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George Wilson Morrow, assessor of Washington County, Ark., and an enterprising citizen of the same, was born in what is now Dutch Mills Township, Washington Co., Ark., May 2, 1842, and is the son of Rev. George and Elizabeth (Buchanan) Morrow. The former was born in South Carolina, and reared in Kentucky, and the latter was born and reared in Kentucky. They were married at Fort Smith, Ark., and were the parents of six sons and four daughters. George Wilson Morrow, the youngest of the family, attained his growth in his native county, receiving a good practical education, and at the breaking out of the late war he shouldered his musket and enlisted in the Confederate army, Company B, Brooks’ Regiment of Arkansas Infantry, and was in active service all through the stirring events of the war. He then returned to his home in Washington County and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He chose for his companion in life Miss Samantha Russell, daughter of James Bryant and Ann (Coulter) Russell, and by this union became the father of two sons and four daughters: Ann Elizabeth, who is a graduate of Cane Hill College; William R., who runs his father’s store; Maggie May, Stella J., Hugh Oscar and Ena R. Mr. Morrow has held the office of justice of the peace for several years, and he and family worship at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He is the present assessor, and is a candidate for re-election.