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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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William Baskerville was born in England, December 13, 1828. His parents died when he was one year old and he was brought to this country, when about nine years of age, by Joseph Stubbs (by whom he was reared), who came to this country in 1838, being one of the first settlers. Mr. Baskerville lived with Mr. Stubbs until twenty-five years of age, when he was married to Mary E. Landreth, a native of Tennessee, born March 30, 1838. They are the parents of nine children, five of whom are still living: Sally R. (the wife of Theodore Brockinton), William F. (now a physician of his county, who graduated at the Tulane University, of New Orleans, as M. D.), Pleasant F., Julian C. and Saley W. Mr. and Mrs. Stubbs are both dead and Mr. Baskerville now lives on the farm owned by the former. In 1862 he enlisted in the Confederate service in Company K, of Glen’s Regiment, in which he served two years, taking part in the battles of Helena, Prairie Grove and a number of other noted engagements. He is a Royal Arch Mason. Mrs. Baskerville also took the daughter’s degree in the year 1857. Mr. Baskerville is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and his wife belongs to the Christian Church. When he first came to this country, the nearest house to him was six miles south and the nearest on the north was eighteen miles distant. It was no uncommon occurrence to go ten miles to a house-raising or a log-rolling. Mr. Baskerville was a great hunter in his younger days and used to kill bear, deer and turkey for the market, often killing from ten to fifteen deer a day. He is a strong Democrat.

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This family biography is one of 143 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Lonoke County, Arkansas published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Lonoke County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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