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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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Turner H. Fricks, merchant and farmer, Saratoga, Ark. Among all classes there are those who excel in whatever they undertake, whether of a professional, agricultural or commercial nature, and such is the case with the subject of this sketch. He was born in Bartow County, Ga. (then Cass County), on April 25, 1847, but when ten years of age he left that State and came to Arkansas with his parents, M. A. and Sarah (Jones) Fricks. [For further particulars of parents see sketch of W. C. Fricks.] He was reared in that State, and although he received but a limited education in the common schools, he has since, by observation and study, become well informed on all the current topics of the day. When twenty-one years of age he engaged in farming, and has followed this for the most part ever since. He purchased forty acres of land in 1873, and has since speculated largely in land, and is at present the owner of 125 acres, with twenty-five acres under cultivation. He has been twice married; first, in 1868, to Miss Mary O'Neal, a native of Arkansas, who bore him one child (deceased). In 1873 Mr. Fricks was married to Miss Martha L. Spates, a native of Arkansas, and seven children were the fruits of this union, one of whom died in infancy. Those living are Jesse P., Joseph M., William J., John H., Mattie E. and Margaret, all with the parents. Mr. Fricks is not active in politics, but votes with the Republican party. He was appointed postmaster at Saratoga in 1889, and holds that position at the present time. He and wife and two eldest children are members of the Christian Church.

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