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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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Nelson B. York, a prominent old resident of the county, residing near Johnsville, Ark., was born in Lincoln County, Ga., December 12, 1811, being a son of James and Jane (Florence) York, both of whom were born in Georgia, and died in Bradley County, Ark., in 1865 and 1864, respectively, whither they had come in 1849. They were the parents of six daughters and two sons. Nelson B. York was reared and educated in the State and county of his birth, receiving the advantages of the common schools, but in December, 1844, was married in the State of Mississippi, to Miss L. J. Watson, a Kentuckian, born in 1825, and to them a family of nine children was born, four of whom are living: Lownds E., Charles C. (who began merchandising in Johnsville in 1886, and carries a stock of goods valued at $1,500; he is a young man, possessing excellent business qualifications, and is married), L. J. (wife of F. L. Jackson), and Engenie (wife of Samuel W. Godfrey). Mr. York has been one of the “sturdy sons of the soil” throughout life, and by the sweat of his brow has attained his present valuable property, and is now the owner of 1,400 acres of timber land, and has fifty acres cleared and under cultivation. He and wife are honored residents of Bradley County, and have long been members of the Baptist Church. Although seventy-nine years of age, he is yet hale and hearty, his memory especially showing no indications of the ravages of time. He has always been a Democrat in politics, and his first presidential vote was cast for Van Buren, in 1832.

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This family biography is one of 64 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Bradley County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Bradley County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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