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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Lonoke County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. 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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Samuel C. Jackson, the third son in the family of eight children born to Samuel and Martha (More) Jackson, came originally from Madison County, Tenn., where his birth occurred January 18, 1834. Samuel Jackson was born in Sumner County, Tenn., May 7, 1808; was married, in 1829, to Martha More, and moved to Arkansas in 1854, settling in White County. Mrs. Jackson was born in 1808 in North Carolina. They are now living in Lonoke County, and are the oldest couple residing here, being much esteemed for their true worth. The family are of Scotch-Irish descent. Samuel Jackson resided with his parents until twenty-eight years of age, when he was married to Eliza J. Thompson, who died in 1873, leaving two children: Sarah E. (wife of Henry Wallace) and James W. In 1875, Mr. Jackson was married, the second time, to Savannah F. Oate, her death occurring in 1878. His third wife, Teurpie Hargus, a widow, whose maiden name was Hughes, became Mrs. Jackson in December, 1879. She was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., May 8, 1842, and is the daughter of Joshua and Teurpie (Gunter) Hughes, the former born in North Carolina, February 1, 1797, and his wife in the same State in 1808. Mr. Jackson moved from Madison County, Tenn., to White County, Ark., in 1854, with his parents, he and a brother at one time owning the land on which Beebe now stands. Mr. Jackson now has a fine farm of eighty acres under cultivation. His principal crop is strawberries. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Church.
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