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J. T. Jeanes, a prominent agriculturist of the county, is a native of West Tennessee, born October 28, 1846, and the son of Josiah and Elizabeth (Prother) Jeanes, both natives of South Carolina, and of Irish descent. The mother died in 1882, but the father is still living, and although eighty-seven years of age is yet in full possession of his faculties and in vigorous health. He has been a farmer all his life. Their family consisted of nine children, seven of whom lived to be grown, and three of whom are now living: J. N., of Tennessee; Laura N., wife of John T. Carter, of Tennessee, and the subject of this sketch. The father started in life with very limited means, but by hard labor and economy, coupled with good judgment, amassed a fortune, and was supposed to be worth as much as $75,000 previous to the war, but lost a considerable portion of it during that period by the Union soldiers. His son, J. T. Jeanes, came to Arkansas in 1882, but was married in his native State, in 1875, to Miss Martha E. Warren, a native of Tennessee. To Mr. and Mrs. Jeanes were born three children: Nora, Eula and Warren. Mr. Jeanes is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Pleasant Hill Lodge No. 233, is a Democrat in his political views, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Jeanes is the owner of fifty-six acres of good farming land, 115 acres of good bottom land, a five acre lot where he now resides, and sixty acres in Faulkner County, Ark.