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James A. Stapp, stock dealer, was born in Fayetteville, Ark., September 19, 1848, the son of Dr. Silas B. and Lucinda (Strickland) Stapp, natives of Tennessee and Illinois, respectively, and grandson of Joshua Stapp, who was a native of North Carolina, and a farmer by occupation, and the great-grandson of Killis Stapp, whose father, Killis Stapp, Sr., with a brother, Duncan Stapp, settled in North Carolina from Scotland about 1773; and from these brothers descended the Stapps of American descent. Lucinda Strickland was the daughter of Rev. Stephen Strickland, who was a pioneer minister in Washington County and Northwest Arkansas. He was a native of North Carolina, and preached from early manhood through Indiana, Tennessee, Illinois and Arkansas. In 1852 he removed to Georgetown, Williamson County., Tex. His father, Isaac Strickland, was a Scotchman, who served all through the War for Independence, and settled in North Carolina afterward. Dr. Silas Stapp removed from Washington County, Ark., to Williamson County, Tex., in 1852, where he now resides in Coleman County of that State. James A. Stapp was reared in Texas and grew up to ranching life. He afterward went to Washington County, Ark., and in Fayetteville of that county was married to Miss Angie Graham, daughter of U. N. Graham, a native of Tennessee. They have a family of four children, two sons and two daughters: Luta, Ewing, Gay and Mabel. Mrs. Stapp is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and an active worker in the same. In 1887 Mr. Stapp returned here for the better school advantages afforded for his children, and here he has since remained engaged in stock dealing, which occupation he has followed all his life.