Wilburn Henley ALLEN, farmer and stock raiser of Shaw Township, 
Saline County, Ark., first saw the light of day on November 4, 1848, in the little
town of Benton, Ark. His parents, William D., born April 14, 1811, died
December 6, 1871, and Rhoda (RAMSEY) ALLEN, born May 25, 1820, died June
3, 1880, were among the very early settlers of Benton, coming to that
town in 1847. They were natives, respectively, of North Carolina and
Georgia. William ALLEN moved to Georgia when but a young man, met the
mother of our subject, and was married November 18, 1837. He also
spent three months in the Florida War, taking part in the battle of Pea 
River, and being one of the force that removed the Indians from the 
territory. After his marriage he lived in Georgia seven years, after which, 
moving to Mississippi, he made that State his home until 1847. Coming to this 
State at the latter date he engaged in farming. He purchased the place one 
and one-half miles from Benton, known now as the Allen field, and later moved 
to Benton and opened a blacksmith shop which he ran in connection with 
farming. He was for years a member of the Masonic lodge at Benton, and 
together with his wife was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. 
During the war he served in the commissary department of the Confederate 
army, but saw no active field service. After the Federal capture of Little 
Rock he followed the army in company with Col. Crawford. About 1863 he moved 
to Ouachita County for greater safety, returning to Saline when the war was 
closed. He spent the latter part of his life in retirement, dying from dropsy 
at the age of sixty. He was the father of ten children: George W. (born 
September 2, 1839, deputy sheriff of Grant County), Cynthia (wife of H. S. 
GLENN, a merchant of Benton, born November 27, 1841, died June 28, 1863), 
Sarah (wife of Dr. John W. COLE of Shaw Township, born January 15, 1844), 
Thomas J. (born January 17, 1846, died May 8, 1860), W. H. (the subject of 
this sketch), John W. (born January 11, 1851, died September 19, 1853), Uriah 
E. (born September 29, 1853, died August 20, 1868), Joseph B. (born September 
25, 1856, died November 25, 1857) and Benjamin F. (born November 3, 1858, 
farms in Shaw Township). W. H. ALLEN was reared on a farm, spending his 
school days in the common schools of Saline County. At the age of twenty-one 
he began life for himself, but lived with his parents until his marriage, 
October 18, 1877. His wife was formerly Miss Mickey C. KINKEAD, daughter of 
Rev. James and Susana (HUGHES) KINKEAD, residents of Farmington, Mo. The 
father, a Cumberland Presbyterian minister, was born July 6, 1807, resided, 
labored and married in Missouri, dying near Irondale September 27, 1864. His 
wife, Susana (HUGHES) KINKEAD, was born November 25, 1817, in Missouri, the 
daughter of John HUGHES, a farmer and stock raiser, and an early settler of 
Southeastern Missouri. She was married the first time September 15, 1835. She 
survived her husband, and some years after his death moved to Illinois, where 
she married Spruce BOGGS. Two years later she again became a widow. She 
remained in Illinois until 1874, then coming to Saline County, where she died 
May 18, 1879, at the home of her son-in-law, Wilburn ALLEN, on the TOMLINSON 
place. Mrs. W. H. ALLEN was the eighth in a family of ten children: Eliza 
J.(born August 31, 1838, wife of John BEAN, a farmer of Irondale, Mo., died 
about 1875), J. M. (born May 18, 1840, is a mechanic, and lives in 
Mississippi), Mary N. (born February 6, 1842) James C. (born December 23, 
1843, is deputy constable of Big Rock Township, Pulaski County, but lives in 
Benton, on the Hackersmith farm), Alex E. (born July 4, 1846, is constable of 
Big Rock Township, and lives in Little Rock), Susan S. (born August 8, 1848, 
is the wife of Newton MAXEY, a mechanic of Oak Grove, Ill.), Elizabeth (born 
October 4, 1850, is the wife of D. C. HAYS, postmaster at Benton, Ark.), 
Marthy F. (born June 12, 1854, is the wife of Hays MAXWELL, a farmer and 
mechanic of Irondale, Mo.), Mickey C. (wife of W. H. ALLEN, born September 8, 
1856, and died September 30, 1889), and Eleanor (born November 6, 1858). Mr. 
Allen and wife became the parents of Clara Lillian (born August 16, 1858, 
died October 4, 1879), Finis Ewing (born December 9, 1879), Fiamen W. (born 
October 12, 1881, died August 6, 1882), Mickey Gertrude (born October 30, 
1883), and George C. (born August 14, 1886). After his marriage Mr. ALLEN 
began farming on an inheritance of eighty acres from his father, on the 
Saline River, to which he added ten acres. In 1879 or 1880 he sold his farm 
and bought the eighty acres on which he now lives. He has about forty acres 
under cultivation, and has erected some excellent farm buildings. During the 
years 1887 and 1888 he was engaged as lumber contractor for the Brushe mill. 
Later he held an interest, and on September 9, 1889, sold out to his partner, 
S. H. GLOVER, and is now engaged as sawyer at the same mill. He is a member 
of the school board of his township, and votes with the Democratic party, 
though taking very little interest in politics. He is a member of Benton 
Lodge No. 34, A. F. & A.M., and (as did his wife) belongs to the Cumberland 
Presbyterian Church. Mr. ALLEN is classed with the most public-spirited men 
of Saline County. He is a liberal donator to all worthy public enterprises, 
and a zealous worker for the welfare of his adopted home.



J. W. ASHBY, prominently identified with Benton's interests, was born in 
Floyd County, Ga., August 17, 1842, and is the son of John and Rebecca 
(WOODRUFF) ASHBY, natives of Virginia and North Carolina, respectively. John 
ASHBY was born in Princess Ann County, on October 11, 1800, and was of the 
old Virginia stock. He was reared to the occupation of farming, which he 
continued all his life, and in the fall of 1858 emigrated to Claiborne 
Parish, North Louisiana, where he spent the remainder of his days. Himself 
and wife were devout members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was called 
to his long home in 1864, and his wife (who married again) survived until 
1878. J. W. ASHBY is the eighth of a family of ten children, six of whom are 
still living: Elizabeth (wife of Mr. JOHNSON, a prosperous farmer of Texas), 
G. W. ( a farmer living in Louisiana), Annette (wife of J. F. HAMITER, a 
farmer of Hempstead County, Ark.), Amanda (wife of Robert SCOTT, a farmer, 
and one of the early settlers of Saline County, having lived here since 
1834), Nancy (wife of George KING, a farmer and stockman of Texas), J. M. 
(the eldest of the brothers, a man of family, who died in the army at Monroe, 
La., in 1863), William (a farmer, living in Saline County, Ark.), Lucinda 
(who married John Nelson, and died in 1872), William (died at the age of 
thirty-four, in 1867, in Louisiana), and Mary (died in childhood while her 
parents were living in Georgia). J. W. was educated in the common schools of 
Georgia, and was reared to farm life, but in his early manhood learned the 
carpenter and blacksmith trade. At the age of twenty-two, and in the spring 
of 1862, he enlisted in Company G, Twelfth Louisiana Infantry, Col. Scott's 
Regiment. He served three years and four months, participating in the 
engagements of Baker's Creek, Jackson, and the bombardment of Fort Hudson. He 
was with Hood on his Georgia and Tennessee campaigns, and while in the latter 
was in the battles of Franklin and Nashville, then in the encounter at 
Kingston and later on at Bentonville. He was paroled at Greensboro, N.C., on 
April 26, 1865. After the close of the was Mr. ASHBY returned to North 
Louisiana to take care of his mother and her family, and did not leave her 
until her second marriage. He then came to Arkansas and there won his bride, 
Miss Mary SCOTT, their marriage occurring in 1868.  Returning with his bride 
to Louisiana, he remained there till December, 1869, when the temptation to 
get back to Arkansas became so great that he again located and purchased a 
large farm. This place consisted of 120 acres of new land, with little or no 
improvement, but this did not discourage him in the least, for he immediately 
set to work and made so many improvements that old surroundings would hardly 
have been recognized. For thirteen years Mr. ASHBY remained on this farm, but 
in 1882 he moved to Benton and erected a home, opening a store of general 
merchandise, and also engaging in the undertaker's business, which he has 
successfully conducted to the present time. In 1885 he sold his land, and 
since then has devoted his whole attention to the mercantile business. Mr. 
And Mrs. ASHBY have four children: Edna (born March 3, 1871, at present 
attending boarding school in Kentucky), Bertie (born July 7, 1874, attending 
school at Benton), Pearl (born October 13, 1879, also at school), and Robert 
(born February 13, 1883).  Mr. ASHBY is a member of  Benton Lodge No. 1319, 
and himself  and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at 
Benton. He honors the Democratic party with his vote, but is conservative on 
the subject of politics. He has served as a member of his school board and 
always takes an active interest in any enterprise that is for the good of his 
town or county, and is a man that has the respect of the entire community.



Philip J. BRADFIELD. Prominent among the enterprising and popular men of this 
section is Philip J. BRADFIELD, a well known merchant and farmer, and the son 
of John H. and Sarar E. (BENNETT) BRADFIELD. He was born in Hamilton County, 
Tenn., May 19, 1861. John H. Bradfield was also a native of Tennessee, his 
birth occurring June 16, 1830. He was reared a farmer, and made that his life's 
work; a man of common school education, for years he held the position of 
magistrate, being a Democrat, politically, but not an enthusiast. He was 
married September 10, 1857, to Miss BENNETT, and they were the parents of ten 
children, five of whom survive, as follows: William C. (a farmer of Jefferson 
Township), J. L. (a farmer, but now a student of Benton Collegiate High 
School), Louisa E. (living with her mother on the old homestead in this 
county), Leon L. (also at home) and Philip (the subject of this sketch). Mr. 
BRADFIELD, Sr., came with his family to this State, by rail as far as Memphis, 
thence on board the "Thomas H. Allen," a river steamer via the Mississippi and 
Arkansas Rivers, landing at Little Rock, February 20, 1871. From the latter 
place Shaw Township, Saline County, was easily reached, and after a residence 
there of two years they moved to Jefferson Township, where the father bought a 
tract of 182 acres of partly improved land. He added to this from time to time 
until he owned 153 acres, improving it to a great extent, and at the time of 
his death, in 1881, was preparing to build a new residence. He was a member of 
the Masonic fraternity, and respected by all who knew him. His estimable wife 
still lives at the old homestead, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, South. Philip J. was reared to farm life, and spent his younger days in 
the common schools of Saline County. When in his twentieth year he took the 
management of his mother's farm. On February 5, 1884, he led to the hymeneal 
altar Miss Faithie A. ROBERTS, daughter of T. J. ROBERTS, and a native of 
Saline County. To this union two children have been born: Ida May (born March 
6, 1885) and Essie Mand (born April 17, 1888). After his marriage Mr. BRADFIELD 
resumed farming and homesteaded 120 acres adjoining his mother's place, which 
he immediately began to improve. He also owns a part of the old homestead. In 
1887, purchasing a fine stock of goods, he opened a store on his farm, and 
since that time has conducted his mercantile business with encouraging success. 
In 1886 he was elected justice of the peace in his township, and still holds 
that office, to the entire satisfaction of those concerned. He is president of 
the school board and a member of the board of equalization for Saline County, 
in session at Benton. He is a member of Paran Lodge No. 309, A. F. & A. M., 
also of the Jefferson Lodge No. 55, I. O. G. T., in which latter he has held 
nearly every office. Mr. and Mrs. BRADFIELD are members of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, South. Mr. BRADFIELD votes with the Democrats, and exerts 
considerable influence in the township and county politically. He has given not 
a little attention to journalistic work since 1881, attaining an enviable 
reputation in that line. He first began this work as local correspondent for 
the Benton Courier, and is still holding that position. In January, 1885, he 
wrote an article for the "Farmer and Mechanic," entitled "Our Neglected 
Resources," which was published in the regular edition of that paper. It was 
re-published in the 50,000 edition of the paper, and the attention it received, 
together with the criticisms, which were all that one could desire, combined to 
show that the writer was of unusual ability and an honor to the literary world. 
He was appointed April 2, 1887, as special correspondent of the Daily Arkansas 
Gazette, both by mail and wire, and was sent by that paper to visit Montgomery 
County, Ark., during the mining excitement there in 1887. He also prepared the 
article for the Bear City edition of the Gazette, and has contributed largely 
to other papers, the Benton Review, and Farm and Fireside, of Springfield, 
Ohio. He has served a s a member of the Democratic central committee for the 
last six year. Mr. BRADFIELD is one of those young men rapidly coming to the 
front, and the citizens of Jefferson Township have just cause to feel proud of 
such a one in their midst. He is public-spirited, and takes an active part in, 
and gives his earnest support to all enterprises for the good of the public.


William BRENTS, at one time a leading farmer and well known hotel keeper in 
Saline County, but at present retired, was born in what is now Marshall County, 
Tenn., in the year 1811, and is a son of Thomas and Jane (McWHURTER) BRENTS, 
natives of Kentucky, but who were very early settlers of Marshall (formerly 
Lincoln) County, Tenn., where they spent the remainder of the lives. The father 
was a successful farmer and a prominent citizen of that county, and in 
religious belief was a member of the Christian Church. He served with 
distinction in the Revolutionary War, and was with Gen. Jackson at the battle 
of New Orleans. His father was John BRENTS, one of the early settlers of 
Kentucky, where his death occurred at an advanced age. The maternal 
grandfather, James McWHURTER, was of Irish origin, and also fought in the War 
of 1812. William BRENTS, the principal of this sketch, and the fourth of four 
sons and four daughters born to his parents, was reared on his father's far. He 
was educated in the public schools of his birthplace and acquired a good 
English training, being instructed in the duties of farm life by his father. 
When twenty-one years of age he was married to Mahala, a daughter of Robert and 
Lucy EWING, by whom he had ten children, of whom one son and three daughters 
are yet living: Harriet (widow of Frank SHOEMAKER), Malvina (wife of Thomas 
DELAMER, residing in Texas), Robert E., and Siff (wife of Alfred TRAMMELL, 
residing near Eldorado). Mr. BRENTS lost his first wife, and in January, 1868, 
was married to Mrs. Xalisco DICKENSON, an estimable widow, and daughter of 
Robert STRIBLING. The lady was born in Georgia, but came to Arkansas with her 
parents when three years old, and settled in Hot Spring County, where her 
father and mother both died. One child was born to her marriage with Mr. 
BRENTS, Lily. Mr. BRENTS was one of the first settlers of Saline County, having 
come here in 1844, and he has made it his home ever since. The year following 
his arrival he purchased a farm near Benton, which he still owns, and has 
accumulated altogether about 550 acres of fertile land, with some 200 acres 
under cultivation, all of it being the result of his individual effort and good 
management. He is noted above all things for his enterprise, as is illustrated 
by the fact that on the second day of his arrival he opened up a hotel, which 
was afterward one of the most noted in Central Arkansas, continuing in that 
business until the war. After that event he turned his attention to farming 
with equal success until his retirement from active life. His industry and 
energy have won the respect and admiration of the entire community, and he can 
now rest content with the knowledge that he has done his share toward the 
development and improvement of Saline County. In politics he is a stanch 
Democrat, having cast his first presidential vote for Jackson in 1832, and for 
every presidential candidate since that time except during the war. Before that 
period he followed the trade of harness and saddle-maker in connection with his 
other interests.

James A. BROWN, a well known, influential citizen, and one of the most 
prominent planters of Saline County, was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., in 
1829, and is the son of John and Nancy BROWN, born in North Carolina in 1807 
and in Tennessee in 1825, respectively. The parents were married in Lincoln 
County, and a few years after their union, moved to Fayette County, West Tenn., 
where they resided until the year 1853, then coming to Arkansas. The father was 
a prosperous farmer during his life and for many years a captain of militia. 
His wife, a devout Christian woman, died in 1853, and he followed her two years 
later. He was a son of James BROWN, of North Carolina, one of the earliest 
settlers of Lincoln County, Tenn., who resided in that State the remainder of 
his life. The paternal grandfather, James BROWN, came from Ireland to America 
in his boyhood and first settled in North Carolina, and afterward in Lincoln 
County, Tenn., where he died in 1830. Champion BLITHE, the maternal 
grandfather, was a Kentuckian by birth, and in an early day fought the 
Spaniards at Santa Day. The remainder of his was spent on the frontier of Texas 
fighting against savage tribes. James A., the second of six children born to 
his parents, received his education in the log cabin school of his day. He 
started out in the world for himself when only fourteen years old, and at the 
age of eighteen was assistant overseer of a large plantation, having entire 
charge of over 100 slaves. In 1851 he was married in Shelby County, Tenn., to 
Virginia, a daughter of Payton and Sarah FLETCHER of Kentucky, who settled in 
Tennessee after their marriage, the father becoming one of the largest planters 
in Shelby County. Mr. FLETCHER was also a soldier in one of the Indian wars. 
Mr. And Mrs. BROWN were the parents of seven children, of whom two only are 
living: William H. (born in 1857, educated in Benton, Ark., and Shelby County, 
Tenn., and married in 1888 to Miss Edna E. HOOKER, of Shelby County), and 
Thomas Jefferson (born in 1864, also educated in Benton, Ark., and Shelby 
County, Tenn., and at Little Rock; married March 7, 1889, to Miss Maggie L. 
WILDER, of Georgia, who came to Benton, Ark., with her parents, the latter now 
residing in Texas). The following year after his marriage, Mr. BROWN came to 
Arkansas and settled in the wilds about twenty miles below Little Rock, which 
was then the nearest postoffice and trading point. Here he opened up a small 
clearing and built himself a slab cabin, and one of his greatest pleasures is 
to recall the many happy hours spent in that primitive habitation. The country 
was overrun with wild animals at that time and may a night he was forced to get 
out of bed and let the dogs in to keep them from being eaten by wolves. During 
the first year he killed twenty-two bear besides a quantity of other game, and 
on one occasion stood in his door with a shot-gun and killed seven wild turkeys 
at one shot. Wild deer were then more plenty than the domestic hog of today, 
and the delicious venison now sold for exorbitant prices was the a common fare. 
Mr. BROWN was an ardent hunter, but never let his fascination for that sport 
interfere with his other duties, and the severest weather did not hinder him 
from improving his farm and building up his place. He cultivated about 250 
acres of fine bottom land, which, on his arrival had been covered with a dense 
growth of timber, and has done perhaps as much hard work as any man in 
Arkansas. He now owns 3,200 acres of fine bottom land, having placed some 600 
acres under cultivation, all accumulated by his own energy and judicious 
management; besides this he was a considerable loser by the Civil War. He now 
employs about 100 people on his place and operates his own gin and store. In 
earlier days Mr. BROWN was engaged in rafting lumber down the Arkansas and 
Mississippi Rivers, and after getting through with his season's business made 
the journey back home on foot through the wildest and most unsettled portion of 
the country. In politics he was a Whig until after the war, and now votes the 
Democratic ticket. For eight years he held the office of justice of the peace 
and filled the position with great dignity and wisdom. He has been a member of 
Pemington Lodge No. 273, A. F. & A. M., at Hensley since 1865, and has been 
junior and senior warden, treasurer and junior deacon. His sons also belong to 
the same lodge.

A.B. BURKS, one of the oldest and most prosperous stock raisers and farmers 
in Liberty Township, Saline County, Ark., was born in Wayne County, Tenn., the 
son of Harrison and Sarah (YOCUM) BURKS, natives, respectively, of North 
Carolina and Kentucky. Harrison BURKS came to Tennessee when a small boy and 
was educated in the country schools and reared on a farm. In 1854, at the age 
of fifty-five years, he came to Arkansas, buying eighty acres of land in this 
township, where he remained until his death ten years later. Besides his 
original purchase he entered eighty acres more, and dealt quite extensively in 
fast horses, being a lover of racing. He was married about 1817, and became the 
father of nine children, five of whom are now living: George W. (deceased, 
whose family reside in this county), A. B. (our subject), James (living in this 
county), William (in Fair Play Township, this county), Mary (wife of John 
RUSSELL, of Garland County, Ark.), and P. L. (of this township). Mrs. BURKS 
died in 1868, having been a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. BURKS took quite 
and active interest in politics, as a Democrat, though he was not an office 
seeker. At the age of eighteen, A. B. BURKS commenced life for himself as a 
farmer on rented land in Tennessee, which he farmed for sic years. In 1854 he 
came to this State with his father, settling in this county and township. He 
rented land to put in his first crop, but in October of the same year purchased 
his present property consisting of eighty acres, with twenty acres improved. He 
has since added 120 acres, making a fine farm of 200 acres with 150 improved, 
upon which are a splendid frame residence, barns, outhouses, etc. He makes a 
specialty of raising stock and grain, leaving cotton to his neighbors. He has a 
large number of cattle and other stock. In 1861 Mr. BURKS joined the 
Confederate army as a private, being promoted to sergeant of his company. He 
linked his fortune with Company F, Third Arkansas Cavalry, commanded by Col. E. 
BOWLIN of Little Rock, and during the fore part of the war was stationed on the 
west side of the river, but in 1862 his command crossed the river and took part 
in the battles of Chickamauga, Corinth, Iuka, Franklin, Knoxville, Dalton, 
Savannah, and a number of minor engagements. He was surrendered near 
Greenville, N. C., and paroled at Chester, S. C. Starting home May 7, 1865, he 
arrived June 15, and found his family in a fair condition, but he, himself, was 
bankrupt, having nothing left except his place. Beginning at once to farm, he 
has kept it up to the present day. Just before returning from the war, Mr. 
BURKS drew 95 cents in silver from the Confederate treasurer, which he still 
retains. He says he worked four years for 95 cents, and he expects to keep it 
all his life. What property he now owns has been accumulated since the war. He 
was married in 1848 to Miss Mary A. MAY, daughter of John and Elizabeth (POLK) 
MAY, natives of Tennessee, and the parents of seven children (three of whom are 
now living): Henry (in McNairy County, Tenn.), Mary A. (wife of A. B. BURKS), 
James (deceased, whose family resides in Izard County, Ark.), Joshua 
(deceased), and Emily (wife of Wesley HENSLEY, in Searcy County, Ark.). Mr. 
John MAY died many years ago, Mrs. MAY passing away in 1837. Mr. and Mrs. BURKS 
have seven children: Louisa (wife of W. M. GRANT), Nancy (wife of E.M. 
HUNNICUTT), Sarah (wife of G. W. GRANT), Tennessee (wife of William HOWARD), 
James, Emily, and Josephine (deceased). Politically, Democratic, Mr. BURKS is a 
member of the A. F. & A. M., and a strong supporter of churches, schools and 
benevolent and public enterprises, always lending a hand to any scheme that 
will upbuild his county and State.

Frederick W. BUSH, a prominent druggist and apothecary of Benton, was born in 
Cassel, in the State of Prussia, Germany, on January 30, 1837, and is the 
second son of a family of five children born to Heinrich and Marie (SHOPPACH) 
BUSH. Heinrich BUSH was a lawyer, or prosecuting attorney, and also carried on 
an extensive probate business, but owning to the rebellion in Germany, in 1848, 
he came to America and joined his brother-in-law, John W. SHOPPACH, at Benton. 
The climate of this country not agreeing with him, he expired of a congestive 
chill, within five miles of Benton, in the summer of 1849. His wife's death 
occurred in 1885. She was the sister of J. W. SHOPPACH, who for years was an 
officer of Saline County. Frederick W. spent his early days in Cassel, and was 
educated in the schools of that city. When fifteen years of age he was 
apprenticed to a harness and saddle manufacturer, where he remained for three 
years. The third year he received wages, owing to his ability as a salesman, 
something that was not usually done. After having become proficient in his 
trade, he determined to engage in business for himself. Perhaps the 
correspondence with his uncle, or the love of a Republican government may have 
decided him to renounce his citizenship, for he took passage in a sailing 
vessel for America, and arrived here after a tiresome journey of eight weeks. 
Though the trip was long, and two severe storms were encountered, his ambition 
was not impaired, and he arrived in New Orleans in December, 1855. He heralded 
his arrival in Benton on Christmas day, of 1855, two months after which he 
engaged in the harness and saddlery business, with fair success. His business 
increased to such an extent that he was obliged to secure the services of 
several men to supply the demand, but the war breaking out he felt it his duty 
to fight for his adopted country, and so placed business affairs in the hands 
of his brother-in-law, George H. STRATMAN, and offered himself to the First 
Arkansas Infantry (Col. James FAGAN; later general), in April, 1861. He 
participated in the battles of Manassas, Shiloh (where he was wounded by 
gunshot in the left arm), Chickamauga, and New Hope Church. At the latter point 
he was again wounded, this time in the right shoulder. He was also in the 
engagements at Murfreesboro, Franklin, Nashville, and at Spring Hill. After the 
Nashville fight, Mr. BUSH was not in any regular engagement. He was once taken 
prisoner, but escaped within three hours, and finally with his company was 
surrendered in May, 1865. After a few weeks in Georgia Mr. BUSH returned to 
Benton, only to find his home desolated by the unpitying hand of war. Federal 
troops had appropriated his stock of goods, and his home had been used as 
headquarters for the quartermaster's department. This would have discouraged 
many, but, with renewed determination, he immediately opened a stock of liquors 
and groceries, and continued in this branch until 1875, when he sold out and 
engaged in the drug business. This he has since carried on, with signal 
success. Mr. BUSH's sister, Eliza, is the wife of George STRATMAN, a large shoe 
and boot dealer in Little Rock. Emily died in New Orleans, while on her way to 
this State in company with her brother. Charles Conrad, the youngest child, who 
came to Benton, started to California in 1858, and since that time has not been 
heard from. In November, 1867, Mr. BUSH was married to Miss Margaret Angeline 
LANE, a daughter of James B. LANE, one of the pioneers of Arkansas. She was 
born in Benton, August 22, 1848. They have the following family: Joanna E. 
(born September 25, 1871), Frederick Carl (born February 22, 1877), Ernest 
James (born December 25, 1886), Mary Williams (born July 2, 1869, and died 
September 14, 1870), Callie O. (born May 28, 1873, and died October 8, 1877). 
In addition to his store, Mr. BUSH has considerable land, owning 360 acres, 
with sixty under cultivation. He rents farms to tenants, who are evidently good 
ones, judging from the excellent condition in which the land is kept. He has 
held the office of school director for four years, also mayor for four years in 
Benton, and was alderman and treasurer for a long period. The latter position 
he is holding at the present time, having for six years been deputy county 
treasurer. Mr. BUSH is a member of Benton Lodge No. 34, A. F. & A. M., also of 
Saline Lodge No. 1319, K. of H., being treasurer of the latter. He and his 
family are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and he is one of the 
trustees. Baird's Institute (a flourishing private school in Benton) counts him 
as one of its trustees, H. T. CALDWELL and himself having been the originators 
of this institution. Mr. BUSH has always been a leader in enterprises looking 
to general improvement, especially in the support of churches, school, etc.

JOSEPH M. CHENNAULT, farmer and stock raiser of Dyer 
Township, Saline County, was born in St. Clair County, Ala., in 1827. William, 
his father, was a native of Tennessee, and his wife of South Carolina. The 
elder CHENNAULT, moved to Alabama while still quite a boy, settling in Madison 
County, whence he moved to St. Clair County. He was a prominent farmer and 
owned a large number of negroes. His marriage occurred in 1820, and fourteen 
children were born to him, eleven of whom lived until maturity, but Joseph M. 
is the only survivor. The names of this family were John (deceased, whose 
family is in Texas), Mary (deceased, wife of W. HUTCHISON), Rutha (deceased, 
wife of R. BAZILE, family now in Perry County, this State), J. M. (our 
subject), Nancy A. (deceased wife of Mr. DYER, family in Saline County), Thomas 
(deceased, whose family live in this county), Sarah A. (deceased, wife of K. 
JAMES, family in Saline County), William J. (deceased, his wife residing in 
Perry County, Ark.), Stephen M. (deceased, family in Saline County), and Amos 
(deceased). Mr. CHENNAULT lived until 1865, and his wife up to 1871, both 
meeting their death in this county. He came to this State in 1836, and settled 
in Saline County, where he was known politically, as a Union-Democrat. Himself 
and wife were members of the Missionary Baptist Church. When twenty years of 
age J. M. CHENNAULT began existence for himself. His school days had been spent 
in the county at limited district schools, the education here derived being 
subsequently improved by self-application. At the age of twenty years he was 
married to Miss Nancy A. JAMES, and three children were born to them, two now 
living: William M. (who lives in Garland County), and John (in Saline County). 
Mr. CHENNAULT was married the second time to Miss Caroline WATERS, who became 
the mother of five children: Mary A. (wife of John JAMES), Eliza (wife of L. P. 
KATE), Sarah (wife of W. P. CALDWELL), Joseph M., Jr., and Thomas (at home). 
Mrs. CHENNAULT died in March, 1877, as a member of the Missionary Baptist 
Church. In 1888, Mr. CHENNAULT was again married, to Miss Susan GERIN. He was 
in the Confederate army during the war as a member of Capt. Adams' Company, 
afterward joining the cavalry, and served until 1865, participating in the 
battle at Poison Springs and Marks' Mill. He was also with Gen. Price on his 
raid through Missouri in 1864-65, taking part in a number of skirmishes. His 
discharge occurred in Navarro County, Tex., after which he came home and 
commenced farming to replenish his fortune shattered by the war. He now owns 
180 acres of land, with sixty acres under cultivation, situated on the Middle 
Fork of Saline River, forming one of the best stocked farms in this section. He 
is a Democrat, and his wife in a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.


D. M. CLOUD, attorney and counselor at law at Benton, and 
also mayor of that place, was the second oldest of six children born to M. M. 
and L. J. (HAYNES) CLOUD, the former of whom came to the State from East 
Tennessee (to Saline County) in 1842. He walked from below the Arkansas Post on 
the Arkansas River (where a keel boat had grounded upon which he had taken 
passage at the mouth of the river, the price paid for passage being a cub bear) 
to the head waters of Saline now Garland County. There he worked on a farm for 
one year. He then went to work in a tanyard, continuing for two years, but in 
1844 went to Benton and opened a tanyard, also purchasing some land. He was 
married in 1845 to Miss L. J. HAYNES, and made Benton his home until his death, 
which occurred in 1859. Mr. CLOUD took a prominent part in politics, being an 
earnest Democrat, and was county treasurer and also common school commissioner. 
He was a member of the Masonic order. His excellent wife still survives him at 
Benton. D. M. CLOUD was educated in the public schools of Benton, and during 
the war served a while in the Confederate service, beginning when he was 
fifteen years of age. He was in the battles of Poison Springs, Marks Mill, and 
many other small skirmishes, and was taken prisoner by the Seventh Missouri, 
United States Cavalry, being confined at Little Rock, Rock Island, Ill., and 
New Orleans. Exchanged February 23, 1865, at the mouth of the Red River, he 
returned to the Southern army, but did no other service of consequence, and was 
paroled on June 9, 1865, coming thence to his desolated home at Benton. He 
attended school for a few months, afterward taught and read law, worked on a 
farm for two or three years, and was then employed as a clerk in a store at 
Little Rock and other places for some time. Becoming engaged in the grocery 
business at Mulberry, he thus continued until 1881, when he returned to Benton 
and resumed the study of the law, being admitted to the bar in September, 1882. 
He has since practiced his profession in this and adjoining counties, and 
enjoys about the best and most lucrative practice of any lawyer in Saline 
County. Mr. CLOUD took a very active part in the temperance movement in 1884, 
and greatly to his efforts are the temperance people indebted for the overthrow 
of the liquor traffic in this county. He was a candidate, in 1886, for the 
office of prosecuting attorney of the Seventh judicial circuit, but was 
defeated by an excellent gentleman, Hon. J. P. HENDERSON, who was then the 
incumbent. In 1888 he again became a candidate, but owing to the unsettled 
condition of the then existing politics withdrew from the canvass in order to 
take part in saving his party from defeat in his county for the Congressional 
and State ticket, he being an uncompromising Democrat. Mr. CLOUD is a member of 
Benton Lodge No. 34, A. F. &ammp; A. M., and was worshipful master of that 
lodge in 1888. He was taken into the Masonic order in Magnolia Lodge No. 60, 
located at Little Rock, Ark., in February, 1872. His marriage was in 1870 to 
Miss Martha H. CHASTAIN, who was born in Marietta, GA. She was the daughter of 
B. L. CHASTAIN, now residing in Comanche County, Kas., engaged in farming. Mr. 
CLOUD has a family of four children: Edward Leon, Charles Madison, Myrle and 
Bernice. Mr. and Mrs. CLOUD are members of the Baptist Church. The former is 
now serving his town as school director, and is president of the school board. 
He says that he expects to live out his days in Arkansas, and most likely in 
Saline County, where he is held in high esteem.

John L. COLLAT owns a large farm and is engaged in 
general farming and stock raising. He was born in the year 1838, being the 
oldest of ten children in the family of Robert K. and Eliza (COLLINS) COLLAT, 
the former of whom was a native of Alabama, where he was married. Afterward 
moving to Georgia he opened up a large plantation which he sold in 1853 and 
removed to Saline County, Ark., settling on Saline River in what is now 
Traskwood Township, and took up a claim on which he resided until his death in 
1856. His beloved wife passed from life within one week of his death leaving a 
family of ten children, one of whom was a babe only three days old, which was 
reared by an older sister, and one other child died during the same month. The 
family consisted of John L. (the subject of this sketch), William H. (who is 
married and resides in Saline Township), Taylor (also married and resides in 
Traskwood, being a merchant by occupation), Minerva (now Mrs. FEWELL living 
near Benton), Eliza (Mrs. TIDWELL, in Pulaski, the infant referred to), and 
five other children who are now deceased. John L. COLLAT at the time of his 
parents' death was only seventeen years old and having his brothers and sisters 
to care for, he secured homes for them and broke up housekeeping. He commenced 
farming for himself at the age of twenty-three, and in 1861 was married to 
Lousia MONTGOMERY, a daughter of Thomas and Mary (CLAUTON) MONTGOMERY; Mrs. 
COLLAT was born on the farm on which they at this time reside. Mr. MONTGOMERY 
was a native of Tennessee and emigrated to Arkansas in 1830, settling in what 
is now Saline County, and taking a claim on which he resided at the time of his 
death in 1856, his wife surviving him until 1885. Mr. COLLAT after his marriage 
located in Saline Township, entered a tract of land of eighty acres, to which 
he afterward added another eighty, and on which he made his home for the next 
ten years. He enlisted in 1862, at Benton, under Capt. Adams in the 
Twenty-fifth Arkansas Infantry, for the period of twelve months. After the 
battle of Corinth the company reorganized when Mr. COLLAT again enlisted for 
three years or during the war. He served two years in the Trans-Mississippi 
Regiment (infantry) and eighteen months in the cavalry service, being 
discharged in Texas in 1865, and returning to Saline County. In 1871 he sold 
his homestead and bought a farm of 270 acres, of which forty were under 
cultivation. He has erected a fine frame residence and made other improvements, 
besides clearing most of the remainder of his farm. He is a member of Benton 
Lodge No. 34, A. F. & A. A., in which he has held the office of S. D., and also 
belongs to Saline Lodge No. 1317, Knights of Honor. Mr. COLLAT and his wife 
have a family of eight children: William (married), Mary (now Mrs. COTE), 
Thomas (married), Sophronia, Frank, Martha, Henry and David, all of whom reside 
in Saline County. Mr. COLLAT is a man of great energy and industry, and though 
having been obliged to make his own way in the world, has done so with great 
credit to himself.


W. H. COLLAT, a farmer of Saline Township, Saline County, 
was born in Polk County, GA, in 1846, being the fifth son in a family of eleven 
children born to Robert and Eliza (COLLINS) COLLATT. Robert COLLATT was a 
native of Georgia, and came to Saline County, Ark., in 1855, settling on a farm 
in Shaw Township, on which he lived until his death in 1857. His wife only 
survived him two weeks, both dying of pneumonia. Mr. COLLATT was a small boy at 
the time of his parents' death. After his father's demise the estate was sold 
at an administrator's sale, and the son then went to live with Mr. John PETTON, 
where he remained for five years, receiving an education in the district 
schools. In 1864 he enlisted for one year in Capt. Tilford's Eleventh Arkansas 
Cavalry, and while in service was engaged in many skirmishes, finally being 
paroled at Fulton on the Red River in June, 1865. Mr. COLLATT later engaged in 
farming in Pulaski County on the Arkansas River in 1867. He was married, in 
1873, in Saline County, to Margaret WHITE, daughter of William W. and Elizabeth 
(MONTGOMERY) WHITE, who came here from Alabama at an early day. Mrs. WHITE died 
in February, 1885. Mr. COLLATT made his first purchase of land in 1872 when he 
bought eighty acres of timber which he cleared and in 1888 sold. He now owns a 
good farm of thirty acres on the Saline River, and also 156 acres near Benton, 
besides a place of 186 acres (100 acres of which are under cultivation) and ten 
acres in Benton where he resides. He is a stanch Democrat, though not 
especially active politically, and has been a member of the school board for 
some six or eight years. He is the father of six children: Oliver Walter, James 
Virgil, Hallie Homer, Hattie Hester, Lena Louis and Vinnie Verna. Mr. COLLATT 
has witnesses and taken an individual part in the growth and advancement of 
Benton from the first. He remembers when only one business house was in the 
place, and when the farmers in the neighborhood were obliged to go ten or 
fifteen miles on horseback to the mill.


Thomas Y. Craig, a farmer and merchant of Brazil, Holland Township, carries a 
full line of general merchandise, and enjoys a lucrative patronage. He was born 
in Seneca County, S. C., in 1844, and was the third son in a family of four 
children born to William and Francis Deshield Craig. The father was a South 
Carolina farmer, who in 1859 emigrated to Arkansas with his family, and settled 
in Hempstead County, where be purchased a piece of land and improved it. He was 
a prominent Democrat of the community in his day. His death occurred in 1870, 
his widow following him in about two years. They were the parents of the following 
children: Nancy (now Hire. Compton, who resides in Hempstead County, Ark.), Jane 
(now Mrss. Simpson, also of Hempstead County), Thomas Y. (the subject of this 
article), and Franklin (who is married and resides in Hempstead County, being 
engaged in farming). Thomas Y. Craig was reared to farm life, being educated in 
the subscription schools of South Carolina. He accompanied his parents to Hempstead 
County in 1850, resuming farm labor, and in 1861 enlisted in Capt. Neal's company, 
in the Nineteenth Arkansas Infantry, at Nashville for one year, at the end of which 
time he reenlisted in the same regiment to serve during the war. He was in the 
battle of Wilson's Creek and a number of noted engagements, when he was taken prisoner 
and sent to Chicago, where he was kept for four months, at the end of that time being 
exchanged and forwarded to City Point, Va., and then to Richmond. Following this he 
participated in the battles of Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Dalton, Atlanta and 
others. In 1865 he was paroled and returned to Hempstead County, where he again 
engaged in farming until the following year, when be went to Little Rock and learned 
the trade of carpentering, following it until 1876. Mr. Craig was married in Little 
Rock, in 1870, to Sarah Ray, a native of Alabama. By that union two children were 
born, who are both living: Alena and Nora. This wife died in 1878, and in 1879 he 
married, in Pulaski County, Miss Emily Bosher, of that county. They were the parents 
of the following children: Zephyr, Cora, Steen, Ola, Effie and Frank. In 1876 Mr. 
Craig bought a partly improved farm in Saline County of 380 acres, 100 of which were
under cultivation. He now has over 200 acres improved, having added attractive 
surroundings to the farm. He raises large crops of grain and cotton, as well as fine 
cattle and mules. He is a member of Paran Lodge No. 319, A. F. & A. M., in which he
has held the office of worshipful master. Mr. Craig takes an active part in all 
educational work and interests of an enterprising nature.

Capt. Augustus A. Crawford, county and probate judge of Saline County, and also a 
prominent planter of that locality, was born in Rhea County, East Tenn., March 31, 
1838, and is a son of Robert B. and Olivia (Howard) Crawford, whose birth occurred 
in the same State in 1808 and 1817, respectively. The parents were married there in 
the year 1820, making it their home until 1833, when they moved to Russell County, 
Ala., where the father died in 1813, the mother afterward marrying a Mr. Lockhard, 
who died some years later. She has since remained a widow and resides in Georgia at 
the present time with a daughter. Her father, Abraham Howard, of Virginia, was one 
of the earliest settlers of Rhea County, Tenn., and a prosperous farmer of that place, 
where be resided until his decease. The senior Crawford was also a farmer, and an 
influential citizen of Rhea County during his residence in that place. He had three 
brothers and two sisters living in Saline County, Ark., one of whom (Hon William A. 
Crawford) at one time represented that county in the legislature, and for six years 
was its sheriff. Augustus A. was the third of four sons and one daughter born to his 
parents, all of whom, except himself, have died. One brother (Rev. Robert B. Crawford, 
of Alabama) was among the most noted Methodist divines in that State, and a man who 
spoke from the pulpit with marvelous power. Augustus was the only son . who came to 
Saline County;  previous to settling here he had worked on a farm, having also for 
two years taken up the carpenter's trade, which calling he followed at Benton and 
Little Rock during the first year of his arrival. His advantages for schooling were 
limited, as he had to work for the neighboring farmers during youth in order to pay 
his, way, but his natural shrewdness and ability manifested themselves sooner, 
perhaps, than if he had absorbed more book knowledge, and exercised less talent. 
In March, 1860, he was married to Miss Martha J. Rowan, a daughter of Thomas and 
Ruth Rowan, of Alabama, who were among the earliest settlers of Saline County, where 
both parents died. Ten children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Crawford (four sons and 
six daughters), all of whom are living. Mr. Crawford continued to reside in Benton 
and vicinity until 1874, when he settled on his present place, now owning about 120 
acres of productive land and has placed sixty acres under cultivation. His prosperity 
is all due entirely to his individual effort and good management, he having started 
in life for himself at fourteen years of age with but little, if anything. He also 
owns another tract of thirty?seven acres, comprising some of the best land in this 
section, all situated about six miles northeast of Benton. During the war he enlisted 
in Company D, Eleventh Arkansas Infantry, operating principally in Missouri and 
Tennessee, and after the battle of Belmont was promoted to the rank of captain. On 
April 8, 1862, be was captured at Tiptonville and imprisoned at Camp Chase for a 
short time, and then taken to Johnson's Island, where he was confined until the 
following September, when he was taken to Vicksburg and exchanged. He at once rejoined 
his regiment and was promptly made captain of the same company, holding that rank 
until the close of the war. During his service Capt. Crawford took part in the battles 
of Baker's Creek, Port Hudson, Jackson, Miss., Clinton, La., Atlanta, Ga., and from 
there was sent buck into the western territory to join Gen. Wirt Adams. In 1811 he 
was transferred to the TransMississippi Department in Gen. Fagan's division, and 
operated in Arkansas and Louisiana, and in May of the following year surrendered 
to Capt. L. B. Nash, at Benton, who was then provost? marshal Capt. Crawford was 
at once arrested for treason, but the case was nolleproscquied. From 1858 to 18(14) 
he was deputy sheriff under his uncle. and from 18511 to 1800 was also tax collector. 
He served as justice of the peace from 1878 to 188`? in Bryant Township, and in 1884 
was elected county and probate judge to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge 
Barton Howard. Since then he has been re?elected twice, and has filled the office 
with a dignity and wisdom that has never been surpassed in Saline County. In politics 
he is a stanch Democrat, and from 1880 to 1888 was a delegate to the State convention. 
In secret societies he is a member of Bryant Lodge No. 441, A. F. & A. M., and is the 
present secretary of his lodge. He and wife both attend the Missionary Baptist Church, 
and are leaders in aiding all religious and other worthy j enterprises.

W. H. Crudgington, one of the leading farmers of Perkins Township, Saline County, was 
born in Jefferson County in 1850, and is a son of George W. and Ann (Moore) Crudgington, 
the former born near Knoxville, Tenn., and the latter near Tuscaloosa, Ala. The parents 
were married in the latter State, and resided there until the year 1848, when they 
moved to Jefferson County, Ark., and in 1850 came to Pulaski County, where the father 
died in 1858, his wife following him to the grave on October 13, 1808. He was a successful 
farmer during his life, and an upright, conscientious man in all his dealings. W. H. 
Crudgington, the youngest of six children born to the parents, received a good English 
education in the public schools of his native State. When eighteen years old he 
commenced in life for himself. being employed in one of the prominent business houses 
of Jefferson County for some years, and afterward in Saline County. In 1883 he was 
married to Mary A., daughter of Washington McCool, of Alabama, who moved to ()rant 
County at an early period with his family. Mr. McCool was a soldier in the Confederate 
army (during the Civil War, and after that event returned to Grant County, where be 
died a few years later, as did also his wife. Two children were born to Mr. Crudgington's 
marriage, both sons. Since the war he has lived in Perkins Township, where he owns 
eighty acres of fertile bottom land, and has placed about fifty acres under cultivation. 
This be has made by his own individual effort and good management, and he is now looked 
upon as one of the leading citizens and most substantial farmers of that section. In 
1885 be was notary public, but resigned that office to be assessor of Saline County, 
filling the vacancy caused by the removal of J. L. Crabtree. He was also postmaster 
of Hensley in 1888, and has filled every public office he held to the entire satisfaction 
of the people. In politics he is a stanch Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote 
for Greeley, in 1871. He is a member of Pennington Lodge No. 273, A. F. & A. M., at 
Hensley, and was secretary of that lodge for three years. In religious faith Mrs. 
Crudgington has been a member of the Missionary Baptist Church many years.

Dr. W. S. Davis, one of the leading physicians of this township, was born in Tennessee 
in 1858, the son of Benson A. and Catharine (Grisom) Davis, natives of Tennessee. B. A. 
Davis was a carriage and wagon maker and lived in Tennessee until his death. He was 
married December 12, 1848, and became the father of seven children, four now living: 
Mary E. (wife of W. L. Robinson), D. J., John H. (deceased), W. S. (our subject), G. F. 
(deceased). Matilda R. (wife of Frank Johnson), and Jackson D. (deceased). Bronson A. 
Davis was killed by bushwhackers, February 28, 1885. He joined the United States army 
and served until 1865, when he was discharged, after which, while recruiting a company, 
of which he was elected captain, and when on his way to reenlist and be mustered in at 
Waterloo, he was killed. He had been in several battles and had served his country 
faithfully. He was a member of the A. F. & A. M., and a minister by profession, teaching 
the doctrine of the Missionary Baptist Church for a number of years. His wife was also 
a church member. At the age of eighteen years W. S. Davis began life for himself as a 
farmer. His literary education had been gained in Tennessee and Arkansas, and in the 
year 1871 he commenced the study of medicine. In 1878 he began practicing in the Indian 
Territory, but during the year 1879 moved to Logan County, Ark., where he devoted 
himself to his profession for about two years. Going thence to Shiloh, Van Buren County, 
he later became settled at Cross Roads, and finally in Yell County. In 1882 he came to 
this county and located on the Middle Fork of the Saline River, moving to his present 
place in 1877, and buying the property on which be lives, consisting of eighty acres. 
Dr. Davis was married July 28, 1875, to Miss Mary Camer, of Independence County, Ark. 
The result of this marriage was two children: Sophia C. and John W. The Doctor is a 
member of Whittington Lodge No. 365, A. F. & A. M., and votes the Democratic ticket. 
Mrs. Davis is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. He is thoroughly wrapped up 
in the practice of his adopted calling, keeping well apace with the advance of medical 
science, while as a physician and surgeon he is esteemed by all acquaintances.

Davidson & Russell, dealers in general merchandise and proprietors of gin and mill, 
first established business in La Belle, in January, 1889. Their interests consist of 
a large stock of general merchandise, ginning, milling and blacksmithing, in addition 
to which they own and control the manufacturing right of Saline County, for Coleman's 
patent combination plow. The firm is composed of William A. Davidson and H. B. Russell, 
well known in this locality. William A. Davidson is a native of Arkansas, and was born 
in Saline County, May 28, 1859, his parents, James and Mary (Russell) Davidson, having 
been among the early settlers of this county. Young William received his education in 
the schools of this locality, applying himself closely in youth, and was married 
November 23, 1878, to Miss Mary E. Cameron, a daughter of Daniel A. Cameron, assessor 
of Saline County. To this anion have been born the following children: James A. (born 
March 21, 1880), Cullen J. (born February 15, 1882), Ashbury Y. (born November 24, 
1884), and William Russell (born February 3, 1886). After his marriage Mr. Davidson 
continued his occupation of farming, and bought a farm of 214 acres of woodland, 
thirty of which he cleared, erecting good buildings and otherwise improving it. In 
November, 1883, he purchased a farm of 157 acres near La Belle, which he also cleared 
and improved, but selling this tract, in 1888, to his partner, Mr. Russell, he bought 
220 acres in Beaver Township, with fifty under the plow. This farm he has cultivated 
and improved, until now it is classed with the finest places in Beaver Township. Mr. 
and Mrs. Davidson are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Davidson is 
trustee of the Salem Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He is a member of the school 
board, and also postmaster at La Belle, Ark. H. B. Russell is also a native of 
Arkansas, and was born in Saline County, January 10, 1850, the son of Alex. Russell, 
exresentative in the State legislature. He attended the common schools of his native 
county, and at the age of eighteen began life for himself; first in assisting his 
father upon the home farm till his marriage, which occurred in 1881, to Miss Josie 
Cameron, the daughter of Daniel Cameron, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. 
Mr. and Mrs. Russell are the parents of three attractive children: Currie (born May 6, 
1883), Florence Myrtle (born August 12, 1885), and Sylvester J. (born August 28, 1887). 
Previous to his marriage Mr. Russell had purchased a farm in Beaver Township consisting 
of 102 acres timberland, to which later on be added 124 acres. He at once began to 
improve it, erecting a handsome residence, good barns, etc., but in 1888 traded that 
farm (220 acres in all) to his partner (Mr. Davidson) for 157 acres near La Belle, 
and a half interest in his gin and mill. Mr. Russell at once moved to his new farm, 
and in January following embarked in the mercantile business with Mr. Davidson, in 
La Belle, where their subsequent career has gained for them extensive acquaintance. 
Some time in 1886 Mr. Russell engaged in the blacksmith's trade, and bought a 
complete outfit in the spring of 1889 opening a shop in La Belle. In this direction 
also his business is rapidly increasing, and is all that he could desire.	His 
Commercial affairs interfere in no war with the management of his farm, which is 
not excelled in the county. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, South, and the former is a liberal contributor to all church and school 
enterprises, in fact, giving his support to all worthy measures for the benefit 
of the county.	In politics lie is a Democrat, though not au enthusiast. He has 
served two years as deputy assessor for Saline County. The firm of Davidson & 
Russell is probably the leading business house in thin part of the country. They 
are honest, conscientious and are in every way worthy of the confidence reposed 
in them.

Russell Denton, the subject of this sketch is one of the leading farmers of 
Marble Township, Saline County, and was born in Georgia in1845, being the son 
of Thomas and Mattie (White) Deaton, natives of North Carolina. Thomas Denton 
inn- to Georgia about the year 188?, and settled in Polk County. living in that 
section until his death, which occurred in 1871, when over eighty years old. He 
was married about the time of his settlement in Polk County, end be and his wife 
were the parents of thirteen children. seven of whom are living, as follows: Levi 
Denton (a farmer in Georgia), Andrew Denton (in Saline County, Ark.), Martha. 
Joseph, Martin and Reuben (all residents of Georgia), and Russell ( the subject 
of this sketch). Mrs. Denton still lives in Georgia and is now about ninety years 
old, enjoying vigorous health for one of her age. Her husband was one of the 
earliest settlers of that portion of Georgia, and previous to the late war owned 
some 400 acres of valuable land and twelve or fifteen negroes, besides a large 
amount of stock. He lost his property during the war, with the exception of his 
real estate interests.	He was a supporter of the Democratic party. In the year 
1808. Russell Denton then twenty three years of age purchased 1011 acres of laud, 
with twenty acres under cultivation in this State, and commenced life as a farmer. 
He has since increased his place to 180 acres, eighty acres of which are improved 
and situated on the Middle Fork of the Saline River, upon them being found buildings 
in good condition and plenty of stock. He is very successful as a cattle raiser. 
Mr. Denton was married in Arkansas in the year 1870 to Miss Sarah E. Millinder of 
that State, and a daughter of Joseph and Nancy (Lindsey) Millinder, also of 
Arkansas nativity, who were among the states earliest settlers, having come 
here in 1818. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Denton became the parents of five children, 
three of whom are now living: Mattie A. (wife of Isaac Dodd in Saline County), 
Mollie F. and Andrew at home). Mrs. Denton was a member of the Baptist Church up 
to the time of her death, which occurred in 1894. In 1887 Mr. Denton married 
Miss Mollie Johnson, who was also a native of this county. The result of this 
union was one child. In 1862 Mr. Denton joined the Confederate army. Massenburg's 
battery, and was afterward transferred to Anderson's battery, where he served 
until the surrender, fighting in the battle of Chickamauga. Missionary Ridge, 
Dalton, Resaca, Cassville, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain and Atlanta. He was 
with Gen. Johnston in all the later battles fought by him and surrendered with 
that army at Greensboro, N. C., In 1865. He was wounded during the war three 
times, not, however deeming any one serious fit that time, though recently his 
wound has broken out and gives him much pain. Mr. Deaton takes an active part 
in all matters pertaining to education and the benefit of his fellowmen.  He 
keeps a fine pack of hounds, and is always randy to grant his friends a day's 
sport. He votes with the Democratic party.

Rev. I. N. Dunnahoo, farmer and stock grower of Kentucky Township, Saline County, 
came upon the stage of action in the State of Georgia in the year 1830, and is 
the son of John W. and Susan B. (Patman) Dunnahoo, natives of Georgia, of Irish 
parentage. The father was the son of James Donnahoo, who was reared in Virginia, 
removing to Georgia at a very early day. John W. was reared and educated in that 
State, receiving a good Common school education. He was married in 1830, and soon 
after commenced farming on his own land, being a man of considerable property 
and owning before the war a large tract of land and some twenty five or thirty 
slaves. He has a family of twelve children, three of whom survive, John B. 
(resides in Georgia). Elizabeth (wife of H. Bradshaw, living in Georgia), and 
I. N. (who forms the subject of this sketch). John W. Dunnahoo, at the age of 
eighty-eight, and his wife at the age of eighty-nine years are still living at 
the old home near Rome, Ga. Daring the war he lived at Jackson, GA., losing 
much property also near Rome. He is a Democrat, and with him wife is a member 
of the Primitive Baptist Church. I. N. Dunnahoo was reared as a farmer's lad 
on the farm of his father in Georgia, receiving his education in the schools 
of his native county. At the age of seventeen years he began as overseer on 
his father 's plantation. continuing this until his twenty-fifth year. Then 
coming to this State he bought the land on which he now resides consisting 
of 100 acres with twenty-five cleared. He owns some 900 acres in this place, 
with 250 under cultivation, besides which he formerly owned a tract of ninety 
acres, forty under cultivation, near Benton, which he has given to his children. 
In 1863 Mr. Dunnahoo joined the confederate army, enlisting in Miller's cavalry, 
Gen. Fagan's escort cover. He was taken prisoner at Longview, Ark., and taken 
to Rock Island, Ill., where he was confined one year less three days. Being 
exchanged just before the close of the war, he was placed in the infantry at 
Shreveport, La. Here he was furloughed, going home and not returning. He was 
paroled May 12 with his old company at Little	Rock. After the war he returned 
home finding his family in a destitute condition. He was completely broken up, 
owning nothing but his farm of 100 acres and a couple of horses. All above that 
he has made since the war. By hard work he has paid an obligation of $2,000, 
and today is no man's debtor, He has been twice married. His first wife being 
Laura J. Medlock, whom he married in 1868. (See sketch of Dr. Medlock.) By 
this marriage he became the father of eight children, six of whom are now living 
(two dying when young:) Mary (wife of  Dock F. Dobbins). Elizabeth. Paralee with 
Mrs. Dobbins, Benjamin (practicing medicine at Alexandria. Pulaski County). John 
at home) And Martha W. (at Hot Springs with her aunt Mrs. O'Briant). Etta (at 
home). Mrs. Donnahoo was a member of the, Baptist Church, and died December 27, 
1879.	In 1881 Mr. Dunnahoo was married to Jennie F. Thresher, daughter of 
Robert Thresher, a native of Tennessee. Mr. Dunnahoo has been a minister of 
the Baptist Church for seventeen years, and has baptized and married a goodly 
number. In politics he is a Democrat. He is one of the liberal contributors 
of the county to churches, schools, and public enterprises. Mrs. Dunnahoo is 
a sister of Robert Thresher, one of the leading lights in the Baptist Church, 
who has been in the ministry for thirty years. He is also one of the teachers 
of the Malvern graded schools.

William A. Dyer, one of the prominent farmers of Section 5,. Holland Township, 
Saline County, whose post office address is Brazil, was born in Cherokee County, 
Ala., in 1842. being the eldest in a family of seven children born to Jacob and 
Sarah (Grimmett) Dyer, natives of Alabama Mrs. Dyer was the daughter of William 
Grimmett, originally from Tennessee and one of a colony of five to settle, in 
Wills Valley, Cherokee County, Ala. in 1828, among the Indians, where he remained 
some years, subsequently moving to Saline County. Ark. in 1849. He there entered 
several farms, and sold them at a profit after making many improvements. His 
death occurred in 1858, and his wife followed him within two months, leaving the 
following children to mourn their lose: William A. (a boy of sixteen and the 
subject of this sketch, lames P. (who enlisted in Saline County under Capt. 
Watkins in 1862, and who was missing after the siege of Port Hudson), A. J. 
(who is married and resides in this township), John D. (killed in 1887). Ruth 
Evelyn (died in 1877), Sarah Elizabeth (now Mrs. Holland, and resides in this 
town ship), and Robert Wilton (died in 1863). Mr. Dyer was seven years of age 
when he came to Saline County with his parent, being reared to farm life, and 
receiving an education in the subscription schools of the county. In 1861 he 
commenced farming for himself in Beaver Township, where he remained for one year.  
In July, 1862, he enlisted in Company D. Twenty-second Arkansas Infantry, for 
three years or during the war, and was kept at Little Rock most of the time, 
where he was paroled in 1865, returning later to Beaver Township and resuming 
farming.  He was married to Saline County in 1861 to Emily Chastain, a native 
of Georgia, and a daughter of John N. and Elizabeth (Self ) Chastain.  Mr. 
Chastain was a native of Georgia and came to Saline County in 1957, settling 
in Beaver Township, where he remained several years, and then moved to Holland 
Township in 1870.  His death occurred in 1879, his wife dying three months 
previous.  At the close of the war Mr. Dyer settled in Beaver Township on a 
place he had bought in 1861.  In 1871 he purchased a partially improved farm of 
120 acres, to which additions have been made until he now has 320 acres, with 
120 acres under cultivation, fifty acres of this having been opened by himself.  
Mr. and Mrs. Dyer were the parents of two children, both of whom are deceased: 
Sarah Elizabeth (who died at three years of age) and Laura D. (who died at the 
age of eight). Mr. Dyer is a member of the school board, in which capacity he 
has served two terms.  He is also a member of the Ionic Lodge of the A.F.& A.M. 
also of Paron Lodge No. 309, A.F.& A.M., of which he was one of the charter 
members, having served also as junior warden and senior warden.  He is one of 
the leading Democrats of his township.

J.M. Dyer, merchant and postmaster at Owensville, Saline County, Ark., was born 
in Dyer Township, in the year 1849.  His parents, Given and Martha (Brazel) Dyer, 
natives, respectively, of Kentucky and Missouri, reared a family of ten children, 
J.M. Dyer being the fifth.  They came to Saline County, Ark., in 1835, settling 
in what was now Dyer Township, and making this county his home, the father 
followed farming,, opening up some 126 acres before his death, which occurred 
in 1861, his wife following him in 1862.  The elder Mr. Dyer had taken quite and 
active part in politics, being a strong Democrat.  His son, J.M., who was reared 
on the farm and educated in the township schools, commenced his career alone at 
the age of twenty years as a farmer on rented land.  In 1875 he bought a partly 
improved farm of 150 acres.  He at once began to improve it and add to his 
possessions, until today he owns a splendid farm of 250 acres, with 110 under 
cultivation.  He was married in Saline County, in 1869, to Melissa Robison, a 
native of Scott County, Ark., and a daughter of D.J. and Lucinda (James ) Robison, 
of Missouri.  Mr. and Mrs. Robison came to Arkansas at an early day, the father 
dying in October, 1881, but the mother is still living in this township.  By the 
union there were 5 children, all living: William Milas, Daniel Obey, Admire Lucinda, 
Rosa and Jeddy Walter. Mr. Dyer is not very active in politics, though he votes 
the Democratic ticket.  He has been justice of the peace in his township for two 
terms.  As a member of Whittington Lodge No. 365, A.F.& A.M., he has passed the 
chairs and served two terms as S.D.  Both Mr. and Mrs. Dyer are members of the 
Missionary Baptist Church in this township.  Every enterprise that tends to advance 
the interest of his township and county, finds in Mr. Dyer a firm friend and 
stanch supporter.  He is especially interested in schools, and has held the position 
of postmaster at Owensville for five years, being a faithful and obedient servant 
of the public.  

James Q. Earnest, justice of the peace and one of the leading farmers of this 
township, was born in the Lone Star State in 1854, being reared, however, in 
Mississippi.  He is the son of William and Melissa (Cotton ) Earnest, natives 
of Tennessee, the former of whom was educated in Kentucky, moving to Texas in 
1851, and settling in Smith County, where he lived for three years.  Removing 
thence to Alcorn County, Miss. He resided there twenty nine years, and in 1883 
came to this State, locating on the South Fork of the Saline River, in Saline 
County.  He is the father of eleven children, eight now living:  William F., 
James Q. (our subject), Aziline (wife of J. Westbrooks )Elizabeth (wife of R. 
Lucas, lives in Lonoke County), R.G., J.R., Annie (wife of Mart Hendrix) and 
Addie (at home).  During the war Mr. Earnest joined Company F, Thirty second 
Missippi regiment, Confederate army, and served as a private through that struggle, 
participating in a number of battles, notable among which were Franklin and 
Chickamauga.  He came home when the war closed and engaged in farming, which he 
still continues.  Though a member of the A.F.& A.M., he does not affiliate with 
any lodge in this state.  He is also a member of the Democratic party.  James Q. 
Earnest, who received his education in the country schools of Mississippi, at 
the age of twenty-one began life as a farmer on rented land in that state.  
Continuing there for but a few years, he removed to Arkansas in 1878, and purchased 
his present property of eighty acres of wild land, besides which he has since 
cleared and improved fifty acres on the Saline River.  He is quite an extensive 
stock raiser, having the largest herd of sheep in the county.  In 1888 he was 
elected to the office of justice of the peace, in which capacity he does a large 
amount of business.  He was married in 1874, to Miss Emily Stephens, daughter of 
James and Ellen (McElbannon ) Stephens, natives respectively, of Georgia and 
Alabama, who were the parents of seven children, four now living: Samuel (in Texas), 
Matt (in Mississippi), Emily (wife of our subject) and Charles (in Tennessee).  
Mr. and Mrs. Stephens both died about the year 1859.  Though Mr. Earnest has no 
children to educate he is a warm advocate of the free school system, and a liberal 
donator to the churches. He is a member of Fair Play Lodge No. 32, A.F.& A.M., 
holding the office of S.D. in his lodge. Politically he is a Democrat.  While, 
perhaps, not owning as much property in the county as some others, he is as 
enterprising and successful as any in his section-thoroughly understanding the 
pursuits to which he has devoted so much attention.  

John M. Finley, well known as a farmer and leading citizen of Saline County, 
was born in Blount County, East Tenn., in 1820, and is the son of William and 
Sarah (Weldon ) Finley.  The fater was a native of Virginia who moved to Tennessee 
at an early period and settled in Bradley County, where he spent the remainder 
of his days.  He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and before the Civil War was 
a successful farmer, but during that event his property was almost entirely swept 
away.  The mother was a daughter of Joseph Weldon, a native of Ireland, who came 
to this country before the Revolution and settled in Tennessee, where he resided 
until his death at the age of one hundred and three years.  She was a member of 
the Methodist Church during life and a devout Christian woman.  John M., the 
seventh of seven sons and three daughters born to the parents was reared on his 
father's farm and educated in the log cabin schools of that period.  In February, 
1840, he was married to Miss Eliza Jane Delaney, of Tennessee, whose father was an 
old Revolutionary soldier, and this union gave them nine children, of whom one son 
and one daughter are yet living: James Henry (residing at Little Rock), and Louisa 
(wife of John McLean).  In 1850 Mr. Finley came with his family to what is now 
Lonoke County, but nine years later moved to Saline County and settled in the 
woods of Hurricane Township, where he opened up a good farm.  His success as a 
planter has been encouraging, and by proper management and energy he has now 
accumulated about 175 acres of the best land in that section, comprised of three 
tracts, and has placed some seventy acres under cultivation, besides owning a 
good house and lot in Bryant, where he has resided since 1888.  In 1861 he enlisted 
in the Third Arkansas Cavalry, and operated in Missouri until the spring of the 
following year, when he was discharged on account of ill health.  In the fall of 
1863 he had fully recovered and again enlisted, joining the Eleventh Arkansas 
Infantry, in which he remained until the close of the war.  He took part in many 
hard battles and skirmishes, and distinguished himself on more than one occasion 
by his gallant actions in the field.  In politics he is a Democrat and cast his 
first presidential vote for Van Buren in 1840.  In religious faith he has been a 
member of the Methodist Church for a great number of years, and is always prompt 
to aid any religious and educational enterprises, as well as taking an active 
interest in the development of his county.

Dr. D.N. Fisher, whose prominence as a physician and surgeon of Traskwood Township 
has contributed largely to the respect and esteem accorded him, was born in Hamilton 
County, Ill., November 10, 1847, and is the youngest of four sons born to Jordan 
and Elizabeth (Carter) Fisher, natives of North and South Carolina, respectively.  
Jordan Fisher was born in 1807, and when quite young went to Kentucky and engaged 
in farming, afterward being married there.  Following his marriage he moved to 
Indiana, and from there to Illinois, where he was residing at the time of his death, 
in 1885, his wife only surviving him one year.  Dr. Fisher's paternal grandfather 
was one of the pioneers of Kentucky, having gone there when the state belonged to 
the Northwest Territory.  He was killed in the battle of Tippecanoe in the War of 
1812.  Young Fisher spent his boyhood days in the common schools of Illinois, and 
at the age of seventeen entered the high school at Endfield, Illinois, where he 
remained for two years, then commencing the study of medicine under the tutelage 
of Dr. A. Hodge, one of the most prominent practitioners of his day.  After one 
year he abandoned his medical studies and came to Arkansas, engaging in the 
mercantile business for a while in Hot Spring County, at Ouachita.  In 1873 he went 
to Saline County, and in July of that year was married there to Miss Mary Graham, 
a native of Mississippi, and the daughter of Dr. A.G. Graham.  Dr. Graham came to 
Arkansas in 1859, and was the leading physician of the community until his death 
in 1884.  After his marriage, Dr. Fisher again resumed the study of medicine under 
Dr. Graham, remaining with him for two years.  In 1879 and 1880 he attended the 
medical department of the Arkansas State University, and since that time has enjoyed 
a very successful and lucrative practice.  He came to Traskwood in 1888, in 1889 
entering into partnership with Dr. Walton, and together or individually they have 
and enviable reputation, which is well deserved, for never were individuals more 
conscientious or careful in the discharge of professional duties than they.  Dr. 
Fisher is a Democrat, though he takes no active part in politics.  He has been 
elected justice of the peace and postmaster, but declined to serve in both instances.  
He has served as school director almost the entire period of his residence in the 
State.  Fair Play Lodge No. 32, A.F.& A.M., counts him as one of its members, in 
which he is worshipful master.  He is also a member of Benton Lodge No. 1319, K. 
of H. Dr. Fisher has long been identified with school and church enterprises, and 
never fails to give his support to all worthy movements.

Capt. J.C. Flynn, one of the principal lumber dealers in Saline County, and a 
manufacturer of yellow pine, oak, ash, gum and hickory timber, the first named 
being a specialty, was born in New York in 1833, and is a son of Henry and Ellen 
(Colbert) Flynn, natives of Ireland.  They came to the United States in 1830, 
and resided in New York State, until their removal to Washtenaw County, Mich., 
where the father died, when J.C. was sixteen years old.  Three years later the 
family moved to Ludington, Mich., where the mother died in 1885, a member of the 
Catholic Church.  J.C. Flynn, the third of seven children born to his parents, 
received a limited education in his youth, his only instructors being his older 
sisters.  When sixteen years old he commenced in life for himself and farmed 
for a short time but later he sailed on the great lakes, his principal run being 
Chicago to Buffalo, N.Y.  For tow years he acted in the capacity of mate, and 
the last years of his sailing life were passed as captain.  His brother, in 
the meantime was managing the farm in Michigan.  In 1858 J.C. went to Texas, 
where he worked at the carpenter's trade until 1860, then coming to Clark 
County, Ark.  When the Civil War broke out, he enlisted in Company B, Twelfth 
Arkansas Infantry, as a private, but after three months' service he was made 
a corporal, and later on promoted to sergeant-major of the regiment, taking 
part in the battles at Belmont, Island No. 10 and Fort Pillow.  He was then 
furloughed for sixty days, and sent to Arkansas in charge of the sick and 
wounded of his regiment.  When about to return to his command he was ordered 
by Gen. Hindman to organize, which he did, and was made captain of Company H. 
Thirty-third Arkansas Infantry, and remained in that capacity until the close 
of the war, taking part in the fights at Prairie Grove, near Vicksburg, Little 
Rock, Mansfield, La., Pleasant Hill, La., Jenkins' Ferry, and a great number 
of skirmishes.  He was wounded several times, and at Jenkins' Ferry was captured 
and taken to Johnson's Island, where he was confined for eleven months, but 
was finally exchanged and rejoined his command at Shreveport, La., and surrendered 
at Marshall, Tex., in May, 1865.  After the war was over he returned to Clark 
County, Ark., with only five cents in his pockets, but immediately set to work 
with an energy that soon brought its reward.  Some time later he was enabled to 
build a water, flour and corn mill, which he operated successfully for about two 
years and then moved to Pulaski County, and farmed for one year.  Capt. Flynn 
then entered into business at Little Rock, and also operated saw-mills in different 
parts of Pulaski County, until 1880, when he came to his present place, which was 
established in 1881, and is now one of the largest industries in Saline County, 
the mill having a capacity of 20,000 feet per day, with a planing mill attached, 
and employing on an average of fourteen people.  He also owns four ox teams and 
one horse team to haul his logs, and has about 1,100 acres of the best timber 
land in that section.  Capt. Flynn was married in January, 1867, in Clark County, 
to Miss Dusky V., daughter of Henry M. and Virginia Ivy, of Mississippi and 
Alabama, respectively, who were among the earliest settlers of Pulaski County, 
where the father died about 1878.  Four children were born to the Captain and 
his wife, three of whom are living, and all having received the best education 
their father could obtain for them.  In politics Capt. Flynn is a Democrat, and 
cast his first vote for Franklin Pierce.  He was the first sheriff in Mason 
County, Mich., and was also justice of the peace in that same county.  In secret 
societies he is a member of Pennington Lodge No. 273, A.F.& A.M., at Hensley, 
and also belongs to Royal Arch Chapter No. 2, at Little Rock, and Lodge No. 452, 
Knights of Honor, at the same place.  He is also a member of Quapaw Council no. 
97, Royal Arcanum, at Little Rock.  In all enterprises connected with his county, 
which offer to develop and advance its interests, Capt. Flynn is one of the foremost 
citizens to give his valuable aid.

Wylie B. Fowler, postmaster at Brazil, Saline Count, Ark., first saw the light 
of day in Ripley County, Mo., February 3, 1818, being the oldest in a family of 
two children born to Jerry and Elizabeth (Brazil ) Fowler, natives of Kentucky 
and Tennessee, respectively, and who emigrated to Missouri at an early day, where 
Mr. Fowler died.  Mrs. Fowler subsequently came to Arkansas Territory with her 
children in 1826, and settled in what is now Saline Township, in 1840 moving to 
Perry County, where she remained until her death in 1873.  Wylie B. Fowler commenced 
farming for himself in 1845.  In 1844 he was married to Martha Allen, a native of 
Missouri, who came to Arkansas in 1828.  After his marriage Mr. Fowler settled in 
Holland Township, and engaged in farming and hunting.  The country at that time 
was very thinly settled, the nearest market being at Little Rock, which was only 
a small village.  His wife died in 1876.  By that union he had the following children: 
John (formerly in the United States service, and now deceased), Martha (deceased), 
Elizabeth (now Mrs. Burnett, of Holland township), Lucinda (now Mrs. Dryden, also 
of Holland Township), Matilda (deceased), Mary Jane (also deceased), Jeannette 
(Mrs. Seymore Holland), Moses (with whom his father resides), Angeline (Mrs. Thompson, 
of Holland), Tennessee (deceased), William (in Mississippi County), James (deceased), 
Wylie (at home), and Amasa (deceased).  Mr. Fowler was in the Texas War of 1836, 
guarding the frontier of Arkansas.  He has lived to see the complete growth of Saline 
County, having been a resident here for sixty-three years, and has taken an individual 
part in its development.  He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.

Reuben Garrett is the son of S.B. and E.L. (Smith) Garrett, and was born in Dyer 
Township, Saline County, Ark., in May 1855, being the eldest of a family of eight 
children.  His father came to Saline County when a young man and settled in what 
is now Saline Township, where he was married.  S.B. Garret and wife are both living, 
and reside on a farm in Dyer Township, where Mr. Reuben Garrett was reared.  The 
latter commenced farming for himself at twenty-one years of age on the farm where 
he still lives, and since then has bought a farm of eighty-seven acres, forty acres 
of which were under cultivation.  In 1879 he entered into partnership with John 
Curtis, and erected a large cotton gin, which he has continued to operate since 
that time, having also a good mill in connection therewith. In 1873 Mr. Garret, 
married Mary Genbry, a daughter of William and Sarah (Howard) Genbry, both of whom 
are deceased.  By this union they have one daughter, Ida.  Mrs. Garret is a member 
of the Baptist Church.  Mr. Garrett has always given liberally to enterprises 
tending to the good of the county.  His career has been a successful one, and 
though passed quietly and without especial ostentation has not been without its 
influence.

H.S. Glenn, a well-known merchant and farmer of Benton, was born in Franklin County, 
Ga., September 30, 1836, and is the son of Samuel and Eliza (Bennett) Glenn, natives 
of Georgia and South Carolina.  Samuel Glenn was a farmer and moved from Franklin 
County, Ga. To Lumpkin (now Dawson ) County about the year 1837, where he remained 
until 1852.  He then came to Arkansas and located on a farm in Conway (now Faulkner) 
county, twelve miles north of Conway, settling a place in the woods, and making a 
home, where he is still living at the age of seventy-eight years.  He held the 
office of justice of the peace both in Georgia and Arkansas, and with his wife 
and family was a member of the Baptist Church.  Mrs. Glenn died in 1858, having 
borne thirteen children, eight of whom are living: James, Robert, S.H., Elizabeth, 
Lydia, Andrew, Eliza and Solomon Q.  H.S. Glenn was reared to farm life and educated 
in the common schools of Georgia, accepting every opportunity that presented itself, 
for the school facilities were very limited at that time.  He was ambitious to begin 
life for himself, and, commencing at an early age to work, engaged in farming for 
some time.  In 1859 he was married to Miss Cynthia Allen, a daughter of William 
Allen, one of the first settlers of Saline County.  Mrs. Glenn only lived a few 
years after her marriage, and Mr. Glenn chose for his second wife Miss Winnie 
Julian, a native of Georgia and a daughter of Rezin Julian, a farmer who came 
to Arkansas in 1850.  To this union four children have been born, all of whom 
are living: Leoria (born October 6, 1867, and the wife of J.R. Donnell, a druggist 
living at Greenbrier, Ark.), Samma A. (Born August 10, 1870), James H. (born 
July 25, 1873) and Janna (born April 13, 1876). Mrs. (Julian ) Glenn died in 
Benton, Ark., October 10, 1878.  She was a loving wife and mother, and a very 
great favorite among her wide circle of friends. In 1880 Mr. Glenn married Miss 
Marthia Lucus, a native of Alabama, born in 1848.  One child is the result of 
this union, Mary Eveline, born August 20, 1882.  Mr. Glenn enlisted in the 
Fourth Arkansas Cavalry in 1861, bon on account of his wife's sickness did not 
go with the command. Later on he enlisted for the Trans-Mississippi army, but 
being wrecked on the White River returned home again.  In the same year (1862) 
he joined Fagan's regiment at Bellefonte, Ark., and was in the battle of Back 
Bone Mountain, fight of Poison Springs (Mark's Mills), where he was wounded by 
gunshot and laid off to recruit for one month.  He was in a great many skirmishes, 
also with Price on his raid through Missouri, and finally was paroled at Camden, 
Ark., in June, 1865.  At the close of the war Mr. Glenn resumed the occupation 
of farming in Saline County until 1878, when he came to Benton and engaged in 
the mercantile business.  In 1883, he moved to Faulkner County (Greenbrier), 
selling foods at that place till 1886, then entering into  partnership with W.A. 
Bell, a concern well and favorably known throughout the country.  A general 
stock of merchandise of all kinds is carried including hardware and farming 
implements of every description, and such as meets the needs of the surrounding 
region.  Mr. Glenn is a member of Benton Lodge No. 34, A.F.& A.M., also of Benton 
Lodge No. 1319, K. of H., and with his wife and family is a member of the Missionary 
Baptist Church, in which he is deacon.  In addition to his mercantile business 
he has two farms, one of 135 acres near Benton, sixty-five of which are cultivated, 
and another of 110 acres situated on Hurricane Creek.  Forty acres of this farm 
are cultivated, and the two together will average with most farms in the county.  
Mr. Glenn is one of the most prominent and influential citizens of the county, 
and is respected and esteemed by the entire community.

Thomas H. Glidewell, one of the oldest farmers of Saline Township, was born in 
North Carolina, in the year 1819, and is the son of Thomas H. and Susan (Allen) 
Glidewell, natives, respectively, of Virginia and North Carolina, and of Scotch 
and Welsh origin.  Thomas H. Glidewell, Sr., was an overseer in North Carolina 
for some four years moving from there in 1823, and settling in Lincoln County, 
Tenn., where he bought wild land and soon made himself a home and farm, keeping 
a country inn.  Remaining there until 1857, he then moved to Cape Giradeau, Mo. 
Near Jackson.  While in Tennessee Mr. Glidewell was captain in the State militia, 
and was known as Col. Glidewell.  After coming to Missouri he engaged in farming 
for two years, dying in 1861.  He was married about 1816 the first time, becoming 
by this marriage the father of thirteen children, five of whom survive: Thomas H. 
(our subject), John and Mary (twins, the latter the wife of Mr. Steelman), Drucilla 
(widow of Abner Freeman ), and William J. (who  lives in Florida).  The mother 
died about 1834.  She was an honored member of the Baptist Church.  Mr. Glidewell 
was married the second time to Agnes Billings, who bore him these children: Atlanta 
(wife of Isaac Ridicks, who lives in Cape Girardeau County, Mo.), Terry (who lives 
in Illinois), Babe (in Illinois), and Rufus (in Illinois).  Mrs. Glidewell died 
in 1884.  She and her husband were both members of the Baptist Church.  John 
Glidewell served in the War of Independence as a private, and Thomas H. Glidewell 
was a soldier in the War of 1812, being in the battles of Norfolk and Richmond, 
VA. At the early age of seventeen years, Thomas H. Glidewell, the subject of 
this sketch, began life as a farmer on rented land in Central Tennessee.  After 
ten years of farming he joined a colony of thirty-one families, en-route to 
Dallas County, Tex.  As most of the colonists died there, Mr. Glidewell only 
remained until fall.  The colony was planted by Mercer, who received a large 
tract of land from the Territory, provided he would settle it by a certain time.  
Mr. Glidewell received 640 acres of land for his portion, but the locality 
proved so unhealthy that he left.  His father-in-law and brother-in-law were 
buried there, and his wife and mother, four years later, secured a title to 
the 1,280 acres given them.  In 1847 Mr. Glidewell settled on Saline River, 
within two miles of Benton, acting as overseer for two years for Green B. Hughes.  
In 1851 he entered the land on which he now lives, for 12 &#frac12; cents per acre.  
This farm now consists of 160 acres, with 80 acres under cultivation.  Mr. 
Glidewell has been married 4 times.  The first wife was Miss Leath A. Simmons, 
who became the mother of ten children, seven of whom survive: Drucilla (widow 
of James Eddleman, living in this county), James H. (in this township), H.E. 
(in Little Rock, and the present treasurer of Pulaski County, Ark.), Francis 
(in Hot Springs), Louisa (wife of John Leath ), and Alfred (in the State of 
Oregon).  Mrs. Glidewell died in 1857, a member of the Baptist Church.  Mr. 
Glidewell's second marriage was to Miss Martha Leach (a member of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church) in 1858.  She died in 1874.  In 1875 he was married to Mrs. 
Melissa Mayo, from whom he was separated in 1877.  His fourth marriage was to 
Miss Susan Reaney, in 1878.  By this union there were nine children, seven of 
whom are living: Doctor A. (deceased), Finnis, Nellie L., Angie, William, Samuel, 
Addie (deceased), Wyatt and Winnie (twins).  Mr. Glidewell served a few months 
in the Confederate home guards, and was taken to little Rock by the United States 
troops and imprisoned for three weeks.  At the close of the war he found himself 
nearly broken up.  He has been justice of the peace for three years, and served 
his township as constable for nine years.  He is a member of the Cumberland 
Presbyterian Church, while his wife has linked her faith with the Baptists.  
The I.O.O.F. also claim him as a member.  He votes with the Democratic Party, 
and is thoroughly imbued with the spirit of improvement.  Mrs. Glidewell is the 
daughter of Timothy and Mary Reaney, who were natives of Tennessee.   Timothy 
Reaney came to this State in 1848, settling in Hot Spring County, where they 
reared a family of ten children, eight of whom are now living: Martha (wife of 
Thomas Richardson ), Catharine (wife of C. Brooks ), Susan (now Mrs. Glidewell), 
Josephine (wife of M.C. McConckey), Robert, John Richmond, Sarah (at home), Thomas 
Dean (died when small), William and Fannie.

S.H. Glover, a well-known miller and farmer, of Shaw Township, was born in Saline, 
Grant County, Ark., April 10, 1860, and is the son of William H. and Pauline 
(Harper) Glover, natives of Tennessee and Kentucky, respectively.  The former 
was born in Hamilton County, Tenn., October 30, 1838, being the son of Delane 
and Melvinia Glover, natives of South Carolina, and was one of twenty-four children 
born to the same parents. He (William H.) is still living, but his wife died when 
their son was but three and a half years old. He came to Arkansas about 1858, 
and has been a resident of the state ever since, having for several years held 
the office of deputy sheriff and that of township bailiff.  He is an active 
Democrat, and a working member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he 
is a steward, being also connected with the Masonic order.  He served a short 
time in the late war.  S.H. Glover was reared to farm life, but spent his 
school days at Prattsville, Grant County, where he received a practical English 
education.  When twenty-one, being ambitious to start out for himself, he engaged 
in farming for one year.  In 1883 he was given the charge of Sheridan circuit, 
and filled the position of traveling preacher that year.  In 1884 he again 
resumed farming, but in 1885 spent the year as traveling photographer.  In 1886-1887 
he carried on a mercantile business in Prattsville; this not proving a success 
financially, he closed out and prepared to engage in the lumber and sawmill trade.  
In the spring of 1889 he purchased, in company of one W.H. Allen, the saw and 
gristmill of G.J. Brush and conducted the same successfully until September 7 
following, when he bought out Mr. Allen's interest, and now controls and owns 
the entire business.  The mills comprise a twin engine (fifty horse-power), a 
saw-mill with a capacity of 20,000 feet per day, a modern gin and press with a 
capacity of eight bales per day, and a corn grist, the patronage accorded him 
being fully deserved.  He saw nothing but yellow pine and is enjoying a flourishing 
trade.  In addition to his milling interests Mr. Glover owns eighty acres of land 
on which the mill is situated, besides forty acres of fine timber land.  The farm 
lies in the central part of the manganese fields in Saline County, and it is only 
a question of time when its value will be realized and ready capital be expended 
to bring the same to the notice of the commercial world.  In December 1883, Mr. 
Glover was united in marriage to Miss Mary Allen, a daughter of William Allen, 
one of the early settlers of Benton.  Mrs. Glover was born in Benton October 30, 
1862.  To this union have been given three children: Alva (born December 9, 1884), 
Wilburn (born September 28, 1886, and died May 12 1888) and Lillian (a bright 
little infant, born in September 1888, and a delight of her parents).  Mr. Glover 
and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in which the former is 
licentiate minister, filling the pulpit about three Sundays in each month.  He 
is an earnest and eloquent speaker, and carries his audience with him in the 
clear and vivid portrayal of his ideas.  He honors the Democratic party with 
his vote, but is not active in politics.  In September 1888, he was elected to 
the office of magistrate, and has married several couples.  He has always taken 
a lively interest in church and educational matters and gives his support to 
worthy enterprises.  

John M. Green, one of the principal farmers and ginners of Saline County, and 
the popular postmaster at Hurricane post office, was born in Hall County, Ga., 
in 1827, being a son of Thomas and Mary (Jackson) Green, whose birth occurred 
in South Carolina in 1806 and 1808, respectively.  The parents were married in 
Hall County, Ga., and resided there until the year 1851, then moving to what 
is now Grant County, Ark., and making it their home until the father's death 
in 1866; the mother died a few years later.  The father was a successful farmer, 
and an upright, honest man.  He was a liberal supporter of all religious enterprises, 
and was much respected in the community where he resided.  His father was Daniel 
Green, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, who died in Hall County, Ga., in 1857.  
The latter was a member of the Methodist Church, as was also his wife, and they 
were earnest Christian people.  The maternal grandfather, Thomas Jackson, was 
also a resident of Hall County, in which place he died.  He had been justice of 
the peace for a great number of years, and in religious faith was an ardent Baptist.  
John M., the oldest of eleven children born to his, received a somewhat limited 
education in his youth.  He was married in 1850 to Elizabeth, a daughter of 
Peterson and Frances Marler, of Virginia, who moved from their native state to 
Jackson County, Ga., where they spent the remainder of their days.  Ten children 
were born to the union of Mr. Green and wife, of whom 6 are yet living, and all 
residents of Saline County.  After his marriage Mr. Green resided in Hall County, 
Ga., until 1857, then moving to what is now Grant County, Ark., which was his 
home until 1870 or 1871.  Coming thence to where he now resides, he has become 
the owner of about 205 acres of land with some fifty acres under cultivation.  
He also has an interest in a steam-gin, and for a period of fourteen years was 
dealing in general merchandise in this and Grant Counties.  For nine years he 
held the office of postmaster, and while in Grant County was justice of the peace 
for two years, also serving as such a short time when in Georgia.  He was 
conscripted in the Confederate army during the war, but in 1864 joined the 
Second Missouri Light Artillery, at Little Rock, remaining with that body until 
the close of the war.  After that event he went to St. Louis with his company as 
they supposed to be mustered out, but instead they were sent out West from July 
to October, 1865 being occupied in fighting the Indians.  In politics Mr. Green 
is a conservative Democrat, and in secret societies is a member of Lodge No., 
288, of the A.F.& A.M., and treasurer.  He and wife belong to the Methodist Church, 
as do their children except one son who attends the Baptist Church.  The Green 
family have always been noted for their strict adherence to temperance, their 
honesty and conscientiousness and are among the best citizens of Saline County.

C.G. Greenway, a planter of Jefferson Township, Saline County, was born in 
Independence County, Ark., in 1855.  He was the fourth son in a family of six 
children born to J.B. and Margaret Ann (Hair ) Greenway, the former of whom was 
a native of Tennessee, emigrating to Arkansas in 1849, where he entered land in 
Independence (now Stone) County, and where he still resides.  He was justice of 
the peace for several years, and is now a member of the Masonic order.  His wife 
died in 1880, in Independence County, Eliza Goodwin, a native of Tennessee.  By 
his first marriage he had six children, W.A. (married, resides in Stone County), 
J.J. (married, lives in Texas), Maggie (resides at Bradford, Whitney County), 
Martha (now Mrs. Satire, lives in Franklin County), C.G. (the subject of this 
sketch), and one child who died in infancy.  By his second marriage he had seven 
children, six of whom survive: James (married, lives in Texas), Joseph (lives in 
Stone County), Isaac Newton Stone, Kate, Emma, Eve and one other child (deceased).  
C.G. Greenway was reared on the home farm and attended the schools of Independence 
County, moving in 1877 to Saline County, where he settled, first in Dyer Township, 
on seventy-five acres of land.  After remaining there until 1887, he opened up a 
farm in Jefferson Township, where he now resides.  He was married in 1879 to 
Martha Ann Gentry, a native of Saline County, and a daughter of William W. and 
Nancy Ann (Williams) Gentry.  Mr. Gentry was a native of Arkansas and has made 
Saline County his home since his youth.  He was justice of the peace for several 
years.  His death occurred in March, 1885. Mrs. Gentry died in 1867.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Greenway have had six children, three of whom are living; William Freddie, Charles 
Oliver, and an infant.  They are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and in 
politics Mr. Greenway is a Democrat.  The family are well esteemed through out the 
community for their worth and influence.

Luther A. Grimes, one of the leading general merchants of Benton, and a prominent 
citizens of Saline County, was born in Maury County, Tenn., in 1839, and is a son of 
James M. and Cynthia (Lusk) Grimes, natives of the same county and State, where the 
father resided all his life, and died in 1876.  The mother is still living.  The elder 
Grimes was a very successful farmer during his life, and an influential citizen of 
Maury County.  His father was Alex Grimes, of North Carolina, who moved to Maury County, 
Tenn., at so early period, and resided there until his death.  His father' name was Hank 
Grimes, who was one of the pioneers of North Carolina.  The Grimes families are of Scotch 
Irish origin, as were also the family on the mother's side.  The maternal grandfather was 
a native of North Carolina, but one of the early settlers of Maury County, where he died 
at the advance age of ninety-five years, and was at that time a survivor of one of the 
early wars.  Luther A. was the third child of four sons and seven daughters born to his 
parents, and received a good English education at Hampshire Academy near his birth place.  
On the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in Company A. First Tennessee Mounted Infantry, 
with the rank of sergeant, and took part in the battles of Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Franklin, 
Spring Hill, Chickamauga, Atlanta, and a number of sharp skirmishes.  He was at one time 
severely wounded, but happily recovered, and again engaged in some hard fighting before 
the close of the war.  He was married, in 1866, to Miss Sarah Moore, who died in Texas in 
1878.  Two children were born to this marriage, of whom one is still living.  His second 
marriage occurred, in 1881, to Miss Margaret Lett, by whom he had three children, all of 
them having been educated in the best schools in Central Arkansas.  Mr. Grimes' occupation 
was farming up to 1886, when came to Benton and in partnership with a Mr. Lett, established 
the firm of Lett & Grimes.  The firm remained under this heading until Mr. Lett's death in 
1888, and since then Mr. Grimes has carried it on alone.  He deals in general merchandise 
and keeps a stock of goods valued at $1,200, and has built up a fine patronage by his 
legitimate methods of doing business.  In politics is a Democrat, and a stanch supporter 
of that party, and in religious belief he and wife are members of the Baptist Church, and 
take a deep interest in aiding all religious and educational enterprises.  Mr. Grimes' 
present prosperity has been achieved by his own individual effort and untiring energy.  
In business circles his word in his bond, and he is one of the most popular citizens in 
Saline County.

Dr. J. W. Hall, a leading citizen of Saline County, and a man who has few superiors in 
the medical profession, was born in Shelby County, Ky., on February 9, 1927, and is a son 
of William B. and Margaret (Stevens) Hall, born in Hanover County, Va., on February 11, 1784,
and September 9, 1798, respectively.  The parents were married in Hardin County, Ky., in 
the year 1819, but shortly afterward moved to Shelby County, where the former died in December,
1837 and the latter in Owen County, Ind., in October, 1846.  Both had been members of Missionary
Baptist Church for a great number of years, and the father was a prominent member of the 
A. F. & A. M.  His occupation was that of shoemaker.  He was a son of Vincent Hall, who came
from Scotland at an early day and settled in Virginia.  The latter was a soldier in the
Revolutionary War, who died at the great age of one hundred and six years.  The maternal
grandfather, Joseph Stevens, was also a native of Scotland, who came to this country and 
settled in the same county in Virginia, serving in the Revolutionary War.  He afterward 
moved to Kentucky, where he resided until his death, being at that time over one hundred 
years old.  Jacob W. was the fourth of seven children born to this parents, and was reared 
on his father's plantation.  He only received about four months' schooling and that when very
young and began in life for himself when fourteen years of age as a farm hand at $7 per month.
At the end of three months he went to Indiana and found employment with the celebrated 
Dr. W. Motley, under whom he studied for three years, in the meantime supporting himself by
cutting cord and wood and splitting rails.  About this time the Mexican War broke out, and he
enlisted in Company I, of the First Kentucky Cavalry, and went to Mexico, taking part in most
all of the principal battles under Gens. Scott and Taylor.  He was promoted to the rank of
lieutenant for his bravery shortly after reaching Mexico, and later on was again promoted 
to the captaincy of his company, but never received his commission.  In the fall of 1848 he 
left his command at Brownsville, Tex., and traveled all the way back home to Indiana on 
horseback, his experiences on that occasion while journeying through the wilds of Texas and 
the thrilling incidents that befell him making a strong argument that "Truth is stranger than
fiction."  On his return home he immediately resumed the study of medicine, and in 1849-50
attended the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati.  The following year he went to Missouri and
practiced until 1853, when he moved to Iowa.  In 1854-55 he attend the Sandford Medical College
at Keokuk, Iowa, and graduated the later year.  He then practiced in that State for nine years,
in the meantime uniting with the Methodist Church, and in 1858 was licensed to preach.  In 1863
he was ordained by that body, and continued to preach the gospel in Iowa for some time, after
being made a doctor of divinity by the Iowa University.  He then resumed his practice of 
medicine and continued in Iowa until 1870, when he came to Arkansas and settled in Grant 
County, coming to Benton four years later, where he has resided ever since.  In 1880 the 
Doctor was elected president of the Arkansas Methodist conference for three years, and at the 
end of that time re-elected t the same office.  He was always a great student.  In 1852 he 
represented Adair County, Mo., in the legislature of that State, and has served two years as 
notary public in Grant County, Ark.  His first marriage occurred in Kentucky, in 1845, to Miss 
Maria Haskett, of Indiana, who died in 1846 leaving one son, who has died since.  His second 
marriage occurred in 1850 to Sarah, daughter of Daniel H. and Nancy Baty, of Kentucky.  This 
wife was a native of Kentucky, and by her union with Dr. Hall became the mother of six 
children, of whom one son and one daughter are yet living: Dr. Daniel W. (a wall known 
physician of Hot Springs County) and Ida B. (wife of Mr. George A. Zinn).  In politics the 
Doctor has been a stanch Democrat all his life, but cast his first presidential vote for 
Taylor in 1848, and was a presidential elector on the Douglas ticket in Iowa in1860.  Dr. 
Hall has been a member of A. F. & A. M. since 1849,and at present belongs to Bryant Lodge 
No. 442, which he organized and served as first master, also serving in the same capacity 
in different lodges for twenty years.  He also is a member of Royal Arch Chapter, at Knoxville, 
Iowa, and the Encampment from Bloomfield, Iowa, joining the Commandery at Keokuk, Iowa, in 
1865.  At the present time he is a member of Hugh DePayne's Commandery at Little Rock, and 
also belongs to Benton Lodge No. 9, I. O. F.  During the war he was United States examining 
surgeon in Davis County, Iowa, for three years.  His public life and a great skill as a 
physician have combined to make his name one of the most noted in Central Arkansas.

W. H. Harlow, a planter, merchant and miller of Brazil, Saline County, was born in Greenup
County, Ky., in 1834, being the third in a family of eight children born to Nicholas and Nancy
(Kidd) Harlow.  Nicholas Harlow was also a Kentuckian by birth, and in1839 moved to Chariton
County, Mo., where he made his home until his death while en route to California in 1851.  
He was a farmer and blacksmith by occupation.  His wife survived him until 1872.  W. H. 
Harlow was raised in Charlton County, Mo., and in 1869 went to Lamar County, Tex., where 
he was engaged in freighting and railroading for some years.  In 1876 he moved to Hot 
Springs, being employed as traveling salesman for a firm in that place and Little Rock 
until 1882, when he was married to Elizabeth Chastain, widow of William F. Chastain.  His 
wife was a native of South Carolina, and a daughter of Thomas A. and Margaret (Wylie) White.  
Her father was a mill wright, and came to Arkansas from South Carolina in December 1846, 
settling in Marble Township.  Mr. White was one of the pioneers of Saline County, where he 
entered land and erected a mill, one of the first in that section of the county.  He made 
that his home until his death, which occurred in July, 1854.  Mrs. White survived until 
September, 1880, during which time she lived with her children.  Elizabeth White was sixteen 
years of age when she moved to Saline County with her parents.  She was married in February, 
1851, to Robison Prille, a native of Virginia, who went to Tennessee, and afterward moved 
to Saline County in 1838.  Mr. Prille died in September, 1863.  Mrs. Prille then married 
William F. Chastain, in 1866, who died on July 31, 1877, and in 1882 she married Mr. Harlow 
(the subject of this article), her third husband.  Mr. Harlow moved on his farm, in 1884, 
containing 120 acres.  He also owns a farm of 320 acres, of which there are seventy acres 
under cultivation.  The same year he opened up a store of general merchandise, which has 
gained a good patronage.  He is a member of the Agricultural Wheel, but does not take an 
active part in politics leading his influence to the Union Labor party.  Mrs. Harlow is a 
believer in Christian Science.  They have no children of their own, but have adopted a child, 
Mary A. I. Lindley.  Mrs. Harlow has seen the complete growth of Little Rock and Hot Springs, 
there being only one store in the latter place when she went there, and she has also lived 
to see all of the early pioneers of Little Rock pass away but one.  Her Grandfather White 
was the first man to take cotton to Charleston, S. C.  Mr. Harlow has witnessed great 
improvements in Saline County, to which he has lent his aid.  His father was of Scotch 
descent, while his mother was of Irish origin.

E. L.  Harris, one of the most prominent farmers of Union Township, first saw the light of
day in Dallas County, Ark. in the year 1846, as the son of A. R. and Lovey (Scott) Harris,
natives of Alabama.  The former came to this State in 1836, and settled in Saline County.  
After some ten or twelve years of prosperous life here he moved to Dallas County, where he
resided until 1861, then returning to his former home. He was married about 1843 in this 
county, and is the father of eight children, five of whom are living:  E. L. (the subject of
this sketch), W.L., M. A. and Mary V. (the wife of W. P. Hunter, of Franklin).  Mr. Harris
enlisted in the War of the Rebellion with the Confederates, serving for about eighteen months
under General Shelby.  When peace again reigned he returned to this county and resumed farming.
Previous to the war he was well off in this world's goods, owning some four slaves and an
excellent farm, but when the war closed he found himself worth comparatively nothing.  By 
diligence and frugality, however, he has again gained a foothold on prosperity, and is now 
doing very well.  Mr. Harris was a pioneer settler of the county, and one of the men who 
surveyed the State line between Arkansas and Texas, and also assisted in surveying the 
swamp land on the Mississippi River.  He, in his sixty-third year, and Mrs. Harris, in her 
sixtieth year, are both enjoying the best of health.  They are members of the Cumberland 
Presbyterian Church.  Politically Mr. Harris is strongly Democratic, taking quite an 
interest in politics, not with a view of personal gain, but for the love he has for his 
party.  E. L. Harris began life for himself at the age of seventeen by joining the 
Confederate army.  He enlisted in Company F, Texas Battalion, commanded by Col. Morgan, 
during the war, and was in the battles of Pleasant Hill and Mansfield, La., besides 
numerous minor engagements.  He surrendered at Calvert, Tex., and returned home.  After 
pursuing his studies for two years he served as deputy sheriff at Benton for some time.  
Mr. Harris was married, in 1868, to Mrs. D. A. Pelton, nee McCray.  She was the mother of 
two children by her first husband, one, J. F. Pelton, now living. Mr. and Mrs. Harris are 
the parents of four children, two of whom survive:  W. D. (farmer) and Stella A. (at home). 
Mr. Harris bought the place on which he now resides many years ago.  It consist of 110 
acres with fifty or sixty improved, to which he has since added forty acres, making one 
of the best farms in this section of the country.  Mr. Harris never bought a horse, though 
he was quite a stock raiser.  His father gave him his first animal and ever since he has 
raised his own stock.  He and his wife and son are members of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church.  Politically Democratic, Mr. Harris is a man who favors all laudable public 
enterprises and assists in any scheme which tends to improve the condition of his neighbors 
or his county.

Milton A., Harris, a well-known citizen, and one of the leading farmers of Saline County, 
residing in Bryant Township, was born in Dallas County, in 1852, and is a son of Addison R. 
and Lovey (Scott) Harris, born in Alabama, in 1822, and 1824, respectively.  The father 
came to Arkansas about the year 1843 with his parents and settled in Dallas County, where 
they resided until the year 1861, and then moved to Saline County, where they still live.  
The elder Harris was a prosperous farmer during his life, and during the war a gallant 
soldier for the Southern cause.  In religious faith he had been a member of the Cumberland 
Presbyterian Church for a great many years. His father, Claiborne Harris, a descendant of 
Scotch-Irish parents, was killed in Alabama when Addison was a child.  The mother of Milton 
A. was a daughter of William Scott, whose sketch appears in another portion of this volume.  
Milton A. Harris was the fifth of eight children born to his parents, and has resided in 
Saline County since his eight year, being educated in the public schools of that place.  
In 1875 he was married, his wife bearing four children, only one of whom is yet living.  
Mrs. Harris' father died when she was very young, and her mother contracted a second 
marriage, her next husband being a Mr. Stedman Johnson, and now resides in Bryant Township.  
Mr. Harris settled on his present farm in 1879, and now owns two tracts of 147 and 160 
acres each, and one tract of 150 acres under cultivation.  His prosperity is the result 
of his own individual effort and good management, and he is one of he most influential 
farmers in that section.  In politics he is a stanch Democrat, and for eight years was 
bailiff and part of the time deputy sheriff.  In religious faith he is a number of the 
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and a liberal contributor to all charitable enterprises, 
besides being one of he foremost citizens in Saline County to develop and improve the 
moral, educational and social welfare of that county.

Isaac Harrison, a farmer of Kentucky Township, was born in Cocke County, 
Tenn., December 18, 1829, and is the third in a family of ten children born to Abner 
and Mary (Jester) Harrison.  Of this number only three are now living: William (a wealthy 
farmer of Saline Township and an ex-Mexican soldier), Rachel (the wife of Joseph Jones, 
a farmer of Travis County, Tex.) and Isaac (the subject of this memoir).  Abner Harrison 
was a native of Tennessee and was of old English stock.  His wife was also a Tennesseean, 
and of excellent family.  The former was a farmer, and when he came to Arkansas located 
in what is now Marble Township.  He cleared a small farm of Government land, and 
subsequently bought 179 63/100 acres, eighty of which he cleared and improved.  The 
remainder of his life was spent on this farm, where he finally died in 1855.   His 
estimable wife was called to her last home ten years before him.  Mr. Harrison was a 
determined man who allowed no one to turn him from his idea of right or wrong, and was 
bitterly opposed to the war between the States.  He belonged to the "Tookahoe" family of
Harrisons, and was a rigid old school Baptist.  Isaac Harrison was reared on the farm, 
and the days that he should have spent in the school room were passed in helping his 
father to break the forest soil of Saline County.  He was a bright, intelligent boy, and 
his interest and determination to study was awakened by reading the "Life of David 
Crockett" and later on the "Life of History of the Jews."  At the age of eighteen, 
making up his mind to "paddle his own canoe," he engaged as a farm hand, and also worked 
in the State quarry.  In the spring of 1849 he joined a large body of emigrants at Fort 
Smith, and with them started across the plains for the "gold country."  There were 350 in 
the party, and fifty soldiers under the leadership of Capt. Lacy, United States topographical
engineer of Fort Smith. They remained together until the western border of Indian Territory 
was reached, where seventy-one men, including Mr. Harrison, left the main party and started 
on more rapidly for California. October 28, 1849, arriving at San Francisco, the members
separated, each having his own plans and thinking his idea of getting rich the surest and
quickest. Mr. Harrison first worked for awhile in the city of the "Golden Gate," being 
employed as well-digger for $6 per day. He then worked in the timber of the Red Woods, 
and from there went to the Calovarus gold diggings. After a short stay he emigrated to 
the South Yuba River, where he sold goods during the summer of 1850, and learned to write 
from an old copy book which some on had thrown away. During the last days of 1850 he 
worked in the Volcano diggings, forty miles east of Sacramento, and at that place engaged 
in the grocery business, meeting with very good success. Just as the outlook appeared so
brilliant and the future promising a continuance of his prosperity, he was suddenly 
taken ill, so he gave up all thoughts of business and decided to take an ocean voyage. 
After an extended trip Mr. Harrison returned to his adopted soil, Arkansas, arriving at 
his father's house in the possession of  $2,000. For one year after his return, he 
engaged in the mercantile business in Hot Springs, and on June 17, 1852, was united in 
marriage to Miss Mary J. Lindsay. Miss Lindsay was a native of Arkansas, and the daughter 
of John Y. Lindsay, who came to Saline County, Ark. (then the territory of Missouri), in 
1825, and was one of the fathers of twelve families who cut the road to Collegeville in 
1825, to this settlement. Mr. Lindsay was among the early Baptist Ministers in the county, 
and was a life member of the Kentucky Church, which was organized in 1832, being the second
church of the Baptist denomination established in the county. He cleared and improved the 
farm, where our subject now resides. After his marriage, Mr. Harrison came to Saline 
County, and resumed his occupation of farming, but in 1853 moved to Hot Spring (now 
Garland) County, where he bought and improved a farm, living there until 1861. He then 
enlisted in a company under Capt. Gregory, and a company from Union, Ark., one from Saline 
and Jefferson Counties, and one from Baltimore, Md., were organized into the Second 
Arkansas Battalion, at Evansport, under Maj. Bronaugh. Soon after joining, Mr. Harrison 
was made second lieutenant, and in May was promoted to the office of captain, holding that
position after the Seven Days' fight around Richmond. Robert Bronaugh was in the first
Confederate troops to cross the Chickahomiuy, and attack the Federals at Mechanicsville, 
where Capt. Harrison lost one quarter of his men. In September, 1862, Capt. Harrison was
discharged and came home, where he immediately set about to raise a cavalry company, in 
the Saline and Hot Spring Counties. In January, 1863, he joined in the organization of a
regiment at Camden, Ark, and was made captain of the regiment, assisting Capt. Trig in
commanding a battery. This position he held with honor, until he surrendered his company in
Benton, June, 1865. Mr. Harrison was in the four months' blockade on the Potomac River, 
in the winter of 1861; in the division that covered Johnston's retreat from Yorktown; in 
the engagements at Williamsburg, West Point and Seven Pines. Subsequently he was in the 
Seven Days' fight. Capt. Harrison organized his cavalry company within the lines of the 
Federal army, had his shoe and blacksmith shop in the woods, and was obliged to move his 
camp every few days to cover signs. After the organization of Crawford's regiment, he led 
the attack in the battle of Poison Springs, later at Marks' Mill, and at Jenkins' Ferry. 
He was with Price on his raid through Missouri, and led the attack at Pilot Knob. He
participated in the battle at Boonville and Jefferson City, also with Price, in his last
engagement at Newtonia, MO. After leaving the main army, in the Indian Territory, Capt. 
Harrison surrendered to Maj. White, of the Third Missouri Cavalry, and arrived in Saline 
County, in June 1865. After such a brilliant war career it might not seem that the Captain 
would be content to go back to the humdrum of farming, but the day following his return home
found him quietly working in the harvest field, as though he had never been on of the moss 
daring and courageous participants in the war.  Since then farming has been his principal 
occupation, but he has served as a member of the legislature from Saline County in 1867-69. 
He is a member of Ionic Lodge No. 477, A. F. & A. M., and was initiated in the Masonic 
order at Benton in 1852. In 1853 he joined the Hot Springs Masonic lodge (No. 64), and 
in 1854 was elected worshipful master, serving one year. In 1866 he served as worshipful 
master, and in 1867, 1868, and 1869 again filled that office, four years in succession. 
Mrs. Harrison died September 22, 1877, leaving three children to mourn her loss; 
Philadelphia (Shelleto, born January 22, 1867), Sarah (Jones, born July 13, 1859), and 
Hannah I. She was a devout member of the Baptist Church, and was a bright, lovely woman, 
commanding the respect, and esteem of all who knew her. Mr. Harrison's second and present 
wife was Miss Ellen Darity, a native of West Virginia. To this union one child has been 
given, Carrie B., born February 2, 1889. After his return from Hot Spring County, Mr. 
Harrison bought is father's old farm on the Middle Fork of the Saline River, eighty acres 
of which he still owns, and in December, 1869, purchased the place where he now lives. 
His landed interests include over 839 acres in the county, and something over 200 acres 
under cultivation. It would be a difficult matter to find a more enterprising farmer and 
citizen than Mr. Harrison, always ready to contribute to all schools and churches, and, 
in fact, one of that class of men whose opinion is always accepted, and whose influence 
is always felt. In the year 1888 he was elected moderator of the Saline Baptist association, 
the oldest, Baptist association south of the Arkansas River, and he wants no greater 
inscription on the slab that marks his last resting place on this earth than that he was 
once moderator of this association.

John C. Henderson, a farmer, and one of the oldest living Baptist ministers of Saline
County, Ark., was born in Lauderdale County, Ala., in 1825, and is the son of Rev. Samuel
Henderson, a native of South Carolina, and Sarah J. (Bush) Henderson, originally from 
Tennessee. Samuel Henderson came to this state in 1934, and settled in this county, being 
the first Baptist minister to find a home in Saline County. [See history of the Baptist 
Church.] The reverent gentleman was a school teacher in his early life, and in 1836 was 
ordained and continued in the ministry until his death, which occurred in 1842. He 
preached in this county and Claiborne Parish, La., spending his last days in Perry County, 
this State. His marriage occurred in 1809, he becoming the father of eleven children, 
all of whom lived to be grown: Minerva (deceased, wife of M. Lyon, whose family reside 
in Faulkner and Colorado Counties). Samuel (deceased), Abner (deceased), Eliza (deceased, 
wife of Sam Williams; family reside in Faulkner County). J.P. (resides in Texas), Alford
(deceased; family reside in Garland County), Robert H. (deceased), Martha (deceased, wife 
of W. Hutchison), J. C. (our subject), and M.J. (deceased, his family residing at Benton.) 
Mrs. Henderson died in 1859, having been a member of the church for eighteen years. Her 
husband at his death had been a church member for thirty years, and was politically a 
Jacksonian Democrat. John C. Henderson never attended school, receiving his education at 
the old home by the light of a pine knot. At the age of twenty-one, he began farming on 
his own tract of forty acres, situated within on-half mile of where he now lives. 
Prospering as pluck deserved, he now owns 460 acres, having given 250 acres to his sons. 
In 1861 he joined the Confederate army as captain of Company D, Boland's regiment of 
cavalry. Later he was elected lieutenant-colonel of the Third Arkansas Cavalry, participating 
in the battle of Corinth, Miss., and numerous other engagements. Resigning in 1863, he 
came home in the fall, and organized a company, of which he was chosen captain. He was 
promoted to major of sharpshooters, and was with Gen. Price on his famous raid, being at 
Poison Springs, Ironton, Union City, Osage River and Westport. While charging a body of
came in 1865 and resumed the peaceful pursuits of farming, which he follows today. On the 
second Sabbath in April 1868, he was called to be pastor of the Union Church, and regularly
ordained in October of that year, having now served in that capacity for twenty-