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James D. Zachry has been identified with the interests of this section since 1858, at which time he came from Louisiana, whither he had moved from his native State of Georgia in 1857. He was born in 1826, being the eldest of four children born to Benjamin S. and Mary E. (Zachry) Zachry, natives of Georgia, the father a farmer by occupation. He was in the War of 1812, being stationed at Mobile, and was also in one of the Indian wars. He accumulated good property, and prior to his death, which occurred in 1864, he owned a number of negroes. He was of Italian lineage, and his wife of Scotch. She died in 1836, after which her husband wedded Mrs. Martha (Cole) Day, her death occurring in Louisiana in 1885. James D. Zachry was reared and educated in his native State, and at the age of twenty-one years began doing for himself as a trader, and also taught school for several years. He then emigrated to Louisiana, after which he came to Arkansas as above stated, and purchased 210 acres of land, also entering one half section. Here he continued to farm until 1861, when he joined Company H, Third Arkansas Cavalry, and served in the Army of the Tennessee, taking part in most of the battles fought in that army, in all between forty or fifty hard-fought battles. He was wounded in the right ankle, in front of Sherman’s army at Sandersville, Ga., on November 26, 1864, which ended his career as a soldier. He started, as soon as able, for his home in Arkansas, arriving here in May, 1865, but in addition to finding himself broken in health, a good deal of his property was destroyed, and his stock all gone to waste. As soon as he recovered from his wound he resumed farming, and has been very successful, owning at the present time a good farm, also a steam cotton-gin. His marriage, which occurred on January 1, 1854, was to Miss Missouri J. Stewart, a daughter of Kinneth and Letitia E. (McCokle) Stewart, both of Scotch parentage. They settled in South Carolina, from there moving to Georgia, where the father served as county sheriff, and justice of the peace, and in 1858 they removed to Columbia County, Ark., where Mr. Stewart has since followed farming. His wife died in 1836, she having borne him one child (now Mrs. Zachry). Mr. Stewart afterward married Miss Nancy Cockrell, by whom he became the father of eleven children, seven now living: H. C., Frances (deceased), Thomas J. (who died in 1889, being county judge of Columbia County, Ark., at the time of his death), Eliza, (wife of J. R. Parham, of this county), Richard M. (of this county), Emma (wife of James Pride), Elizabeth (the deceased wife of Augustus Perry), William (deceased), Kinneth, George W., and Christine (wife of W. Wingfield). Mr. Stewart died in October, 1879. Of the nine children born to James D. Zachry and wife, seven are now living: Ella E. (wife of W. J. Fears), William D., Martha A. (wife of J. W. Joiner), Lula E. (wife of K. S. Couch), Benjamin S., Maggie O. and James K. Those deceased are: Mary F. and Missouri J. Mrs. Zachry is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and he is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Columbia Lodge No. 82, he being also a member of the Grange and the Agricultural Wheel. He has represented the first-named order in the Grand Lodge at Little Rock, was representative to the State Grange at Little Rock, and represented the County Wheel at Hot Springs Mr. Zachry has been deputy sheriff of this county, and has also served as deputy United States marshal. Prior to the war he was major of militia in Georgia, and was lieutenant in a company of State militia. He has proved a valuable citizen to the county since locating here, and is possessed of advanced views on all matters of public interest. The following are his sisters, who are deceased: Sarah (wife of T. M. Aubrey, of Georgia), Mariah J. (wife of W. A. Norton, of Georgia), and Nancy A. V. (wife of C. B. Duke, of Georgia).