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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Columbia 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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R. S. Warnock. Among the representative farmers of this section of the country none are more favorably known or more highly respected than Mr. Warnock, for he has lived here all his life, his birth having occurred in Columbia County in 1857, and the people have had every opportunity to judge of his character and know that in many instances he has been tried and not found wanting. His parents, A. P. and Margaret H. (Walker) Warnock, came to this county when young, the father’s arrival here dating from 1840, he being at that time fifteen years of age. Columbia County was then a portion of Lafayette County, and here he followed farming until his death in 1878. He was in the Confederate army four years, and was in the engagements at Vicksburg, and for two terms was county assessor. After the death of his wife, in 1861, he married Miss M. J. M. Thompson, by whom he became the father of two children, William H. and Lucretia E. The eight children borne him by his first wife are: Mary (wife of A. P. Futch, of this county), J. T. (a ranchman of Colimo, Tex.), Eliza J. (wife of E. S. Morrison, of Texas), Sarah H. (wife of A. R. Buffington, of this county), R. S., Margaret A. (wife of J. T. Simmons, of Coleman County, Tex.), and two children who are deceased. R. S. Warnock resided on a farm in this county until he was seventeen years of age, then began doing for himself, and from time to time, as his means would allow, he attended school, and in time secured a fair English education. He has always been industrious and enterprising, and putting these attributes into practice, he has become the owner of a good farm, and has 250 acres under cultivation. He is also quite an extensive horse and mule dealer, shipping and selling from 200 to 300 through the fall and winter seasons. Besides this property he is also the owner of a handsome residence in the city of Magnolia. In the conduct of his property he gives each detailed portion of work his personal and close observation, and the care and method ever exercised have contributed to place him among the foremost farmers of this vicinity. His worthy wife was formerly Miss Frances R. Alexander, of Magnolia, and a daughter of Samuel and Mary (Bromfield) Alexander, who were born in South Carolina and came to Arkansas at a very early day. He died in 1889. Mr. and Mrs. Warnock have one child, Ora E., born in 1881.

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This family biography is one of 106 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Columbia County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Columbia County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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