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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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John H. Stephens, planter, Wallaceburg, Ark. The parents of Mr. Stephens, John P. and Elizabeth J. (Gentry) Stephens, were born in Tennessee and Clark County, Ark., in 1817 and 1818, respectively. They were married in the last-named State in 1838, and to their union were born five children, only one besides our subject now living— Alice (wife of W. C. Nolan, a farmer living in this county). The father was reared to the arduous duties of the farm, and agricultural pursuits have been his occupation through life. His wife died in Hempstead County in 1850, and the father’s second marriage occurred in 1852 to Miss Margaret E. Love, a native of Virginia. Nine children were born to this union, six now living: Walter P., Philip C, Robert, Ella (wife of Dr. H. A. Hale, residing in Little River County, Ark.), Lou (wife of George Hale, residing in Prescott, Ark.) and Sudie. The parents are now living in Prescott, Ark. John H. Stephens grew to mature years in Arkansas, and was married in Hempstead County, January 17, 1867, to Miss Sarah A. James, a native of Virginia, born August 18, 1848, and is the daughter of William and Susan (Love) James, the father a native of North Carolina, born in 1821, and the mother of Virginia, born in 1830. The parents were married in Virginia, in November, 1847, and to them were born six children, two besides Mrs. Stephens now living: Philip H. and Thomas F. Mr. and Mrs. James emigrated from the Old Dominion to Arkansas in 1850, and settled in Lafayette County. The mother is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Stephens are the parents of eleven children, ten now living: Susan, Julia, Adolphus, Maggie, Milner, Daisy (deceased), Elijah, Irene, Eugene, Herbert and DeWitt. Mr. Stephens is the owner of 300 acres of good land and is a successful farmer. On July 15, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Second Arkansas Cavalry, under Capt. Gamble, and served from that time up to 1865. He was at the battles of Oak Hill and Chickamauga. In politics he is a Democrat, and socially is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
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