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Jesse M. Milton was born in Franklin County, Ark., February 10, 1846, his parents being Samuel and Lucinda (Smith) natives of Alabama and Tennessee, respectively. About 1836 the parents immigrated to Franklin County, Ark., where they purchased raw land and farmed. The father died in 1863, but the mother still survives. They reared their family of nine children here, of whom but two sons and two daughters survive. They reside in this county. Jesse M. Milton attained the greater part of his education after reaching manhood, and September 12, 1867, was united in marriage to Jane Barham, who was born in Newton County, and is a daughter of John Barham. After his marriage he rented land a few years, and in 1873 located upon his present farm, which he homesteaded in 1880. He has 160 acres of land, forty of which he keeps under cultivation, and upon which he has erected good buildings. His orchard contains 200 trees of different kinds of fruit. Mr. and Mrs. Milton are members of the Primitive Baptist Church. To them six children have been born: Mary Catherine, wife of Hulett Anderson; Martha E., Sarah L., Alice J., Jessie E. and Harriet. William Jasper Milton, also a son of Samuel and Lucinda Milton, now lives upon the old homestead, where he passed his youthful days. In August, 1861, he enlisted in the State service, and in 1862 joined the regular Southern army. He served under Col. Brooks, and fought at Oak Hill, Prairie Grove, Saline River and Helena. After the army was disbanded he resumed his farming, and March 7, 1869, was united in marriage to Mary Anderson, who was born in Mississippi, but reared in this county, and is a daughter of William Anderson, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Milton have four children: Baxter, flora A., Robert M. and Martha E. Mr. M. is a successful farmer, his home place consisting of 120 acres of Mulberry bottom land, fifty acres of which are cleared and cultivated.