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John K. Malone, at present occupying the responsible position as deputy county clerk of Cross County, was born in Poinsett County, and is a son of William C. and E. M. (Gardner) Malone, natives of North Carolina and Virginia, respectively. William C. Malone came to this State with his father in 1854, settling near the present site of Vanndale. He was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and a man of considerable importance in the county. In 1868 he was elected county clerk of Poinsett County, served one term, and in 1882 he was elected to the legislature to represent his county (Cross) and was made the chairman of the committees of education, agriculture, and temperance. In connection with his farming, Mr. Malone was engaged in the mercantile business in Wittsburg, and later at Vanndale, where he died in November, 1885. At that time there were but very few men surviving, who had been here at the first settlement of this county. Mrs. Malone is still living at Vanndale. Our subject was born in 1862, and was educated in the common schools of this county, and finished his schooling at Little Rock. In 1885 Mr. Malone was appointed deputy county clerk, which office he still holds, discharging his duties with great credit to himself. Mr. Malone is a strong Democrat, and takes an active part in politics. He is a young man of ability and promise, and a son of a noted and highly respected man, and is rapidly rising into a citizen of note and prominence.