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Abner W. Wasson, a successful agriculturist, and the son of Josiah and Artmissia (Bone) Wasson, is a native of Tennessee, born in the year 1820. The father was born in North Carolina, was a farmer by occupation, and also carried on the blacksmith trade. He moved from Tennessee to Alabama in 1834, and here received his final summons. Abner W. was educated in the public schools of Tennessee, and was but fourteen years old when his parents moved to Alabama. In 1842 he concluded to immigrate farther west, and soon after located in Washington County, Ark., where he settled down to farming. In 1843 he married Miss Hannah Trotter, of Missouri, who bore him eleven children, ten now living: Artmissia E., Josiah H., William D., Alfred W., Dick P., James F., Rebecka I., John C., Abner G., Mary and Sarah. In 1863 Mr. Wasson enlisted in the Confederate army, Brown’s company, that made the raid through Texas, and was in service until the close of the war, when be returned to his home to gather his scattered fortunes that the war had devastated. In 1872 Mr. Wasson lost his wife, and in 1873 he married Miss Marinda Pearson, of Washington County. In 1855 Mr. Wasson purchased his present home place, which consists of 320 acres of valuable land, with about 120 acres under cultivation. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is Democratic in his political opinions. He held the office of justice of the peace for a great many years previous to the war, and after that memorable struggle he held the same office until 1886, when he retired. He is a member o fthe Methodist Episcopal Church, South, as are also his wife and children.