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B. F. Pyron is the efficient general manager for the firm of Nichols & Son, dealers in general merchandise at Coal Hill, Johnson County Ark. He was born in the State of Mississippi, and was reared to manhood on a farm, his educational advantages being quite limited, from the fact that for several years prior to his death Michael Pyron, his father, was a cripple. He was the next to the youngest of the family, and it devolved upon him to support his mother, thus his school days were cut short. After his mother had passed to her long home he came to Arkansas with the idea of bettering his condition, and as his means were quite limited he rented and operated a farm for one year. At the end of this time he was married to Miss Amanda J. Nichols, a daughter of M. M. Nichols, senior member of the firm of Nichols & Son, and as Mrs. Pyron was a lady of fine education she assisted her husband in his studies, as he was very desirous of learning. At the end of a few years he was sufficiently posted to transact any ordinary mercantile business. After his marriage he continued to rent land for one year, then purchased a claim which he improved by erecting a comfortable residence thereon, and clearing the land of its timber. During the five years that he owned this property he had succeeded in clearing fifty acres of timber, but after disposing of it, he moved to Coal Hill, where he was appointed assistant post master, and at the same time entered the mercantile business, by putting in a stock of groceries in the post-office building. After continuing in this business for about two and one-half years he sold his stock of goods and entered the employ of R. S. Davis as clerk in his general mercantile establishment. Here he remained for four months, at the end of which time he became general manager for Nichols & Son, of Coal Hill, a position he still fills in a very efficient manner and at a good salary. He has the utmost confidence of his employers and is what might be called a self-made man, in the fullest sense of the term. Mr. Pyron was born on March 6, 1859, and was one of twelve children born to his parents, all of whom are living with the exception of two sons, who were killed during the Rebellion. His marriage to Miss Nichols took place in October, 1880, and to their union three sons and one daughter have been born. Mr. Pyron and his wife are members in good standing of the Primitive Baptist Church, and are ardent workers for all movements which they believe to be right, and have the respect and esteem of all who love the pleasure of their acquaintance.