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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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George V. Poynor, M. D., a physician and surgeon of Carrollton, Ark., is a native of the State, who was born in Madison County on May 9, 1856. He is a son G. G. Poynor, a native of Tennessee. The latter was reared in his native State, and was married in Georgia, after which he removed to Illinois. Residing in the latter State until about 1838, he removed to Arkansas and located near Carrollton, in Carroll County. For about six years he resided there, engaged in farming, and the removed to Madison County, where he resided until his death in 1879. His wife died in April, 1887. Dr. George V. Poynor grew to manhood in Madison County. He spent his early life on his father’s farm, and received a good education in the higher schools. After finishing his education he taught two years in the public schools, and commenced the study of medicine in 1879, under the direction of Dr. B. Priddy, of Magazine, Logan Co., Ark. He took his first course of lectures at Little Rock, in the medical department of the Arkansas Industrial University, in 1882-83. After completing the course there he located in Yell County, and began practicing his profession, and continued until 1886, when he removed to Carrollton and resumed practicing. In the fall of 1887 he entered the Missouri Medical College at St. Louis, graduating from the institution in the spring of 1888. Since coming to Carrollton he has built up a good practice and has been very successful. The Doctor was married in Johnson County, Ark., on February 11, 1880, to Gulie Ogilvie, a native of Arkansas, who was reared in Texas. She is a daughter of W. S. Ogilvie, of Johnson County. They are the parents of one daughter, Sedalia, and two children who died in infancy. Dr. Poynor is a Royal Arch Mason, and is the present secretary of his chapter.

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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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