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R. A. Stuart has been engaged in the mercantile business in Arkadelphia, Ark., since 1878, but his first stock of goods was quite small. He now carries the largest stock of groceries in the city, and is doing an extensive business, his trade having been developed solely on the basis of merit. He is an energetic man of business, and is abundantly worthy of the large measure of success achieved. He was born in Arkadelphia, November 15, 1852, and is a son of H. B. and Julia (Hart) Stuart, and with the exception of three years spent on a farm he has always resided in town. At an early age he entered a store as clerk, but at the end of two years began the battle of life for himself, with the above mentioned results. He was first married, in 1878, to Miss Emma Williams, but he was left a widower in 1881, with two children to care for: Burnie and Henry. His second marriage was consummated in 1885, his wife's maiden name being Florence Brown, a native of Arkadelphia, by whom he has one child, an infant. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he belongs to the K. of H., and is an enterprising and public-spirited citizen.