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Below is a family biography included in The History of Benton County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. 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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Councel Lambeth Hart, farmer and stock trader of Benton County, Ark., was born in Bedford County, Tenn., in 1848, and is a son of Edmond L. Hart, whose sketch precedes this. At the age of twelve years he was taken to Benton County, Ark., and was here reared to manhood. In 1873 he was married to Miss Nancy E. Caldwell, a daughter of Joshua and Sarah (Alexander) Caldwell. Mrs. Hart was born in Benton County in 1857, and is the mother of eight children: John P., Mary A., Cora B., Evaline, Harden, Jennie May, Edmond L. and Jesse Lambeth. In 1873 Mr. Hart located on his present farm, and in 1882 erected a frame dwelling house at a cost of $973. He is now the owner of 200 acres of land, and for the past, fourteen years he has been engaged in stock-dealing, He at first bought and sold stock on commission, but for several years past he has been buying and selling on his own account, shipping to St. Louis. Mr. Hart has bought and sold more stock than any other man in Benton County, and is an excellent judge of stock of all kinds. He is a Democrat in politics, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity. At the present time he is deputy sheriff under F. P. Galbraith.
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