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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Chicot 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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Samuel F. Hornor. Since the history of any county must necessarily be dependent upon the lives of great men who reside there for the interest with which the public peruse its pages, such men as Samuel F. Hornor are deservedly honored and beloved by the citizens, whose interests they advance, both in a social and business way. He was born in this county, being, therefore both by natural claims and preference, among the great men of this locality, and by his personal success and desire to be of assistance to those less blessed by circumstances and financial achievements, he has endeared himself to the people throughout the county. An active member of the Democratic party, and a leader in public enterprises and State questions; he has been magistrate of his district for the past twelve years, and was at one time school director, manifesting a lively regard for educational matters. He is the youngest of a family of five children, and his days have been most agreeably passed within the limits of his native State. At the age of twenty the subject of this sketch took upon his own shoulders the burden and responsibility of “bread-winning,” and at once turned his attention to farming. In 1874 he married Miss Alice M. Withom, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Long) Withom, and of this union have been born six children: Mary E., Theodore S., Mattie M., Hattie B., John S., and a baby not yet named, all of whom are still living. Mr. Hornor is the fortunate possessor of a valuable plantation, which yields a princely annual income.

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This family biography is one of 34 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Chicot County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Chicot County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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