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Joseph G. McAndrew. Prominent among the energetic and prosperous farmers of Benton County, Ark., worthy of special mention is Mr. McAndrew, who was born in Lawrence County, Mo., February 2, 1854. His father, Joseph McAndrew, was born in East Tennessee in 1808. November 17, 1840, his marriage with Miss Malinda Perry took place, and their union was blessed in the birth of nine children: Elizabeth, the wife of J. L. Hagler, and Susan, Alexander, John, George and James, who are deceased; Joseph G., Ida, the wife of Dr. Philo Allen, and Samuel (deceased). The father was previously married, and by his first wife became the father of one son, William, who died soon after the commencement of the late Civil War. His present wife was born in Alabama, and moved to Tennessee when she was quite young. Joseph G. McAndrew was married on the 9th of January, 1878, to Miss Ethel Morrison, who was born in Benton County, Ark., February 5, 1859. Her father, R. A. Morrison, was one of the earliest settlers of Benton County, having come here in 1836, Mrs. McAndrew is the mother of four children: Joseph A., Harley, Emma and Elizabeth. Mr. McAndrew is the possessor of a fine farm of 160 acres, all in a fine state of cultivation. He is a Democrat in his political views, and cast his first presidential vote for Tilden. He has shown his brotherly spirit by becoming a member of the Masonic fraternity, and he and wife, as well as Mr. and Mrs. McAndrew, Sr., are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.