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Frank P. Bostick, planter and ginner, Prescott, Ark. The parents of Mr. Bostick, John E. and Susan B. (Hudson) Bostick, were natives respectively of North Carolina and Tennessee, the father born in 1809, and in the last-named State their marriage was consummated. The parents emigrated to Hempstead County, Ark., in 1858, and here the father was engaged in tilling the soil, which occupation he followed the principal part of his life. He was justice of the peace in Wallaceburg Township for a number of years, and in 1874 represented Hempstead County in the Legislature. He was a member of the Masonic order, and was also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His death occurred in Hempstead County, in 1878. The mother was married to her second husband, Harmon Bishop, in 1882. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Frank P. Bostick was the sixth and youngest child born to his parents, and is the only one now living. His birth occurred October 11, 1855, in Tennessee, and three years later he emigrated with his parents to Hempstead County, Ark. There he grew to manhood, with a thorough knowledge of all the details of farm life, and his education was received in the common schools. On September 6, 1876, he married Miss Georgia A. Busick, a native of Tennessee, born February 18, 1854, and the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Bool) Busick, of North Carolina, born in 1824 and 1834, respectively. The father and mother were married in Tennessee, in 1848, and to their union were born ten children, four now living: William D., Mary E. (wife of Alex Vaughn), Georgiana, and Rosa L. (wife of C. A. Berkshire, now living in Texas). The father died in 1882. He was a member of the Masonic order, and the Methodist Episcopal Church. The mother is now living with her daughter, Mrs. Berkshire, of Texas. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. To our subject and wife were born three children: James W., Rosa N., and Mary S. Mr. Bostick owns 400 acres of good farming land, and is also the owner of a steam-gin, grist and saw-mill combined, which was built in 1889. He is a member of the Farmers’ Alliance, and in his political views is a Greenbacker. Mrs. Bostick is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.