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J. W. Stanfield was early taught the duties of farm life, and this has been his chosen occupation, though of late years he has been engaged in the mercantile business, having a general stock of merchandise in Booneville, worth about $1,300. He has only been in the business about a year, but during that short period he has gained the confidence and esteem of all by his honest, upright dealings. He is a young man of good business qualifications, and will, no doubt, make a complete success of this enterprise. He is also the owner of fifty acres of good land, and has twenty-four acres under cultivation. In March, 1885, he was united in marriage to Miss Ellen Craine, daughter of J. V. Craine, and they have one child, a daughter, named Vora Lee. Mr. Stanfield was born in Wayne County, Tenn., in August, 1857, and his parents, Thomas P. and C. A. (Woody) Stanfield, were both natives of Tennessee also. They were married in that State, and to their union were born six children—three sons and three daughters—viz.: Robert F. (deceased), J. W., Mary J., Joseph Z., Charity E. and Comfort A. The father was a soldier in the United States Army, and was killed in 1865. The mother removed from Tennessee to Arkansas, in 1880. Their daughter, Mary J., was married in Tennessee, to Buck Lynch, and then removed to Alabama, where she now resides. Charity (married J. W. Fields, of Booneville, Logan County, Ark.), Comfort (married A. T. Barlow, a farmer in Logan County), and Joseph married Miss Ida Barlow, sister to A. T. Barlow.