My Genealogy Hound

Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Chicot 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.

* * * *

D. Brawner, merchant and farmer of Vaucluse post-office, and resident of Oden Township, was born in Arkansas, one mile from where Lake Village now stands, in the year 1850, being one of the four children born to his parents, William B. and Drusilla Brawner, natives of Virginia, and Mississippi, respectively. The father moved to Arkansas in 1828, being one of the pioneers, and settling while yet the country about here was in point of fact a “forest primeval.” He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and though now in his seventy-eighth year is still active, and is a thoroughly temperate and well preserved old gentleman. The mother died in 1886, at the age of fifty-eight, and they both were members of the Baptist Church. Of their four children, only two are living: D. Brawner and Eola (wife of P. H. Ford). The subject of this sketch was educated in St. Louis, Mo., at the University, and at Dallberry’s Commercial College, Louisiana. At the age of twenty he commenced working for himself as a farmer, an occupation which he continued to follow for three years. He is engaged in mercantile business, and has been for the past six years. He married Miss Sallie Parker, of Arkansas, daughter of Isaac M. and Mary (Bingham) Parker. Of this union have been born eight children, four of whom are now living, viz.: Parker, Robert, Reuben and Edward. Mrs. Brawner is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Brawner has served as sheriff for a number of years, and in 1880 was elected deputy assessor.

* * * *

This family biography is one of 34 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Chicot County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Chicot County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

To view additional Chicot County, Arkansas family biographies, click here

Use the links at the top right of this page to search or browse thousands of other family biographies.