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Below is a family biography from the book,  The History of Franklin 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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Frank S. Henry & Co., general merchants at Mulberry, and representative business men of that town, carry a stock of goods valued at from $5,000 to $8,000, and with annual sales to the amount of about $25,000. Mr. Henry is a wide-awake, thorough-going business man, and by his industry and close attention to business would succeed in any undertaking. He was born in Alabama December 23, 1858, and is the son of John B. and M. C. Henry, natives of Tennessee and Alabama, respectively. He grew to manhood in his native State, and at the age of seventeen engaged in merchandising, which occupation he has followed thus far through life with fair success. He came to this State in 1884, settling in Crawford County, but in 1887 left there and came to Mulberry, where he has since been one of the prominent merchants of that place. He was married in April, 1880, to Mary E. Folippen, who bore him one child, Roscoe. Mr. Henry is a member of Pleasant Hill Lodge No. 233, A. F. & A. M., and is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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This family biography is one of 163 biographies included in The History of Franklin County, Arkansas published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Franklin County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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