Goodspeeds Biographies

for Franklin County AR

 FRANKLIN COUNTY, AR BIOGRAPHIES - K, L, M

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed
Publishing Co., 1889.
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William Kendrick, a well-to-do and progressive farmer of White Oak
Township, was born in Tuscaloosa County, Ala., March 10, 1831, and is
a son of Wiley and Charity (Radian) Kendrick, natives of Tennessee and
Alabama, respectively. Both died in Pontiac County, Miss., of cholera,
in 1842, aged about thirty-five years. The father was a mechanic and
farmer, and he and wife became the parents of nine children, only two
of whom are living: Wiley, who is a farmer of Monroe County, Ark., and
William. The latter and his elder brother reared, cared and provided
for the younger members of the family, following the occupation of
farming. The latter was also engaged in overseering a portion of the
time, and when starting out in life for himself it was without means.
He acquired a considerable amount of property before the war, but
during that lamentable struggle all his property was destroyed. He now
has one of the finest farms in Franklin County, Ark., consisting of
212 acres, which is the result of energy and business ability. In
March, 1861, he enlisted in Capt. Davis' company, Col. Churchill's
regiment, Confederate States Army, and after the battle of Shiloh was
engaged in scouting during the remainder of the war. In December of
1860 he was married to Annie Taylor, who died in 1868, in Monroe
County, Ark., where she was born. At the time of her death she was
about twenty-three years of age. She left three children, who are all
living in Franklin County: Cornelius, Samuel and Calvin. She was a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Afterward Mr.
Kendrick married Elvira Givins, who also died in her native county
(Monroe) fifteen months later. His [p.1251] third and present wife is
Mary Threadgill, a daughter of William Threadgill. She was born in
Tennessee, and is the mother of five children: Ada, Oscar, John,
Charles and Henrietta. Previous to the war Mr. Kendrick located in
Monroe County, Ark., and in 1877 came to Franklin County, where he has
since made his home. He is a member of the Methodist Church, and is a
Democrat.

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William V. King was born in Anderson District, S. C., March 9, 1832,
and is a son of Lyndon and Nancy (Hughes) King, natives of North
Carolina and Virginia, respectively. His maternal grandfather, William
Hughes, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. The father was married
in South Carolina, where he lived for several years after. He later
moved to Paulding County, Ga., and there died in 1857. In Georgia
William V. passed his youth, and when of age married. Laura Morrison,
a native of Henderson County, N. C., became his wife in September,
1860, and is now the mother of seven children: Mary Jane, wife of H.
C. Peters; Martha, wife of J. W. Taff; Cornelia, James T., I. M.,
Henry L. and Emma. In 1861 Mr. King enlisted in the Third Brigade of
Col. Stephens' division, and served until the close of the war. He was
in the fight at Tazewell, Tenn., August 6, 1862, and at Baker's Creek,
Chickamauga, Resaca, New Hope and the siege of Atlanta. While on
detached duty, in 1864, he was taken prisoner, and held the remainder
of the time at Fort Delaware. In 1871 he returned to his family in
Georgia, and in the fall of that year came to Arkansas, and
homesteaded land in Franklin County. He now owns 180 acres of land,
which he has purchased at different times, and has fifty acres in a
fine state of cultivation. Mr. King is a member of the Masonic
fraternity.

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James P. King, a successful farmer, and one of the enterprising
business men of Franklin County, Ark., is a native of Alabama, born
September 30, 1832, and is the son of J. F. and Rachel (Gurley) King.
The father was a native of Alabama, of Scotch-Irish descent, and was a
Presbyterian minister. He died in 1856. The mother was born in North
Carolina, and was of English-Scotch descent. She is still living, and
is a resident of the State of Oregon. Their son, James P. King, moved
with his parents to Arkansas when a small boy, and was nearly all over
the State, but remained mostly in Madison County until fourteen years
of age. He then engaged in agricultural pursuits, and this occupation
he has since followed in connection with merchandising, which he
carried on for fourteen years. He was married in Franklin County,
Ark., in 1862, to Miss Jennie, daughter of E. and M. (Bently) Wilson,
who were pioneers of the State of Arkansas. Mrs. King was born in
Arkansas, and died on October 16, 1885. To their marriage were born
eleven children, six now living: Mary C., James P., Emzey, Lena (wife
of Gordon Garrett), Lee (at home), Benonia V. Mr. King is the owner of
7,000 acres of land, 265 acres under cultivation, making one of the
best stock farms in the county, and bountifully supplied with wells,
etc. He erected a gin mill in 1868, at a cost of $6,000, and combined
with this he has a flouring and corn mill.

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Noble R. Mckinney is a son of George and Catherine (Dorland) McKinney,
and was born on May 11, 1837, being one of three surviving members of
a family of twelve children. George McKinney was born in Georgia, and
died in Franklin County, Ark., in 1850, aged seventy-five years. He
was a farmer; a soldier in the War of 1812, being a participant in the
battle of New Orleans, and became a resident of Arkansas in 1837. His
wife was born in South Carolina, and died in Franklin County, Ark.,
when her son, Noble R., was a child. The latter began doing for
himself after his father's death, and met with a rough experience in
his toils. He worked as a farm hand until the breaking out of the war,
when he enlisted in Company C, Fifteenth Arkansas Infantry,
Confederate States Army, serving four years. He was in many battles,
among which are Corinth, Iuka. Pea Ridge, Oak Hill, Port Gibson,
Baker's Creek, Black River and many others of less note. After his
return from the war he purchased and improved an eighty acre tract of
land, which he has since increased to 260 acres, with 160 under
cultivation. He also deals quite extensively in stock. In October,
1861, he was united in marriage to Miss Emeline Crawford, a daughter
of William Crawford. She was born in Franklin County, Ark., February
17, 1842, and became the mother of ten children: Martha J., Collins
C., John S., Jesse, George G., Joseph S., Thomas E. and James Charles.
Those deceased are William C. and Nancy E. Mr. McKinney is a stanch
Democrat

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Hon. William R. Mclane was born in Trigg County, Ky., July 8, 1832,
and [p.1256] is a son of Samuel R. and Martha (Sholar) McLane, who
were also born in Trigg County. The father was a farmer and tobacco
manufacturer, and acquired a goodly fortune in pursuing these
callings. He was a minister of the Missionary Baptist Church, a
Democrat in polities, and after his wife's death, which occurred in
Trigg County, Ky., when her son, William R., was an infant, he was
married to Nancy Jane Lacy, who died in Callaway County, Ky. William
R. McLane is the only child by his father's first union, but he has a
half sister and two half brothers, who are living: Martha B., now Mrs.
Adkins, of Henry County, Tenn.; Thomas J., also of Henry County, and
Henry H., a farmer of Kansas. William R. made his father's house his
home until 1854, and acquired a good English education in the common
school near his home, and at Conyersville (Tenn.) Academy. After
leaving home he went to St. Clair County, Mo., in 1856, where he was
engaged in farming until 1862, and then went to Saline County of the
same State, in which he made his home for seven years. He then resided
in Bates County, Mo., for one year, since which time Franklin County,
Ark., has been his home. In 1850 he joined the Missionary Baptist
Church, and in 1858 was ordained a minister of that denomination by J.
B. Box, J. C. Brashear and Obadiah Smith. During his career as a
minister he has organized many churches in Missouri and Arkansas, and
is now pastor of Reboboth and Shiloh Churches. November 8, 1854, he
was married to Mary H., daughter of Slaton Bourland. She was born in
Kentucky, May 1, 1838, and became the mother of ten children, nine of
whom are living: Albert M., Ella A. (wife of J. L. Swaim), James G.,
John A., Minnie (wife of John W. Lancaster), Charles L., Samuel S.,
Mary C. and William Paul. Malissie T. died in infancy. Mr. McLean is a
Democrat; in 1884 he was elected on the Brothers of Freedom ticket (a
farmers' organization, of which he was a member at that time, though
none the less a Democrat), to represent Franklin County in the State
Legislature, filling the office one term. He is a member of the
Masonic fraternity, and is a man who commands the respect and esteem
of all who know him.

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James R. Mclaughlin, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Franklin
County, Ark., March 9, 1851, his parents being William W. and Mary A.
(Kuykendall) McLaughlin. The father was born in Tennessee, and when a
lad of eleven went to Illinois, where he grew to manhood. In 1833 he
went to Crawford County, Ark. After his marriage he lived in both
Crawford and Washington Counties, and about 1840 came to Franklin
County, where he farmed in White Oak Township until his death, in May,
1881. Mrs. McLaughlin was born in Indiana, and reared in Arkansas. She
now lives in this county. Eight sons and four daughters, born to her,
grew to maturity, and of these five sons and three daughters are
living. Four of the sons are in this county, and one resides in
Sebastian County. James R. passed his youth upon a farm, near where he
now resides. He remained at home until his marriage, in 1872, to
Matilda M. Reynolds, a native of Virginia, who was reared in Georgia,
and is a daughter of Abram Reynolds, deceased. In 1873 Mr. McLaughlin
bought a place which was but slightly cleared, but which he has
converted into a nice farm of eighty acres of cultivated land, the
whole tract containing 160 acres. He has a nice one and a half story
residence, surrounded with good out buildings, and has an apple
orchard of 600 trees, and another containing 250 peach trees. In 1876
Mr. McLaughlin was elected justice of the peace of his township. Upon
the expiration of his term he was re-elected, and served another term.
After being out of office one term he was again chosen to fill the
position, which he did for two more terms. Mr. McLaughlin is
interested in the educational advancement of the county, and has been a member of the school board six years.

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William W. Mansfield, the subject of this sketch, is a native of
Kentucky. After receiving a common-school education he studied law in
the office of Judge Loving, at Bowling Green, in that State, and was
admitted to the bar there in 1852. Early in the following year he came
to Arkansas, and located at Ozark, which has ever since been his home.
He was among the first school-teachers of the village, and while thus
engaged served also for a short time as justice of the peace, having
been appointed to fill a vacancy in that office. While thus occupied
he pursued his studies and gave attention to the small legal business
which was occasionally entrusted to him. After two or three years his
law business increased, and he was enabled to relinquish other
employments. In 1856 he was chosen to represent Franklin County in the
General Assembly, and served in that body to the satisfaction of his
constituents. Two years later he [p.1257] was an unsuccessful
candidate for the office of prosecuting attorney. He was a delegate to
the convention of 1861, which passed an ordinance of secession, and
was a member of the convention of 1874, which framed the present
constitution of the State. At the first election held under the new
constitution he was elected judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit, and
occupied that position until near the close of his term, in 1878, when
he resigned, and resumed the practice of the law. In 1882 his name was
submitted to the Democratic State Convention of that year as a
candidate for Congressman for the State at large. He was defeated by
Hon. C. R. Breckinridge. Under an act of the Legislature he was
appointed by Gov. Berry, in 1883, to digest the statutes of the State,
and compiled the work published in 1884, and usually referred to as
"Mansfield's Digest." After completing his labors as digester he again
returned to the practice of his profession, in which he continued
until October, 1887, when he was appointed reporter of the supreme
court. The latter office he occupies at this date (1888). In the year
1859 Judge Mansfield was united in marriage to Miss Sallie H. Shores,
a native of Franklin County. She and her husband are members of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Their present family consists of four
sons and two daughters.

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Thomas W. Marlar is a native of Fayette County, Tenn., born in 1835,
and is the son of James and Catherine Marlar, both natives of
Tennessee, and both of Scotch descent. They moved to Franklin County,
Ark., in 1843, but later settled in Crawford County, where the
remainder of their days were passed. The father died in 1867, and the
mother in 1856. They were pioneers of that portion of the county, and
the father was a tiller of the soil. His son, Thomas W., was reared on
a farm, and agricultural pursuits have been his chief occupation
through life. In connection with this he is engaged in stock raising.
Although a self-made man, and starting with limited means, he is now
the owner of 550 acres, 220 acres under a high state of cultivation,
the most of it being bottom land, worth $35 per acre, and a mile and a
half from Mulberry. This is one of the best stock farms in the county,
well watered, with 100 acres in pasture. Mr. Marlar is a fair example
of what may be accomplished by industry, good habits and close
attention to business. He has made all his property by farming,
dealing in cattle, and to some extent dealing in mules and horses. He
has been married twice, first, to Miss Susan Wagner, in Crawford
County, in 1859. She was born in that county in 1841, and by her
marriage to Mr. Marlar became the mother of six children, five now
living: Catherine, A. H., Fannie Lee, Solomon A., Thomas H. and George
E. (deceased.) Mr. Marlar was married the second time October 28,
1877, to Miss Gertrude Remy, a native of Franklin County, Ark., born
in 1856, and the daughter of W. J. and Elizabeth Remy, who were
natives of Kentucky, and early settlers of Franklin County. By his
last union Mr. Marlar became the father of four children: Ula, William
E., Olga G. and Robert R. Mr. Marlar is a Democrat in politics, is a
member of the Masonic fraternity, and he and Mrs. Marlar are members
of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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Prof. William H. Martin, a prominent educator of Franklin County,
Ark., was born in Floyd County, Ga., September 2, 1836, being a son of
Hiram and Katie (Mackey) Martin, who were of Scotch-Irish and Irish
descent, respectively. They were born in Surrey County, N. C., and the
father died in Houston County, Ga., in 1872, at the age of sixty-three
years. The mother was born in 1810, and died in Floyd County, Ga., in
1876. They were married in their native State, removing soon after to
Floyd County, Ga., where they resided from 1835 to 1858, and at the
latter date took up their abode in Houston County, Ga., where they
spent most of the remainder of their days. They were members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and he was a Democrat and a successful
farmer. He assisted in removing the Indians from their reservations in
Tennessee and Georgia to the Indian Territory, and throughout his
entire career was noted for his benevolence, kindness and integrity.
Prof. William H. Martin is the third born of eight children, five of
whom are now living: John C., who is a farmer of Floyd County, Ga.;
Elizabeth, wife of John O. Henderson, a farmer of Franklin County,
Ark.; Nancy J., widow of Robert N. Leazer; Anna, wife of John Wells, a
farmer of Yell County, Ark., and Prof. William H. The latter received
a very liberal education at the Cedartown Academy, in his native
State, and after graduating from that institution taught his first
term of school in Floyd County, Ga., in 1857. Here he remained several
years [p.1258] engaged in teaching, then went to Alabama, thence to
Mississippi, and then to Texas. In 1870 he came to Franklin County,
Ark., locating at Ozark, where he was engaged in teaching for twelve
years, acting as principal of the Ozark schools for some time. The two
following years he taught in the rural districts, and then engaged in
farming as a recreation. This work became so congenial to his tastes
that he adopted it as a calling, and has become one of the thrifty
farmers of the county. In 1873 he was appointed superintendent of
public instruction by Gov. Baxter, and the following December was
elected county superintendent of public instruction, which position he
filled two years, Martha E. Pierce, a daughter of Benjamin Pierce,
became his wife November 29, 1866. She was born in Alabama September
30, 1850, and has borne a family of eight children, the following of
whom are living: Ira B., Nellie G., Mary Maud, Nora May, Willie G.,
Grover J., George R., and Mattie A., who died when an infant. Mr.
Martin is a member of the Democratic party, and as an educator and
officer has gained an enviable reputation.

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Michael Metz, a prominent hardware dealer of Altus, Ark., was born in
France, on the 8th of March, 1853. His parents, Michael and Katie
(Heideneker) Metz, were born in Northern France, which is now a
portion of Germany, the father's death occurring in 1871, at the age
of sixty-one years. He was a wagon-maker by trade, and a member of the
Catholic Church. The mother is still residing in Alsace, Germany, and
is sixty-eight years of age. Michael Metz is the youngest of their
four children, and when eighteen years of age determined to seek his
fortune in the United States, and for two years worked at his trade in
Chicago, and then became a newspaper carrier for a Chicago German
newspaper, continuing at this six years, working also at his trade. He
then came to Franklin County, Ark., and after working at his trade for
six years in Ozark, came to Altus and opened a tin-shop, and soon
after added a stock of hardware. In 1875 he was married to Annie
Ziegler, a daughter of Lorenz Ziegler. She was born in 1856, and died
September 27, 1881, having borne three children: Mena, Mike, and
Frankie, who died in 1880, aged four years. The mother and child are
buried in the Catholic grave-yard at Chicago. In 1883 Mr. Metz married
Minnie, a sister of his first wife, and by her became the father of
three children: Leon, Carl and Alfred, who died in 1886, when two
years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Metz are members of the Catholic Church,
and he affiliates with the Union Labor party.

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Rufus K. Milam, farmer and mechanic, is a native of Jackson, Ala., and
is a son of Thomas F. and Amanda (Bell) Milam. Coleman Milam,
grandfather of Rufus K., was born in Laurens County, S. C. He served
in the War of 1812 and also in the Indian War, and after the latter he
located in Hardin County, Tenn., and engaged in farming until his
death in 1869, at the age of ninety-eight years. Thomas F. Milam was
born in Grundy County, Tenn., in 1810, where he was reared and
educated. In 1831 he married Amanda Bell, of Coffee County, Tenn., a
daughter of James Bell, and a descendant on the maternal side of Gen.
John Montgomery, who fell at the battle of Quebec, in the French and
Indian War. James Bell, one of the earliest settlers of Tennessee, was
a distiller and extensive farmer, and was also engaged in
merchandising; politically he was a Whig. After his marriage Thomas F.
Milam settled on a farm in Coffee County, Tenn., whence he removed to
Hardin County, and followed farming. He was a carpenter by trade, and
owned a fine farm on the Tennessee River. He was an early settler, and
was a prominent man in politics as well as church work. In 1859 he
removed to Arkansas, and located on a farm near what is now Sub Rosa.
At the outbreak of the late Civil War he entered the Confederate army
as orderly-sergeant, and died at Van Buren, Ark., in March, 1862. Mrs.
Amanda Milam died in 1880, the mother of ten children, of whom nine
are living, viz.: Margaret (wife of C. M. Gammill), Rufus K., Lucas
C., Calaway J., James F., Malinda (now Mrs. Ambrose Williams), Thomas
F., Frances C. (who married Thomas Nolan), William H. O. and Lorenzo
M. Mrs. Amanda Milam was a Christian woman, and an active worker in
the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rufus K. Milam was born July 27, 1834,
and grew to manhood on the farm in Hardin County, Tenn. He learned the
trades of wheelwright and blacksmith, and first went to Arkansas in
1857, returning to Tennessee the same year, and the following year he
went to Eastern Florida, where he worked at his trade until 1860, when
he again went to Franklin County, Ark., and located on the farm where
he now resides. In 1862 he was conscripted [p.1259] in the Confederate
army, and held contrary to his wishes. He made his escape, and
subsequently assisted in recruiting the Second Arkansas Cavalry; he
was made lieutenant of Company G, and was in active service until the
close of the war. He took part in Gen. Price's raid through Missouri,
served as railroad guard in Tennessee, was in several skirmishes, and
was discharged at La Grange, Tenn., August 20, 1865. He then married
Martha A. Poindexter, and their five children are James H., Belle R.
(wife of John Priest), Joseph P. and George and Hannah (twins). Mr.
Milam is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He owns a
fine farm of ninety acres, all under cultivation, and continues to
work at his trade.

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Lucas Coleman Milam, farmer and stock raiser of Franklin County, is a
native of Franklin County, Tenn., and was born March 3, 1836. His
parents are Thomas F. and Margaret A. (Bell) Milam. Our subject grew
to manhood in Hardin County, Tenn., in the common schools of which
county he received his education. He chose farming as an occupation,
and in 1859 located on a farm in Franklin County, Ark. In 1861 he
enlisted in the Confederate army with his father, and took part in the
battles of Pea Ridge and Iuka. He was captured at the battle of
Corinth, Miss., but was paroled in a short time and sent to Vicksburg,
and afterward returned to his home, where he remained for over one
year. In January, 1864, he enlisted in Company E, Eighteenth Iowa
Infantry, and served until the close of the war, receiving his
discharge at Little Rock July 21, 1865. He then went to Fort Smith,
Ark., where he remained a few months, and subsequently returned to his
home, where he resumed farming on the old homestead with his brothers,
and in 1869 he engaged in merchandising and cotton-ginning, in
partnership with his brothers, at Sub Rosa, until 1871. In 1879 he
again engaged in partnership with his brother, C. J. Milam, in a gin
and mill at Lose Creek, in which he continued until 1883. In 1871 he
married Susan Hoyle, daughter of James M. Hoyle, one of the early
settlers of Franklin County, in which county she was reared and
educated. Nine children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Milam, viz.:
Arthur L., Amanda J., James M., Joseph L., Lorenzo D., Malinda F.,
Bertha V., Pearlie A. and an infant. After his marriage Mr. Milam
settled on a farm one-half mile south of Sub Rosa, and removed to his
present farm in 1880. He owns two good farms of 365 acres, and has 160
acres broken and under cultivation. In politics he is a Republican.
Mrs. Milam is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South.

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Calaway J. Milam, a merchant, farmer and miller of Sub Rosa, was born
in Hardin County, Tenn., April 1, 1838, and is a son of Thomas F. and
Margaret Amanda (Bell) Milam, the former of whom was reared in Grundy
County, Tenn., and settled in Hardin County soon after his marriage.
Thoms F. Milam served in the Florida Indian War, and in 1859 located
on the farm now owned by our subject in Franklin County, Ark. At the
outbreak of the late Civil War he took an active interest in the
welfare of the Confederates, entering the army in 1861 and serving
until his death, which occurred in the spring of 1862 at Van Buren,
Ark. He was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
where he was class-leader. The mother of Calaway J. Milam was a native
of Grundy County, Tenn., and of her ten children nine are now living.
She died at the home of her son Calaway in September, 1880. Calaway J.
Milam was reared in his native county, and received his education in
the common schools. He removed to Arkansas in 1860, April 9, and
settled on the farm where he still lives. In the spring of 1863 he was
conscripted in the Southern army, and participated in the battles of
Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove, after which he returned to his home. In
the year 1864 he enlisted in Company E, Eighteenth Iowa, and served in
the treasurer's department. He was afterward in the battles of Camden,
Saline and Poison Spring, serving honorably and actively until the
close of the war, receiving his discharge at Little Rock in 1865. In
the fall of 1864 he, with others, was escorting a family of refugees
to Fort Smith, when he was overtaken and fired into by a large squad
of bushwhackers. He received a minie-ball in his left hip, which
confined him to the hospital at Fort Smith until he was mustered out
at Little Rock in April, 1865. He now receives a pension from the
Government for this wound. Upon returning to his farm, in 1869 he was
married to Nancy Bryant, of Franklin County, and their seven children
are Thomas F., Andrew J., Edward, Josie, Nora, Daisy and Pearlie. In
1869 Mr. Milam engaged in cotton-ginning and merchandising with his
brothers, in which he continued two years, and again started in the
same business at [p.1260] Sub Rosa in 1879, which he still carries on
successfully. He is one of the most enterprising farmers of the
county, owning 700 acres of land, 400 acres of which are under
cultivation. Politically he is a stanch Republican, and was appointed
postmaster of Sub Rosa in 1878. Mr. Milam is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.

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James F. Milam is a native of Franklin County, Tenn., and was born
April 26, 1840. His parents are Thomas F. and Margaret A. (Bell)
Milam. James F. grew to maturity and received his education in Hardin
County, Tenn., removing to the State of Arkansas with his parents in
1859. In 1861 he enlisted in Company G, Second Arkansas Cavalry,
United States Army, and served until the close of the war, receiving
an honorable discharge at Memphis, Tenn., in August, 1865, when he
returned to Hardin County, Tenn. In 1866 he married Nancy J. Long, of
Hardin County, who was a daughter of Isaac Long, a farmer by
occupation, who was born in South Carolina and went to Tennessee with
his parents in 1838. He died in March, 1887. Nancy J. Long was born in
Hardin County May 25, 1845, and received a common-school education.
Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Milam, viz.: Thomas,
Mary, Francis A., Martha E., Oscar C., Minnie C., now living, and
Louis A. and William L. deceased. The family are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. After his marriage Mr. Milam located on a
farm in Hardin County, Tenn., and in 1878 located on the farm where he
now resides, in Franklin County, Ark. He owns 240 acres, of which 120
acres are under cultivation.

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Thomas F. Milam is a son of Thomas F. and Amanda (Bell) Milam, and was
born in Hardin County, Tenn., September 5, 1844. He received a common-
school education in his native county, where he remained until fifteen
years of age, and in 1859 removed with his parents to Franklin County,
Ark. In 1861 he entered the Confederate army, in Capt. Arbuckles'
company, Col. Rector's regiment. He participated in the battle of
Prairie Grove, and was captured at the battle of Helena, and was taken
to Alton, Ill., where he was held eight months, and was then taken to
Fort Delaware, and imprisoned there twelve months. March 10, 1865, he
was exchanged, and returned to his home in Franklin County. His first
farm consisted of forty acres, to which he has since added 120 acres.
December 25, 1868, he married Rebecca A. Maynard, of Franklin County,
a daughter of James O. Maynard, who came to Franklin County with his
father early in the history of Arkansas, and served in the late war,
participating in the battle of Pea Ridge. Mr. and Mrs. Milam have the
following children: William R., Thomas F., Anna L., James M., Albert
J., Etha F., Ernest M., Daisy A., Mary B. and Ira C. The parents are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In politics Mr.
Milam is a Democrat.

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William H. O. Milam, a farmer by occupation, was born in Hardin
County. Tenn., May 8, 1850, and is a son of Thomas F. and Margaret
Amanda (Bell) Milam. He grew to manhood on his father's farm, in
Franklin County, Ark., and received his education in the common
schools of that county. In 1879 he married Louisa M. Rector, who was
born in Missouri in 1860, and is a daughter of Charles Rector, who
located in Franklin County after the war, and engaged in farming and
carpentering. Mr. and Mrs. Milam have four children: Leonard, Bertie,
Maud and Charlie. Mr. Milam is one of the most enterprising farmers of
Franklin County. He owns 275 acres of land, and has 175 acres under
cultivation, all well improved and upon which are built a good farm-
house and barn. He takes an active interest in educational matters,
and his children enjoy the advantages of the best schools. Mrs. Milam
is a member of the Baptist Church. Politically Mr. Milam's sympathies
are with the Republicans.

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Hon. Jesse Miller. Prominent among the leading men of Maxey Township,
and among those deserving special recognition for their long residence
in the State, stands the name of Hon. Jesse Miller, who was born in
Nashville, Tenn., January 7, 1803, and is the son of Simon and
Elizabeth (Reed) Miller, who were of French and English extraction,
respectively. The parents were married in Richmond, Va., and there
passed their early lives. Later they moved to Nashville, Tenn., from
there near the St. Francis River, in the Territory of Arkansas, and
after remaining here about three years moved to Lawrence County, and
thence to Batesville, Independence County. As before mentioned, Jesse
Miller's birth occurred in Nashville, Tenn., and the log house in
which he was born is still standing, and in a good state of
preservation. He remained with his parents until about 1818, when he
went to Mulberry, Franklin Co., [p.1261] Ark., with a family by the
name of Bean, here lived with an Indian, cleared ten acres of land and
raised a crop. Here he was joined by his father, after the Indians had
been removed to their present Territory, who settled where our subject
now resides, where he bought a claim of 160 acres, and died in 1834.
The mother had received her final summons about five years previous.
Jesse Miller, previous to his immigration to Franklin County, Ark.,
clerked for about a year in a wholesale dry goods and grocery house,
after which he sold goods for another firm, and, at the call of Gen.
Jackson, he was elected commander of militia for the Territory of
Arkansas. He was elected sheriff of Crawford County, Ark., in 1833,
and served two years. In 1835 he was elected to the Legislature on the
old-line Whig ticket, served two years with honor to himself and to
the electors, and was then elected to the State Senate in 1852,
filling that position until 1861. He had become acquainted with many
of the leading men of the State, while at the post at Arkansas, in
1818, and was prominent among them. He was married in this county, in
1835, to Miss Amanda Whitsome, who was born in Tennessee in 1820, and
who bore him eleven children, three now living: Jesse, Jr., of Oregon
City; Lucy N., wife of Judge Wilson, of Ozark, and Anna N., wife of C.
A. Wells, and the mother of three children: Miller, Stuart and Esther.
Mrs. Miller died in 1873, leaving a large circle of friends to mourn
her loss. Mr. Miller is the owner of 200 acres of land, is a member of
the Baptist Church, and was a member of the Masonic fraternity, but
was honorably demitted. He has been a man of unusual energy and
perseverance, and by his good management and close attention to
business has amassed quite a fortune, which will render the sunset of
his life happy and comfortable. He has donated liberally all his life
to charitable institutions, and has the confidence and esteem of all
his acquaintances.

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Bailey P. Miller, junior member of the firm of Nichols & Miller,
general merchants at Altus, Ark., was born in Franklin County April
12, 1852, and is a son of Elijah and Mary, (Bathus) Miller, who were
born in Virginia, and died in Arkansas October 27, 1877, and September
16, 1878, aged fifty-seven and sixty-two, respectively. They were
children when their parents moved to Smith County, Tenn., and there
they were reared to manhood and womanhood, and were married. After
removing west they first located in Jefferson County, Ark., but two
years later came to Franklin County, where they spent the remainder of
their days. The father was a minister of the Missionary Baptist
Church, but also followed the occupation of farming. He organized a
great many churches, and during his career as a minister of the Gospel
was instrumental in converting many souls to Christianity. During the
late Civil War he served three years in the Confederate army, and was
in all the principal battles fought in Arkansas. He was a Democrat,
and the father of eight children, five of whom are living; Jane
Frances (wife of William Steele), Emily S. (wife of G. W. Nichols),
Bailey P., Mary and Samuel H. Bailey P. received a liberal education
at Ozark, and since 1874 has been engaged in farming. In that year he
took a trip to California, but returned home in the spring of 1876,
and went to Texas, where he remained three years. He then returned to
Arkansas, and, with the exception of a short time spent in Texas, has
since resided in Franklin County. In January he engaged in the
mercantile business with Mr. Nichols, but is also engaged in farming.
He is a Democrat, and possesses excellent business qualifications,
which eminently fit him for a public career. He has taught a number of
terms of school, and what property he now has has been acquired by his
own labors.

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William C. Milton, farmer and stock raiser, was born in Lauderdale
County, Ala., December 14, 1826, and is a son of Elisha and Nancy
(Morphis) Milton, natives of North Carolina. In 1836 the family moved
to Arkansas and located in Franklin County, where the father entered
land and improved the farm upon which our subject now lives. Here a
family of six sons and one daughter was reared. Of these, four sons
and the daughter are now living. One of the sons is now a resident of
Texas. All six brothers joined the Confederate army, five enlisting
from Franklin County, and two met their deaths while in service.
William C. grew to manhood upon the home farm, and lived with his
father until the death of the latter. In 1853 he married Eliza,
daughter of D. L. Bourland, now deceased, but formerly of Tennessee.
Mrs. Milton was born in Tennessee, and is the mother of six children:
Wallace (in business at Charleston, Ark., married Elizabeth Richardson
in 1881, the daughter of E. Richardson, [p.1262] deceased), Carroll
(in Fort Worth, Tex.), Eddie (married, in 1881, Fanny, daughter of L.
R. Jeffers, deceased, now resides in Mulberry), Walker, Dennie
(married R. S. Jeffers in 1885) and Minnie. In 1862 Mr. Milton
enlisted in the Confederate army, and served in Col. Thompson's
regiment until the close of the war. He fought at Fayetteville and
Fort Smith, and several skirmishes. He was disbanded in Texas, whither
his family had gone during the war. In September, 1865, he returned to
Franklin County and resumed his farming. He now owns eighty acres of
good land under cultivation, and has in all 200 acres. His barns and
out-buildings are well constructed, and he lives in a good one-story
house. Mr. Milton is a Master Mason of the Ozark Lodge, and his wife
is a Presbyterian.

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Jesse M. Milton was born in Franklin County, Ark., February 10, 1846,
his parents being Samuel and Lucinda (Smith), natives of Alabama and
Tennessee, respectively. About 1836 the parents immigrated to Franklin
County, Ark., where they purchased raw land and farmed. The father
died in 1863, but the mother still survives. They reared their family
of nine children here, of whom but two sons and two daughters survive.
They reside in this county. Jesse M. Milton attained the greater part
of his education after reaching manhood, and September 12, 1867, was
united in marriage to Jane Barham, who was born in Newton County, and
is a daughter of John Barham. After his marriage he rented land a few
years, and in 1873 located upon his present farm, which he homesteaded
in 1880. He has 160 acres of land, forty of which he keeps under
cultivation, and upon which he has erected good buildings. His orchard
contains 200 trees of different kinds of fruit. Mr. and Mrs. Milton
are members of the Primitive Baptist Church. To them six children have
been born: Mary Catherine, wife of Hulett Anderson; Martha E., Sarah
L., Alice J., Jessie E. and Harriet. William Jasper Milton, also a son
of Samuel and Lucinda Milton, now lives upon the old homestead, where
he passed his youthful days. In August, 1861, he enlisted in the State
service, and in 1862 joined the regular Southern army. He served under
Col. Brooks, and fought at Oak Hill, Prairie Grove, Saline River and
Helena. After the army was disbanded he resumed his farming, and March
7, 1869, was united in marriage to Mary Anderson, who was born in
Mississippi, but reared in this county, and is a daughter of William
Anderson, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Milton have four children: Baxter,
Flora A., Robert M. and Martha E. Mr. M. is a successful farmer, his
home place consisting of 120 acres of Mulberry bottom land, fifty
acres of which are cleared and cultivated.

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Henry Moomaw, farmer and stock raiser, was born in Ross County, Ohio,
April 21, 1825, and is of German descent, his grandfather Moomaw
having immigrated to Pennsylvania from Germany in an early day. His
father, Henry, was born and reared in Virginia, and when a young man
went to Ohio, where he married Annie Gray. She was born in
Pennsylvania, and her father, John Gray, was a native of Scotland.
After his marriage Mr. Moomaw farmed in Ross County, Ohio, until his
death, October 25, 1869. Our subject lived with his father until
nineteen years of age, and then learned the blacksmith's trade at
Greenfield, Highland Co., Ohio. After serving three years'
apprenticeship he remained there several years, and then worked about
eight years in London, Madison Co., Ohio, after which he farmed upon
the home place in Ross County four years subsequent to his father's
death. In 1877 he immigrated to Arkansas, buying his present place. He
owns 200 acres of land, about seventy of which are under cultivation
and well improved, with good buildings and a nice fruit orchard of two
acres. On 120 acres of his land is a coal vein of from twenty-two to
twenty-seven inches in thickness, and the coal is pronounced by judges
to be of fine quality. Some iron ore has also been discovered upon the
place. In 1884 Mr. Moomaw was elected justice of the peace, and as
such served one term. While in Ross County, Ohio, he was married, July
18, 1850, to Susan A. Clavenger, daughter of Enos Clavenger, of
Virginia, who served in the War of 1812. Mrs. Moomaw's mother was a
Miss Martin, and she was reared in Kentucky. Mrs. Moomaw was reared in
Clinton County, Ohio, and is now the mother of six children: Ellen
(wife of Edward Huey), Cynthia E. (wife of William Mann), Augustus A.
(of Logan County), Mary E. (a widow), Ann (wife of Henry Huddleston)
and Henry E. (who is married and resides on the home place). Mr. and
Mrs. Moomaw belong to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and the
former is a Royal Arch Mason.

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Hezekiah W. Moore, farmer and stock raiser, was born in Gwinnett
County, Ga., October 29, 1831, and is a son of Isham and Charlotte
(Bennett) Moore, natives of North Carolina and Georgia, respectively.
The father devoted his entire life to agricultural pursuits, and
accompanied his son to Arkansas, where he died February 18, 1873. Our
subject grew to manhood in Georgia, working upon the farm, and October
15, 1852, married Susan Cofield, who was a native of the same county
as himself. They then farmed in Walker County, Ga., until the war,
with the exception of one year spent in Alabama. In 1862 Mr. Moore
enlisted in the Third Georgia Regiment under Col. Estes. He served
until the close of the war, two years as third lieutenant, and was
paroled at Kingston, Ga., in May, 1865. He was in the fights at
Murfreesboro, Tenn., Philadelphia, Tenn., and Chickamauga, and at New
Hope Church received a flesh wound, which disabled him from further
service. After the war he farmed in Georgia until 1869, and then
purchased his present farm in Franklin County, Ark., where he has
since resided. He first bought but eighty acres, and now owns 160, ten
of which he has under cultivation. His orchard contains about 200
fruit trees of different varieties. Mr. Moore lost his first wife in
November, 1859, and in 1862 he was married in Georgia to Melissa Pear,
a native of that State. By his first wife he had four children, all of
whom are married and have families, viz.: Mary J., wife of A. Pace; C.
C., wife of William Jackman; N. M., married, and S. I., also married.
By his last wife he has three children: W. W., T. W. and J. W. Mr. and
Mrs. Moore are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and the
former is a Master Mason.

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Blakely E. Moon was born in Walden County, Ga., July 21, 1839, and is
a son of William B. and Emarilla M. (Brooks) Moon, both of whom were
natives of Walden County, Ga. The former died in Gordon County, of his
native State, in 1868, being fifty-two years old at the time of his
death, and the latter's death occurred in Henderson County, Tex., in
May, 1882, aged fifty-five years. The father was a Democrat, a farmer
and mechanic, and was a soldier in the Florida War, under Gen.
Harrison. He was the father of five sons and three daughters, all of
whom are living but one: Obedience, widow of O. F. Nichols; Joseph E.,
Daniel; Zylphia Jane, wife of S. A. Long; John; Sarah, wife of John
Murrill; William, who died in Tennessee in 1876, and Blakely E. The
latter remained with his parents until the breaking out of the
Rebellion, and in the early part of 1861 went to Savannah and enlisted
in Company H, of the Twenty-third Georgia Infantry, being put in the
State service. His company was sent to Virginia, and while in that
State he participated in the battle of Seven Pines, Seven Days' fight
before Richmond, Wilderness, Williamsburg, Fredericksburg and South
Mountain. He afterward participated in the battles of Savannah and
Ocean Pond, and then returned to Virginia, and took part in the battle
of Petersburg. He received a severe wound in the right leg by a musket
ball, and while at home in Georgia, on furlough, was captured and
taken to Chattanooga, thence to Camp Chase. He was entirely without
means at the close of the war, but was engaged in farming in his
native State until 1869, when he located in Franklin County, Ark.,
where he has an exceedingly fertile and well-improved farm of 200
acres, the result of his energy and perseverance. In August, 1866, he
was married to Cynthia Underwood, a daughter of John Underwood, and a
native of Walker County, Ga. She died in Franklin County, Ark., April
16, 1870, being twenty-eight years of age at the time of her death,
and the mother of three children: Alice, now the wife of A. Jeffrey;
William and an infant. In 1872 Mr. Moon was married to his present
wife, whose maiden name was Josie Moore. She was born in Gordon
County, Ga.; in 1853, and was left an orphan at an early day. To her
union with Mr. Moon seven children have been born: Charles F., Eugene,
Josie, Sula, Toker, Rotie, and Abner an infant. Mr. and Mrs. Moon are
members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and he is a Democrat.

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