Goodspeeds Biographies
for Franklin County AR
FRANKLIN COUNTY, AR BIOGRAPHIES - S - T
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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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A. Hulbert Sadleris a native of Arkansas, and was born in Yell County
December 3, 1846. His father, the Hon. G. C. Sadler, was born in South
Carolina, [p.1276] and in 1827, when about sixteen years of age, came
to Yell County, Ark., and later studied medicine there and in Scott
County. He was married in the latter county to Annie E. Logan,
daughter of the late Col. James Logan, and a native of Missouri, who
was reared in Arkansas. In the spring of 1847 Dr. Sadler removed to
Franklin County, and settled in Mulberry Valley, sixteen miles
directly north of Ozark. He was one of the first settlers in this
region, and until the war farmed and kept a mercantile store upon his
farm. He also established the Cass Post-office, of which he was the
postmaster. In 1848 he represented his county in the State
Legislature. His death occurred in November, 1862. He reared a family
of four sons and three daughters. Two of the sons are now deceased. N.
B. Sadler was a member of the Arkansas Legislature in 1874, and died
December 28, 1879, and James L. died April 28, 1868. Both were
soldiers in the Civil War. Those now living are our subject, David
Sadler, of Baltimore, Md., and three sisters. A. Hulbert Sadler grew
up upon his father's farm, and when nine years old lost his left arm
in a cottongin. After the war he attended school one year in Hopkins
County, Tex., and then in the fall of 1866 returned to Franklin County
to take charge of the home farm. He has always been a successful
farmer, and is now the owner of the old homestead, containing 280
acres, the larger portion of which is rich bottom land. He has about
100 acres under cultivation, and all his buildings are well and
substantially made. In 1882 Mr. Sadler was elected sheriff of the
county, and he discharged the duties of that office during his term in
a manner to win the respect of all. September 4, 1868, he married Ann
Baxter, daughter of John Baxter, clerk of Scott County, and formerly
of Alabama. Mrs. Sadler is a native of Scott County, and received her
education there and at Van Buren. She is the mother of nine children:
Daisy B., Hoyt E., Jasmine, Quaile, Bertha B., Hulbert, John A., Leta
A. and an infant now deceased. Mrs. Sadler is a member of the
Methodist Protestant Church. Her sister, now the wife of Prof. F. J.
Allen, was the wife of the late James L. Sadler, by whom she has one
daughter, who is now attending the Peabody Institute at Nashville.
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William F. Sawyer, proprietor of a livery and feed stable, and a
successful agriculturist, now residing in Mulberry, is a native of
Arkansas, his birth occurring July 18, 1835. He is the son of John G.
and Gabriella (Nickson) Sawyer, natives of Vermont and Tennessee,
respectively, the father of Irish-English descent and the mother of
Scotch-French. They reared two children, our subject being the eldest.
He attained his growth on a farm, and followed agricultural pursuits
until about 1854, when he went to California by the overland route,
and here remained thirteen years engaged in mining and keeping hotel.
In 1867 he returned to Arkansas and resumed the occupation of farming.
In 1863, while in California, he met and married Miss Sarah A. Alford,
a native of Indianapolis, Ind. She died in 1864, leaving one child,
Sarah J. Mr. Sawyer was married in Franklin County, Ark., in 1867, and
chose for his second wife Miss Mary E. Adams, who was born in
Tennessee, and who is the daughter of William Adams. Six children were
the result of this union: Henry G., Julia, Johnnie (deceased),
Catherine, Ada J., and Alice Nevada, born August 30, 1875, died July
1, 1876. Mr. Sawyer is the owner of a house and lot in Mulberry, also
a business house, and near that village he has 300 acres of land, 240
under cultivation. He is fitted out with all the requirements of a
first-class livery barn, has nine head of horses, eleven carriages and
buggies, and his rates are very reasonable. He is a member of Pleasant
Hill Masonic Lodge No. 233, and is a Democrat in his political
principles. Mr. Sawyer is also engaged in farming quite extensively,
and is quite a stock dealer. He has about twenty-four acres of land in
peanuts.
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Rev. A. G. Shelton was born in Dickson County, Tenn., April 20, 1822.
His father, William Shelton, was born in Pittsylvania County, Va., in
1769, and there married Priscilla Mustain, also a native of that
county. In October, 1811, they became pioneer settlers of Dickson
County, where they farmed until the death of Mrs. Shelton, after which
Mr. Shelton lived with his son, finally dying in Danielsville in 1857.
Our subject grew to manhood in Dickson County, and the greater part of
his education has been gained since reaching mature years by hard and
persistent study. He was married in his native county on January 5,
1843, to Rachel A. Lewis, a native of the same county, and then
engaged in stone-cutting, furnace-building and farming until 1861,
when he gave up the [p.1277] furnace business. In November, 1869, he
removed to Humphreys County, and farmed and sold dry goods until he
immigrated to Arkansas. April 20, 1864, he lost his wife, who left
four children: Sarah D. E., wife of J. S. Winfrey, of Kentucky; J. A.,
married, and living in Waverly, Tenn.; W. J., of Columbia. Tex., and
J. M., of Waco, Tex. January 11, 1865, Mr. Shelton was united in
marriage to Sarah A., daughter of William Hust, of Clarksville,
Montgomery Co., Tenn., and widow of Mr. J. T. Foust. In 1884 Mr.
Shelton located in Ozark, Ark., where he purchased town property. Mr.
Shelton was ordained a minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
in 1858, and until 1885 was actively engaged in ministerial duties,
but since that time has retired from active church work on account of
the illness of his wife, although he is still deeply interested in
church matters. In 1888 Mr. Shelton was elected justice of the peace
of Ozark, and is now fulfilling the duties of that office. He is a
Royal Arch Mason, and has served as Master of his lodge a number of
years.
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William H. Sherman, a farmer and stock raiser of Franklin County, was
born in Dutchess County, N. Y., May 13, 1802, the only son of William
and Elizabeth (Stark) Sherman. The father, who was also a native of
Dutchess County, where he was reared and followed the pursuits of
farming and stock raising all his life, died when our subject was a
child. After the death of her husband Mrs. Elizabeth Sherman returned
to her native State, Pennsylvania, where, to support herself and son,
she engaged in tailoring. She died as she had lived, a Christian
woman, in 1837. William H. Sherman grew to man hood in Pennsylvania,
where he learned the carpenter's trade, and returning to his
birthplace he followed carpentering for thirteen years. In 1824 he
married Sarah Kennedy, a daughter of Thomas Kennedy, and a native of
Pennsylvania. Mrs. Sarah Sherman died in 1856, the mother of eleven
children, six of whom are now living, viz.: Henry, James, Almond,
John, David, and Mary, now the wife of Henry Kennedy, of Clark County,
Ill. Mr. Sherman subsequently married Mrs. Maria Watson, nee Walker,
who was born in Ohio, and their children are Scott, Emma (wife of
Charles Hiatt) and Orr. Mr. Sherman located in Licking County, Ohio,
in 1837, where he engaged in farming until 1850, when he removed to
California, returning to Ohio in 1852. Two years later he became the
possessor of a large farm of 500 acres in Clark County, Ill. He
removed to his present farm in Franklin County, Ark., in 1879, where
he is extensively engaged in stock raising and the production of hay.
The farm consists of 803 acres, and is one of the finest in the
county. Mr. Sherman creditably filled the office of county supervisor
for several years, and also served as commissioner of roads. He is a
member of the F. & A. M., and in political faith is a Democrat. Mrs.
Sherman is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
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John M. Simpson, a native of Rutherford County, Tenn., was born June
26, 1828, and is a son of John and Sarah (Bickle) Simpson, the former
of whom was born in North Carolina in 1800, and when six years of age
removed with his parents to Tennessee, locating in Rutherford County.
They afterward went to Cannon County, of the same State. The father of
our subject was a farmer and blacksmith, and died in Tennessee in
1869, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The mother was born
in Virginia in 1802, and of her eight children, six are still living.
John M. Simpson was reared in Coffee County, Tenn., and received a
common-school education. In 1846 he went to Izard County, Ark.,
returning to Tennessee two years later, where he remained until 1869,
and the following year located on his present farm in Franklin County,
Ark., which he has well stocked. He is a blacksmith by trade, to which
he devotes considerable attention. In 1849 he married Eliza E.
Messick, and their children are: John A., Eliza E., Elizabeth C.,
Cordelia L., George F. and Sarah L. Mrs. Simpson died December 2,
1885, a member of the Baptist Church.
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W. J. Smith was born in Jackson County, Ala., March 7, 1851, and is a
son of Arthur and Mary J. (Adams) Smith, natives of Alabama. Mrs. Mary
J. Smith was born in Jackson County, Ala., July 22, 1828, and was a
daughter of Toliver and Frances (Stephens) Adams, who removed to
Alabama from Tennessee. Toliver Adams died in 1836; his widow
afterward married Mr. Grizzle, and died in 1876. Mrs. Mary J. Smith
was reared in Alabama, where, in 1845, she married Arthur Smith, whose
parents moved from North Carolina to Kentucky, and finally located in
Alabama. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Smith lived in Alabama
until about 1860, when they removed to a farm near Ozark, Franklin
Co., Ark. At the outbreak of the late war Mr. Smith enlisted in the
Confederate [p.1278] army, and in 1863 died from sickness contracted
while in the army. In this family were eight children, viz.; Nancy E.
(wife of J. N. Williams), Leroy, William, Dr. John J., Henry, Frank,
Allie (wife of C. Gammill) and Dr. Arthur. Mrs. Smith is a member of
the Baptist Church. W. J. Smith was but ten years of age when his
parents came to Arkansas, where he received his education and has
since lived. In 1872 he married Mary Pendergrass, daughter of John J.
Pendergrass, a native of Alabama. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have six
children, viz.: Maude, Roscoe, Cora, Bessie, Thomas S. and Hoyt A. Mr.
Smith located on his present farm in 1873, and in 1886 began operating
a gin-mill, to which he devotes the greater part of his attention.
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Maurice W. Spencer, a well-known planter and stock raiser of Franklin
County, is a native of Washington County, Ark., and was born April 29,
1840. His parents were Isaac P. and Pinkie H. (Moberly) Spencer,
natives, respectively, of Tennessee and North Carolina. The father
removed from his native State to Arkansas, locating at Cane Hill,
Washington County, where he remained until 1870, when he went to
Charleston, and in 1875 went to Yell County, Ark., where he operated a
saw-mill until his death, which occurred June 11, 1884, at the home of
our subject. He took an active interest in educational matters, and
was liberal in his religious belief. The mother of our subject died
March 13, 1881; her children were: Margaret, wife of Dr. Kelleam; Mary
J., wife of Col. A. V. Rieff; Hiram O., who was killed in the battle
of Prairie Grove during the late war; Kate, now Mrs. J. M. Pettigrew,
and Maurice W. The latter was educated at Cane Hill College until
fifteen years of age, when he entered the store of A. W. Dinsmore &
Co., of Bentonville, where he clerked two years. He then went to
Charleston and engaged in merchandising with his brother, Hiram O. In
1861 he enlisted in the Confederate army, and served in the commissary
department until the close of the war, returning to Charleston from
Texas in 1866. The following year he engaged in farming and
merchandising from 1869 to 1879, in 1879 removing to his present farm,
which consists of 220 acres, all under cultivation. May 23, 1861, Mr.
Spencer married Sally A. Richardson, who was born December 9, 1849,
and is a daughter of E. M. Richardson, of Franklin County. Mr. and
Mrs. Spencer have eight children, viz.: James H., John I., Susie H.,
William M., Americus V., Mary K., Eugene L. and Felix D., all at home
except the eldest, who is attending medical lectures in Louisville,
Ky. Mr. Spencer is a member of the A. F. & A. M., and his wife is a
member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
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John Stephens, justice of the peace of Morgan Township, was born in
Jackson County, Ky., November 19, 1848. His father, Solomon Stephens,
was born and reared in Kentucky, and there married to Margaret
Scaborn, who was also of Kentucky, born in 1868. They left their farm
and came to Arkansas, locating at first in Madison County, in 1882
removing to the farm in Franklin County, where he now lives. Solomon
Stephens died at Greenfield, Mo., June 14, 1886. His wife, Margret
Stephens, died at their late residence April 26, 1885. They were the
parents of five sons and three daughters, of whom five sons and two
daughters are living: John David, Matthious, William H., Robert M.,
Ala Carpenter and Martha J. Forbes. Mary Bond died April 6,1885. John,
Robert M., and Ala, wife of William P. Carpenter, are residents of
this county. John passed his early life in his native county, and in
the fall of 1868 was married to Adline L. Rose, a native of Virginia,
and daughter of Andrew J. Rose, now a resident of Franklin County.
After his marriage John Stephens went to Madison County, Ark., and in
1885 bought the old home place in Franklin County. His farm contains
160 acres, sixty being under cultivation and well improved, with good
buildings, and a two-acre orchard. He and his first wife parted in the
year of 1878, Mr. Stephens keeping the children, David and Margaret J.
Stephens. February 15, 1882, he married Mary E. Forbes, daughter of
Robert Forbes, and a native of Kentucky, and there reared. This
marriage has been blessed with three children: Delie M., Elmer and
Clarence B. Stephens. Himself and wife are members of the Christian
Church, and he is a member of the K. of H. In 1888 he was elected
justice of the peace, and is now performing the duties of that office.
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Uriah G. Stokes, another prominent citizen of Hogan Township, Franklin
County, was born in North Carolina April 5, 1823, and is the son of
John and Jane (Gening) Stokes, both of whom died in Stewart County,
Tenn., in 1835. They were married in North Carolina, afterward moved
to East Tennessee, from there to Henry County of the same State, and
still later to Stewart County, [p.1279] where they passed the
remainder of their days. He was a farmer and shoemaker by occupation,
and the mother was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Of their
family of nine children, four now living, Uriah G. is the fourth
child. After the death of his parents he was bound out to William
Ethridge, of Stewart County, Tenn., and remained with him until twenty
years of age, when he left him and came to Franklin County, Ark. He
was married October 6, 1843, to Miss Rebecca Roy, daughter of Ephraim
Roy, and a native of Tennessee. She died in Franklin County, Ark., in
1865, when about thirty years of age, without issue. After marriage he
located at Mulberry, and began working at the blacksmith trade, which
he continued for some time. He then moved on White River, in Madison
County, Ark., remained but a short time, and then returned to Franklin
County, where he remained until the breaking out of the late war, when
he moved to Pope County, of the same State. Before the close of the
war he came back to Mulberry, and enlisted in Gordon's regiment, went
to Missouri and worked at his trade. After the war he returned to
Franklin County, and engaged in farming in connection with his shop,
which he still continues. In 1866 Mr. Stokes married Mrs. Martha E.
Brown, widow of B. P. Brown, and the daughter of W. C. Tann, born in
Humphreys County, Tenn., about 1843. Mr. Stokes is a member of the
Masonic fraternity, has been J. W., and is a Democrat in politics. He
and Mrs. Stokes are members of the Methodist Protestant Church, of
which his wife was also a member. He is the owner of 160 acres of good
land, and is in comfortable circumstances. Mrs. Stokes was the mother
of two sons by her marriage to B. P. Brown, William C. and J. B. P.;
the latter died July 17, 1887, at the age of twenty-two years.
NOTE FROM FAMILY:
FYI, regarding the paragraph that begins <http://www.rootsweb.com/~arfrankl/goodspeed/st.txt>:
Uriah G. Stokes, another prominent citizen of Hogan Township, Franklin
County, was born in North Carolina April 5, 1823, and is the son of
John and Jane (Gening) Stokes, both of whom died in Stewart County,
Tenn., in 1835. They were married in North Carolina, afterward moved
to East Tennessee, from there to Henry County of the same State, and
still later to Stewart County, [p.1279] where they passed the
remainder of their days. He was a farmer and shoemaker by occupation,
and the mother was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Of their
family of nine children, four now living, Uriah G. is the fourth
child. After the death of his parents he was bound out to William
Ethridge, of Stewart County, Tenn., and remained with him until twenty
years of age, when...
My father was also (as am I) "William Ethridge", a Presbyterian elder who was born in Columbus, MS, in 1912, and grew up in West Point, MS. For many years we lived in Jackson, MS, while my father served on the MS Supreme Court, including roughly 10 years (1961 until his death in 1971) as Chief Justice. Since many of the Ethridges came to the deep south, down and across from Virginia and North Carolina, the William Ethridge mentioned on your website might well related to my "clan" of Ethridges.
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Encinitas, CA
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Hon. Monroe Stroup, druggist of Webb City, was born in Gordon County,
Ga., December 15, 1847. His father, Judge Alexander Stroup, was born
in South Carolina, and when a young man left his native county to
settle in Cass County, Ga., afterward, however, removing to Gordon
County. He was a man of fine education, and was a graduate from a
Virginia university. While in Georgia he practiced law several years,
and held many prominent positions in his county. In 1860 he located in
Little Rock, Ark., and shortly after moved to Prairie County, where he
died in 1862. His wife is still living. Our subject received a fair
education during his youth, in his native county, which he has since
greatly improved by study and observation. He accompanied his parents
to this State in 1860, and in August, 1863, enlisted in Col.
Crawford's regiment, and served until the close of the war, being on
detached duty most of the time. He participated in the battles at
Poison Springs, Mark's Mill, Prairie De Hand, Iron Mountain, Pilot
Knob, Jefferson City, Boonville, Lexington and Big Blue. After being
paroled at Little Rock, in May, 1865, he farmed in Lonoke County,
until 1877, and then established himself in the drug business at
Ozark. In 1883 he purchased the Charleston Vindicator, which paper he
edited until February, 1884. He then published the Sun, in Ozark,
until 1887, but in April of that year sold the paper and started his
present drug store in Webb City. He owns a large and complete stock of
drugs, and does a good business. During the trouble designated as the
"Brooks and Baxter War," in 1874, Mr. Stroup commanded a company of
militia, and did active service. In 1888 he was elected representative
of his county.
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Jacob Thomas Taylor, a farmer of Mill Creek Township, Franklin County,
was born in Henry County, Ala., November 7, 1846, and is a son of
Robert H. and Sarah (Valentine) Taylor. The great-grandfather of our
subject was a native of Wales, and immigrated to South Carolina before
the Revolutionary War. He lost his life fighting for the colonies.
Jacob Taylor, father of Robert H., was a furrier, and removed from
South Carolina, his native State, to Georgia, where he remained until
his death, which occurred in 1845. Robert H. Taylor was born in South
Carolina September 10, 1816, and was but four years of age when his
parents located in Wilkinson County, Ga., where he grew to manhood and
received a common-school education. He chose farming as an occupation,
and first settled on a farm in Wilkinson County, but in 1846 he
removed to a farm in Henry County, Ala., where he lived until 1869,
when he located in Franklin County, Ark., and again engaged in the
pursuit of farming. He served several terms as justice of the peace in
Alabama, and in 1864 enlisted in the Alabama State troops, and served
on detached service, though holding a commission in the regiment at
one time. In 1838 he married Sarah Valentine, who was born in
Wilkinson County, Ga., June 10, 1820, and was a daughter of Thomas
Valentine, who was captain of a militia company during the Florida
War. To [p.1280] Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Taylor were born thirteen
children, of whom eight are now living, viz.: Mary F. (wife of John
Valentine), Jacob T., Tabitha J. (who married James S. Rice), Levi M.,
Robert F., Andrew J., Martha A. and Giles C. Robert H. Taylor died in
Franklin County, Ark., in September, 1871, and his wife died in
January, 1876. The latter was an active member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Jacob T. Taylor was reared in Wilkinson County, Ala.
In 1864 he enlisted in Company E, Twenty-fourth Alabama Regiment,
Confederate army, and participated in all the engagements of the Army
of the Tennessee until the close of the war, when he returned to his
home in Alabama, and resumed farming. In 1867 he removed to Franklin
County, Ark., and settled on a farm near Webb City, locating on his
present farm in 1872, where he entered eighty acres, which he has
cleared, and has since added to his first purchase until he now owns
253 acres, and has 120 acres under cultivation. In 1869 he married
Eliza St. Clair, who was born in Franklin County in 1846, and is a
daughter of William St. Clair, who came to Arkansas before it was a
State, and was one of the earliest settlers of Franklin County. Seven
children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob T. Taylor, viz.: Aubrey,
Emma, Edna and Stella now living, and Edward R., Wallace and Benham.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, and he is steward of the Charleston Circuit. He is also a
member of the A. F. & A. M., of which he is the present secretary, and
has twice represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge. He is a stanch
Democrat, and has served as justice of the peace in Mill Township two
terms.
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Edward Tolbert was born in Chesterfield District, S. C., September 5,
1836, and is a son of Sam and Christian (Norris) Tolbert. The paternal
grandfather was a native of Virginia, but in early life moved to South
Carolina, where he followed farming and blacksmithing. Sam Tolbert was
reared in South Carolina, and subsequently removed to Calhoun County,
Ala. He was a cripple the greater part of his life, and was a
blacksmith and gunsmith by trade. He also devoted some attention to
farming. His death occurred in 1867. Mrs. Tolbert, the mother of our
subject, died in 1882, at the age of seventy-two years. She was the
mother of eight children, of whom but two are living: Edward and
Wiley. Edward Tolbert grew to manhood in Calhoun County, Ala.,
receiving such education as could be obtained at home when he could be
spared from the task of caring for his parents. In 1862 he enlisted in
the Thirty-first Alabama Regiment, and served until wounded at Fort
Gibson May 1, 1863. He was paroled, and upon his arrival home found
four of his brothers badly wounded. Again charge of the family
devolved upon him, and he engaged in shoemaking until 1871, when he
removed to Arkansas and turned his attention to the pursuit of
agriculture, locating upon his present farm in 1879. April 25, 1866,
he married Almina C. Reeves, a native of Alabama, and they have had
twelve children, all living but one: William E., James H., Peter M.,
Julia M., Amanda, Samuel I., Thomas L., Cocoa, Arthur and Oscar
(twins) and Virginia Pearl. Mr. Tolbert is a Democrat in politics, and
takes an active interest in educational matters. Both he and wife are
members of the Christian Church.
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Samuel Turner was born in Perry County, Tenn., March 19, 1842, and is
a son of the Hon. Elias T. and Sarah (Durning) Turner, natives of
Tennessee and North Carolina, respectively. In 1847 Mr. Turner removed
with his family to Franklin County, Ark., where he reared his children
and farmed until his death, March 10, 1884. He was one of the
prominent men of the county, and for many years served as justice of
the peace. During the war he raised a company of men, of which he was
elected captain. He fought in the battle at Oak Hill, and toward the
close of the war joined the army in Texas. Of his family of five sons
and three daughters all grew to maturity, and all save one married.
William J. was killed while in the Southern service, and only two sons
and two daughters live at this writing, all of whom reside in this
county. They are: our subject, Henry G., Mrs. M. T. Russell and Mrs.
M. J. Seals. Samuel Turner lived with his father until his marriage in
Scott County, April 18, 1862, to Phebe Jane Marsh, a native of this
State and county, and daughter of Edward and Susan Marsh, of
Tennessee. During the war Mr. Turner was in the State service until
the battle of Oak Hill, when he joined the Confederate army. From
April, 1862, until the close of the war he was in the Twenty-third
Texas Cavalry, under Col. N. C. Gould, and held the office of
sergeant. He participated in the engagements at Mansfield and Pleasant
Hill, La., and was [p.1281] disbanded in May, 1865. In September of
that year Mr. Turner came back to Franklin County, and in 1872 located
upon his present farm, which he has since improved and cleared. He now
owns 350 acres in two tracts, and has about 125 acres cleared and
improved. Mr. Turner is an influential man in his township, and for
six consecutive years served as justice of the peace. To himself and
wife the following children have been born: Martha T., wife of William
Rogers; Rosa L., wife of W. G. Anderson; Emily A., wife of J. H.
Childers; Elias S., William E., Leonard M., Samuel G. and Phebe I.
Three of their children died in infancy. Religiously, they are
Hardshell Baptists.
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