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Meredith Yancy was born July 11, 1803, in Pendleton County, S. C., where his parents, Silas and Sallie (Smith) Yancy, were born and reared. The father was a farmer, and in 1819 moved to Tennessee, where Mrs. Yancy died in 1820. Meredith received a common-school education, and when of age started out in life for himself. In 1833 he married Polly, daughter of Burgess and Elizabeth (Mayo) Wit. Mr. Wit was born in 1766, and in 1781 enlisted in the army, serving until the close of the war under Capt. Course. He died in 1842. Mrs. Wit was born in 1776. Mrs. Yancy is a native of Tennessee, where she was born in 1810. In 1851 she went to Washington County, and in 1858 came to Crawford County. She is the mother of the following children: William Brownlow, of Washington County; Hezekiah, of this county; Elizabeth Watson, who now lives at home, and Filmore, also of this county. Mr. Watson came to Crawford County, Ark., in 1878 with his mother, from Perry County, Ark., and was here married. He was born March 19, 1844, and in 1863 enlisted in the war as a private in Company C, Third Arkansas Cavalry, serving first under Capt. Gates and afterward under Capt. Matthews, Col. A. H. Rhyan commander. He received his discharge June 22, 1865. His marriage occurred September 3, 1882. Mr. Yancy owns 157 acres of land, sixty acres of which he has cleared. He is a successful farmer and fruit grower, having an orchard of 140 apple trees besides other fruits. He was a member of the Methodist Church until it was disorganized. In politics he is a Democrat, and his first presidential vote was cast for Andrew Jackson in 1824.