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Below is a family biography included in The History of Washington 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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A. J. Greathouse may be mentioned as one of the prosperous farmers of Elm Spring Township, Washington Co., Ark., and was born in the county in which he now resides in 1852. His boyhood days were spent in assisting his father on the farm and in attending the common schools, where he received a good practical education; afterward attended the State University at Fayetteville, Ark. After finishing his education be engaged in pedagoguing, becoming one of the successful educators of Northwestern Arkansas, but discontinued this occupation to engage in agricultural pursuits, which have received his attention up to the present time. He owns a good farm of 100 acres, from which he is deriving a comfortable competency; is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and in his political views is a Democrat. He is one of eleven children born to the marriage of Robert and Margaret (Blunt) Greathouse, who were born in 1826 and 1831, respectively.

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This family biography is one of 300 biographies included in The History of Washington County, Arkansas published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Washington County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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