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Job E. Prichard, whose enterprise in the agricultural affairs of Mills Township has contributed largely to the respect and esteem accorded him, was born in Indiana in 1850. [See sketch of father, James E. Prichard, immediately preceding.] His youth was passed much the same as that of other farmers’ sons, and in 1875 he was married to Miss Sarah E. Carpenter, the daughter of Green Carpenter. Mrs. Prichard was born in Mississippi in 1840, her parents also being natives of that State, though they now live in Garland County, Ark. Mr. and Mrs. Prichard have a happy family of six children, five boys and one girl: William H., George W., Gracie E., Daniel B., Job and James H. Mr. Prichard owns a quarter section of good land, 115 acres of which are under cultivation. He was educated in the common schools of Arkansas, supplementing the education there obtained by self-application in later years, and he served for a number of years as deputy sheriff, besides filling the office of justice of the peace for the last six years in an acceptable manner. He is a strong Republican, and is a member of the Knights of Pythias, warmly advocating all public improvements and enterprises, to which he is a liberal donator. Mr. Prichard was a delegate to the last State Convention at Little Rock for the choosing of delegates to nominate Harrison. He has also represented the farmers of this county in the State Wheel two terms.