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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Howard County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890. 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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Jesse N. Rector, is a wide-awake young business man of Nashville, Ark., and is the owner of a well-appointed drug store at this point. His birth occurred in Nashville, in 1861, he being the youngest of five children born to William H. and Augusta M. (Cox) Rector [see sketch of George L. Rector]. His education was acquired in the public schools of Nashville, and Hiwassee College in East Tennessee, and after graduating from this institution, he returned to Nashville and engaged in the drug business on quite an extensive scale. By his honesty, fair dealing with all, and strict attention to the details of his business, he has built up one of the largest trades in his line in this section of the State, doing also a jobbing business with leading merchants in a number of adjoining counties and in Indian Territory. His stock of some $6,000 is well selected, and comprises a complete line of drugs, toilet articles, paints, oils, books, jewelry and fancy goods, his annual sales amounting to from $12,000 to $15,000. In 1888 he became one of the partners in the mercantile establishment of Yowell Bros., after which the firm name was changed to Yowell Bros. & Rector. Although a comparatively young man, Mr. Rector has done much for the advancement and material interest of the town, and being a public-spirited, intelligent and generous young man, a useful and honorable career is opened before him.
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