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Rev. Henry T. Britt is the owner of a fertile farm of 120 acres, of which forty acres are under cultivation, and on this admirably conducted farm he has erected a steam cotton gin and grist mill at a cost of about $1,500, and is now doing a paying work for the public. Georgia has given to Union County, Ark., many estimable citizens, but she has contributed none more highly respected or for conscientious discharge of every duty in every relation in life, more worthy of respect and esteem than is the subject of this sketch. He was born in Hancock County, Ga., October 31, 1822, being the second in a family of three children born to Henry and Ailsie Britt, who were for a long time residents of Georgia. The father was a Democrat, although not active, and was a prominent man throughout the section of country in which he resided. The early life of Henry T. Britt was spent in his native State, and when quite young he began the battle of life for himself, and although his early struggles were many and severe he grew up to honorable manhood. He acquired an ordinary English education, and spent the most of his time at carpentering, a trade he had learned in Georgia. He is at present engaged in several pursuits, and besides following farming gives considerable attention to the duties of a minister. He was ordained a minister of the Hopewell Baptist Church in January, 1865, and although not an active worker in church matters, he has the interests of Christianity strongly at heart. His marriage, which occurred in June, 1853, was to Miss Emma Adams, of New Orleans, by whom he has had eleven children, the following five only being alive: Albert R. (who was married, in 1877, to Miss Ponder, of Louisiana), William E. (who was married, about 1879, to Miss V. A. Jean, of this county), Robert L. (who was married, in 1884, to Miss Lou Roberson, a native of this county), John A., and Jesse M. Mr. Britt endeavored to give his children good practical educations, and in this succeeded, and has lived to see his sons grow to be honored and upright citizens, and worthy members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Britt is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and became a Master Mason in Hamilton, Ga., in 1844, afterward becoming a Royal Arch Mason in El Dorado in 1850, and attained to the council degree at Ouachita Seminary in 1855, and at present holds membership in Farmerville, La. He belongs to the Agricultural Wheel, which he joined in 1888, and in his political views is a Democrat, and always has been, and says that in his childhood he was rocked in a Democratic cradle.