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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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James H. Abraham is the well-known and popular sheriff and collector of Clark County, Ark., and was born in La Fayette County, this State in 1851, being a son of James and Judith (Nash) Abraham, the former a Kentuckian and the latter a Virginian. In 1834 they removed to Arkansas, the State at that time being a Territory, and located in La Fayette County (now Miller County), being among the first settlers of that region. The father was a successful merchant prior to the war, but afterward became a tiller of the soil, and died in 1869. He had been captain of a company of Arkansas troops during the Rebellion. James H. Abraham assisted his father on the farm, but in 1868 bade adieu to his friends and came to Clark County, and began following the plow on his own account, which occupation continued to receive his attention for some time. He made an efficient constable for Caddo Township for four years and for sixteen years served the county in the capacity of deputy sheriff, but in January, 1888, was elected to his present office, and re-elected in 1889. He has discharged his duties in a very able manner, and no officer of the county has given more universal satisfaction or commands more respect than does Mr. Abraham. In connection with his office he is engaged in conducting his farm in Clark County, but is also the owner of 1,400 acres of fine land in the "Lone Star State." He is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, the K. of P., and is a man of very genial and social disposition, esteemed and liked by all. In October, 1882, he was united in marriage to Miss Lucy Golden, by whom he has three children: Howard, George and Phebe. His father was sheriff of La Fayette County, Ark., for twelve years.

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