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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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J. L. Tullis, editor and proprietor of the Hope Gazette, Hope, Ark. This paper is one of the largest home printed ones in the county, and its editor and proprietor, Mr. Tullis, is an admirable newspaper man, whose progressive ideas are reflected in every corner of his paper and its management. Mr. Tullis was born in Mississippi in I860, and in 1878 went to Arkansas, where he stopped for a short time in Hope. In 1879 he located in Centre Point, Howard County, Ark., and there engaged in the newspaper business, which he has steadily followed since. He was married in 1881 to Miss Sallie E., daughter of Mr. W. C. Sypert, of Nashville, Ark., and the fruits of this union have been three children: Kate Fay, William Clinton and Edith.

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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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