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

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Mrs. Clarindear Peyton. On a fine farm of 260 acres of good farming land, in Noland Town ship, near Emmet, well improved and beautified by trees, shrubs and flowers, surrounded by her children and grandchildren, the subject of this sketch, Mrs. Clarindear Peyton, leads a happy and contented life. She was born in Hempstead County, Ark., January 16, 1831, a daughter of William and Clarindear (Wilson) Beaty, the former a native of South Carolina, and the latter of Kentucky. They were married in the latter State, and in 1819 came to Arkansas, settling in what is now Hempstead County, and here they reared their children. Of the eleven children born and reared by them, only two now live, our subject, and Isabelle, widow of Josiah Tyree. The parents were members of the Baptist Church, and passed from life in Arkansas, he in 1851, and she in 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Peyton were married on February 21, 1851, and became the parents of thirteen children—eight sons and five daughters —twelve of whom are still living, viz.: Sarah (wife of William Lowry), Belle (wife of B. P. Santford), Mattie (wife of J. T. Maan), Dora (wife of M. H. Harris), William L., James A., Samuel W., Marks D., Ephriam H., John B., Arthur L., Chesterfield and Callie. Mr. Peyton was born in Missouri on August 22, 1826. He served in the late war, enlisting in the Confederate cause, in 1862, and served faithfully and well until the close of the war. Mrs. Peyton is a member of the Baptist Church, and is a true Christian lady, highly esteemed by all with whom she comes in contact.

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This family biography is one of 131 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Hempstead County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Hempstead County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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