella (Rutherford) Wallace, natives, respectively, of Edin- burg, Scotland, and Rutherford County, N. C. Wesley W. Wallace emigrated to Mount Pleas- ant, Miss., about 1852, where he lived until 1862, when he removed to Arkansas, locating on Village Creek, Section 10, Jackson County, on the farm now owned by J. W. Parish; upon this farm Mr. Wallace lived until his death, in 1865, and was buried in the family cemetery, which was on the farm. He was the father of twelve children, eight of whom grew to maturity, viz. : Sarah (who died at the age of twenty years), William (who served in the Confederate Army, Seventh Arkansas Reg- iment, under command of Col. Cleburne, and at the battle of Franklin, Tenn., lost his right arm, died in 1871, and was buried in the family ceme- tery), Carrie (who married Dr. Chunn, and now re- sides at Searcy, White County, Ark.), James E., Amelia (wife of N. B. Wishon, of Newport, Ark. ), Mary (who married I. D. Price, postmaster of Newport), Rina (wife of W. C. Wishon, agent for the Adams Express Company at Newport), Katie (wife of a physician at St. Louis, Mo.), John W., and Dr. R. W. (who married a Miss Brooks, of Florida, and now resides in Texas engaged in farming and stock raising). James E. Wallace


was but thirteen years of age at the time of his father's death, and being one of the elder boys a great deal of responsibility fell upon him. He assumed the management of the farm and took upon himself the rearing and educating of the younger children, all of which he performed with credit. Mr. Wallace now owns three farms, con- taining in all about 540 acres, of which 212 acres are well improved and under cultivation, growing principally cotton and corn, with some oats, millet, clover, etc. October 11, 1877, he married Mary E. Hart, who is a native of Tennessee. Of their four children three died in infancy; the survivor, William Wallace, was born March 11, 1884. Mr. Wallace is a member of Newport Lodge, I.O.O.F., which he joined in his twenty-first year.


John W. Wallace, a prosperous and enterpris- ing merchant, of Newport, Ark., was born in Mar- shall County, Miss., in the town of Holly Springs, on the 29th of January, 1854, being a son of Wes- ley W. and Isabella M. (Rutherford) Wallace, the former a native of South Carolina, and the latter of North Carolina. They were married in North Carolina, and at an early day removed to the State of Mississippi, where they purchased a farm and a number of slaves, and conducted their plantation with success for a number of years. About 1862 they removed to the State of Arkansas, and located in Jackson County, and from that time until the father's death, in 1865, he was engaged in farming a large plantation near Newport. His widow sur- vived him until 1877, when she, too, passed to her long home. Eight of a family of eleven children survive them: Carrie V. (wife of Dr. T. D. Cbunn). James E., Amelia (wife of N. B. Wishon), John W., Mamie (wife of I. D. Price), Rina E. (wife of W. C. Wishon), Kate (wife of Dr. G. Hurt), and Robert W. John W. Wallace, the subject of this biography, was only eight years of age at the time of his parents' location in this county, and here he was reared and educated, and after securing a good common school education he completed his scho- lastic training in the North Arkansas College. Upon leaving his school days behind him he started out in life for himself as a clerk for Wishon Bros., of Jacksonport, and after remaining with them in this


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capacity for seven years he was taken into the busi- ness as a partner. They only remained thus con- nected one year, when Mr. Wallace sold to them his interest and embarked in the same enterprise on his own responsibility, establishing himself in Newport, the firm name being John W. Wallace & Co. At the end of one year he purchased his part- ner's interest and has since been alone. He was so unfortunate as to lose his property in the fire of 1883, but he removed to Rogers, Ark., and opened a store; not liking the location, however, he sold his goods and returned to Newport. His stock of goods is well selected and extensive, and Mr. Wal- lace fully deserves the success which is attending his labors, for he conducts his affairs on strictly honest principles, and is enterprising and industri- ous. He belongs to the Royal Arcanum, and he and wife, whose maiden name was Vannie Lynn, and whom he married in 1884, are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She was born in the State of Indiana, and by Mr. Wallace is the mother of one child-Ruth.


T. T. Ward. One of the best known members of the Arkansas press, is Mr. Ward, who edits the Jackson County Herald. He was born in Bertie County, N. C., on February 8, 1843, and is a son of T. W. and Frances E. (Bentley) Ward, of the same State. The father died while on the way with his family to the State of Tennessee, and is buried at Glade Spring, Va. The other members of the family came on to Tennessee and located at Brownsville, where they remained until 1852, when they moved to Batesville, Ark. Young Ward was reared and educated in Batesville, and at the age of thirteen years was apprenticed to the printer's trade, which he had thoroughly learned at the end of his term. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in Company E, Seventh Ar- kansas regiment, and served until the surrender, taking part in the battles of Shiloh, Mufreesboro, Chickamauga, Franklin, and in fact all the greater engagements. His war record is one that will never be tarnished by time nor die out of the rec- ollection of his old comrades, and no man ever fought more gallantly for the cause he undertook than did Private Ward. On December 16, 1864,


he was severely wounded by a rifle ball in the right wrist, but after his recovery continued to serve until the surrender. After the war was over he returned to his trade, and in 1879 purchased the Herald, which, under his management, advanced to a larger circulation than it had ever attained before. In 1882 he moved the paper to Newport, and has since then issued it from that city. Mr. Ward was married in 1871 to Miss Belle Harbison, by whom he has had two children: Allie and May, and has one of the brightest homes in Northeast Ar- kansas. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.


W. J. Watkins. A name that is familiar to many households in Northeast Arkansas, and one of the leading physicians in that section, is Dr. Watkins. He was born in Rush County, Ind., on October 14, 1849, and is a son of Joseph and Sarah A. (Miller) Watkins, of North Carolina and Virginia, respectively. The families are of Welsh and German descent, and the grandparents on both sides were born in Virginia. The paternal grandfather emigrated to North Carolina, and re- sided in that State several years, when he removed to Rush County, Ind., where he died, as did also the maternal grandfather. The father of Dr. Watkins was a farmer, and was married in Indiana. In his latter days he carried on a successful bro- kerage business, and at the time of his death was one of the best known brokers in Brown County. His body was removed to Rush County and buried, as was also that of the mother. They were the parents of eight children, of whom seven are still living: Berry H., Martha, Perry, William J., Louisiana, Hester A. and Felicia. The Doctor was reared in Rush County, and moved to Brown County when in his fourteenth year. He received a very liberal education in his youth, and, at the age of seventeen years, began to study medicine. In 1867 he commenced to attend the medical lec- tures at the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati. and, in 1872, he graduated from the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery. After being thor- oughly versed in his profession he went to New- burg, Ind., and commenced practicing. He re- mained there a short time, and then moved to Ar- kansas, locating at Clover Bend, but, three years


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after, he again changed, and settled at Walnut Ridge, in the same county, where he remained un- til the spring of 1889, when he left, to the regret of many friends, and moved to Newport. He is building up a fine practice, and is regarded as one of the most competent physicians in that section, besides being a very popular man socially. He is a member of the Lawrence County Medical Asso- ciation, and was its president for a number of years, as well as being a member of the State Medi- cal Society. The Doctor also belongs to the Knights of Honor, and was the State medical ex- aminer of that organization for three and one-half years, also belonging to the Masonic fraternity. He was married in 1872 to Miss Elizabeth T. Jen- kins, daughter of Dr. J. H. and Sarah C. (nee Wayland) Jenkins, both natives of Kentucky, by whom he has had one child, G. Maxey, the lady being a sincere and conscientious Christian, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. Dr. Wat- kins has become one of the most enterprising and valuable citizens of whom Lawrence County can boast. He is always a leading spirit in anything advancing and improving the community.


E. L. Watson. In any worthy history of Jack- son County, Ark., the name that heads this sketch will always be given an enviable place among the leading citizens of the county, and its self-made wealthy business men. His experience in life has been quite a varied one, but at the same time re- flects only credit upon him as a man. He was born in Pulaski County, Ga., November 25, 1819, and is a son of Orin and Lydia (Smith) Watson, who were of English descent, early settlers of Georgia, and removed to Tennessee, locating in Henry County, in 1822, where his mother died, in 1828, and his father died on his second trip from his home in Georgia, in camp on Chattanooga Mountains, Tennessee, in 1822. The father was a farmer by occupation, and he and wife became the parents of thirteen children, three of whom are living: LeRoy, Martha A. and Elbert L. The most important years of the latter's life were spent in Tennessee, after he had reached his fif- teenth year, and although he was reared in town, most of the education he received was obtained


through self-application. In 1836 he left home and kindred to fight his own way in the world, and soon found himself in Hickman County, Ky., where he remained until 1851, being engaged in the oc- cupation of merchandising and farming. He also served for quite a number of years as sheriff of that county. On the 25th of December, 1853, he arrived in Jackson County, Ark., and immediately located in Jacksonport, where he opened a mer- cantile establishment, conducting the same with the best of success for a great many years, but in 1861 gave up this work to enlist in Patterson's Eighth Arkansas Regiment, serving until the month of June, 1862, when, on account of rheumatism, he was compelled to resign, and returned to his home and fireside. In 1883 he removed to Newport, where he carried on merchandising until February, 1886, when he sold out and engaged in the broker's business, which he is still successfully conducting. He has now in process of erection, a substantial bank, and is putting in a fine iron and steel cased burglar and fireproof vault, at a great expense, and the bank, when finished, will be known as the Newport Safe Deposit Bank. Mr. Watson owns about 20,000 acres of land in Jackson and adjoin- ing counties, a part of which is occupied by ten- ants, and several of his farms are very finely im- proved and are very valuable. To his second marriage, with Miss Lizzie J. Caldwell, in 1858, a family of five children have been born: Oren D., Mattie, Ellen, Birdie and Bessie. Mrs. Watson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. and he is a Mason, and is one of the leading and prominent men of Jackson County, having been a resident of this county for thirty-six years.


T. J. Watson, a retired and highly respected merchant of Jackson County, was born in Hick- man County, Ky., on the 8th of December, 1845, and is a son of E. L. and Mary (James) Watson. Mr. Watson was but nine years old when he came to Jackson County, Ark., with his parents and re- ceived the greater portion of his education at the Forest Home Academy. Like many of the young men at that period, his Southern blood was aroused at the first intimation of war, and he joined the Confederate army in the early days of the rebellion,


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becoming a member of the Tenth Tennessee Cav- alry, Company E. He took part in the fight at Parker's Cross Roads, Thompson's Station and a number of other engagements and skirmishes, and in February, 1864, he was captured at Fort Donel- son and confined for about three months. At the end of that time he was paroled and returned home, where he embarked in business at Jackson- port, until February, 1883, when he moved to New- port and carried on his business quite extensively, but in 1889 he sold out and has been practically retired ever since. In 1874 he was elected by the county court to collect the revenue of Jackson County, but owing to some fault of the bond, which was $200,000, he was never qualified. Mr. Watson was married in 1869 to Miss Elizal eth Boyd, of Jackson County, by whom he has had five children: Kate M., Lucy, Elbert L., Bessie and Fannie. He is a member of the Masonic fra- ternity and Hugh DePayne Commandery at Little Rock, as also the Hiram Council No. 18 and Blue Lodge, at Newport, holding the offices of Past Master of the Blue Lodge, and Past High Priest of Jackson Chapter, as well as positions in the Council; he is also an ex-member of the Knights of Pythias and Ancient Order of Odd Fellows. He is also Senior Warden of the lodge at Newport, and has been representative of the Masonic fraternity at the Grand Lodge. Mr. Watson is a full-fledged Mason, and takes a deep interest in all matters pertaining to the fraternity.




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