My Genealogy Hound

James Pinkerton, the subject of the present sketch, was born in Troup County, Ga., September 3, 1833. At this time he is a prominent planter of Clay Township, Howard County, Ark., and has enjoyed a thoroughly successful life. John Pinkerton, his father, was a native of Alabama, being born in October, 1802, and dying in 1865. In 1832 he married Miss Eliza Shaw, also of that State, and they had nine children, of whom James, Benjamin, Robert, Jane and Susan are living. The family moved to Arkansas about 1857, settling in what is now Howard County. The father and mother were members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Pinkerton spent his youth in Cass County, Ga., attending school there, and at the age of twenty-one commenced farming for himself. He married Miss Essie Y. Stone, of Carolina. They had eleven children, of whom John F., Mary J., Elisha, Susan, George W., Amos and Robert are living. Thomas W., David U., William H. and Allen are dead. May 13, 1877, Mr. Pinkerton married Miss Melissa J. Logan, who was born in Tennessee and is now living. They have only one child, Robert H. Mr. Pinkerton moved upon the valuable farm he now owns in 1867. Besides agriculture, his attention is claimed by mercantile business, in which he is exceedingly successful. He is a Democrat. Mrs. Pinkerton is a member of the Methodist Church. He is a Master Mason and a member of the Farmers' Alliance. His father was an ardent Union man, and Mr. Pinkerton himself did not enter the Confederate army until he was conscripted and forced to do so.