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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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W. H. Whitlow, a leading druggist of Fayetteville, member of the Pharmaceutical Association of Arkansas, was born in Hickory County, Mo., July 14, 1851, and is the son of Henry and Ella (Culbertson) Whitlow, natives of Kentucky, who married in Marion County, Mo., at Palmyra. After marriage they moved to Hickory County, Mo., and from there to Cooper County, Mo., where their son, W. H., grew to manhood, and where he received a good education, but finished the same after moving to Washington County, in 1869, at the Ozark Institute. In 1870 he engaged as clerk in the drug store of Dr. P. M. Cox of Fayetteville, and in 1875 he engaged in business for himself, and has since been identified with that industry in Fayetteville. He was married, at Fort Smith, to Miss Annie Birnie, daughter of Charles Birnie, of Fort Smith, and is now the father of two living children: Annie May and Charles Birnie. They buried their eldest child, Ethel, at Fort Smith. Mr. Whitlow is a Royal Arch Mason, and he and family worship at the Presbyterian and Episcopal Churches. He is a good citizen, and has the respect of all who know him.
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