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Lyttleton M. Veazey, farmer and justice of the peace of Sheridan, Merry Green Township, Grant County, Ark., is a native of Alabama, and was born in Shelby County, March 9, 1830. He is the son of John Veazey and Nancy (King) Veazey. Mr. Veazey moved from Alabama to Arkansas in 1845, arriving here in November of that year, and settling in what is now Grant County, on a farm near Sheridan, where he resided until his death in 1866. His wife dying in Alabama, in 1833, left a family of three sons and five daughters, three of whom (our subject and two sisters) only are living. Lyttleton M. was a boy of fifteen when he came to Arkansas with his father. In 1854 he settled on the farm on which he now resides, near Sheridan, and now has about 100 acres cleared, with large buildings, besides an extensive orchard. He enlisted in the Confederate service in 1862, in the Eighteenth Arkansas Infantry, in which he served until taken prisoner, July 9, 1863, being held three days as prisoner, when he was paroled. He was in the battle of Port Hudson, and was engaged for forty-eight days in continual fighting, also in a number of skirmishes. After the war Mr. Veazey returned to his farm and was appointed justice of the peace, in 1866, after which he was elected to the office, and has served in that capacity nearly ever since, except one or two terms, filling the office with great credit. Mr. Veazey married Miss Mary Elizabeth Clark, a native of Tennessee, in (now) Grant County, in 1856. By that marriage he was the father of nine children: Eugenie (wife of Benj. F. Hill), W. F., John S., Nancy J. (wife of Walter Griffin), Lloyd C., Lyttleton M., Mary E., Edward B. and Orlando B.; also three children who died in childhood, one of whom, Lafayette F., when at the age of seven years, was lost in the woods, on February 3, 1867. His remains were not found until the following December, about one mile from home. In December, 1887, Mr. Veazey was married to Mrs. Melissa (Jackson) Atchley, a daughter of Thomas and Delpha Jackson, a widow, and a native of Alabama, who came to Arkansas when only six years old. Mr. and Mrs. Veazey belong to the Baptist Church. Mr. Veazey is a member of the Masonic order, and has served both as Tyler and Treasurer; the last office he has held for the past thirteen years.