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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Bradley County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Daniel E. Wilfong is a wealthy land holder of Bradley County, and is also joint owner in a grist, saw-mill and cotton-gin at Johnsville. His birth occurred in Catawba County, N. C, July 10, 1836, and was the youngest child in a family of four sons and two daughters, only three sons now living, born to Daniel George and Ann (Ranaseaur) Wilfong. both of whom were born in North Carolina, the former’s birth occurring in February, 1799, and the latter’s November 10, 1803, their death occurring November 15, 1836, and November 21, 1850, respectively. Peter Wilfong, the grandfather, was of German descent, a native of Pennsylvania, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Daniel E. Wilfong was reared to farm life in his native State, and there also received his education. When a young man he removed to South Carolina, and in that State was married, January 27, 1857, to Miss Susan I. Crawford, who was born in York County, S. C, June 9, 1837, but after a married life of nineteen years she passed from life on the 31st of May. She was a daughter of Alex and Sarah (Culp) Crawford, and became the mother of eight children—seven daughters and one son—three daughters and one son being now alive: Sarah A. (wife of George P. Spencil), Ella, Mary J. and Daniel E. From South Carolina Mr. Wilfong removed to Bradley County, Ark., in December, 1860, and here has since made his home. In 1861 he entered the Confederate service, becoming a member of Company I, Second Arkansas Regiment Infantry, and served until the close of the war, participating in nearly all the engagements in Tennessee. He returned to his farm after the cessation of hostilities, and now has about fifty of his 500 acres of land under cultivation. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he has always been a Democrat in his political views.

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