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W. N. Nutt, farmer, Hamburg, Ark. Prominently identified with the growth and prosperity of Ashley County stands the name of Mr. Nutt, who is one of the substantial and progressive men now residing there. He was originally from Georgia, his birth occurring in Marion County on December 15, 1846, and is a son of James M. and Sarah A. (Chapman) Nutt, natives of South Carolina, and grandson of Jonathan Nutt, who came to Georgia at an early day. James M. Nutt was a farmer, and came to Arkansas in 1851. He reared but two children to maturity. In 1862 he entered to Confederate army, and died in Mississippi, the same year. His widow is still living. W. M. Nutt came to Arkansas with his father in 1851, and after the latter’s death, took charge of the family. The father had purchased a farm in Beech Creek, residing for one year on the bayou, and owned at different times several farms, being quite well off at the time of his death. W. M. Nutt had to commence anew, as the land went back to the State, He rented for several years, and then bought the place where he now lives, consisting of 180 acres, in 1873. At the present time he has eighty acres in cultivation, has a good house and outbuildings, and two acres in orchard. In 1870 he was married to Miss Sallie E. Dew, and they have four children: William W., John D., Clyde E. and Garland. Mr. and Mrs. Nutt are members of the Baptist Church, and politically he affiliates with the Democratic party. The land makes three-fourths of a bale of cotton to the acre, twenty-five bushels of corn, a good crop of oats, and he raises all kinds of garden vegetables.