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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Hempstead County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Albert Honeycutt, planter, Garland Township, Hempstead County. In compiling a history of Hempstead County, together with its most prominent citizens, we must not fail to give a brief outline of the life of Mr. Honeycutt, who has been classed among the most successful agriculturists of Hempstead County for so many years. Originally from Alabama, he was born on November 12, 1825, and is a son of John and Cady (Watson) Honeycutt, natives of North Carolina and South Carolina, respectively. Their marriage occurred about 1808, and resulted in the birth of nine children—five sons and four daughters—three of whom only are now living, viz.: Albert (our subject), Alvine, and Mary (the wife of David Calk, living in Union Parish, La.). The father was a blacksmith by trade, and followed that occupation all his life. In 1848 he emigrated to Louisiana, and made his home there until his death, which occurred in 1835. The faithful companion of his life survived his death but two years, passing away in 1857. Early in life they had united with the Baptist Church, and at their death were firm believers in the doctrines expounded by that denomination. The subject of this biographical sketch was united in marriage in Mississippi, in 1850, to Miss Rebecca E. Mounk, a native of that State, born in 1832, by whom he became the father of four children, all of whom died in infancy. He was called upon to mourn his wife, who died in 1855, after a brief wedded life of only five years. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mr. Honeycutt’s marriage to his present wife was consummated in 1857, Miss Elizabeth J. Anderson being the interested party. She was born in Alabama in 1831, and was a daughter of John and Celia (Ceal) Anderson. This union was blessed with five children—four of whom still live, viz.: Joseph G., Celia C. (now the wife of Thomas Hartsfield, a successful farmer of this county), Obedia (now the wife of La Fayette Cole, a farmer of Nolen Township, this county), and Tobin B. Mattie is deceased. Mr. Honeycutt emigrated from Mississippi to Louisiana in 1847, thence, in 1870, to Arkansas, taking up his residence in this county, where he has made his home ever since. He owns a fine, well improved farm, and is one of the prominent and substantial agriculturists of this section. He was a soldier in the Mexican War, and also in the Civil War, enlisting in the latter in February, 1862, in Company D, Fourth Louisiana Battalion, in which he served until the close of the war, in 1865. In political views he affiliates with the Democratic party, and both he and wife are members of the Baptist Church, and have been identified with this denomination a number of years.

 

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This family biography is one of 131 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Hempstead County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Hempstead County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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