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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Craighead County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. 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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Emmet Rodgers, editor of the Craighead County Sun, is the oldest son of Calvin and Almedia Rodgers, and was born in Jonesboro, Ark., September 21, 1866. He attended the common schools of Jonesboro until thirteen years of age, and went the term of 1881-82 to the Judson University. Until sixteen years of age, he engaged in farm work, and assisted his parents in the hotel. For three years he was a railroad brakeman, and in the winter of 1887-88, engaged as clerk in general mercantile business in Florida. Returning home in May, he became interested with Wrenn & Phelps, in publishing the Craighead County Sun, and January 18, 1889, became sole proprietor of that paper. He is one of Jonesboro’s popular and promising young business men, and has the talent and ability to accomplish whatever he may undertake.
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This family biography is one of 98 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Craighead County, Arkansas published in 1889. View the complete description here: Craighead County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps
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