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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Sevier 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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H. C. Pride was born in Alabama, in 1822, to Burton and Elizabeth (Houston) Pride, the latter being a distant relative of Gen. Sam Houston, of Texas. Burton Pride was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and was sixty-three years of age when his youngest son, H. C. Pride, was born, the latter being fifty-seven when his youngest son first saw the light. The former died in May, 1835. The subject of this memoir spent his youth in the State of Alabama, but his advantages for acquiring an education were quite limited. He became a soldier in the Mexican War in 1846, joining Hunter’s company, Yell’s regiment, and was in the engagement at Buena Vista, under Taylor. At the end of twelve months he was discharged, as his term of enlistment had expired, and he came soon after to Arkansas, and here has since devoted his attention to farming. He has always been a Democrat, and on this ticket he was elected, in August, 1860, to the office of county sheriff, which position he held until after the close of the late war. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., and is an enterprising and public-spirited gentleman. He was married, in 1850, to Miss Harriet Locke, a daughter of John Locke, of Alabama, but prior to her death, which occurred July 13, 1857, she bore him one child: John (who was married to Miss Elizabeth Smith). His second union took place June 13, 1858, his wife being Miss Mary Swift, of Tennessee. She was reared in Arkansas, and was a daughter of Surge Smith, a native of the former State. To Mr. and Mrs. Pride the following children have been born: Mary, Sarah E., Burton, Eliza E., Hattie Locke, Clyde and Henry C.

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

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