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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Pulaski 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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Fred Hanger, a well-known business man of Little Rock, and a son of Peter Hanger, one of that city’s pioneers, is a native of Little Rock, and has made that place his home during his entire life. He is proprietor of Hanger’s Ginnery and Pickery, and also secretary and treasurer of the Arkansas Granite Company. Out of the city’s many popular citizens, both in commercial and professional life, comprising the younger generation, there are none more favorably known nor respected than Mr. Hanger. He is genial, enterprising and progressive, and takes a deep interest in the welfare of his native home, being recognized as unbounded in his liberality when it comes to matters of public good. A few years ago Mr. Hanger erected and put in successful operation his ginnery and pickery, which is one of the best paying industries in the city. He also owns a plantation of about 500 acres, mostly in cotton. The Arkansas Granite Company is one of the largest quarry companies in the South, and also one of the most successful. Mr. Hanger was married on January 3, 1877, to Miss Frances Harrow, of Ottumwa, Iowa, by whom he has had two children: Kenneth and Albert. His home is a bright one, and he is rich in the affections of his wife and children.

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This family biography is one of 156 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Pulaski County, Arkansas published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Pulaski County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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