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George Byerly, farmer, Atkins, Ark., was born in Germany in July, 1819, and has all the prominent characteristics of those of German birth, being thrifty, industrious and enterprising.  He is the son of Conrad and Elizabeth (Schmidt) Byerly, natives of the old country, who emigrated to America in 1836.  The parents located in Clarke, Ind., bought land and there tilled the soil until their deaths in 1848.  Of the six children born to their marriage, five were sons and one a daughter.  The daughter, Mary, married a man by the name of Caufman, and is now deceased.  The sons were named Michael, David, George, Paul and John.  The last named died in Louisville, Ky., several years ago.  David went to Boston, Mass., on a visit and died while there, and Michael died in Indiana about 1878.  George Byerly removed from Indiana to Louisville, Ky., about 1848, but prior to this, in 1843, he was married to Miss Margaret Edlin.  He became disgusted with farming in Indiana, being obliged to sell corn at 12 1/2 cents and wheat for 37 1/2 cents per bushel, after going a distance of eight miles to market, and after moving to Kentucky he engaged in hack driving in Louisville, accumulated some money, and then moved to Arkansas in 1854, pausing for about two years in Conway County before permanently locating in Pope County.  He here bought land and has been engaged in tilling the soil ever since.  He now owns 320 acres of land and has 210 acres under cultivation.  He has also 112 acres in Conway County.  When the war broke out he had seventy-five head of cattle, twenty-four horses and mules and 2,000 bushels of corn, all of which were appropriated by the Union troops, Mr. Byerly never receiving a cent of money for his property.  To his marriage were born ten children, five of whom are now living: John, Michael, America, Mary and Georgia.  John is married and resides in Logan County, where be is engaged in the drug business at National Springs; Michael is clerk in a dry-goods store in Morrillton; America resides in Morrillton and is the wife of Richard Brooks who is the owner of a large amount of real estate; Mary married Calhoun Strong, a prosperous merchant of Morrillton, and Georgia married James Collins, a farmer of Pope County.  Mr. Byerly has retired from active business, and is living in Atkins where he is honored and esteemed.  He is now seventy-one and his wife seventy years of age.  Both are church members, be of the Methodist and she of the Regular Baptist Church.  They are liberal contributors to all laudable enterprises, and are among the leading citizens of the community.

A. J. Collins, farmer, Holly Bend, Ark.  Pope County, Ark., is acknowledged by all to be one of the best agricultural portions of the State, and as such its citizens are men of advanced ideas and considerable prominence.  A worthy man among this class is found in the person of Mr. Collins who was born in the Old Dominion, Butetourt County, in March, 1840.  He removed from Virginia to Alabama in 1861, and there he was occupied in repairing telegraph line and was engaged in the same business in Mississippi and Tennessee until 1871.  After that he had charge of a gang of section bands on the M. & C. R. R. for two years.  He then returned to Mississippi, bought land and was engaged in farming until 1880.  In 1865 he was married to Miss Matilda Feagin, daughter of Thomas Feagin, of Mississippi, and to them were born ten children, viz.: William F., A. J., J. D., Minnie J., Fanny Ann, George S., Lily D., Lulu May, Luther J. and Ann Elizabeth.  Three of these children are deceased: Lulu May, Luther J. and Ann E.  William F. and A. J. are residing in Texas, but the other children are at home with their parents.  Mr. Collins lost his first wife in September, 1885, and was left with eight children to care for.  In January, 1886, be was married to Miss Mary J. McMasters, daughter of Jonathan McMasters of Mississippi.  Our subject returned to the last named State on purpose to marry Miss McMasters, having formed her acquaintance some years before while in that State.  To the last union were born two children: Anna Eliza and Luther Franklin, the latter deceased.  Mr. Collins now owns 120 acres of good land situated in Holly Bend Township, Pope County, and near Holly Bend post-office, and has sixty-five ores under cultivation.  He and Mrs. Collins are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.  Mr. Collins was one of twelve children, eight now living, two besides our subject residing in Arkansas, born to the union of John D. and Nancy (Perry) Collins, both natives of Virginia.  The paternal grandparents were of Irish and the maternal of German descent.

William L. Crow, farmer, Caglesville, Ark.  Mr. Crow is a man of decided intellectual ability, and his progressive ideas and energetic, wide-awake manner of taking advantage of all new methods have had not a little to do with his success in life.  He was born in Jackson County, Ark., in 1865, and is one of twelve children, five of whom are living, born to Stephen and Tempy A. (Boyd) Crow, the father a native of South Carolina, and the mother of Georgia.  The children besides our subject now living are Mrs. Sarah L. Benton, Mrs. Mary A. Sherrell, Mrs. Miley D. Pearson and Mrs. Dulcina Howard.  The parents moved to Arkansas in 1860, settled in Jackson County, where they purchased 120 acres of land, of which they cleared about seventy acres, and then sold out and came to Pope County in 1872.  There they purchased 120 acres of land, homesteaded eighty acres more, and at the time of his death, which occurred in 1887, the father had cleared about sixty acres.  The mother is still living.  At the age of nineteen years William L. Crow removed to Russellville, remained there for nearly two years, and then went to Center Township, where in connection with farming he taught school, engaging in the latter occupation about six months each year.  He is sole heir to his father's estate, in which his mother holds a life interest, and he has made many improvements, erecting barns, cribs, and clearing land.  His principal crops are corn, cotton and oats, and he is also engaged in stock-raising.  Mr. Crow is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, is vice-president of Pope County Sunday-school Association for Center Township, and is also vice-president of the Singing School Association for said township.  He has been secretary of the Sunday-school Association three terms, secretary of the home Sunday-school for seven or eight years, and superintendent of the same for a year.  At a special election he was made justice of the peace in 1888, and was re-elected to that position in 1890.  He has been chairman of the township convention, and is a member of the Democratic central committee of Pope County.  Mr. Crow has been on the staff of the Russellville Democrat for ten years as correspondent and reporter, and by a system of short-hand of his own, is able to report speeches, etc.  This he has frequently done for the Democrat, and also writes for the Pope County Mail, and for the City and Country, an Ohio publication, devoted to farming interests.  He has also reported for other papers on special occasions.  At the present time Mr. Crow is turning his attention to fruit-raising, having planted 1,200 apple and some peach trees, and now has an orchard of about 300 trees.  His land is nicely adapted to fruit-raising, all varieties thriving in this section.

John C. Darr, merchant, Athens, Ark.  Prominent among the successful business concerns of Athens stands the mercantile establishment conducted by Mr. Darr, who is one of the city's most enterprising and popular business men.  He was born in the Tar Heel State, Lincoln County, in 1833, and of the six children born to his parents, Henry R. and Ann (Blackburn) Darr, he was second in order of birth.  He attained his growth on the farm, was educated in the country schools, and at the age of eighteen years he left his home to learn the trade of plasterer and bricklayer.  After finishing his apprenticeship, in 1858, he came with his family to Arkansas and settled in Pope County.  In 1859 he went to Mississippi, remained there for one year, and then returned to Pope County, where he was residing at the breaking out of the war.  He enlisted in Dodson's company, and was in a number of skirmishes in Arkansas, but was soon taken sick and discharged.  After a time he joined Company E, Gordon's regiment, Cabell's brigade (cavalry) and served in the Trans-Mississippi Department, and on outpost duty.  He was in several skirmishes in Louisiana, was in the battles of Poison Spring and Marksville, was at Jenkins' Ferry, but not in battle, and was in nearly all the engagements of Price's raid through Missouri.  He was captured near Pisgah Church in Pope County in the winter of 1864, was sent to the military prison at Little Rock, and was released at Gen. Lee's surrender.  He then came home and for a year was in bad health, and on this account went to Texas where he remained until 1871.  He went to Hot Springs in 1871, and was engaged in mercantile business there until spring of 1874.  While residing in Texas he was engaged in contracting and building and erected many of the first buildings in Waco and Jefferson.  In 1874 he came to Atkins, and at once engaged in business with his brother, J. F. Darr, the partnership continuing until 1881, when they separated, and Mr. Darr has been in business alone ever since.  Mr. Darr now occupies a large building, 25xl00 feet, with warehouse, and owns another building which he erected, 26x120 feet, for a storeroom.  He carries a fall line of general merchandise of about $11,000, and does an annual business of about $35,000, buying cotton and doing a plantation supply trade.  In 1880 he erected a neat residence in town and owns considerable other town property besides a farm of 260 acres which he rents.  He was married in 1871 to Miss S. D. Wilson, of this county, a daughter of James Wilson, who is one of the old settlers of this section.  It was in honor of the latter's grandfather, who came here at an early day, that Wilson Township was named.  To this union were born six children, four of whom are living and two dead: Emmett L., Claude W., John E., Lizzie and Annie (twins).  Annie died at the age of six months, and the first born child died unnamed.  Mrs. Darr, who died in 1883, was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  Mr. Darr was married the second time in 1885 to Miss M. E. Scarlett, who was born and raised in this township (Wilson).

E. A. Darr, merchant, Atkins, La.  This popular and very successful business man was originally from North Carolina, his birth occurring in 1835, and was the third in a family of six children born to Henry R. and Ann (Blackburn) Darr, both of whom were natives also of North Carolina.  The father was a farmer, was quite a prominent citizen, and hold several county offices of trust.  He died in his native State in 1845.  The mother is also deceased.  The paternal grandfather, Henry Darr, was of German descent, and was a farmer by pursuit.  He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.  His wife lived to be ninety-nine years of age, and often told her grandson, E. A. Darr, many interesting events of the Revolution.  She had a number of relics of that eventful period.  The maternal grandfather, David Blackburn, was of English descent, and was also a soldier in the Revolutionary War.  E. A. Darr was taught the rudiments of farm labor, but at an early age he learned the trade of bricklayer and mason.  He was married in 1870 to Miss L. C. Plott, a native of the Old Tar State, and to them were born eight children, five now living; Guy, Ida (died at the age of sixteen years), Roy (died in infancy), Fay, Ora, Ira, Ree and Ott (who died in infancy).  After learning his trade Mr. Darr worked at that until 1860.  He came to Arkansas in 1858, settled near Atkins with mother and family, and at the breaking out of the war in 1861 enlisted in the Confederate Army, Company B, Second Arkansas Mounted Riflemen.  He was in the battles of Oak Hill (Mo.), Pea Ridge (Ark.), and the command then crossed the Mississippi, where Mr. Darr was in the battles of Farmington and Richmond, Ky.  He was wounded at the last-named place on August 30, 1862, and reached home in 1863.  After the war he worked at his trade for a year, and then engaged as clerk for R. A. Dowdle, at Galla Rock.  The next year he became a member of the firm, and has since been an active merchant.  In 1873 be came to Atkins, cleared the land, and was the first to make a settlement.  He was among the first merchants.  In 1880 he erected his fine brick store, 25x140 feet, and carries a full line of general merchandise and plantation supplies.  He carries a stock of goods valued at $12,000, and does an annual business of from $50,000 to $75,000.  He is an energetic business man, abundantly worthy of the large measure of success achieved.  Aside from this he is the owner of about 2,000 acres in different tracts, with considerable under cultivation and all of which he rents.  He was made post-master at Atkins in 1873, and was also the first railroad agent at that place.  He owns one of the best residences in the town, and a number of other residences.  Mr. Darr is a self-made man in the fullest sense of that much-abused term, and is enterprising, progressive and public spirited.  He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Galla Rock Lodge No. 172, is a K. of P., of Arcadia Lodge No. 24, and is a member of the I. O. O. F., Lodge No. 38.  He is an active supporter of the principles of Democracy.

James F. Darr, merchant, Atkins, Ark., is another prominent business man of Atkins, and as such he has the confidence and respect of all.  His birth occurred in North Carolina in 1841, and of the six children born to his parents, Henry and Ann (Blackburn) Darr (see sketch of J. C. Darr), he was fifth in order of birth.  He attended the schools of his native State, and there remained until 1858, when he came to Arkansas, and there followed farming until 1874.  At the opening of the war in 1861, he enlisted in Company I, King's regiment, and was in the battles of Prairie Grove, Helena and Little Rock, after which he went to Louisiana.  Later he returned to Arkansas, and was in the battle of Jenkins' Ferry, and numerous skirmishes.  He surrendered at Marshall, Tex.  Returning to Arkansas he first engaged in farming, and in 1874 he came to Atkins, where he has since been engaged in merchandising.  He first was in partnership with J. C. Darr, but they dissolved partnership in 1881, and our subject has since been in business alone.  In 1881 he erected his fine two-story brick business house, 25xl40 feet, and has a large warehouse.  He carries a stock of goods valued at $14,000, and does an annual business of about $30,000.  He buys cotton, and does a general furnishing business.  Aside from his mercantile interest he is the owner of 100 acres of land, and has sixty-five acres under cultivation.  In 1884 he erected a neat two-story residence, and has a pleasant, comfortable home.  He is also the owner of fifteen acres in town, and two tenant houses.  He was married in 1868 to Miss Mary J. Hearin, a native of Pope County, and the daughter of J. A. Hearin, who is a pioneer of this county.  To Mr. and Mrs. Darr were born nine children, six of whom are living: John E. (book-keeper in Mr. Darr's store), William E., James L., Roy W., Alva C. and Earl.  Eugene, Carl and an infant are deceased.  Mr. Darr was the first mayor of Atkins.  He is a member of the K. of P., Arcadia Lodge No. 44, and has been chancellor commander.  Mrs. Darr is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

John W. Daniel, farmer, Atkins, Ark.  Mr. Daniel was born in Cherokee County, Ala., on February 9, 1859, and is the son of Thomas Y. and Elizabeth (Clifton) Daniel, the father a native of South Carolina, and the mother of Georgia.  The parents were married in Cherokee County, Ala., and resided there until 1860, when they removed to Pope County, Ark.  They bought large tracts of land, 265 acres in Lee Township, Pope County, lying on Arkansas River, and 440 acres partly in Conway and partly in Pope Counties.  They reared a family of four children, William M., Mary D., Thomas Y. and John W., all of whom are living in Pope County, and engaged in tilling the soil.  William married Miss Ada Tobey, and is the father of three children.  Mary D., married John White, a stanch Democrat, who is deputy sheriff and has served in that capacity for ten years.  Thomas Y. is not married, and is also an agriculturist.  John W. Daniel was married in November, 1887, to Miss Lucy H. Talkington, whose parents died several years ago.  To this marriage have been born two children, a son and daughter, Connie and Thomas Y., the former about two years old and the latter two months.  Mr. Daniel has 200 acres of land in Lee Township, lying on the river, all rich bottom land and worth at least $40 per acre.  On this he raises corn and cotton, producing easily a bale of cotton to the acre.  Mr.  Daniel farms some himself, but rents the most of his land.  He is one of the most prosperous farmers in Pope County, and one of its most liberal contributors to all laudable enterprises.  In politics he is strictly Democratic.

Caleb Davis, planter, Gum Log, Ark.  The parents of Mr. Davis, Caleb and Catherine (Henderson) Davis, were natives of Maryland and South Carolina, respectively.  The father was a farmer, and left Tennessee for Missouri in 1809, settled near New Madrid, where he experienced the earthquake shock two years later, his house being destroyed by the same.  He followed farming, and died in 1816. The mother died at the same place in 1865.  Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and reared their son Caleb to that belief.  The latter was born in Tennessee in 1808, moved with his parents to Missouri in 1809, and there resided until 1831, when he came to Arkansas, settling in Pope County, on the same farm where be now resides, the following year.  At that time the country was a wilderness, and in that year Mr. Davis built the first house in Gum Log Valley.  He entered 900 acres of land, cleared 300 acres, and as his children grew up he gave them farms, so that at the present time he owns but a small portion of the original tract.  He organized the first Sunday-school in this section in 1839, and has been superintendent of that school ever since, being elected annually since the first school.  On the fiftieth anniversary of this school an entertainment was given, at which many Sunday-school workers from all parts of the State were present.  He has also been an earnest advocate of public schools, and has been director for years.  Mr. Davis was a Soldier in the Mexican War, was on frontier duty, and was also a Confederate soldier in the Civil War.  He raised a company and was in the battle of Pea Ridge, Corinth, Grand Gulf, Baker Creek, Black River, Inka, and was through the siege of Vicksburg.  He had been promoted to colonel, but during the siege he commanded a brigade.  He was captured, paroled, and came home, after which he did not return to the army.  He was married in Missouri, in 1827, to Miss Elizabeth Tackett, who bore him ten children, three now living: William P. (died at the age of thirty-five years), James Lewis (has been farming in California for fifty years), Andrew Jackson (died at the age of eleven years), John Alvin (died in Texas when forty years of age) George W. (a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church South), Caleb Marion (killed on his way home after the war), Narcissus P. (died in 1884), Sarah E. (died at eleven years of age), one died in infancy, and Albert Q. (the youngest, a successful farmer on the old homestead).  Mr. Davis has been a steward in the Methodist Episcopal Church South for forty years, class leader for thirty years, and has always been a liberal contributor to church and Sunday-school.  He was county judge for six years, first in 1847, serving two years, again in 1860, for two years, and still again in 1866, for two more years.  He has been an extensive stock-raiser, a prosperous farmer, and ran a cotton-mill and gin for years.  He had a horse-mill at first, and served the whole country.  In 1874 he secured a special post route to Gum Log, once a week, and was the first postmaster at that place.  They now have mail three times a week, and Mr. Davis has been postmaster all the time.  He is one of the oldest and most eminently respected citizens of the county.  Although considerably over three score years and ten, the allotted age of man, time has dealt very leniently with him, and he is in comparatively good health, bidding fair to live many years longer.

Samuel B. Dickey, farmer, Potts Station, Ark.  The subject of this sketch is one of the honored pioneers of Pope County.  He has been located here for thirty-four years, and has not only become well-known, but the respect and esteem shown him is as wide as his acquaintance.  His finely improved farm of 240 acres is adorned with a commodious residence, and everything about the place indicates to the beholder a prosperous owner.  Mr. Dickey was born in Lincoln County, N. C., in 1810, and is the, son of Alexander and Margaret (Blackwood) Dickey, natives of Ireland and North Carolina, respectively.  They both received their final summons in the list named State.  Samuel B. Dickey was married in his native State to Miss Mary Oates, daughter of John Oates, and the fruits of this union were six children: Margaret Ann, Elizabeth J., John O., Alexander B., Nancy and William, all of whom died in North Carolina except William.  Mr. Dickey removed with his family to Pope County, Ark., in 1856, and here his daughter Katie was born.  She married William Ferguson and died in 1887 leaving her husband and three children.  Mr. Dickey is now one of the oldest and most respected citizens of the county.  His children are all deceased, but he has one grandson living with him.  This child is named John C. Falls, and is the son of their daughter, Elizabeth J.  Honored and esteemed by all, this worthy couple will pass the sunset of their days in Pope County, where so many years of their lives have been passed.
J. B. Evants is the.senior member of the general mercantile firm of Evants & Co., of Russellville, Ark., and was born in Pope County, March 17, 1839, to William Evants and wife, who moved to this county from Middle Tennessee, in 1830, the father's death occurring hero in January, 1884, at the age of seventy-ono years.  Of a family of ten children born to him and his wife, three sons and fl,ve daughters are still living, all but one son and one danghter, who live in Texas, being residents of this county.  T. B. Evants was given the advantages of the common schools for a short period each yeiii-, the rest of the time being devoted to farm labor.  He began earning his own living at the age of seventeen years, and in 1857 started across the plains to California, where he was engaged in mining and stock-raising for ten years.  In 1867 lie returned to Russellville.  Ark., and purchmed a farm of eighty acres, on which he settled and began to improve.  After attending to its ciiltivation for one year be opened a store at Dover, but at the enl of one year's residence was married there and moved with his family to California and engaged in the raising of sheep.  He started for Nevada with 3,000 head of sheep, but while in one of the passes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains be was overtaken by a snowstorm and every sheep perished.  He immediately returned to Arkatisap;, and hero followed merchandising until State troubles in 1872, when his whole stock of goods was taken from him, leaving him involved to the extent of $2,000.  He then turned to the soil for a way out of his difficulties, and during the ten Tears thut he devoted to farming he paid off all big indebtedness, and at the end of that time (in J884) resumed merchandising, and has since received an abundantsharooffortune'sfavors.  Henowd.osan annual business of $20,000, and is theowner of 500 acres of land in this county, 400 of which ire under cultivation.  Inadditiontotbishchasagoodhome in the west part of Russellville, and a niiml,or of tenement houses and stoie buildings Nvliieb be rents.  He has $1,000 stock in the cotton factory of this place, besides being interested in some other prosperous investments.  In January, 1861.), he was married to Miss Loiiisa, a daughter of John Petty, of Dover, and by her lie has two sons and two daughters.  The oldest, Franklin Q., is attending school in Tennessee, but the other members of the family are attending cllool in Russellville.  The family are inembpr.@ of the Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Evants belongs to the K. of P., and in his political views i.@ a Democrat.  Although he has met with many busitieq. reverses he has never despaired, but has devoted all his energies to I)ending circumstances to his will, and the handsome fortune of which lie is now the possessor is the result of unswerving fidelity to every detail of his work.

Loyd D. Ford, merchant and planter, Atkins, Arl,. This prominent business man and planter first saw th,) light of day in Tennessee, May 21, 1832, and of the ten children born to IiiB parents be was the Y01IDgeSt in order of birth.  The father, Thomas Ford, was born in 1787, in Maryland, and was inarri.,l in Tennessee to Miss Margaret Chap-man, a native of Tennessee, her.birth occurring in1792.  In 1834 they moved to Kentuckv and thefather followed farming and l,lacksn@ithing until
1844, when he moved to Arkansas, settling in Poin. sett County, where he had eight children living.  He was killed in 1854 by a fall from a horse.  The mother died in Kentucky in March, 1843.  Loyd D.Ford resided with his brother until twentysix years of age, and was then married to Miss Catherine McClode, a native of Pope County.  He then entered a farm of eighty acres in the western part of Pope dounty and there resided for five vears when his wife died, leaving two children, both of whom are also deceased.  In 1862 be enlisted in Hill's battalion and served in Arkansas.  He was in very poor health, and on this account was in service only about a year.  He was married the second time in July, 1863, to Mrs. Elizabeth Griffin, daughter of Charles Carrell, and a native of Tennessee.  In 1865 Mr. Ford bought a farm of 200 acres on Point Remove Creek, and to this has since added until at the present time be is the owner of 360 acres in one tract and has 120 acres under cultivation.  The remainder is in timber.  He also owns eigbty-otio acres in the bottom lands, has sixty-five acres of this under cultivation, and is the owner of land in Faulkner and Conway Counties.  Ho resided on his farm until 187(i and then moved to Atkins, where be erected a residence and has since made his liome. in 1884 he engaged in general merchandising with J. A. Bost, with whom he continued for fifteen months.  Mr. Ford's time is now mostly occupied in renting and overseeing his land, but he has retired from active bnsiness.  When Mr. Ford first came to Pope County he was sick and did not own a dollar.  All he has made is the result of his own enterprise and industry.  In 1876 be, with Afr.  Bost, built the first steatn-mill and cottoti-gin in Atkins, which was well patronized, and this they conducted for i,ine years.  Tc, the second marriage of Mr. Ford were born ton children, seven of whom (lied in infancy.  Those living are: Lizzie Ford (wife of Hugh C. Bledsoe, a druggist of Atkins), Kittio Brown and Loyd D. Jr. Mary Arkansns, a daughter of his first wife, died at the age of nine years.  Be.il" his own children Mr. Ford has reared several orphan chil. dren.  In politics he is a Democrat, an,, lie and family are members of the Cumberland Presbyt,%rian Chnrcb.  He has been a strong advocate of schools and is a public-spirited citizen.  He is a Alasou, a member of Galla Rock Lodge 172, cbapter at Atkins, and is a charter member.  He is also a member of the K. of H. Mr. Ford owns an interest in two brick buildings and other town property in Atkins.

J. T. Fowler is one of the prominent members of the Pope County bar, and is a living example of the fact that the profession of law has attracted the best talent of the country.  He is the junior member of the well-known legal firm of Bradley & Fowler, and as he has resided in this county from his birth, which occurred June 17, 1852, the people of this section have had every opportunity to judge of his character and qualifications, and have for him the highest regard and respect.  His father, Pinkney Fowler, was born in South Carolina, and during the Rebellion was a soldier for the Confederate cause and lost his life at the battle of Elk Iforn, Mo.  J. T. Fowler resided on a farm until seventeen years of age and obtained a fair education, only, in the common schools.  In 1874 be began making his own way in the world as a clerk in the establishment of Russell lz Bro., of Russellville, remaining with them during the winters and teaching school during the summers for two years.  He then ornbarl-,ed in merchandising in partnership with J. L. Shinn, which connection lasted harmoniously for live year., Mr. Shinn being, during this time, a silent partner.  At the end of three years Mr. Fowler was enabled to tiny out Mr. Shinn's interest in the business, paying $5,000 for his share, which he earned during the three years, as his capital'nt the commencement of his business amounted to only $300.  They carried a general mercantile stock, and bore Mr. Fowler continued until 188C), when he sold out his business and moved to Carden's Bottom, Ark., where he followed the same calling for four years, and became the owner of 1,000 acres of fine bottom land.  In 1890 he disposed of his stock of goods at this place and returned to Russellville, also disposing of his landed estate for $33,000, it being the largest land and property sale ever made in this section of the State.  During the last five years of his mercantile life he gave considerable attention to the study of law, and upon his return to Russellville be began practicing, and this been his chief calling up to the present time.  He devotes the same untiring energy to this pursuit that made him so successful in mercantile life, and is proving himself to be a talented and thoroughly competent attorney.  He is the owner of real estate in Pope County to the amount of 980 acres, besides his law office-a fine brick business building, centrallylocatedinthetownofRussellvilIe.  Hisres idence is in the pleasantest part of town, and is commodious, substantial and pleasant.  Besides this, he has four good tenement houses and n store building, which he rents.  Ile has dealt extensively in horses anl mules, and has $10,000 in stock in the Citizens' Savings Bank at.  Russellville.  His property is now valued at about $60,000, the entire umount having been accumulated through his o%vn exertions.  He is very careful in all business transactions, has always been an untiring worker, and these in connection with strictly honorable princi. ples have placed him in his present most honorable position.  He had one brother and two sisters.  The brother is in the stock business in California, one sister is married, and lives in Sedalia, Mo., and the other resides in Russellville.  Mr. Fowler was married in 1880, the maiden name of his wife being Sallie Carden, a daughter of Nfaj.  Carden, of this county.  Ali-.  Fowler has shown his approval of secret organizations by becoming a member of the I. 0. 0. F., and as an up. right, honorable, and pul)lic.§pirited citizen, has not his superior in this section of the State.  He is liberal in his contril,iitions to enterprises which lie (leen@,, worthy, and is over found ready to lend a helping bond to the poor und distressed.
J. F. Fronabarger, farmer, Atkins, Ark.  This name is not iiiifamiliar to the citizens of Pop(, County, for he who bears it has been a resident of the same for many years, and is one of the most esteemed and respected citizens.  He was born in Lincoln County, N. C., in 1826, and was the son of John and Anna (Blackwood) Fronal)orger, both natives of North Carolina.  The parents removed to Arkansas in 1851, settled in Pope County, and there rearol seven children: J. F., P. J., Jane, J. L., Mary, Barbara and Margaret.  J. L. and Jane are living in Missouri, the former in Taney County engaged in farming, and the latter in Scott

County, a widow.  The others are living in Arkansas.  Barbara married George Cnpp, a farmer, and resides in Polk County; Mary resides in Pope County, and is the wife of Robert Bearfield, a farmer, and Margaret resides in Pope County and is the wife of J. T. Claunch.  J. F. FronaI)ei-ger came to Arkansas in 1850, followed farming in this State for two years, and then crossed the plains to the gold regions of California, where he remnined for eighteen years engaged in mining.  Although be made thousands of dollars, on account of the high price of everything, be sitved only $2,000 to return to his home in Arkansas.  He has paid as high as 75 cents per pound for flour, and other things in proportion.  He returned to Arkansas, and in 1874 was married to Miss Sarah Scott, daughter of William Scott, of Pope County.  To them have been born five children, three now living, John, Joseph and Anna.  Jacob died in infancy, and the fourth child also died while young.  Mr. Fronaborger is now the owner of 320 acre. of land, and has sixty-five acres under cultivation.  He raises some cotton, but mostly corn and wheat and devotes some time to stock-raising, principally cattle and liogs.  Mr. Fronaborger is one of the uiot prosperous farmers in Galla Rocl, Townsbil,.  In politics he is a stanch Republican.  He and Mrs. Frollaborger are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are active workers in the same.
Alto.  S. Garrison is a proper representative of the energetic and successful business men of Pope County, Ark., which element has done, and is doing, so @iuch for the advancement of the material interests of this section.  He was born in Yell County, Ark., November 17, 1852, to William H. and Mary A. (Turner) Garrison, who were born, reared und married in Tennessee, the last named event taling place in 1847.  Eleven children, eight of whom are living, were born to this union: Francis J., Allen S., Susan A., Samuel J., Rachel T., William G., Columbus R., Abraham P., Sarah J. (deceased), Masonri (deceased), and Thomas J. (deceased).  In 1848 the father moved to Arkansas, and settled in Pope County, but the following ye purchased and settled on land in Yell County.

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The father learned the trade of a machinist in his youth, but afterward studied medicine, and practiced some twelve years, the latter part of his life, dying in@ Logan County in ISS4, an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  He was a Mason, and during the Rebellion, he served on the river for "Uncle Sam." His widow still resides in Lognn County, Ark., and is a member of the Aletbodist Episcopal Chu,-cb also.  Allen S. Garrison was married June 9, 1878, to Miss Cyrinthia Rook, a native of Mississippi, born June 19, 1857, a daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Wilson) Rook, the latter also being Mississippians.  To Mr. Garrison and his wife six children have been born: Arthur T., Nanev E., Sherman, Gertrude, Daisy (deceased), and @usan F. (deceased).  Mr. Garrison has been in.the saw-milling business for some twenty-one years, and is a member of the mill and lumber firm of Forrest, Turner & Co., and is the owner of three, mills, one on Illinois Creek, one at Mill Creek and the other near Iloiint Hope Church.  In 1883 Mr. Garrison engaged in merchandising, at Mill Creek Station, as manager for the tore of Forrest, Turner & Co. The capacity of th; mills are some 20,000 feet per day, and besides this the firm owns some 800 acres of land, with 250 under cultivation, And the rest good timberland.  Mr. Garrison is a member of the Alothodist Episcopal Church, and sociallv, belongs to RiisHollville Lodge, of the A. F. & A . Al., and Russellville Lodge No. 47, of the K. of P. While a resident of Logan Cotintv Ark., he was magistrate of Delnware Township during 1876-77.
Daniel B. Granger, attorney, Russellville, Arl,.  Mr. Granger, a prominent attorney at law at Rus. sellville, Ark., is among those who contribute to the strength of the Arkansas bar.  He is a native of Allegany County, N. Y., was born on January 28, 1836, and is the sixth in error of birth of a family of ten children born to Girden and Nancy (Flanigan) Granger, native. of Now York tnd Pennsylvania, respectively.' The father was a mechanic and erected a great n@any buildings, besides engaging in various other enterprises.  He was justice of the peace for many years and made his home in Now York, iintil his death in 1876,

when nearlv "venty-six years old.  The mother died in 1884 at the age of eighty-three years.  She was for many years a member of the Free Will Baptist denomination, but later, iiuited with the Methodist Chnrch at Wiscoy, W. Y., where she died.  The paternal grandfather, Peter Granger, was born in Vermont, and was a carpenter and builder by trade.  The maternal grandfather, James Flanigan, was a native of Ireland, and born near Londonderry.  He was ark educated gentleman, and came to America in early life, locating at Norfolk, Va.  Later he moved to Harper's Ferry, Va., then to Yorktown, Penn., and afterward to Allegany County, N. Y., where be died at the age of seventy-eight years, Daniel B. Granger was reared to 'his father's trade, attended the common schools of New York, and also pursuei his studies and readings at the home fireside under his father's direction.  In 1855 he went to Fairmont, Va. (now West Virginia,), and there began rending law under Hon.  E. B. Hall.  In December, 1856, be returned to Allegany County, N. Y., and embarked in mechanical pursilils and photographic business until the latter part of I S(JO, when be went to La Grange, Mo.  In the Slimmer of 18C)l be was a member of the La Grange (-Union) Home Guards, and in the fall of 18C)l Ile entered the employ of S. N. Marshall, suttler of the Thitci Missouri (-United States) Cavalry Volun teers, commanded by Col.  John M. Glover, and remained with this command until 1862.  He then entered the Thirtv-sixth Missouri (United States) Infantry Volunteers, (then being raised by Col.  H. C. Worinotb at Rolla, Mo.) as first lieutenant of Coinpany A., and served in this capacity, principally engaged in recruiting service, until the latter part of October, 1862, when the regiment was consolidated at St. Louis, Mo., with the Thirty second Missouri Infantry Volunteers commanded by Col.  Alanter, at which time Mr. Granger was on detached duty in charge of furlotighed men and recruits and the barracks nt Rolla,Mo.  WbentlieconsolidationofthoThirtysixth and I'hirtv second regiments of Missouri Infantry took place the position of first lieutenant of Company A was filled by the muster in of

another person, and Mr. Granger declining to ,,promote backward," by accepting a similar position in Copany K of the consolidated regiment, be then returned to the employ of Mr. Marsbitll in the suttler l@usiness and continued in ihis until the spring of ISC)3.  He then left the army at Pilot l(nob, Mo., and went to Carthage, Ill., where he engaged in merchandising.  Stibsequentlv in Jtit@e, 18C)5, lie went to Little Rock, Ark., and on June 15 of that year engaged in the collecting business, and began practicing law, buying conti@iued his Iftv readings until that time.  He was licensed to practice in the Supreme Court of Arkansas November 3, 18C)@-), and the next spring in the United States Circuit Court at Little Rock, Ark.  He remained in Little Rock until May, 1,S-t3, @inl tlie@@ removed to Ilussellville, Pope County, Ark., where he has since been in the active practice of his profession.  During this time lie has been an earnest adherent to the principles of Democracy, but has never been a candidate for office.  He liar been elected by the bar, and served as ,pecial circuit judge on several occasion,, and is at, present city attorney for Russellville, having .served in that position since June 1, 1887.  I-le was married on the ]Oth, 1866, to Miss Alice C. Wills, of Palmyra, Mo., the daughter of Claiborn C. and Amelia Wills.  To this union were born four cbildren-tivo sons and two daughters-viz.: Lizzio Belle, Edward Jennings (died in infancy), Amelia Alice, and Harrison Wills (who died at the age of sixteen months). l@Ir.  Granger and his wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church at lliissellville.  Mr. Granger dnring his residence in Arkansas has been a frequent contributor to The loenl press, and in 18-i4 edited the National Tribune published at Russellville, in the interest of what was known as the "Baxter" movement in the celebrated " Brooks and Baxter war," and was a strong advocate of the adoption of the present constitutionofarkansas.  HeisamemberofRussellvillo Lodge No. 47, of the order of K. of P.. and Nvas the first chancellor commander of that lodge.  He is now special deputy grand chancellor for that lodge and a member of the Grand Lodge of the State.  He owns both farm and town prop-

erty.  In 1878 he erected his residence, and in
1886 be bad this remodeled and improved.
Capt.  J. M. Harkey, a prominent citizen of Russellville and Senator for the Fourth Senatorial District, was born in North Carolina on June 11, 1832, and was the eiglith of eighteen children born to David and S. Elizabeth (Sbinn) Harkey, both natives of North Carolina.  David Harkey, faluiliarly known as " Old Uncle Davy " Harkey, was born in Montgomery County on June 29, 1797, and died at Palmer, Tex., on June 10, 1884.  He moved from North Carolina in December, 1839, and settled within a mile and a half of the present flourishing town of Russellville, Ark., then a wild prairie waste, with only one or two families living within its present corporate limits.  He marriecl
Miss S. E. Sbinn, who preceded him to the grave in 1859, and by whom lie had eighteen childrenseven sons and eleven daiigbters-seventeen of ivhom, by a kind Providence, be was permitted to reartomanhoodandwomanbood.  Atthetimeofhis death, which occurred when he was about eightyseven years of age, he had 121 grandchildren, ninety-nine of whom are now living, and eightythree great-grandobildren, sixty-eigbt of whom are living.  He was a worthy and exemplary member of the Lutheran Church for many years, or until about his eightieth year, when, in consequence of there being no church sufficiently near him in his now home, with no probability then for one in the near future, and regarding it as an indispensable I nty devolving upon him to attach himself to some organized religious body, he connected himself with the Christian Church, of which he was a devout and worthy member until the time of his death.  Many of the old citizens of Pope County well remember "Old Uncle Davy" Harkey, his noble, generous nature and disposition, his social, friendly relations with all, and his kindly welcome to those who visited his hospitable home.  He bad one son, Silas Monroe, who volunteered for the Mexican War and who was taken sick and died at San Antonio.  Tex., on his way to Buena Vista.  He had two sons, Dr. George W. Harkey and Capt.  James Al.  Harkey (our subject), who tire now living at Russellville.  The former is a physician of

some prominence, though not pursuing his profesgion as a business, and is a local pretteber in the Christian Church, and the latter we will learn more of fartlier on. 11 TJ@@l@ Davy II has five daughters living in Pope County, namely: Mrs. Job, M. Bradley, Mrs. J. E. Shinn, Mrs. A. Reed, Tlr.. G. A. Reed and Miss Vina Harkey.  He has three sons and four daughters living in Texas: John, Jacob anl Henry Harliey, and Mrs. W. H. 3leKeever, l@Irs.  William Davis, Mrs. Joel Epps and Mrs. B. $. Maddux.  Capt.  James M. Harkev was reared to the duties of the farm and btid limited educational advantages.  He planted fourteen seasons for his father.  At the age of twenty-two year. he began farming for himself, and was married in 1855 to Miss Elizabeth P. Walker, a native of Pope County.  In 185i) he engaged in the drug business at Dover, and was thus engaged at the oiitbrotil, of the war.  In IS62 be enlisted in the army, but Nvas petitioned to retnrn by the citizens, as a druggist.  In the spring of 1863 he ,tgain ontored the army, assisted in raising a regiment, and was elect ed second lieutenant of Company B, Caffee's regiment.  He participated in the battles of Arkansas and lklissoiiri, and in the fall of 18C)4 he was promoted to the rank of captain, serving in outpost duty in Southern Arkansas until the termination of hostilities.  He at once resiimed farming, in which he continued until 18C)8, and then came to Russellville where with his brother, G. W. Harkey, he started a drug store in that town.  For many years this firm thrived and prospered, as Harkey Bros., and had a good jobbing trade, putting up many of their remedies as Harkey's Agiie Pills, Chill Tonic, Liver Medicine, Pile Remedy, Eye Tonic, Diarrhea Cordial, Granger Liniment, Vegetable Liver Pills and Cough Syrtip, all proprietory medicine antl belonging to the firm, which they still prepare and sell wholesale throughout Western Arkansas.  During that time, the firm erected tnvo I)rick buildings, but on March 20, 1890, they sold out the business and the storehouse, but continue the manufacture of the above named reraedies.  Capt.  Harkey bought a farm of 220 acres near town, bns 100 neres under ciiltivatioD,.an'd baB a very pleasant home, owning also

other lands elsewhere.  He is a raisor of I)Ioode(I horses, and has a stallion II Coldeck, " one of the best horses of this section, and seven brool mttrc-s.  Hebasagoo(Istockfarm.  Heisoneoltheprominent men of the county, is a prosperous merchant and . good citizen.  He was nominated by the Democratic party as State Senator for Pope and JobnEon Counties, and was elected on September J, 1890, by a majority of 1,368 votes.  He was chairman of the Democratic Central Committee of Pope County for many years, and has (lone much by his honesty and integrity to strengthen that party locally.  The family are members of the CLiristian Church.  Capt.  Harkey has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since his twor@ty-first year nud has been district deputy grand master for manyyears.  H(@wasalsomostpuesantgrandmaster of the Grand Council of the State of Arkansas, and served two years as worthy grand patron of the Grand Chapter Eastern Star of the State, and is now di@trit deputy grand patron of the Twelfth Distriet.  To his marriage were born five children, one of whom is deceased; Alice P., Mary Scathie, Charley D. (who was scalded to death at the ago of three years), ]Reuben M. and Floy Lee.  Alice P. Harkey is thirty years old, is married and has four children; Mitry Scathie Harley is twenty-two years old, married, and has one child; Reuben M. Harkey is nineteen years old, and is now atte@i(ling medical college; Floy L. Harkey sixteen years old is now in Glasgow, T"Y., at school.  Capt.  Harkey was twice taken prisoner during the war.  The first time he was soon exchanged; the second time he was led out with a rope around his neck to be hanged.  While his captors were tying a rope to the limb of a tree he gave the sign of distress as a Mason, and was rescued by a second lieutenant of Federaltroops,whowasaMasonandafriond.  Mr. Harley says: " He said be was raisol in Indiana, but I have forgotten his name and post-office address; I would be very glad to meet him in some Masonic lodge or Grand Lodge.  I would most assuredly tell him that the latch string of my door hangs on the outside, and I would be glad if be would pull it and walk in at any time and sup with in,, and I with him.  If I meet him no more

some prominence, though not pursuing his profession as a business, and is a local preacher in the Christian Church, and the latter we will learn more I of farther on. 11 Uncle Davy " has five di - Lughters living in Pope County, namely: Mrs. John M. Bradley, Mrs. J. E, Shin, Mrs. A. Reed, Mrs. G. A. Reed and Miss Vi.. Hrkey.  He has three soils find four daughters living in Texas: John, Jacob and Henry Harkey, and Mrs. W. H. McKeever, Mrs. William Davis, Mrs. Joel Epps and Mrs. It. 5. Maddox.  Capt.  James M. Harkov was reared to the duties of the farm and had limited educational advantages.  He planted fourteen seasons for his father.  At the age of twenty-two years he began farining for himself, and was inarriecl in 1855 to Miss Elizabeth P. Walker, a native of Pope County.  In J850 he engaged in the drug business at Dover, and was thus engaged at the outbrotik of the war.  In 1862 he enlisted in the army, but was petitioned to retnra by the citizens, as a druggist.  In the sl?ring of 1863 he again entered the army, assisted in raising a regiment, and was elect ed second lieutenant of Company B, Carfee's regiment.  He participated in the battles of A.rl,ansas and Missouri, and in the fall of 1864 he was promoted to the rank of captain, serving in outpost duty in Southern Arkansas until the termination of hostilities.  He at once resumed farm. ing, in which be continued until 1868, anl then came to Russellville where with biB brother, G. W. I-larl,ey, be started a drug store in that town.  For many years this firm thrived and prospered, as Harkey Bros., and had a good jobbing trade, putting up many of their remedies as Harkey's Agiie Pills, Chill Tonic, Liver Medicine, Pile Remedy, Eye Tonic, Dinrrboa Cordial, Granger Liniinet,t, Vegetable Liver Pills and Cough Syrup, all proprietory medicine and belonging to the firm, Nvhich they still prepare and sell wholesale throughout Western Arkansas.  During that time, the firm erected two I)rich buildings, but on March 20, 1890, they s,,ld out the business and the storehouse, but continue the manufacture of the above named remedies.  Capt.  Harkey bought a farm of 220 acres near town, has 100 acres under cultivation,.aifd has a very pleasant home, owning also
other lands elsewhere.  He is a raiser of bloodekl horses, and has a stallion II Coldeck, " one of the best horses of this section, and seven brood mares.  Ifehasagoodstockfarm.  Heisonooftboprominent men of the county, is a prosperous merchant and a good citizen.  He was nominated by the Democratic party a. State Senator for Pope and Johnson Counties, and was elected on Septeml,or 1, 1890, by a majority of 1,368 votes.  Ho was chairman of the Democratic Central Committee of Pope County for many years, and has done much by his honesty and integrity to strengthen that party locally.  The family are members of the CliristianChurch.  Capt.Harleyhasbeenamemher of the Masonic fraternity since his twenty-first year and has been district deputy grand master for manyyears.  HE@wasalsoinostpuesantgrandmaster of the Grand Council of the State of Arkansas, and served two years as worthy grand patron of the GrandCbapter Eastern Star of the State, atil is now district deputy grand patron of the Twelfth Dis. trict.  To his marriage were born live children, one of whom is deceased: Alice P., Alary Scathie, Charley D. (who was scalded to death at the ago of three years), Reuben M. and Floy Lee.  Alice P. Harkey is thirty years old, is married and has four children; Alary Scathie Harkey is twenty-two years old, married, and has one child; Reuben M. Harkey is nineteen years old, and is now ntteliding medical college; Floy L. Harkey sixteen years ol@@ is now in Glasgow, l@y., at school.  Cap t . Harkey was twice taken prisoner during the war.  Tb . first tin@e he was soon exchanged; the second time he was led out with a rope around his neck to be hanged.  While his captors were tying a rope to the liml) of a tree be gave the sign of distress as a lvlason, and was rescued by a second lioutennnt or Federaltroops,AvhowasaMasouandafriend.  Mr. Harkey says: " He said he was raised in Indiana, but I have forgotten his name and post-office address; I would be very glad to meet him in some Masonic lodge or Grand Lodge.  I would most assuredly toll him that the latch string of my door hangs on the outside, and I would be glad if he would pull it and walk in at any time and sup with me and I with him.  If I meet him no more
in this world I hpo to meet him where parting will be known no more.,,
Starling G. Harris.  It is a fact well recognized among all intelligent people that a thorough education and alvanced acquaintance with books of learning are of great material bon6fit to man, no matter in what channel of life his path may lie.  The career of Mr. Harris is a striking illustration of this truth, for although his early educational ol,porttinities were not of the best, yet he has at all times been a thoughtful i-eader, and has made a practical use of the knowledge thus gained.  Ho wa@ born on March 16, 1842, in the State of Georgia, and in the month of March, 1875, became a resident of Pope County, Ark., settling on land that is now k@iown as Colony Mountain.  He was reared to a farm life in his native State, and in 18(12 began doing for himself.  In June of that year he enlisted in the Confederate Army, becoming a member of Company A, Tbirty-eighth Georgia Regiment, afterward taking part in the engage.6nts at Cold Hitrl)or, Malvern Hill, Gettysburg, the Wilderness (where he was wounded, and on this account wits transferred to the State Troops, being commissioned second lieutenant of Dyer's battalion).  He remained in the service until the close of the war, then returned to his home in De Kalb County, Ga., and there was engaged in milling for about one year.  At the expiration of this time he went to Blount County, Ala., and after farming there for about three years moved to Birmingham, in which place he was engaged in the timber busines@ for some three years.  Since then he has resided on his present farm.  His first purchase was fifty acres of land, to which he has added from time to time, until he now has 310 acres of good farming land which be has nicely improved with good residence, barns and other necessary bnildiiigs, a fine young orchard, which is already producing enough fruit for family use, and substantial fences.  Ninety-five acres are under cultivation, and in 1885 be erected thereon a good grist-mill and cotton-gin, Nybich be has operated successfully.  He is now erecting a building in which he intends to open a general mercantile business, and expects to have everything in working order by October 15.

He was married on November 11, 1867, to Eliza Jano Bagwell, with whom he lived for eighteen years, when she departed this life October 18, 1885, leaving besides her husband five sons an(] three daughters to motirn their loss.  May 12, 1886, Mr. Harris remarried, his wife being Mrs. Martha F. Mason, a daughter of James M. and Mary Tate of this county, the latter being now a resident of Johnson County, Ark.  The names of the children by his first wife are as follows: Charley V., Lavonia Y., Ettio L., Oscar G., Gordon P., Sallie A., Albert J. and John C. Lavonia is the wife of Riley Leavell, and resides in Johnson County, and Charley V. is clerking for the firm of F. C. Jones & Co., of Bellville, Yell County, Ark.  Mr. Harris and his family are members of the Baptist Church, and he belongs to the A. F. & A. A'I., nnd is a Democrat.  His parents were John and S@trah (Brown) Harris.
William Stanhope Harris, farmer and stockdealer, Russellville, Ark.  Farming has been Mr. Harris' principle occupation thus far through life, a@id the energetic and wide-awake manner in which be has taken advantage of all methods-flnd ideas lending to the enhanced value of his property has bad a great deal to do with his success.  Ho is a native-born resident of Pope County, his birth occurring on August 21, 1852, and is the son of Adolphus and Margaret R. (Hoffman) Harris, natives of North Corolina.  To the parents were born four living children, who are named in order of birth as follows: William S., Sarab A. B. (wife of G. T. Brown, who is residing at Potts Station), L. D. (residing in Cannon County, Tex.), and Josephine (wife of A. -.Nl. Shinen, deceased).  The parents emigrated from North Carolina to Pope County, Ark., in 1851, purchased eighty acres of unimproved land, and the father carried on agricultural pursuits in connection with cabinet-making.  He is deceased.  The mother is now residing with the subject of this sketch.  William S. Harris started out to light life's battles for himself at the age of twenty-one years, and as he bad been trnined from early boyhood to the duties of the farm, it was quite natural, perhaps, that he should select agrictiltural pursuits as his chosen calling.  He also held

the office of consttl)lo of Wilson Township, Yell County, during the years of 1886 and 1887, re. iiiaining in that county from 1877 to 1888.  He then came to Pope County, Ark., and began stockraising and stock dealing in which occupation, to. gether with farming, be continues at the present time.  He is the owner of fifty-five acres of land hi Wilson Township, Yell County, and has fortv of this improved.  He raises principally cotton and about one and one thirl bales to the acre.  He is tbriftv and enterprising, and a man of excellent judgment.
P. J. Harvill.  Among the many sturdy " sons of the soil " of Pope County, Ark., who have attained a good competency in their calling by the sweat of their brow and who command an enviable social position, is Mr. Hurvill, who was born in this county October 15, 1847, to M. W. and Eliza. l,etli (Luton) Harvill, both of whom were born in Tennessee, the former in 1812.  He was a farmer and wag married in this couiaty, his union resulting in the birth of five ebildron-two sons and three daiighters-of whom the subject of this sketch is the eldest, and the only child now living.  Those dead are Polly A., Sarah E., Nancy and one onname(].  The mother of these children was called from the scene of her earthly labors in 185(3, and two years later Mr. Harvill mnrried Mrs. Jane Ross, and of the following named cbildrei@ born to them, five are now living: William R., G. J., Elizabeth (wife of G. T. Brooks), Edgar and Tennessee.  M.W.,Jobn,Louis and a child unnamed are deceased. At the time of her death, in 1882, Mrs. Harvill was a member of the Aletbodist Episcopal Church South, and in 1889 Mr. Harvill married a third time, his wife being Mrs. Mary Gilmore, a member, as was her husband, of the Primitive Baptist Church.  On March 17, 1890, be was called from life.  He had come to this State from Tennessee in 1836, and until his demise was a resident of Pope County, and helped carry the surveyor's chain over the whole of the southern part of this State.  His son, P. T. Harvill, was in@ried in Pope County March 5, 1871, to Miss Cynthia S. Brooks.  She was born in this county,October 10, 1853, a daughter of J. H. and Harriet (Yarberry) Brooks, who

were Tonnesseeans, and came to Arkansas with their parents, their marriage taking place in Pope County and five of their nine children survive them; Jrames C. O., Cynthia S. (wife of Mr. Harvill), G. T., Henry F. and T. A. Martha L., Laura, Willie E. and Effie T. are deceased.  The father died in 1871 and the mother in 1876, the latter having been a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  To Mr. and Mr.. Harvill nine children have been born: George H. (born January 10, 1872), Eler E. (born August 0, 1874, and died October 0,1874), Ollie (born December 18,1875), Nora (born J Lily 30, 1878), Sarah (born November II, 1880), S. M. (born March 21, 1883), Ider P. (born October 7, 1885 and died July 19, 1886), Floyd E. (born May 28,1887), and Hattie F. (born March 18, 1890).  In 1863 Mr. Harvill enlisted in the Federal Army in the Third Arkitusas Cavalry, Company A, and orvocl until 1865,baing at one time woiinded in the right arm by a pistol shot.  Since the war be has devoted his attention to farming itnd is now the owner of 200 acres of land with eighty iiader cultivation.  In 1882 he erected thereon a nice frame residence and besides this his farm is otherwise improved with good barns and an excellent young orchard of about two acres.  He baE; served as justice of the peace six years, and for the last seventeen years has been a school director in his district.  He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church South, in which he is steward and trustee, and be is a Royal Arch Mason, belonging to Russellville Lodge No. 274.
A. K. Henry.  The social, political and biisiness history of this section is filled with the deeds and doings of self-made men, and no man in Pope County is more deserving the appellation than Mr. Henry, for be marked out his own career in youth, and has steadily followed it lip to the present, his prosperity being attributable to his earnest and persistent endeavor, and to the fact that he has always consistently tried to follow the teachings of the Golden Rule.  Although a resident of this parish he was born in York District, S. C., October 20,1812, to Charles W. and Margaret (Cai-r) Henry, both of whom were also born in the Palmetto State.  The father was a farmer and a blacksmith

by occupation, and his father was a follower of the former occupation arid was of Scotch descent.  The wife of the latter was a Virginian.  The grandl,arents on the mother's side were of Irish descent.  The mother was born in 1790, and the father in 1787, their union taking place in York District, S. C., in 181 1, and resulted in the birth of five ' cliildron, two of whom are now living, the subject of this sketch being the eldest.  The other member is A. M., who was born October 3, 18ICi.  G. W., Elizabeth B. and Catherine are deceased.  The father of these children passed from life in his itstive State in 1848, being a member of the Old School Pr(3sbyteriau Church, and his wife died in 1888, having been a member of the same church since 1806.  The immediate subject of tbi@ biography was married in TJnion District, S. C., May 28, 1840, to Miss Elizabeth S. Parker, who was born in South Carolina January 6, 1819, a daiighter of Silas R. tied Martha (Aliins) Parker, also South Carolinians, and to whom seven sons and two ,laughter were born, Elizabeth (wife of Mr. Henry), and W. P. being the only ones now living.  The following are deceased: Isaac, Allison S., Walter L., S. R., Williaiu R., Eleasa and Sarah A. Afr.  Parker died about 1867, and his wife in 1858, both earnest members of the Presbvterian Church.  To Mr. Henry and his wife ten children )iave been born: Silas H., Ifartha A. (wife of C. G. Oates), Margaret (deceased), Sarah E, (decensed), Catberine C. (wife of William 0. Ferguson), Nancy E. (deceased), Mary A. (deceased), Alargaret E. (wife of William Henry), Sarah (widow of A. R. Ferguson), itiid Charles NN'.  Mr. Henry enliste(i in the Confederate Cavalry in 18(33 and served until the close of the war, taking part in a number of engagements.  He emigrated from South Carolina to Arkansas in 185C,, and settled on the farm of 240 acre., of -which he is now the owner, 100 acres being tinder cultivation, Ho and his wife are members of the Old School Presbyterian Church.
Silas A. Henry, farmer, Potts Station, Ark.  There are many successful agriculturists represented within the pages of this volume, but none more deserving of mention than Silas A. Henrv, who is one of the pioneers of this State.  He was

born in York County, S. C., in June, 1841, and was the eldest of ten children, six of whom are now living anl residing near Russellville, Pope County, Ark.  Silas A. received his education in Arkansas.  In July, 18(il, be enlisted in the Confederate Army, Company B, Second Arkansas Regiment Infantry, Capt.  Parker's company, and tinder Col.  NIcIntosh.  In the spring of 18V)2 he was ent east of the Mississippi River in the Army of Ton,iessep ii@idor Gen.  Bragg, arid was in the battles of Chickamaiiga, Wilson Creek, Pea Ridge, Richmond, AIurfreesl)oro, Jackson, and was then with Johnston and Hood in the Georgia campaign.  He went with the latter general to Tennessee, was in the battles of Franklin and Nashville, and then wet with Gen.  Johnston to North Carolina, and fought the battle of Bentonville.  He surrendered at Greensboro, N. C., as second lieutenant of his coni. pany, which had at the beginning 100 men, but at the close only fourteen were left, he being the only commissioned officer left in the company.  He arrived home on July 5, 18C)5, and since then has been engaged in cultivating the soil.  He makes a complete success of this occupation, as a glance over his placo'will indicate to the beholder, and of the 120 acres he now owns, -iO acres are tinder cultivation.  Miss Nancy M. Bigham, daughter of Dr. Robert Bigham. became his wife in 1869, an,l the fruits of this union have been nine children, eight now living: Irene E.. Robert B., Andrew K., C. Walter, Jennings M., John Me., Joseph G., Dixon B. and Lily Me.  John Mc. died at the age of two years.  Irene married W. R. McArthur, son of Joseph McArthur of Pope County, Ark,, and the remainder of the children are at home with their parents.  Mr. and Mrs. HenryaremembersoftheAssociateReformodPres. byterian Church, and he is a strong adherent to the Democratic principles.  His parents, A. K. and Elizabeth (Parker) Henry, were natives of South Carolina.  They removed to Arkansas with a family of five children in 1857, bought laud in Pope County, and there they reside at the present time.  The paternal grandfather, C. W. Henry, died in South Carolina at an early day, and his wife came to this State and county with her son, A. Al.

Henry, about 1875.  She died in 1888, at the age of ninoty-eigbt vears.  The maternal grandparents came to Arkansas from South Carolina in 185'd, settled in Pope County, the place where Capt.  Parker now resides, and there thei received their final summons, the granlniother in 1860, and the grandfather in 18(16.
J. D. Hogan is one of the wide-awake, enterpriSiDg and substantial men of the county.  He was born in Kershaw county, S. C., September 13, 1838, to S. S. and Margaret J. (Cronktiold) Hogau, who were born and reared in the Palmetto State, and there spot their lives, being eartiest ine@.ber. of the INItbodi@t Episcopal Church at the time of tl,eir deaths.  J. D. Hogan was rearel in his native State, his education, which was rather limited, being also received there, but in 1859 he commenced doing for himself and determined to better his education.  Accordingly, when be had obtained sufficient means he entered school in Columbia, but was talien sick in October, 1860, with typhoid fever, and upon thoroughly recovering did not again enter school, but helped to swell the ranks of the Confederate Army, becoming a member of Butlei"s command in the pring of 1861.  Farming has been his principal occupation in life, at which he has been quite successful, and he is now the owner of 280 acres of land, a considerable portion of which is under cultivation and well improved.  He was married March 15, 1866, to Cynthia M. Cloti@l, and the following are their children: Minnie T., Hattie E., Uice O., F. B., Sallie S., ,Ilattio J., Walton W., Lionel D., NaDnie Lois, Ality Alberta, and James D. All are living with the exception of May Alberta and James D. Mr. Hogan is a stancli Democrat, and for ten years held the office of trial justice.  He and his wife have been members of the Methodist Episco pal Church South evel, ince childhood, and their eldest four cbiliren are also members.  He has been a resident ;f this county since December 24, 1888, and here expects to spend the rest of his days.  His wife is a daughter of Franklin D. and Sarah (Hogan) Clotid.
Reese B. Hogins, circuit and county clerl, of Pope Cotintv Ark., was born in Dover of this

county on April 15, 1847, and was the youngest of- eight children born to A. D. and Louisa (Bowen) Hogins both native Teiinesseeans.  He received his education at home, and in September, 1863, be enlisted in Company A, Fifth Arkansas Cavalry of the Confederate Army, and was in the battles of Pine Bluff, Marls' )fill, Poison Springs, Prairie de Ann, and was with Gen.  Price in his Missouri campaign.  He was wounded at the battle of Pilot Knob, taken prisoner and confined at St. Louis and Alton until February 17, when he was exchanged at Richmond.  He regained his command in time to surrender at Marshall, Tex.  After this he cameboine and followed farmiug until 1874, and was then deputy sheriff, for two years.  In 1876 be was elected sheriff, and served six years in succession, after which he farmed for the same length of time.  In 1888 be was elected county and circuit clerk, which position he fills at the present time to the satisfaction of all.  He is the owner of 100 acres of land near Dover, with eighty acres under cultivation, and has 420 acres in Yell County with 100 acres under cultivation.  His marriage occurred on November 21, 1867, to Miss Josephine White, a native of this county and the daughter of Robert White, who came to Pope County as early as 1840.  Mr. White was a merchant for many years, both at Norristown and Dover.  He died in 1864.  Mr. and IvIrs.  Hogi@is are the parents of six children; Mary R. (wife of A. J. White of Dover), John F., Augustus S., William R., Emma and Hallie.  Mr. Hogins is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Dover Lodge No. 17 and Russellville Chapter No. 76.  He is a member of the K. of P., Russellville Lodge No. 47, in which be is chancellor commander, and is also a member of the K. of H. No. 1353, in which he is F. R. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and are held in high estimation in the community.  Mr. Hogins has taken an active interest in political matters for years and is a wide-awake, enterprising citizen.
W. R. Hudlon, farmer and ginner, Moreland, Ark.  Mr. Hudlon is another of the many representative citizens of Pope County, who owe their nativity to Tennessee, his birth occurring in 1829,