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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Nevada 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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T. H. Boswell. Among the prominent men, who by their merit and successes add to the glory of the county in which they reside and give to Nevada County an enviable reputation, ranks he whose name heads this sketch. He is a native of Georgia, being born in that State in 1831, and a son of John Boswell. He moved to Arkansas in 1849, and at an early age commenced supporting not only himself, but also his mother and sisters. In 1805 he was married to Miss Warmack, and they have had eleven children, viz.: Thomas G., Mary C., Ann E., Dozier, Monroe, Lewis, Albert (deceased), Laurence, Lola, Georgia, and Aurthor (deceased). In 1861 the subject of this sketch entered the Civil War, in Company E, Eleventh Arkansas, under Maj. Poe, participating in a number of the famous battles. At one time he was captured and forced to undergo all the suffering of prison life for several weeks, and was also wounded at Bethel Creek. Mr. Boswell took possession of his present valuable estate in 1860 and has his farm well cultivated, and is a thoroughly prosperous farmer. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and an active Democrat, and a very public-spirited man in every way.

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This family biography is one of 96 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Nevada County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Nevada County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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