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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Clark 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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G. A. Trigg, general merchant of Arkadelphia, Ark. The business interests of this portion of the county are well represented by the subject of this sketch, who has been located at this place long enough to become firmly established. He was reared to the occupation of a farmer, but mercantile life seemed to have a peculiar attraction for him, and his wisdom in embarking in it has been proven by his success in subsequent years. He was born in the county where he now lives, September 28, 1846, and is a son of William A. and Sabrina C. Trigg, who were born in Tennessee, and emigrated to Arkansas about 1833, locating some six miles north west of Arkadelphia, in Clark County, where the father entered and purchased a large tract of land, nearly all of which was unimproved. The father continued to make this his home, making improvements until his death, which occurred in November, 1888. His wife still survives him, having borne a family of twelve children, seven of whom are living. The subject of this sketch, after attending the common schools and remaining at home until 1864, enlisted as a soldier, and served until the close of the war. In 1866 he returned to Arkadelphia, and entered a mercantile establishment as clerk, which position he retained for about eight years. In 1876 the firm of Trigg & Saunders was formed, and continued two years, after which Mr. Trigg embarked in business for himself, and has since continued alone, and as his stock of goods is large and well selected and he is honest and upright in all his dealings with the public, he has built up a large and constantly increasing trade. He was married in 1873 to Miss Carrie Gresham, of Mississippi, by whom he has one child: Willie R. Mrs. Trigg is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Trigg owns a good farm of 160 acres, of which eighty-five are under cultivation, and he has been a member of the city council several times.

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