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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Nevada 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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William C. Wingfield, practicing physician of Prescott, Nevada County, Ark. Samuel H. and Sarah Wingfield are the parents of the subject of this sketch, and they were born in Hempstead and Clark Counties, Ark., respectively. Both of them resided in Pike County, Ark., for a number of years, he born April 8, 1824, and she in 1832. They were married in Pike County, Ark., October 5, 1852, and he was justice of the peace at one time, and was a very successful man, a good Democrat, and a member of the Christian Church. Their children were six in number—three sons and three daughters—five of whom are now living, viz.: Benjamin F., Cordelia, Alice (wife of George W. Golden), Sarah E., J. D. and Jane. William C. Wingfield, the subject of this sketch, received his education at St. John’s College, and at the age of twenty-one commenced the study of medicine under R. L. Rutherford, of Hollywood, Ark., and in 1876 attended lectures at the Kentucky School of Medicine, graduating there on June 28, 1878, and practiced medicine during his college life, and in 1878 located in Pike County, Ark., where he remained until 1886, at that time coming to Prescott, where he has a splendid and lucrative practice. February, 1882, he married Miss Josie C. Lamb, daughter of Thomas Lamb, and to this union has been born one child, Lula M. Mr. and Mrs. Wingfield are members of the Christian Church.
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