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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Ashley County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  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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John C. Pyron has, from his earliest youth, pursued the career of an agriculturist, and is recognized as one of the careful, energetic tillers of the soil of Ashley County, and by his progressive views has done much to improve the farming interests in this section. He was born in Mecklenburg County, N. C., to William Pyron and wife, the former of whom was a soldier in the Florida War, also the War of 1812, his death occurring in October, 1844. John C. Pyron moved from North Carolina to Mississippi, in October, 1845, then came in November, 1856, and entered land in Columbia County, Ark., and there remained engaged in farming until 1859, when he came to Ashley County, and here, in 1862, was detailed as a tanner for the Confederacy, and this trade followed until 1867. His present farm, which comprises 300 acres, came into his possession in 1869, and he now has thirty acres under cultivation, the yield of cotton and corn per acre being an average amount. He is interested in the raising of horses, cattle and hogs, and everything about his place is kept in good condition, all necessary buildings forming a prominent feature of the improvements. He has always affiliated with the Democrat party, and in 1858 was elected to the position of justice of the peace, being afterward appointed by the governor until 1870, when he resigned. He was married in January, 1852, to Miss Mary Isabella Collock, by whom he has a family of six children: Tralucia Jane (wife of J. P. Oliver), Mary L. (wife of R. M. L. Baker), Sarah J. (wife of J. S. Bullock), W. A. (who married Mary Locke), J. B. (who married Theodocia Lambert) and Ephey Viola. Mr. Pyron is a member of the A. F. & A. M., and he and Mrs. Pyron are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.

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