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Dix Hamm, general merchant at Mulberry, is a native of Arkansas, born June 28, 1854, and son of Elisha and Sarah (Bumland) Hamm, both natives of Alabama, the former deceased, but the latter still living. The father was a farmer all his life, and reared his son, Dix Hamm, to that occupation, which the latter followed in connection with trading until twenty-two years of age. He then attended the Bourland Academy two years, after which, in 1878, he engaged in merchandising five miles north of Ozark. In 1880 he established himself in Mulberry, where he has a stock of goods valued at from $5,000 to $8,000, and his annual sales equal at least $25,000. He has a large and well-selected stock of goods, and is doing well in his business. He was married in1886, to Miss Rosa Bledsoe, daughter of J. P. Bledsoe, and a native of Mississippi, born near Aberdeen in 1869. This union resulted in the birth of two children, a girl and a boy, named Agnes and Guy. Mr. Hamm started with rather limited means, but by hard work and economy now finds himself in comfortable circumstances. He owns a farm in Crawford County of 160 acres, and 500 acres of bottom land. He also owns three town lots in Mulberry, and is also erecting a stone building 26x100 feet, one story high, besides this he owns the house and lot where he now resides.