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Judge William D. Jacoway. Prominently identified among the legal profession of Yell County is Judge Jacoway, the well known lawyer of Dardanelle. He was the fourth child in a family of ten born to B. J. and Margaret (Wilkinson) Jacoway, respectively of North Carolina and Tennessee, his birth occurring in the latter State in 1835. The paternal grandfather, Archibald Jacoway, of Scottish descent, emigrated to North Carolina from bonnie Scotland, thence to Alabama, where he died. He was a captain in the Indian War in Florida. The maternal ancestors were among the early settlers of Tennessee. The father was a planter, early going from Tennessee to Mississippi, subsequently coming to Arkansas, and settling near Dardanelle, where he purchased a large tract of river-bottom land, which he put under improvement. He filled many official positions, being marshal of the Western District of Arkansas during President Buchanan’s term; was twice a member of the Legislature, and departed this life in 1861,while enroute to his son, Henderson M., a soldier in the Confederate Army, encamped at Richmond with his brothers, John A. and B. J., Jr., and a brother-in-law, J. L. Hollowell. John A. because of his bravery and faithfulness, was commissioned lieutenant-colonel under Gen. Kirby Smith, and B. J. was killed while crossing the Arkansas River six miles below Dardanelle. Our subject received his schooling at Tennessee’s institutions of learning, graduating from Irving College in 1855, and two years later from Lebanon Law School, here being admitted to the bar, and on his arrival in Dardanelle formed a partnership with his brother-in-law, and were known as the firm of Hollowell & Jacoway. During the troublous times of 1863 he removed his family and effects to Texas, and when peace was declared he returned to Arkansas, and from 1878 to 1882 filled the office of circuit judge of his district, and has built one of the finest dwelling houses in town. In 1858 he was wedded to Miss Elizabeth D. Parks, daughter of Walter D. Parks. To this couple have been born eleven children: Walter D. (lawyer), Mary E. (deceased in Texas), Bennie (deceased in 1881), Martha J. (deceased in 1881), Lillie D., Earl C. (deceased in 1872), William D., Jr., H. M., Jr., Irene (attending school at Winchester, Tenn.), Ethel and Nina S. The Judge religiously worships with the Methodist Episcopal Church, being a member in good standing in that organization.