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Jerry L. Hearn is one of the native-born residents of Mississippi County, Ark., and on account of long acquaintance and a thorough knowledge of his many sterling qualities, he is held in high esteem by the residents thereof. He was born in the year 1851, and was one of the sons of Jerry Lynch, but at the age of eleven years was adopted by G. A. Hearn, an old settler of the county, and spent one year in Osceola, attending school, then moved with his adopted father to Clear Lake, where G. A. Hearn died in 1881. Here Jerry L. Hearn spent the most of his youth, and after attaining manhood was married to Miss Sarah Mobley, also a native of the county. When twenty-two years of age he purchased a farm of 108 acres near Clear Lake, and ever since then has devoted much of his time and energies to putting his farm in good condition, all necessary buildings forming a prominent feature of the improvements. By his perseverance and industry his lands now aggregate 300 acres, with forty acres one mile west of Blythesville, and the amount of land on these two farms comprises 120 acres. He has been the owner of the property where he now makes his home since 1875, his surroundings being exceptionally pleasant, and has everything convenient and comfortable about his home. He has always been active in politics, and in 1884 secured the contract to carry the mail from Blythesville to Osceola; does also a good trade in carrying passengers and doing business for the people of those places. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a member of Chickasawba Lodge No. 134, of the F. & A. M. The following are the children born to his marriage: Lizzie, Mattie, Minnie and Harry.