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Below is a family biography included in The History of Washington County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. 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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Rowland C. Tollett, farmer and stock raiser of Washington County, Ark., was born in Hempstead County, Ark., in 1821. His parents, Henry and Eliza (Brown) Tollett, were born and reared in Tennessee and Virginia, respectively. The father was a soldier in the War of 1812, and soon after the close of that war was married, and in 1819 moved to Arkansas. After residing in Hempstead County until 1829 he located in Washington County, near Farmington where he became the owner of several hundred acres of land. He served as justice of the peace for several years, and was a strong Southern sympathizer during the late war. He died in 1867, and his wife in 1886. Four of their five children are living: Margaret (wife of James Barrington), Harriet (wife of James A. Morton), William J., and Rowland C. The latter was reared and educated in Washington County, and in 1850 was married to Martha J. Johnston, who was born in Washington County a few weeks after her parents, Abel and Mary Johnston, came to the county. She is the mother of five children: William A., C. L., Henry J., Emma and Maggie G. Mr. Tollett owns a good and well-improved farm of 200 acres, and is in comfortable circumstances. He was left almost destitute at the close of the war, but by indomitable energy and perseverance has become one of the well-to-do farmers of the county.
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