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Ellis Faubus was born in Washington County, Tenn., August 12, 1827, and is the eighth of nine children, five now living, born to Thomas and Ruth (Ellis) Faubus, both of whom were natives of Washington County, Tenn. The father served in a Tennessee regiment during the War of 1812, and was at the battle of New Orleans. During service he was accidently crippled, and never fully recovered. He was a farmer all his life, and was also a distiller. He was about sixty-three years of age at the time of his death, which occurred in 1852, in Laurel County, Ky. The mother died in the same county, three years previous to the death of her husband. Both were members of the Christian Church, and he was a Democrat in politics. At the age of sixteen Ellis Faubus moved with his parents to Kentucky, and remained with them until they received their final summons. He had followed farming, and remained in Kentucky until 1868, when he moved to Madison County, Ark., and is now the owner of 200 acres of excellent land, it being in White River Valley. When first coming to Arkansas he homesteaded a farm, nine miles south of his present location, in 1877. January 9, 1850, he married Miss Biddie Ann Parsley, daughter of Alexander Parsley. She was born in Russell County, Va., January 1, 1834. This union resulted in the birth of eleven children: Sarah Jane, born December 24, 1851; Thomas A., born August 14, 1853; Ruth Ann, born September 18, 1855, and died September 24, of the same year; Margaret E., born September 23, 1856; Robert F., born November 7, 1857; Isaac S., born November 22, 1861; John M., born March 28, 1863; Lavina Ann, born May 19, 1865; William H., born February 8, 1868; David A., born June 15, 1870; and Ezekiel, born August 9, 1877, and died August 27, 1879. Mr. Faubus is a member of the K. of H., the Masonic fraternity, and is a Democrat in politics. He and wife are members of the Christian Church; he is a deacon in the same, and the family have the respect and esteem of all who know them.