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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Perry 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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J. S. Hambright, also numbered among the popular and enterprising farmers and stock raisers of Perry County, was born in South Carolina on May 25, 1845, and is a son of Abner and Sarah (Robinson) Hambright, the mother dying about the year 1848, and leaving three boys and two girls. The father married a second time, and this union added four more boys to the family. J. S. Hambright remained with his father until the year 1867, and received a good English education, attending both the subscription and public schools. At the outbreak of the war he enlisted in Company F, of the Seventeenth South Carolina Infantry, and in the battle at Fort Steadman, before Petersburg, Va., was severely wounded through the neck. He lay at the point of death in the hospital when the surrender was announced to him, and the agony of his wounds was increased by the news of his lost cause. From the hospital he was taken to Washington, and lay in the hospital at that place until June 14, 1865, and on the 21st of that month he reached home, where he remained until his marriage, in 1867, to Miss M. C. Hardin. He then opened up a farm of his own, where he resided with his bride until the fall of 1871, when he moved to Perry County, Ark., and bought 317 acres of land. He now has about 100 acres under cultivation, and has built a comfortable home, barns and other necessaries, besides raising a fine orchard. Five children were born to Mr. Hambright and his wife: William B., Sarah E., Fatha E., Josie E. and Elisha C. Mr. Hambright has been a school director for a number of years, and takes great interest in all the affairs of his county. He is one of its most progressive men, and an ornament to the community. He also has charge of the mail route from Dardanelle to Perryville, and owns the ferry-boat at Petit Jean, over which the mail is carried. Mr. Hambright is a Democrat in politics, and a strong supporter of that party. His wife is a member of the Baptist Church, and a devout Christian lady.

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This family biography is one of 53 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Perry County, Arkansas published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Perry County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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