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Isaac S. Whitford. Among the early pioneer settlers to the grand old State of Arkansas, was one Isaac S. Whitford, who located in this county soon after his marriage to Miss Mary E. Wyatt, which was solemnized in Carroll County, Miss., about 1850, who bore him ten children: Charles W. (deceased), Sarah L. (deceased), Lewis H. (deceased), John A. (deceased), Elizabeth S. (wife of Hamilton M. Morris), Isaac E., Mary C. (deceased), and Alonzo C. He served in the late war in Company D, of the Third Arkansas Cavalry, of the Confederate Army, participating in the battle of Backbone, and a number of skirmishes, and at the surrender in 1865, returned to his home, where he met with a severe loss in the death of his wife, who died July 31, of this year, and soon after he married Mary A. Cobb. They became the parents of four children: Robert H., Francis M., Emma J. (deceased), and Berry D., and on August 19, 1875, was called to mourn the loss of this wife, who died in full fellowship with the Baptist Church, and on February 24, 1876, he married Mrs. Louisa F. Coats, his present wife, and who had one son, John W. Coats (now deceased), by a former marriage. Himself and wife are members in good standing of the Missionary Baptist Church, in which he has filled the office of deacon for many years. He has followed farming nearly all his life, living upon his present farm since 1854, which is a highly cultivated and very productive tract of land. In his community he is one of its most trusted and honored citizens. Our subject’s parents, Charles G. and Mary (McKinney) Whitford, were born October 18, 1803, in North Carolina, and November 9, 1806, in South Carolina, respectively, but were married in Stewart County, Tenn., October 9, 1823, and were the parents of six children, their son, Isaac, who was born in Stewart County, March 17, 1832, being the only child living. The father was a farmer, and actively interested in politics, and he and wife were consistent members of the Baptist Church.