My Genealogy Hound

Benjamin L. Gocio, one of the large land owners of this county, is a native Arkansan, having been born in Villemont Township in 1854. He is a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Johnson) Gocio, originally from Arkansas and Georgia, respectively. In the family were nine children, three of whom are living: John (near Hot Springs), Lucy Humphreys (in Washington County, Ark.), and the subject of this sketch, the latter of whom has always resided in this township. At the age of fifteen years he commenced farming for himself, and in 1876 was married to Miss Jane Mitchell, of Arkansas County, whose birth occurred at the Post. Her father, Frank Mitchell, of this State, died when his daughter was five years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Gocio have had six children: Anna, Ida, Ollie, Joseph, Lucy (deceased), and Agnes. Mr. Gocio has about 250 acres of land under cultivation, and is the owner of upward of 1,800 acres. He is a member of the Catholic Church. His grandparents came to the United States from France in an early day, locating at New Orleans, and later at Arkansas Post, where Joseph was born, and where he lived, a farmer, until his death, which occurred when Benjamin L. was fourteen months old, in 1856. He was born in 1803. The mother was married (the second time) to Mr. R. S. Dollerhide, who died in 1876; she was born in 1818, and is still living at Booneville, Miss. Mr. Gocio, by a lifetime spent in this locality, has fully demonstrated his worth and energy as an intelligent successful farmer. His extensive acquaintance is only equaled by the universal respect accorded him.