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Albert G. England, of the firm of A. G. England & Co., dealers in general merchandise, etc., is the son of William H. and Lavinia England, and was born in Lonoke County, Ark., in 1853. [For biography of parents, see sketch of John C. England, elsewhere in this volume.] At the age of fourteen years, Albert G. began life for himself, entering upon a mercantile career as salesman in Devall’s Bluff, Ark., but three years later he returned to Lonoke, and in November, of 1875, became established in mercantile business at Lonoke, which he is still conducting with manifest success. In 1884 the firm of A. G. England & Co. entered their elegant brick block, the finest in this place, erected at a cost of $12,000. Mr. England is president of the Lonoke Building & Loan Association of Lonoke, and a stockholder in the Bank of Lonoke and the Lonoke Hotel. In 1874 his marriage with Miss Lucy H. Goodrum, was consummated. Mrs. England is a native of Arkansas, and a descendant of one of the early pioneers of this region. To them has been born a family of five children, one son and four daughters. The family worship at the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which Mr. England is steward, also being superintendent of the Sunday-school. He favors the Democratic party with his vote, and is a Knight of Pythias, Knight of Honor, and belongs to the Knights Templar, Little Rock Lodge.