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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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Robert Charles Ederington resides on his excellent farm of 360 acres near Jersey, Bradley County, Ark., but was born in Monroe County, Miss., on January 26, 1840, being the fifth child born to John and Millie Ederington, who located in Bradley County October 22, 1850, where they continued to make their home until their respective deaths. Robert C. Ederington has been a resident of this county since he was ten years of age, and in his youth acquired a fair knowledge of the “world of books” in the common schools near his home. He was taught the details of farming by his father, and expects to make this his occupation through life, and being a young man of brains, energy and enterprise he promises to become one of the wealthy agriculturists of this region. He has 175 acres of land under the plow, and his crops are always large and of excellent quality. He has been married twice, first to Miss Cordia C. Joyce, who was the eighth child of Henry and Sarah Joyce, and by her became the father of three children, John being the only one of the three now living, and his second union was to Miss Lillis Ann Cox, who is the seventh child of Allen and Lillis Cox, who moved to Bradley County, Ark., from Yalobusha County, Miss., in January, 1848. In time a family of six children gathered around Mr. Ederington’s hearthstone: Ellen, Cordia A., Charles, Jennie, Carrie and William W. In November, 1861, Mr. Ederington enlisted in Company D, Ninth Arkansas Infantry, but afterward became a member of the First Cavalry, under Gen. J. F. Fagan in May, 1862, and from that was transferred to the Tiger Battery in July, 1863, being with Gen. Price on his famous Missouri raid. He served with this battery until the close of the war, and although he was in a number of engagements he was never wounded. Some of the principal engagements in which he took part are Cane Hill, Prairie Grove, Fayetteville, Lone Jack, Back Bone Mountain, Wolf Creek, Poison Springs and Mark’s Mill. Mr. Ederington is a Democrat, and after being elected to the position of school director in his district, served in that capacity for fourteen years. He and wife are members of the Cumberland-Presbyterian Church, and are highly esteemed by all who know them.
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