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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Clark 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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Stan C. Harley. He whose name heads this sketch is one of the prominent and influential citizens of Clark County, his home being in Gurdon. He was ushered into the world in Marshall County, Miss., on December 7, 1843, being a son of Maj. William R. Harley and wife, nee Louisa J. Thompson, both of whom were Virginians by birth. The father is still living, and is now a resident of Princeton, Dallas County. Reference is made to his life on other pages of this volume. The boyhood and early youth of Stan C. Harley were passed in the State of his nativity. In 1858 he came with his father to Arkansas, and here attended school until the outbreak of the war, when he left his books to enlist as private in Company C, of the Sixth Arkansas Confederate Infantry, in which he served until the surrender at Greensboro N. C, in April, 1865. In December, 1864, he was detailed as a sharpshooter, being one of fifteen out of Gen. Pat Cleburne's division. Among the many battles in which he participated may be mentioned Shiloh, Perryville and Murfreesboro, and all the battles in which his division took part in the Georgia campaign—Franklin, Nashville and Bentonville, N. C. At Shiloh he was wounded, but did not leave the field, and had many narrow escapes on both days of that hard-fought battle. At Franklin he was hit three times, and had it not been for his blanket would have undoubtedly been killed. At the close of the war he returned to his home in Dallas County, and turned his attention to farming, his means consisting of a good constitution solely. He continued agricultural pursuits in Dallas County until 1871, after which he farmed and taught school until 1879 in this county. In 1874 he was elected justice of the peace, and served for four years, and then, in 1882, was elected assessor of this county, and filled this office for three consecutive terms. He is now a salesman in a general store in this place. January 3, 1867, witnessed his marriage to Miss Hattie J. Cheatham, daughter of John L. Cheatham, circuit and county clerk of Dallas County. She was born in Clark County, Ga., on May 27, 1844. To their married life have been born ten children: Walter C., Lewis R. (who are dead), and Edward Lee, John T., Addie Lou, Ethel M., Margaret E., Cornelia H., Charles S. and Erskine Linzee, now living. Mr. and Mrs. Harley are much esteemed members of the Old School Presbyterian Church, and in politics the former is a strict Democrat. He is one of the enterprising citizens of the county, as well as an honorable and upright gentleman.

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This family biography is one of 99 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Clark County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Clark County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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