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Below is a family biography included in The History of Madison 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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Harvey C. Ledbetter is a native of Tennessee, and was born April 19, 1816. His father, George Ledbetter, was born in Georgia, and his mother, Susannah (Chesser) Ledbetter, was born in Virginia. In an early day they moved to Tennessee, and there married and lived until 1849, the father engaging in carpentering and farming. They then came to War Eagle, and lived with our subject until their respective deaths, in 1863 and 1881, aged eighty and ninety-three, respectively. Harvey C. was reared on a farm on Rocky River, in Tennessee, and there lived until 1836. He then accompanied his brother-in-law, H. Elsey, to War Eagle, where he entered land, and where he now owns a fine farm of 330 acres, well under cultivation. He is a successful farmer, and is engaged in stock raising to some extent. April 30, 1837, he married Sarah H. McElhaney, daughter of William McElhaney, who settled in Arkansas in 1830. To this marriage three children were born: Emeline (deceased), Laura A. and George w. Mrs. Ledbetter died September 11, 1844, and January 8, 1846, he married Mary A. Bowen, daughter of John Bowen, an early settler and the first county judge of this county, in whose honor Bowen Township was named. Mrs. Ledbetter was born December 29, 1928, and is the mother of thirteen children: Charles M. (deceased), Sarah H., William R., Julia A. (deceased), Alfred M. (deceased), Mary J., James A. (deceased), John H. (deceased), Tennessee E., Milder A., Martha E., Marion W. and Caroline N.

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This family biography is one of 99 biographies included in The History of Madison County, Arkansas published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Madison County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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