Christopher C. Hale, an energetic and worthy citizen of Buffalo Island, is one of the leading farmers and stock raisers of the community in which he lives. He was born in Shelby County, Tenn., in March, 1835, and is the son of Edward D. Hale, of Middle Tennessee, who married Hettie Fleetwood, a native of North Carolina. They settled on a farm in Shelby County, Tenn., where she died in 1869, and he in 1872. To them were born four children, one son and three daughters. Christopher C. attained his majority in Tennessee, and joined the Confederate army in 1862, serving until the spring of 1864, when he went home on furlough, having participated in several minor engagements. Being sick and unable to return to the field, he hired a substitute. He engaged in farming in his native State until 1871, when he came to Poinsett County, Ark.; there he remained several years, and, in 1879, came to Craighead County, where he has since resided. He purchased 160 acres of wild, timbered land, and soon had 100 acres of it cleared and under cultivation. He has two good residences, good outbuildings and a nice young orchard. He has in all 200 acres of good land. He was married in Tennessee January 20, 1861, to Martha A. Carr, a native of that State, who died in 1877. They had four children: John B., George D., Mary E., wife of W. A. Wilkin, and Hettie, wife of P. Foster. Mr. Hale chose as his second wife Mrs. Mary A. McDonald, a daughter of Larkin Majors. She was the mother of two children: Alexander and James. To Mr. and Mrs. Hale has been born one child: Luna Z.
 

Joseph W. Harrell, postmaster at Macey, and a farmer of sterling worth in Buffalo Township, is a native of Arkansas, born in White County, February 6, 1846. His father, Jethro Harrell, was a native of South Carolina, where he was reared and married Mildred Hunt. In 1840 they came to Arkansas, where Mrs. Harrell died, in 1846. After his wife's death he was unsettled until 1851, when he located in St. Francis County, where he remained for several years. He afterward came to Craighead County, and died February 7, 1866. He was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, greatly respected by all who knew him. His second wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Morrow, survived her husband several years, dying in Alabama in 1883. By his first wife Mr. Harrell had five children, Joseph W. being the only one who grew to manhood; and by his second wife four sons and two daughters, who reached mature years. Joseph W. Harrell was reared and educated in Poinsett and Craighead Counties. In the late war he enlisted in the Confederate service, and participated in several engagements during Price's raid in Missouri and Kansas, and at last surrendered at Wittsburg, May 25, 1865. He returned to Poinsett County, and remained there until his father's death. He was married in this county, February 16, 1873, to Frances E. Hunton, a native of Georgia. She died February 20, 1887. To this union were born seven children: Charles J., Martha Jane, Mary F., Macy A., Lucy A., William J. and Joseph E. Mr. Harrell went to Dunklin County, Mo., in 1872, and farmed there for two years, after which he located in this township, where he has since resided. He bought timbered land, and has cleared 100 acres, and built a comfortable home and five tenant houses. He has married Amanda Carson, a native of Lauderdale County, Tenn., where she was reared. She is a zealous member of the Methodist [p.335] Church. Mr. Harrell was the first postmaster at Macey, appointed in 1882. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and takes active interest in the promotion of the educational interests of his neighborhood.
 

Benjamin J. Harrison. Few farmers and stock raisers of Lake City Township have been more universally successful than the subject of this sketch, who is a native of Marshall County, Tenn., born November 27, 1844. He is a son of J. W. Harrison, born and reared in Virginia, who, when a young man, moved to Tennessee, and there married Lucy Emeline Culberhouse, a native of North Carolina. He then located on a farm in Marshall County, and there engaged for several years in agricultural pursuits. In 1856 he came to what is now Craighead County, Ark., where he resided until his death, in 1881, his wife having previously died, in 1871. Benjamin J. was but twelve years of age when he came with his father to this State, and he grew to manhood and was educated in Craighead County, remaining with his father until his marriage. In 1863 he enlisted in the Confederate service, Fourteenth Tennessee Cavalry, and served until near the close of the war, being at home on a furlough at the time of the surrender. He was second sergeant, was once captured, and participated in a number of engagements. Returning home, he engaged in farming until 1881, when, in June, he bought a building in Lake City, put in a stock of general merchandise, and followed mercantile business for three years. December 25 following, he lost everything by fire, having no insurance, his loss is estimated at $10,000. The following fall he rebuilt the store and rented it, himself moving to a farm near the village, where he has since resided. He has a comfortable home, with 125 acres of good land in a splendid state of cultivation, and a large orchard of 1,200 trees, mostly apple, and all choice fruits, some just beginning to bear. March 25, 1868, he married Miss Mary E. Lewis, a native of this county, who died in 1877, leaving two sons. Mr. Harrison chose a second wife, and February 14, 1879, was united in marriage with Victoria Eveline Grayson, born, reared and educated in this county, and a daughter of Col. Adam D. Grayson, a colonel in the Confederate army, killed at the battle of Shiloh. Mrs. Grayson died March 5, 1889. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison have also two sons, the four children being John A., George T., James and Walter S. Mrs. Harrison is a member of the Methodist Church. Mr. Harrison owns, in connection with his farm, a cotton-gin and grist-mill, possessing also hotel property in Lake City. He is one of the leading spirits of the community.
 

James H. Houston was born in Shelby County, Tenn., October 1, 1849, and is now a farmer of Greenfield Township, residing about six miles south of Jonesboro. His father was William Bird Houston, a prominent and highly esteemed citizen of Poinsett County. He was a native of Tennessee, and came with his family to Arkansas, about December, 1856, locating in the northern part of Poinsett County, where he engaged extensively in farming and stock raising. He was a Democrat, belonged to the Masonic fraternity, and was a member of the Methodist Church. When about twenty-five years of age he was married, in his native State, to Harriet Jane Steelman, also a native of Tennessee. To them were born thirteen children, the four surviving making their home in Arkansas. They are: James H. (the subject of this sketch), Melinda (widow of S. Harris, son of Capt. Harris, who has several times represented Poinsett County in the State Senate), John F. (married to Emma J. Allen, deceased), and William Bird, Jr. (married to Elizabeth Kelsoe, deceased). The father died in 1872, the mother in 1867. James H. was seven years old when his parents came to this State, but he returned to Tennessee to school after the war. He owns 130 acres of land in Poinsett County, much of it under fence. He moved to Craighead County in August of 1887, locating at his present residence, the old McCarty homestead. February 15, 1880, Mr. Houston was married to Lucinda J. Stephens. To them were born three children, all deceased: Cora M., Lorenzo B. H. and John H. Mrs. Houston died August 22, 1886, and he was married again August 4, 1887, to Melinda Josephine McCarty, a daughter of Michael and Melinda (Weer) McCarty, the former a native [p.336] of Ohio, the latter of North Carolina; the former is deceased, but the latter is still living, aged seventy-one years. Mr. and Mrs. Houston have had one child, a daughter, now deceased. Mr. Houston is a member of the Methodist Church, has taken great interest in Sunday-school and church work, and is a leading member of the denomination to which he belongs. He is a member of the Agricultural Wheel, and a prominent and enterprising citizen.
 

Philip T. Hudson was born in Madison County, Tenn., and is the only surviving son of Baker Hudson, a native of Mecklenburg County, Va., born May 18, 1783. Baker Hudson was reared and educated in Virginia, and engaged in farming all his life. He married Jane Fletcher, whose birth occurred in Louisa County, of the same State, November 17, 1798, and to this union were born nine children, only two of whom, Mrs. Elizabeth Peebles and Philip T., are now living. Mr. Hudson died May 24, 1850, in Fayette County, Tenn., and his widow in the same county, May 7, 1878. They were both active and consistent members of the Methodist Church. The marriage of Philip T. Hudson and Mary E. Perkins was consummated in Fayette County, Tenn., May 9, 1866. In that county, near Somerville, he had spent his boyhood, and received his education. To this union have been born five children: Sallie S., Philip B., William H., Tillie and Cuthbert L. Mr. Hudson came to Arkansas in 1870, and since that time has been engaged in farming. He owns 160 acres of good land, and has about eighty acres under cultivation. He has cleared most of this himself. For six years he served as justice of the peace in Craighead County, is a member of the Agricultural Wheel, and both he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. Having the public interest always in view, he is one of the class of citizens who exert a marked influence for good in the community.
 

William Huggans was born in Hall County, Ga., in 1821, and is a son of David and Elizabeth (Irbel) Huggans, natives of Georgia and South Carolina, respectively. The mother went to Georgia when quite a girl, was there married, and resided until her death in 1849. Her husband died in 1882. They were the parents of one son and three daughters, our subject being the only surviving child. Though only a boy, he went to Florida during the Seminole War, enlisting as a soldier. He returned home in 1839, and in the fall of the same year moved to Alabama, where he remained until 1854, when he came to Arkansas, locating near Greensboro, in Greene (now Craighead) County. He entered some land in Greene County, and rented for several years, and had improved a number of farms before coming to his present location. He is a wide-awake and energetic farmer, and although he only came to this place in 1887, he now has in a state of splendid cultivation seventy-five acres of choice farming land. December 8, 1839, he was married to Miss Mary Anthony, who was born and reared in South Carolina, and to this union have been born two children: John J. and Mrs. Elizabeth Steward, both now deceased. The son, John J., had married, and to him and wife had been born two children, one of whom grew to womanhood and married. She had one child, William T. Manerd, who is now living with Mr. Huggans. Both Mr. and Mrs. Huggans are active and charitable members of the community in which they live, and the latter is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
 

Ivy S. Hughs, proprietor of the Hughs House of Jonesboro, Ark., was born in the Pickens District, S. C., March 5, 1829, and is the son of George and Margaret (Tannery) Hughs, both natives of the same State. His father was a farmer and brick mason by occupation, and died about 1847, aged fifty-five years. His mother's parents were Zopher and Mary (Minturn) Tannery. Of the thirteen children born to this union, only eight are now living, Ivy S. being the only one in Arkansas. In October. 1887, Mrs. Hughs came on a visit to her son and died in the Hughs House, March 25, 1888, aged ninety-one years. I. S. Hughs left South Carolina with his father's family, when fifteen years of age, and located in Cherokee County, Ga., where he resided until after he was of age. In 1856 he came to Arkansas, selecting a site within a mile of what is now Jonesboro, but then a wild timbered country. Mr. Hughs [p.337] entered eighty acres of land, remained on it but a short time, and then engaged in merchandising for two years. Then he returned to the farm and was at the same time proprietor of a grocery store, where he remained until the beginning of the late war. He enlisted in the Confederate service, Company I, Thirteenth Arkansas Infantry, commanded by Col. Tappan. He served until the surrender, was promoted from private to captain, and was mustered out as the latter. He returned to Jonesboro, and after clerking for two years in the dry goods store of Burk & Chisenhall, went into business for himself, but was burned out. There being no hotel here for the accommodation of the public, he began keeping boarders, and as business increased, he erected the old part of the present Hughs House in 1881. Additions have been made until now it has thirty-three sleeping apartments, and is one of the largest hotels in this part of the State, and is located on two acres of hotel property. Mr. Hughs has also several farms scattered over the county, amounting in all to about 648 acres. October 28, 1858, he married Martha I. Kellar, a daughter of Uriah and Julia Kellar, residents of this county. To this union were born five children, only three of whom are now living: W. J., a merchant of St. Louis, married Belle Hughes; Ben. and I. O. Hughs. Mr. and Mrs. Hughs spare no pains in their efforts to
 make their guests as comfortable as possible. Mr. Hughs was appointed deputy under Sheriff Thorn, and served four years in that capacity, also holding the same position under Sheriff Lane for one term. He is a Democrat in politics, and a charter member of the Masonic order.
 

James C. Johnson, a substantial farmer of Buffalo Island, was born in Newton County, Ga., in 1834, and is a son of John and Sarah (Lacy) Johnson, natives of Georgia. The father followed farming in both Georgia and Mississippi, in the latter of which States he died in 1850, aged fifty years. The mother came to Arkansas in 1880, and died here in 1884. They were members of the Baptist Church. To them were born nine children, eight of whom grew to manhood, and four are still living. James C. Johnson was the fifth child, and was reared, educated and married in Mississippi. He was married in 1856 to Mary Q. McLemore, a native of Tennessee, where she lived until eight years of age, when her parents moved to Mississippi, and there she grew to womanhood. The fruits of this union have been nine children, three of whom are living: Mary Ann (wife of William Lamb), Sarah C. (wife of Ed. Goss), and Charles T. William J. died at sixteen years of age, and James F. at eight years; the others died in infancy. They have also reared an orphan boy, Albert T. Graham, whom they took when four years of age. Mr. Johnson followed farming in Mississippi until 1859, when he started for Arkansas, locating in Poinsett County in 1860, and in 1865 in Craighead County, near where he now resides. He moved to his present location in 1875. He entered the Confederate army in 1862–Twenty-third Arkansas Infantry under Col. Adams. He was in the siege of Port Hudson, and returning home, remained one year, when he reenlisted and served until the close of the war. He then resumed the cultivation of his farm, which though small, is well improved, and his home is comfortable. He is a Democrat in politics and a member of the Agricultural Wheel, and both he and Mrs. Johnson are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mrs. Johnson's parents were natives of South Carolina and Kentucky, respectively, the former removing when a young man to the “Blue Grass State,” whence, after several years, he went to Tennessee. In 1838 he became located in Mississippi. They were married in Tennessee, and had nine sons and two daughters born to them; one son died at the age of eighteen months, and two others died six hours apart, one in his eighteenth year and another in his sixteenth year. The other children married and reared families. Before their deaths the parents came to Arkansas, the father dying when about ninety years of age, and his wife when seventy. They were members of the Methodist Church.
 

Dr. Roderick Joyner, a successful medical practitioner of Jonesboro, was born in Limestone County, Ala., July 22, 1833, and is a son of Roderick and Emily (Williams) Joyner, both natives [p.338] of the “Old Dominion.” The father was a soldier in the War of 1812, and in 1818 moved to Alabama, where he was a successful farmer in early life, and later engaged in mercantile business. In 1859 he immigrated to Poinsett County, Ark., locating five miles south of Harrisburg. He died in Harrisburg in 1866, his wife having previously died in 1860. They were the parents of eight children, four now living: Elizabeth (wife of G. B. Parker, residing in Florida), Emily V. (wife of Judge John A. Tinnon, of Nashville, Tenn.), Mary P. (wife of S. O. Nelson, of Montgomery, Ala.), and Roderick, who is the youngest living member of the family. Dr. Joyner was reared and educated in Limestone County, Ala., and when fourteen years of age engaged in the drug business, and when twenty years old began the study of medicine. He practiced some in Memphis, where he was a druggist a number of years, and in 1859 came to Poinsett County, Ark., where he continued the practice of his profession. He also dealt in general merchandise for several years, and in 1872 was elected to the State legislature; in 1874 was elected a member of the State constitutional convention, and in 1878 was re-elected to the State legislature. In 1884 he came to Jonesboro, and the following year went into the drug business and during the five years he has been in Jonesboro he has built up a splendid custom and a wide practice, and has won the esteem and confidence of the people. Being a physician of extraordinary ability, and possessing the rare gift of bringing social sunshine as well as medical skill into the sickroom, he stands high among medical practitioners of his section of the State. In the late war he served in the Twenty-third Arkansas Regiment until after the surrender. In 1860 he was married to Mary E. Bradshaw, who bore him ten children, four now living: Thomas W., Augustus G., Elisha B. and Mary E. Mrs. Joyner died in 1883, and the following year Dr. Joyner was again married, to
 Mrs. Martha A. (Knight) Moberly. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and she of the Methodist. Dr. Joyner is a Democrat in politics, and is a Royal Arch Mason.

W. D. Kirksey, a prominent agriculturist of Jonesboro Township, is a native of Georgia, born in Monroe County, twenty-five miles above Macon, February 2, 1832. He is the son of William and Martha (White) Kirksey, the former a native of Abbeville District, S. C., the latter of Virginia. The father moved to Georgia, when twenty years of age, and in the fall of 1871, when eighty years of age, he came to Craighead County, Ark., with his son W. D. The mother went from Virginia to Georgia, when yet a child and died in this county in 1878, aged seventy-six or seventy-seven years. They were the parents of nine children, five of whom are living, four being residents of this county. W. D. Kirksey spent his childhood on the farm, and when twenty years of age, went into the saw-mill and lumber business, at which he was engaged for twenty years. He also spent four years in a machine shop in Atlanta. He came to Craighead County in the latter part of 1871, and purchased 300 acres of land, which with seventy-five under cultivation make a good farm. In November, 1857, he married Mary E, Bishop, a native of Georgia, and daughter of Jones and Margaret (Holland) Bishop. Mr. Bishop is dead, and his widow resides in this township with her eldest son, Joe. Ten children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Kirksey, eight of whom are now living, viz.: Mary Jane (wife of John Stidman), W. J. (married Ella Sillman). Sarah Ann (wife of Thomas Barker), Emma Lee (wife of Willis Ironton), Andrew J., Alice, Ella and Lewis R. Mr. Kirksey is a Democrat in politics, and is active in the promotion of educational interests. He and his wife and most of their children are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and contribute liberally to the upbuilding of all charitable and praiseworthy enterprises.
 

Herman Koehler, a well-known farmer, stock raiser and carpenter of Buffalo Island, was born in Hanover, Germany, May 1, 1826. His father. John Henry Koehler, was also a Hanoverian by birth, and stood high in the estimation of those who knew him. Herman, like all German boys, received a good common-school education, and also served a four years' apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade. In 1848, thinking to better his condition, he emigrated to the United States; and after working at his trade in New Orleans for five years, he went to St. Louis and to Iowa, where for some time he worked at carpentering and building, and then went to Memphis, Tenn., where he resided working at his trade for nineteen years. Here he formed the acquaintance of Miss Ann M. Meyer, who became his wife July 9, 1854. This lady was a native of Germany, but was reared in Cincinnati, Ohio. To this union have been born two children: Adaline and John August. In 1877 Mr. Koehler moved to Mississippi County, Ark., where he farmed and worked at his trade some three years, and then moved to his present location on Buffalo Island, which has since been his home. He at first purchased forty acres of unimproved land, to which he has since added until he now owns 184 acres, 100 of it being under a good state of cultivation. He also owns valuable property in Florida and California. Like most of his countrymen, Mr. Koehler is frugal and industrious, and has made what he has by his own exertions. He is unassuming in his manner, charitable and honest in his thoughts and dealings with his fellow-men, and is one of Craighead County's most substantial citizens. His wife and children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
 

W. T. Lane, sheriff and collector of Craighead County, was born in Greene (now Craighead) County, December 30, 1850, and is a son of Thomas J. and Mary (Hughes) Lane, the father a native of Illinois, and the mother of Tennessee. Thomas Lane emigrated with his father, William Lane, to Arkansas about 1840, and located ten miles south of the present site of Jonesboro. They were among the first settlers of this section. William Lane engaged in mercantile business, and in rafting on the St. Francis River, in both of which he was very successful. He never returned from his last trip on the raft, and the cause of his death is uncertain. The body was recovered almost two years later, and was identified by his suspender buckles and raft auger. While a resident of Illinois, he was a colonel of a regiment of State militia, and held a commission as lieutenant under Gen. Jackson. His son, Thomas J. Lane, was a stock dealer and general trader, owning also a small farm. He died in 1858, and his wife in 1860. Both were estimable and greatly respected citizens. They were the parents of but one child, W. T. Lane, the immediate subject of this sketch, who, left an orphan in infancy, was reared by his grandmother Lane, now in her eighty-sixth year. He received a common-school education, and so far as his means would allow, became engaged in farming and stock dealing. He made his home with his grandmother until 1880, when he was elected sheriff and collector, to which office he has been re-elected each ensuing election. At Summerville, Tenn., in December, of 1887, he was united in marriage with Miss Mattie Thurman, a native of that State, and to them has been born one child, now deceased. Mr. Lane possesses extraordinary stability of character and perseverance, and being eminently qualified for the position which he holds, fills it satisfactorily to his constituents.
 

W. Stanford Lane is a native of Arkansas, having been born and reared in the State which has always been his home. His father, W. Q. Lane, was born in Tennessee, and moved to this State about 1832. His mother, Caroline (Harris) Lane, was a native of South Carolina. Of this union, seven children were the issue, and the four survivors are all residents of Craighead County. The father was an honest, hard working farmer, who achieved success through earnest endeavor. He was a worthy member of the Masonic order. Stanford Lane is one of the enterprising farmers of Craighead County, and owns 700 acres of land, of which about 100 acres are well improved. By patient toil and industry he has made his farm one of the best in the county. He was united in marriage with Elnora Carter, a native of Tennessee, who came with her father to this State in 1850. This union has been blessed with three children: Jarvis Q., Harry B. and Daisy E. Mrs. Lane is a devoted wife and mother, a zealous Christian, and a member of the Methodist Church. Mr. Lane is a stanch Democrat, but prefers rather to serve his party than receive official favors. It may be truly [p.340] said of him that he is one of the progressive citizens of the county.
 

B. Frank Lee, a native of Jonesboro Township, has lived in this county over forty-five years. He was born August 5, 1844, and is the son of Dr. Charles Lee, an early settler and pioneer physician of this county, who attended to the physical needs of the citizens of his time until his death. He married Mrs. Eliza (Pierce) Cook, widow of William Cook. Charles Lee and wife became the parents of three children, one daughter, deceased, and two sons, B. F. and Claiborne N. The mother died about ten years ago. Frank Lee was reared in this township, and has been all his life a farmer, but did not have school opportunities when a boy. His half-brother, Thomas Cook, entered eighty acres of land, and at his mother's death it descended to Mr. Lee by inheritance. It is a good farm, with about forty acres of rich bottom land under cultivation. Mr. Lee was married, October 7, 1869, to Mary, a daughter of Albert and Rebecca Pierce, residents of this township. Of the eleven children born to this union, ten are living. They are: Calvin, Susan, Charlie, Nancy, John, Harriet, Rebecca, Eliza, Josie, and a baby boy, Harrison Columbus Lee. Mr. Lee is a man of decided political and religious convictions, and supports all charitable and progressive enterprises. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and is a Republican in politics.

 
Aria R. Lunsford, though but recently a resident of Buffalo Island, has already attained a position among its leading farmers. He was born in Lauderdale County, Tenn., January 23, 1844, and is the fifth of a family of eight children, five of whom are still living. His father, William Lunsford, a native of North Carolina, was married in that State, and later moved to Tennessee. There his first wife died, and he married Marcie Norris, the mother of A. R. The father was a prominent farmer and trustee of the county for several years, and remained in Tennessee until his death, April 27, 1884, aged seventy-seven years. The mother is still living. Aris R. Lunsford was reared in Tennessee, receiving such education as the county schools of the time afforded. He enlisted in the Confederate army, in October, 1861, participating in several engagements, and saw much active service. He was corporal of his company, and was several times captured, paroled and exchanged, being last taken at Ripley, Tenn., where he was held until the close of the war. He then returned to his home, where he remained until 1886. January 15, 1863, he was united in marriage with Margaret Brimm, a native of Tennessee, and daughter of Thomas Brimm. Eight children have been the fruits of this union: William G., Sarah M. (wife of William Markham), James R., Sophronia (wife of N. S. Tucker), John S., Mary A., Jason H. and Maggie L. In 1886 Mr. Lunsford sold out in Tennessee and came to Arkansas, locating where he now lives. He has cleared seventy acres of land, and has a good residence, stables and orchard, all bearing evidence of thrift and success. In 1876 he was elected justice of the peace in Tennessee, and held that office until he removed to Arkansas, where he has been elected justice of the peace of Buffalo Township. He is president of the district and local Agricultural Wheel. Both he and wife are members of the Methodist Church.
 

L. A. Lynch, an active, enterprising farmer of Jonesboro, living five miles south of the city, was born in Marshall County, Miss., August 14, 1850. His father was Aden Lynch, a native of Middle Tennessee, who was a mechanic by trade and a farmer by occupation, working at both. In 1855 he moved to Poinsett (now Craighead) County, Ark., and bought a claim of 160 acres, living thereon one year. Then obtaining the contract to build the court-house of Poinsett County, at Harrisburg, he removed his family there; but after two or three years returned to Jonesboro, having secured the contract to build the first court-house in Craighead County. In the winter of 1867 he removed to the farm where he still resides, one mile south of Jonesboro. He has been twice married. His first union, with Susan Lynch, was blessed with nine children, only three of whom are now living: J. J., a farmer of Jonesboro Township; Matilda (Mrs. Robert Y. Duncan), also of Jonesboro Township; and Lewis A., the subject of this [p.341] sketch. After his wife's death, in 1854, Mr. Lynch was again married to Mary Martin. Mr. Lynch is a member of the Methodist Church and is a Mason. He has been honored with various positions of trust, having been for several years justice of the peace in Marshall County, Miss., and after coming to Craighead County, served several years as county clerk, was elected county probate judge, and was subsequently appointed by Gov. Baxter one of three county supervisors. He was also the first mayor of the city of Jonesboro. Lewis Aden Lynch was reared in Craighead County, receiving the best education the district afforded. At eighteen years of age he began farming for himself and for others, homesteaded 120 acres, moving on it in 1877. His father gave him forty acres, completing the quarter-section. About thirty-five acres of this are in a splendid state of cultivation. Mr. Lynch was married, February 4, 1877, to Eliza J., daughter of Calvin and Sallie (Shaw) Shores. To them have been born four children: Albert Clifton, Henry Ollie, Eddie Omer and Dixie May. Mrs. Lynch is a member of the Christian Church and a charitable lady. Mr. Lynch has always been a Democrat and served one term as justice of the peace of Jonesboro Township. He has resided on his present place since 1877, and has needed a physician for himself or family but once in all that time. He is a member of the Agricultural Wheel, and at present occupies the position of school director of district 29. He takes quite an interest in all educational matters.
 

John J. McBroom, an influential farmer, and proprietor of the Lake City ferry, was born in Orange County, Ind., December 27, 1825, and is a son of Jesse and Susan (Sowards) McBroom, the former a native of Virginia. the latter of Kentucky. The father was reared in Virginia and Kentucky, was married in Indiana, and in that State engaged in farming for a number of years. In the winter of 1837 he came to Arkansas, locating in Phillips County, where he engaged in farming and reared his family, residing there twenty-one years. He then removed to Lawrence County, and remained until his death. His wife survived him several years, and died in 1884. J. J. McBroom came with his father to this State when a lad twelve years of age, and grew to manhood on the farm in Phillips County, receiving his education at the county schools. In 1850 he went to Independence County, where he engaged for four years in steamboating on the Black and White Rivers. He has seen much war service, having been actively occupied in both the Mexican and the late war. The former he entered in 1846, enlisting in the First Arkansas Cavalry, Col. Yell's regiment, and participated in several skirmishes and the battle of Buena Vista. When discharged he returned to Phillips County. In 1861 he entered the Confederate service, McGee's battalion, Col. Dobbin's regiment. He was in many prominent engagements, and served until the close of the war, when he settled in Craighead County, and has since been steamboating. He is an engineer, but has also served as pilot, and has always been an active, energetic business man. He was first married in Phillips County, in 1849, to I. H. Metcalf, who was born and reared in Kentucky, and died May 29, 1884. There are three children living of this union: Willdie, wife of J. E. Mattax; Adora, wife of Chancy Gillum, and J. J. McBroom, Jr. J. R. died in 1887, aged twenty-nine years. January 10, 1886, Mr. McBroom married Mrs. (Twaddell) Stroud, a native of New York City, reared in the city and on Long Island. Her first husband was a native of Canada, and after their marriage they resided there three years, and then returned to Long Island. In 1861 they came west to Cincinnati, Ohio, and remained there two years, then removed to Memphis, where they resided three years, and in 1866 settled in Craighead County, Ark. Here Mr. Twaddell died, December 25, 1878. Mrs. Twaddell subsequently married Henry Stroud, September 16, 1881, who died March 1, 1885. Two children, Charles P. and Ostram, died after reaching mature years. Mr. McBroom has a good farm on Cane Island, and his wife one on Buffalo Island. For three years he has operated the Lake City ferry. His wife is a member of the Methodist and he of the Christian Church. He is a Mason, and is Junior Warden of his lodge.
 

Lucian T. McDaniel,(Family Chart) merchant and postmaster at Gilkerson, is one of the prominent and  enterprising business men of Jonesboro Township. His father, Solomon McDaniel, one of the oldest settlers and leading citizens of Craighead County, was born in Wilson County, Tenn., July 12, 1820. His paternal grandfather was John F. McDaniel, a native of Randolph County, N. C., who removed to Tennessee after his marriage to Mary Horn, by whom he had several children. After her death he was again married, to Mrs. Mary (Reaves) Thomas, a native of Tennessee. These two were the parents of seven children, two of hom are now living, viz.: Mary, widow of William Paultin, and Solomon. Mrs. McDaniel died in Hardin County, Tenn., and her husband subsequently married again and removed to Arkansas in 1839. He located several miles below the old farm, and after a few years removed to Missouri, where he died. His father, Abraham McDaniel (the paternal great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch), fought through the Revolutionary War, and John F. was almost old enough to be mustered into service. Solomon McDaniel was a boy when he came to this county, and has lived on his present farm thirty-one years. He has been engaged principally in farming, but is also a blacksmith and gunsmith. He has a fine farm of 170 acres about five miles south of Jonesboro, and 100 acres are in a splendid state of cultivation. He was married April 6, 1848, to Juliet White, a native of Craighead County, and daughter of Thomas and Lucy (Trigg) White, residents of this county. To their union were born thirteen children, seven living, as follows: John T. (married Margaret Porter, now deceased), Margaret King, William F. (married Sarah Kellar), Lucian T. (married Matilda Shelton), Andrew J. and three girls. Mr. McDaniel is a Republican in politics, and was a Union man during the war. He has been a member of the Christian Church for about fifteen years, and his wife, two sons and two daughters are members of the same denomination, all connected with the Christian Valley Church. Lucian T. McDaniel was born on the old homestead, August 14, 1859, and was reared on the farm, receiving a fair district school education. When twenty-two years of age he engaged as a clerk for B. C. Shiery, a grocer of Jonesboro, and five months later moved to Wiener. Poinsett County, becoming a merchant of that place. Four months after, when the Cotton Belt Railroad was opened, he removed to Gilkerson and engaged in mercantile business. In June, 1887, W. M. Robertson, of Jonesboro, became a member of the firm now known as Robertson & McDaniel. They keep a stock of general merchandise and have a very good trade; also operate a saw-mill (capacity, 6,000 feet per day), and a cotton-gin, and grist-mill (capacity, 200 bushels per day), and are agents for the Cotton Belt Railroad and Southern Express Company. Mr. McDaniel was married January 17, 1883, to Matilda J. Shelton, daughter of Stephen and Mahala Shelton, residents of this township. Their union has been blessed with four children; Maggie Lee, James Garland, Stephen Andrew and Angie Belle. Mrs. McDaniel is a pious and charitable lady, and a member of the Christian Valley Church, of the Christian denomination.
 

Abraham McDaniel (Family Chart)(deceased) was one of the prosperous and esteemed farmers of Craighead County. He was a native of Tennessee, his parents, John and Mary McDaniel, having been residents of that State. After his mother's death, his father came to Poinsett (now Craighead) County, Ark., locating near the present home of his son's widow, but he afterward removed to Missouri, where he died. His children. Abraham, Mary, Nicholas and Charlie, returned to Arkansas. There were six children, only two of whom, Solomon N., and Mary, widow of William Pauldin, are now living. Abraham was about grown when he came to this county, and has engaged in farming all his life. He settled on the homestead farm in September, 1852, entering a half section of land. Having given to his sons, John B. and James N., sixty and sixty-three acres of land, respectively, the homestead now contains 183 acres. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in 1865 was ordained to preach in the Christian denomination, and devoted the greater part of his life to his Master's cause. He died March 7, 1879, [p.343] aged fifty-three years. He was married October 20, 1847, to Jane Cary, a daughter of Benjamin and Sallie (Stotts) Cary, residents of this county. Mrs. McDaniel was born in Carroll County, Tenn., October 31, 1832. In 1839 Mr. Cary removed with his family to Poinsett County. Ark., where he died in 1843, his wife having died two years previously. Mr. and Mrs. McDaniel were the parents of ten children, three deceased: Rebecca, Sally and an infant boy; and seven living: John B., married to Mintie McGown, James N., married to Mary Hendrix: Mary, wife of John H. Darr; Nancy Ann, wife of Louis Sowells: Elizabeth, wife of William Fuller, and Martha Jane and A. B., at home. Mrs. McDaniel has been a devout and influential member of the Christian Church for about nineteen years, and four of her children are also members.