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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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William R. Felker. Among the prominent and highly esteemed citizens of Benton County, Ark., may be mentioned Mr. Felker, who is proprietor of the Bank of Rogers, Ark. His birth occurred in Barry County, Mo., in 1855, and he is a son of Stephen and Eliza (Dougherty) Felker, who were native Tennesseeans, and farmers by occupation, and are now residents of Barry County. William R. Felker spent the healthy, happy and busy life of the farmer’s boy, and received his early education in the common schools of Barry County. In 1874 he began life for himself by clerking in a store in Barry County, and being a young man of energy and honesty, he soon purchased a half interest in the store. He remained in the mercantile business in Washburn, Mo., until 1881, and then sold out. After traveling in the West for some time, he returned home and located in Barton County, Mo., where he loaned money and speculated in various kinds of merchandise for about two years. In 1888 he became a resident of Rogers, Ark., where he engaged in the banking business, in which he has been quite successful.
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