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Samuel Annias Godbold, farmer, Delta, Ark. Mr. Godbold is a native-born resident of this county, his birth occurring on the place where he now resides on September 22, 1863, and is one of the wide-awake, stirring young agriculturists of the county. His parents, Daniel Perry and Lucretia (Johnson) Godbold, were natives of South Carolina and Tennessee, respectively, the father born in 1826, and the mother on August 10, 1834, Daniel P. Godbold emigrated from South Carolina to this county in 1849, and was married at Woodlawn, Ouachita County shortly afterward. He and wife were very early settlers of this county, and located where the family reside in 1860. Here the mother died on February 2, 1860, and the father in 1872. The latter was a member of the Masonic order. The paternal grandfather, Annias Godbold, was of English descent. Of the seven children born to this union, Samuel Annias Godbold was the fifth in order of birth, and all are living and named as follows: William N., Mary E. (wife of R. H. Moore), May(wife of J. F. Martin), Maggie (at home), Rachel E. and Daniel. Samuel A. Godbold was reared and educated at the common schools of Columbia County, as were all of the other children, and the fine farm on which he lives, consisting of 1,120 acres, with 350 acres under cultivation, is located fifteen miles north of the county seat. He is an enterprising tiller of the soil, and is thorough and progressive in all his methods. The maternal grandfather of our subject was a native of Ireland, and came to the United States with his parents when but a boy, settling near Camden, Tenn. He came to Ouachita County, Ark., and settled at Woodlawn at an early day. He was a merchant and farmer, and was also a large slave holder. The Godbolds and Johnsons were prominent families. Annias Godbold was present at the first court held in Columbia County, and was the man who gave Magnolia its name.