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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Grant 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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Y. B. McCool, of Merry Green Township, Grant County, Ark., owes his nativity to Alabama, and is the son of Andrew and Katie (Gentry) McCool, both originally of the same State. He was born in 1826, in Montgomery County, where most of his younger days were spent. Andrew, his father, moved to Arkansas about 1858, and settled in Grant County, remaining there till his death, which occurred in 1876. Y. B. McCool received his education in the schools of Alabama, and was married, in 1851, to Elizabeth Bright, of that State. After his marriage he continued his farming for four years, but in 1855 moved to Arkansas, and settled in what is now Grant County, and on the same tract of land which he now occupies. He has 240 acres of land, seventy-five of which are in an excellent state of cultivation, with 165 acres of timber land. To one less sanguine the prospect of the farm in its early stage would have been most disheartening, but Mr. McCool knew that where there was a will a way would follow, and the result of his untiring and unceasing labor would satisfy the most fastidious. Substantial buildings are all in good repair, and in fact he may look with pardonable pride at the outcome of his own efforts. He is also one of the pioneers who helped to transfer this dense wilderness to its present state. In July, 1886, Mr. McCool was bereft of his wife, who left seven children: George W., Mary E., William A., Henry L., Martha, Margaret and Franklin. In 1887, he married Mrs. Serepta Stockton, a native of Alabama. They are members of the Baptist Church, and respected by the entire community.

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This family biography is one of 68 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Grant County, Arkansas published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Grant County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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