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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Prairie 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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William A. Horne is a prosperous farmer and stockman of Prairie County, and was born in Memphis, Tenn., December 12, 1851, being a son of Simeon Horne, a sketch of whom appears in this work. William A. Horne came to Arkansas with his parents when a child of five years, and his knowledge of the world was only such as could be learned on the home farm until he attained his majority. On December 22, 1874, he was married to Miss Sarah L. Flinn, sister of Dr. Flinn, a druggist of Des Arc, her birth having occurred in the “Palmetto State.’’ She was brought by her parents to Arkansas when a miss of eleven years, and was here reared to womanhood and received her education. After their marriage she and Mr. Horne located on a farm near Des Arc, and this occupation has received Mr. Horne’s attention up to the present time, but since 1886 they have been residing in Des Arc, in order to give their children the advantages of the town schools. Their farm comprises 300 acres of land, of which 150 are under cultivation, furnished with good buildings, fences, orchards, etc., and, in addition to attending to his land, Mr. Home gives considerable attention to raising horses and mules, in which he has been very successful. He has served in the capacity of magistrate, is a member of the K. of H., and belongs to the Famous Life Association of Little Rock, and the Mutual Life Association of New York. He and wife have a family of seven children: Irene, Oscar C., William Flinn, Nina H., Simeon, Wigfall and Faber.

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This family biography is one of 94 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Prairie County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Prairie County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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