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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Lonoke County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  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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Henry Brown, the present popular and efficient treasurer of Lonoke County, is a native of Mississippi, and was born in Itawamba County in 1841. His boyhood days were passed there, receiving such advantages for schooling as were obtainable in his youth, and March 27, 1861, when but nineteen years of age, he enlisted in Company B, Tenth Mississippi Regiment. In 1862 this regiment was reorganized as Company C, Tenth Mississippi, where he was commissioned as second sergeant, and in 1863 commissioned as senior second lieutenant. He participated in the Battles of Shiloh, Mumfordsville, Murfreesboro, Chickamaugua, and in the entire Georgia campaign. On August 31, 1864, at the battle of Jonesboro, he was severely wounded in the left wrist, which has crippled that member ever since. He was sent to the hospitals, and after recovering returned to his home in Mississippi, but in the fall of 1865 located at Memphis. After a two years’ residence in that city, Mr. Brown moved to Devall’s Bluff, in Prairie County, Ark., and in 1873 he was elected treasurer of the county, which office he held for six years. In 1883 he came to Lonoke and in 1888 was chosen to his present position, the duties of which he has since discharged in a creditable and satisfactory manner. In the year 1870 his marriage with Miss Betty Reden was consummated. Mrs. Brown was a native of Independence County, Ark., and is an estimable lady. To their union five children have been born, of whom two sons are now living. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the former is a K. of H. and a member of the Lonoke Council. Mr. Brown’s parents, Obadiah and Sarah (Cox) Brown, were both natives of Lauderdale County, Ala.

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This family biography is one of 143 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Lonoke County, Arkansas published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Lonoke County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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