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Charles A. Warfield is identified with the progress and development of Desha County, Ark., and in the conduct of his farm he is meeting with substantial results. Personally he is respected and esteemed for his many estimable qualities, and as he was born and reared in Desha County, his friends have had every opportunity of judging of his character, and not a shadow has ever been advanced derogatory to his reputation. His birth occurred in 1852, and he is a son of William P. and Maria G. (Griffith) Warfield, natives of Kentucky and Mississippi, respectively. Charles A. Warfield’s early advantages were not good, and at the age of twelve years he was sent to school at Roley, Tenn., where he remained two years, after which he entered the St. Louis University, remaining there also two years. Upon his return home he began the battle of life for himself as a clerk at Helena, being an employee of H. P. Coolledge, entering the employ of Bailey, Boondon, Summers & Co., and acted as a plantation manager for them for four years, after which be returned to Desha County, and for nineteen months was a clerk for Baxter & Smith. After leaving the service of these gentlemen he began business on his own account as a merchant in his native town of Laconia. At the end of five years he disposed of his stock and left Laconia, and for five years managed a farm in Phillips County, Ark., which belonged to A. Woodruff, of Memphis, Tenn. His next move was to Bolivar County, Miss., where he also had charge of a plantation, but one year later he returned to Laconia, and has since been connected with the agricultural interests of Desha County. He is managing a splendid farm, and on his land is an exceptionally good steam cotton-gin which gins about thirty bales per day, and about 2,000 bales a season. He is also interested in stock-raising, and is one of the representative citizens of the community in which he resides, and also Desha County. He is a Democrat, and has held the office of deputy sheriff, and is now notary public. In 1873 he was united in marriage to Miss Josephine Sellers, a daughter of Benjamin and Martha (Barnett) Sellers, natives of Kentucky and Ohio, and by her became the father of four children: Benjamin, Charlie, Willie and Amos, all of whom are at home except the youngest, who is at school.