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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Lincoln 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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Alsey M. Atkinson, an old and prominent citizen of Star City, Lincoln County, was born in Nash County, N. C, January 27, 1813, and is the son of Henry and Mary (Strickland) Atkinson, natives of Nash County, N. C. The father died in Noxubee County, Miss., about the year 1850, when he had reached his sixtieth year; the mother in 1828, when quite young, and her husband remained true to her memory, through the long course of years allotted him. In 1850 he moved to Mississippi, where as a farmer he met with marked success, from the very start. To his marriage were born eight children. Alsey passed his youth in North Carolina, and at the age of sixteen started in business for himself, first giving his attention to farming, an occupation in which he is still very much interested. He married Miss Martha Donnald of Mississippi, in 1837, and to them were born nine children, four of whom are now living, viz.: Mrs. Elizabeth Ellis, R. G. (who is a merchant of Pine Bluff), T. B. (also in the mercantile business at Pine Bluff), and James (who is a physician in New York City). Death having claimed his first wife, Mr. Atkinson married Miss Mary Smith of Lincoln County, Ark. He is the owner of valuable land, and is a man who has many warm personal friends and admirers. Himself and wife belong to the Missionary Baptist Church, and he is a deacon in the same. Politically Mr. Atkinson is a Democrat, one true to party principles, and a strong man for his side of the question.

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This family biography is one of 44 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Lincoln County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Lincoln County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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