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Below is a family biography included in The History of Sebastian 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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Dr. J. D. Southard, one of the prominent practitioners of Upper Township, is a native of Franklin County, Ark., where he was born in 1861, being the son of M. and Sarah (Murrell) Southard. The father was born and reared in North Carolina, and moved to Tennessee in an early day. He is a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and spent about ten years in Tennessee engaged in his ministerial duties. He came to Arkansas in 1858, settling in Franklin County, and here he now resides. Of the eight children born to his union with Miss Murrell, Dr. J. D. Southard is the seventh in order of birth. He entered the medical department of the University of Louisville, Ky., in 1884, and took the degree of M. D. in 1886. He also took a post-graduate course at the New York Polyclinic in 1888. After taking his degree in 1886 he came to Fort Smith, located, and has been practicing his profession since that time. He became a partner with Dr. J. W. Breedlove in April, 1887. He is a member of the county and State medical societies, of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
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This family biography is one of 217 biographies included in The History of Sebastian County, Arkansas published in 1889. For the complete description, click here: Sebastian County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps
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