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Robert C. Ozment is one of the old and highly successful agriculturists of Drew County, Ark., and being careful, energetic and progressive in his views, he has done much to advance the farming interests hereabouts. His landed possessions amount to 1,000 acres, 100 of which are under cultivation and devoted principally to cotton and corn. He was born in Wilson County, Tenn., on August 31, 1819, being a son of James and Elizabeth (Eddings) Ozment, natives, respectively, of North and South Carolina, the former’s birth occurring in 1772. Robert C. is one of two surviving members of a family of fourteen children —eight sons and six daughters—the other member being James J. In 1839 the family removed to Camden, Ark., where they resided three years, after which they moved to Marion County, and in 1842 to Drew County, where the father died in October, 1861. He served in the War of 1812 under Jackson, and was with him in the battle of New Orleans. He was a man who took quite an active interest in politics, and always supported the Democratic party, and held a number of local offices. He was a Mason. Robert C. Ozment came to Drew County with his father, and was here married June 20, 1850, to Elizabeth Ozment, she being a daughter of Alford and Nancy Ozment, and a native of Wilson County, Tenn. A family of seven children has blessed their union, their names being as follows: Jerome N. B., Eli W., Martha J., Margaret F., John W., Columbia J. and John A. The mother of these children passed from life August 12, 1874, deeply regretted by all who knew her. Mr. Ozment has been a member of the Masonic lodge for the past twenty years, is an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and contributes liberally of his means to churches and schools.