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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Bradley 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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James Lafayette Ederington has been familiar with farm life from his earliest youth, having learned the occupation from his father, John Ederington, and since taking up the occupation as a means of livelihood, in Bradley County, has had the reputation of being substantial and progressive. He was born in Monroe County, Miss., March 21, 1847, but in 1850 moved with his father and mother, whose maiden name was Amelia Hudspeth, to Bradley County, Ark., and here was reared to manhood, receiving his education in the common country schools. After remaining with and faithfully assisting his parents until he reached his twenty-first year, he started out to fight the battle of life for himself, and has since been engaged in the occupation of farming, with the exception of the time from 1876 to 1883, when he was engaged in the mercantile business, which enterprise proved rather disastrous. His enterprises in the line of agriculture have met with better results, and his farm now comprises a tract of 300 acres, of which 150 acres are in an excellent state of cultivation and finely improved. Owing to his youth, he did not enlist in the army until 1864, then he became a member of Cabbie’s brigade, and was on duty until the close of the war. He has always voted the Democratic ticket, is a member of the Baptist Church, and has contributed to public enterprises as far as his means would allow. His marriage with Miss Jerusha K. Reaves was solemnized in 1872, and to them a family of nine children has been born, of whom seven are now living: Lovetta R., John M., William L., Hattie A., Carrie A., Mattie, Mary W., Flora E. and Ruth I.
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