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Hon. Joseph W. House, an attorney, of Little Rock, and prominent at the legal bar of this locality, was born in Hardeman County, Tenn., June 12, 1847, and is one of four children born to Archibald House and his wife, who came to White County in 1858. His ancestors were of Scotch and Irish extraction, and immigrated to America in a very early day, being one among the original settlers of Tennessee. Joseph W. received his education in the subscription schools of the locality in which his boyhood was passed. When sixteen years of age, he entered the Confederate army as a private, and served in that capacity until the close of the hostilities, being with Price on his raid, and as far as active engagements were concerned that ended his war career. After the war he returned to his home in White County, and attended school, afterward teaching. In the meantime, he took up the study of law, and was admitted to the bar in May, 1870, shortly after commencing the practice of his profession in Searcy, where he remained until November, 1885. The enviable reputation which he rapidly achieved, only less than his recognized ability, led to his appointment as district attorney at that time, and he filled the office until April, 1889, when the change of administration induced him to resign. He was a delegate on the new constitution in 1874, and in the fall of the same year was sent to the senate from Faulkner and White Counties. Mr. House was among those who had the honor of casting an electoral vote for Cleveland, in 1884. He was married in February, 1882, to Miss Ina Dowdy, and they are the parents of four children. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. In enterprises tending to the advancement of educational and other worthy movements, Mr. House is liberal, exerting considerable power in his county, and aiding by his means and influence toward the general progress of his adopted home. Since his retirement from office, he has devoted himself to his profession, and in this, as all of his other undertakings, he has attained substantial success.