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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Sevier 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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Charles W. Russey, farmer, Ben Lomond, Ark. This young but thoroughgoing tiller of the soil was originally from Franklin County, Tenn., where his birth occurred in 1852, and was the sixth of eight sons and two daughters born to the union of Benjamin F. and Elizabeth (Emboy) Russey, natives, probably, of Tennessee. The mother died in that State about 1862, and the father afterward married again. About 1880 he removed to Texas, and there died in March, 1888. Both were church members. Mr. Russey was a stock trader and farmer before the war. The paternal grandfather, James Russey, died in Tennessee. Charles W. Russey was reared as an agriculturist and it was but natural that he should permanently adopt that calling as his life’s occupation. His educational attainments were received in the common school, and in 1866 he came to Sevier County, where he worked on a farm a short time. He then spent one year in Texas but returned to Arkansas, and was there married in 1878 to Miss Alice Kinsworthy, a native of Sevier, daughter of Ezekiel and Mary J. Kinsworthy, the former a native of Missouri and one of the very early settlers of Southwest Arkansas, where he spent the balance of his days. The mother is still living. To Mr. and Mrs. Russey were born four children—two sons and two daughters. Since his marriage Mr. Russey has lived on his present farm of 300 acres, and has about 150 acres of this under cultivation. A commodious house and other buildings indicate a progressive owner. He is engaged extensively in the stock business. In politics he is Democratic, and voted for S. J. Tilden in 1876. Mrs. Russey is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

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This family biography is one of 96 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Sevier County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Sevier County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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