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Below is a family biography included in The History of Carroll 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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Archimedes Davis, one of the prominent attorneys of Eureka Springs, Ark., is a native of Abingdon, Washington Co. Va. He was born on December 12, 1850, and is a son of Archimedes and Mary V. (Fulkerson) Davis. The father was of English and Welsh extraction, and a native of Virginia. By profession he was a lawyer. He also owned several plantations, which he managed. For twenty years before his death he was an elder in the Presbyterian Church. In politics he was a stanch Democrat. His death occurred in 1865. His wife was also a native of the “Old Dominion.” Two of her brothers were colonels in the Confederate army, and one of them has been in Congress since the war. She is still living at the old home in Virginia at the age of seventy-five years. Our subject was reared on his father’s farm and secured a good education, which was finished at King College, Bristol, Tenn. In 1870 he began reading law with his uncle, Frank Fulkerson, of Rogersville, Tenn., and continued for one year. Thence he went to Bristol and finished his laws education with York & Fulkerson, the latter being his mother’s youngest brother. He obtained license to practice at Abingdon, Va., and came west in 1873. Locating at Marshall, Searcy Co., Ark, he practiced law there ten years, after which he came to Eureka Springs, where he has since controlled a large practice. In 1876 he was elected mayor of Eureka Springs, and held the office two terms, which was during the litigation on the town site; and was one of the committee appointed to carry out the decree of the court in that suit. His marriage with Sallie B. Rogers was celebrated in Searcy County, Ark., in 1878, and to them have been born four children, of whom one, Grace, is dead. Those living are Blanch, Sam, Vance and Mary. Mrs. Davis is a consistent Christian and a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Davis takes an active interest in political matters, and supports the Democratic party. For the past two years he has served as chairman of the Democratic Central Committee of Carroll County.

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This family biography is one of 82 biographies included in The History of Carroll County, Arkansas published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Carroll County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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