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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Howard 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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Robert C. Click, the subject of this sketch, was born in Howard County, Ark., September 11, 1853, and passed his school-days in that county. At the age of twenty he commenced to take charge of his mother's farm, meeting with marked success in the agricultural line. On November 6, 1873, Mr. Click married Miss Elizabeth Graves, who was born in Arkansas in 1853, and is living at the present time. She is the daughter of Louis Graves, of Howard County. They have eight children: Charles J., Margaret, Molly, Rosa A., David E., Julia L., Sally E. and William. Mr. Click bought the valuable farm of 200 acres where he now lives, in the year 1886, and is a most successful man in every way, and one who takes pleasure in advancing worthy causes. His father, Enoch Click, was a native of Arkansas, and married Miss Elizabeth Hunter, of that State. They had fourteen children, of whom Eliza E., Margaret and R. C. are living.

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This family biography is one of 116 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Howard County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Howard County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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