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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Nevada County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890. 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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H. Stainton, a prominent druggist of Emmet, Nevada County, was born in Canada, and continued to reside in that country until he completed his education, and laid the foundation for a successful business career. When about nineteen years old, he turned his attention to agriculture, farming first in Canada, and later in the State of Illinois, for a time. Afterward all his interest centered in the drug business, which he studied in the last-named place, being a regular registered pharmacist in Illinois. In the year 1882, the subject of this sketch moved to Emmet, starting in the drug business at that point, and meeting with marked success. After one year he formed a partnership with Mr. McSwain, and the firm is one of the most prosperous in the whole country around. They handle a general line of merchandise, especially cotton, which yields an enormous income. Mr. Stainton is a member of the A. F. & A. M., a Democrat, politically, and a very, influential man in his township, being chairman of the Township Central Committee, and possessing great influence in public matters. In the State of Illinois, the subject of this sketch was married to Miss Mattie Haskell, and their three children are all living.
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