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Below is a family biography from the book, The History of Crawford County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. 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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A. J. Nordin, merchant and minister, was born in Crawford County, Ark., in 1852, and is a son of Alexander and Betsy E. (Dodd) Nordin, natives of North Carolina and Tennessee, who died in 1863 and 1887, respectively. They were married in Tennessee, and in 1835 came to Crawford County and engaged in farming. Five of their children are now living: Mrs. Mary J. Townswell, Mrs. Arabella Seratt, Mrs. Ann L. Swinford, Mrs. Drucilla Furlow, of Barry County, Mo., and our subject, all save one being residents of this county. A. J. Nordin attended school in the county six months during his youth, and at the age of nineteen began life on his own account. January 22, 1871, he married Louisa Lane, daughter of Samuel P. and Nancy (Seratt) Lane. Mrs. Nordin was born in Illinois in 1849, and died in 1881, having borne five children: Francis Marion, Nancy Emeline, George Wesley, Mary J. (deceased) and William (deceased). December 22, 1881, Mr. Nordin was married to Miss Hannah Alice Arnold, daughter of Manuel and Mary (Anderson) Arnold, a native of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold were born and reared in the same State, and from there went to Iowa, and afterward to Kansas, then to Benton County, Ark., then to Texas, then to Washington County, Ark., and finally located in Crawford County, where Mr. Arnold engaged in farming, blacksmithing and carpentering. He served in the war as a blacksmith. Four of his six children are living: Joseph Warren, Samuel Wayne, Mrs. Nordin and Mrs. Elizabeth Kimes, all residents of Crawford County. Mr. and Mrs. Nordin are the parents of the following children: Obedience, Medy, Arthur, and Arrema (deceased). Mr. Nordin, although he began life poor, has accumulated a comfortable property, the most of which he has made by merchandising. He owns a one-half interest in a mercantile store, valued at about $3,000, and has 240 acres of land, seventy-five of which he has under cultivation. Since 1876 he has preached in the Methodist Protestant Church, his labors having extended over Missouri and Arkansas. He is a Republican and a member of the Masonic and I. O. O. F. orders.
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This family biography is one of 222 biographies included in The History of Crawford County, Arkansas published in 1889. For the complete description, click here: Crawford County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps
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