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Robert W. Earnheart is one of the leading farmers and business men of Washington Township, Independence County. He owns over 1,000 acres of land, of which only about 225 acres are cultivated, but comprise one of the finest farms in the vicinity. Mr. Earnheart is also the proprietor of a distillery, which has a capacity of ten gallons of whisky per day, and is situated on his farm, seven miles west of Batesville. Mr. Earnheart is a native of North Carolina, and was born January 25, 1849. His parents were Edward and Sarah (Mull) Earnheart, the former of whom was born in North Carolina, May 10, 1811, and died in 1850; the latter was born March 2, 1819, and died in Arkansas, June 28, 1859. In 1853, after the father’s death, the family removed to Arkansas. There were six children, only three of whom are now living. Robert W., who was the youngest child, was reared in Independence County, Ark., and his education consisted of but four months’ attendance at the common schools. At the age of twelve years he began providing for himself, and has principally devoted his attention to farming, at which he has been very successful. December 29, 1869, Mr. Earnheart married Miss Martha E. Harmon, also a native of Independence County, who was born October 23, 1850. Mrs. Earnheart died January 15, 1886, the mother of six children, viz.: Lee Edward, Joseph W., Robert S., Emma I., Jefferson B. (deceased) and Martha P. February 9, 1887, Mr. Earnheart married Miss Mattie Winston, and their union has been blessed with one child. Mrs. Earnheart was born in Independence County, May 12, 1867. Our subject and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and the former is also a member of the Masonic order. He is politically a Democrat, and is one of the most extensive farmers in Washington Township.