JAMES O. KINCANNON Logan county has always been the home of James 0. Kincannon, now successfully engaged in law practice at Booneville. He is a grandson of John Kincannon, who was a native of Tennessee but died in Georgia while on a business trip to that state. He had devoted his life to livestock raising and trading. His son, A. J. Kincannon. was born in Tennessee in the year 1856 and came to Logan county, Arkansas, in 1871 with his widowed mother. He started out in the business world empty-handed and at first rented land, but carefully saved his earnings until he was able to purchase a farm. This be improved and developed and upon the place he still makes his home. As the years have passed he has prospered in his undertakings, his carefully cultivated fields bringing him substantial crops whereby he has gained a liberal competence. He was married in Logan county in 1878 to Miss Victoria Acutf, who was born in Tennessee in 1866 and is a daughter of Frank Acuff, who was likewise a native of Tennessee. He enlisted for service in the Confederate army and was killed while on scout duty. To Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Kincannon seven children were born, six of whom are living: John E., a traveling man residing at Fort Smith, Arkansas; James 0.; Ollie, who is the wife of J. L. Callahan, a farmer of Logan county; W. L., who was born in Logan county in 1887 and was graduated from the law department of the University of Arkansas in 1913. after which he began law practice with his brother, being here active in the work of the bar since that time; Ora, now the wife of G. W. Elkins, a druggist of Booneville; and Nora, the wife of G. M. Word, a mechanic of Booneville. W. L. Kincannon was married in 1912 to Nell Ervin, who was born in Logan county, Arkansas. They have two children, Wilma and Neil Virginia, both of whom are in school. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Kincannon belong to the Baptist church and the former is a democrat in his political views. The family is widely and favorably known in this section of the state. Mr. Kincannon is a self-made man who justly deserves the high respect which is entertained for him throughout the community in which he lives. James O. Kincannon was born on a farm in Logan county in 1882. Having acquired his early education in the home schools, he attended Ouachita College and later took up the profession of teaching, which he followed successfully for seven years, imparting readily and clearly to others the knowledge that he had acquired. While thus engaged he devoted his leisure hours to the study of law and was admitted to the bar in 1909. He entered the law department of the University of Arkansas at . Little Rock in further preparation for his professional career and was graduated in 1911. He then began practice at Booneville, where he has since maintained his office, and though advancement at the bar is proverbially slow, he has made steady progress. He has been admitted to all the courts and now devotes his attention to the interests of his clients, who are numerous, while his law work is often of a most important character. In 1904 Mr. Kincannon was married to Miss Clem Pettus, who was born in Sebastian county, Arkansas, daughter of J. C. Pettus, a farmer still living in that county. They have two children: Pettus, thirteen years of age; and James 0., a little lad of five summers. Mr. and Mrs. Kincannon are members of the Baptist church and fraternally he is a Scottish Rite Mason, loyal to the teachings and purposes of the craft. In politics he is a democrat. His professional duties have constantly developed in volume and importance, so that he now occupies a most creditable position at the Logan county bar.