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Llewellyn T. Bizzell. In no part of Arkansas is agriculture in a more flourishing condition than in Sevier County, and Mr. Bizzell is one of the able representatives of this calling. He was born in Sevier County September 22, 1850, was brought up to the life of a farmer by his grandfather, Andy Hemphill, and is now actively engaged in managing his large estate, which comprises 1,200 acres of land, 350 acres being in a fine state of cultivation. He received his early scholastic training in the common schools of Sevier County, and first began the battle of life for himself in Little River County, and in time became the owner of 200 acres of good land there, the purchase being made in 1872. In 1875 he was married to Miss Delia N. Locke, whose birth occurred in Arkansas in 1857, and to their union seven children have been born: Leana C, Matthew A., Llewellyn T. (deceased), Henry L., John T., Robert L. and Margaret N. Mr. Bizzell is a Royal Arch Mason, being a member of Bellville Lodge No. 48, is a firm Democrat, and he and Mrs. Bizzell are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Thomas Bizzell was born in North Carolina, but in 1845 emigrated to Arkansas and was married in Sevier County, in 1847, to Miss Nancy Hemphill, she being a native of this county, by whom he became the father of two children: Leana (wife of M. A. Locke) and Llewellyn T. After the mother’s death, which occurred in 1850, Mr. Bizzell espoused Miss Laura Sanderfer, by whom he had one child, Lavinia. Mr. Bizzell was a well-known and successful farmer, was of French descent, and died in 1857. His wife was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.