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Albert Quesenbury, a prominent and successful merchant of Mulberry, Ark., is a native of Arkansas, born in 1848, and is a son of Richard and Eliza J. (Maxey) Quesenbury. His father is a native of Franklin County, Tenn. His mother is a native of Kentucky, and of Scotch-Irish descent. The father is one of the pioneers of Franklin County, Ark., and is an honored and much respected citizen of the same. He is still living, and a resident of the county. He was reared on a farm, and followed agricultural pursuits all his life. His son, Albert Quesenbury, grew to manhood on his father’s farm, and followed the occupation of farming until twenty-two years of age, when he went to work as a salesman in Ozark, Ark., for Quaile and Moore, merchants, remaining with them three years, then went into business for himself; remained two years in Ozark merchandising, then moved to Pleasant Hill, Ark., and remained there two years; moved to Mulberry, Ark., in 1876, and has remained there ever since engaged in merchandising. Mr. Quesenbury was married in 1872 to Miss C. J. Alston, of Ozark, Ark., and married again in 1880 to Miss Sallie Beneux, of Mulberry, Ark. His is father of four children, two by his first wife, Sadie and Reynolds, and two by his second wife, Bonnie Dean and Paul Beneux. Mr. Quesenbury is a partner in the large drug house of Quesenbury & Counts, of Mulberry, Ark. He owns a good bottom farm near Mulberry. He is a wide-awake, thorough-going business man. He is a Democrat in politics, and a good citizen.