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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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B. F. Jobe, editor of the Russellville Democrat, Russellville, Ark. Under the efficient management of Mr. Jobe, the Russellville Democrat has come to be regarded as one of the representative country journals, and the paper is found to be a welcome visitor in the numerous homes in which it enters. Mr. Jobe was born at Ringgold, Ga., on July 7, 1849, and removed with his parents to Arkansas in 1857. On July 10, 1870, he entered the office of the Des Arc (Arkansas) Citizen and began work as an apprentice under the tutorship of Allen C. Matthews. In February, 1872, he took charge of the mechanical department of the Russellville National Tribune, edited by J. H. Battenfield, a position he occupied until 1874. When the Russellville Printing Association was organized in 1875, he was elected manager and continued in charge of the business department until 1887, when in addition to his other duties he assumed the editorial management of the Democrat, which position he still holds. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and has been secretary of Russellville Lodge No. 274 for seventeen years. He is at present recorder of the city council, a position he has held for eight years, and is now serving his fourth term as protector of Ashby Lodge No. 335, K. & L. of H. He is second vice president of the Arkansas State Press Association. On September 3, 1873, he was married to Miss S. F. Bonds, and to them have been born the following children: Cora Edna (born July 10, 1874) and Floy B. (born October 10, 1870). The family are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mr. Jobe’s parents first located in Columbia County, Ark., in 1857, remained there one year and then moved to Des Arc, Prairie County, where the father followed merchandising until 1861. He then moved to Pope County, settling three miles from Atkins, but remained there only until 1863, when he moved to Searcy, White County, and there his death occurred in 1888. The mother resides in Russellville. Mr. Jobe is one of Russellville’s most valued citizens, polite, courteous and pleasant to all, and has a host of warm friends.

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This family biography is one of 96 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Pope County, Arkansas published in 1891.  For the complete description, click here: Pope County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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