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Blooming W. McDonough, farmer, was born March 20, 1849, in Caddo Parish, La., and is a son of Wesley F. and Serrenia (Smith) McDonough. The paternal grandparents were of Scotch descent, and were born and reared in Baltimore, Md. They afterward moved to Tennessee, where they died. The maternal grandfather was a soldier in the War of 1812, and himself and wife died in Jackson County, Ala. The father of our subject was born in Virginia, when two years old went to Tennessee, from there he went to Alabama, then to Louisiana, and afterward to Texas. After raising one crop in Franklin County, Ark., he came to this county, but in 1880 went to Montgomery County, where he died in 1883 aged sixty-five. During the trouble with the Indians in Florida he was a volunteer soldier, and he served in the late war three years. The mother was born and reared in Jackson County, Ala., where she was married. She was the mother of ten children, six of whom are living: Blooming W., Joseph B., Thomas J., James B., Sterling P. and Margaret L. Those deceased are Walter W., Mary F., Elizabeth and Roan S. Mrs. McDonough died in Chickasaw Nation in 1887. Blooming W. McDonough lived in Louisiana until nine years of age, and then resided in Texas until sixteen years old. He then came to Arkansas by wagon, where he lived up his father’s farm until of age. He received a common-school education, and January 16, 1870, married Martha J. Berry, daughter of Henry Berry, of Tennessee. Mrs. McDonough was born and reared in Franklin County, Ark., and has borne eight children. Those living are Charles S., Hattie E., Edgar A. P. and Addie Lee. Those deceased are Malonia K., John S., William and Poe Bertie. Mr. McDonough settled upon his present farm in 1872, and now has 113 acres of land, fifty of which he cultivates. He also owns 160 acres of prairie and timber land in Texas. Politically he is a strong Democrat, and his wife is a member of the Regular Baptist Church.