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Allen S. Garrison is a proper representative of the energetic and successful business men of Pope County, Ark., which element has done, and is doing, so much for the advancement of the material interests of this section. He was born in Yell County, Ark., November 17, 1852, to William H. and Mary A. (Turner) Garrison, who were born, reared and married in Tennessee, the last named event taking place in 1847. Eleven children, eight of whom are living, were born to this union: Francis J., Allen S., Susan A., Samuel J., Rachel T., William G., Columbus R., Abraham P., Sarah J. (deceased), Masonri (deceased), and Thomas J. (deceased). In 1848 the father moved to Arkansas, and settled in Pope County, but the following year purchased and settled on land in Yell County. The father learned the trade of a machinist in his youth, but afterward studied medicine, and practiced some twelve years, the latter part of his life, dying in Logan County in 1884, an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a Mason, and during the Rebellion, he served on the river for “Uncle Sam.” His widow still resides in Logan County, Ark., and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church also. Allen S. Garrison was married June 9, 1878, to Miss Cyrinthia Rook, a native of Mississippi, born June 19, 1857, a daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Wilson) Rook, the latter also being Mississippians. To Mr. Garrison and his wife six children have been born: Arthur T., Nancy E., Sherman, Gertrude, Daisy (deceased), and Susan F. (deceased). Mr. Garrison has been in the saw-milling business for some twenty-one years, and is a member of the mill and lumber firm of Forrest, Turner & Co., and is the owner of three mills, one on Illinois Creek, one at Mill Creek and the other near Mount Hope Church. In 1883 Mr. Garrison engaged in merchandising, at Mill Creek Station, as manager for the store of Forrest, Turner & Co. The capacity of the mills are some 20,000 feet per day, and besides this the firm owns some 800 acres of land, with 250 under cultivation, find the rest good timberland. Mr. Garrison is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and socially, belongs to Russellville Lodge, of the A. F. & A. M., and Russellville Lodge No. 47, of the K. of P. While a resident of Logan County, Ark., he was magistrate of Delaware Township during 1876-77.