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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Pope County, Arkansas published by Southern Publishing Company in 1891.  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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A. K. Henry. The social, political and business history of this section is filled with the deeds and doings of self-made men, and no man in Pope County is more deserving the appellation than Mr. Henry, for he marked out his own career in youth, and has steadily followed it up to the present, his prosperity being attributable to his earnest and persistent endeavor, and to the fact that he has always consistently tried to follow the teachings of the Golden Rule. Although a resident of this parish he was born in York District, S. C, October 20, 1812, to Charles W. and Margaret (Carr) Henry, both of whom were also born in the Palmetto State. The father was a farmer and a blacksmith by occupation, and his father was a follower of the former occupation and was of Scotch descent. The wife of the latter was a Virginian. The grandparents on the mother’s side were of Irish descent. The mother was born in 1790, and the father in 1787, their union taking place in York District, S. C, in 1811, and resulted in the birth of five children, two of whom are now living, the subject of this sketch being the eldest. The other member is A. M., who was born October 3, 1816. G. W., Elizabeth B. and Catherine are deceased. The father of these children passed from life in his native State in 1848, being a member of the Old School Presbyterian Church, and his wife died in 1888, having been a member of the same church since 1806. The immediate subject of this biography was married in Union District, S. C, May 28, 1840, to Miss Elizabeth S. Parker, who was born in South Carolina January 6, 1819, a daughter of Silas R. and Martha (Akins) Parker, also South Carolinians, and to whom seven sons and two daughter were born, Elizabeth (wife of Mr. Henry), and W. P. being the only ones now living. The following are deceased: Isaac, Allison S., Walter L., S. R., William R., Eleasa and Sarah A. Mr. Parker died about 1867, and his wife in 1858, both earnest members of the Presbyterian Church. To Mr. Henry and his wife ten children have been born: Silas H., Martha A. (wife of C. G. Oates), Margaret (deceased), Sarah E. (deceased), Catherine C. (wife of William O. Ferguson), Nancy E. (deceased), Mary A. (deceased), Margaret E. (wife of William Henry), Sarah (widow of A. R. Ferguson), and Charles W. Mr. Henry enlisted in the Confederate Cavalry in 1863 and served until the close of the war, taking part in a number of engagements. He emigrated from South Carolina to Arkansas in 1856, and settled on the farm of 240 acres, of which he is now the owner, 100 acres being under cultivation. He and his wife are members of the Old School Presbyterian Church.

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