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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Howard County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890. 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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Benton Pate, a prominent planter of Mountain Township, Howard County, and a member of the firm of Pate & Owens, millers, was born in Panola County, Tex., March 18, 1852. His father, Thomas Pate, was born in Alabama about 1826 and died in 1861. His mother, Miss Mary Biaaell, of Illinois, is still living. They were married about 1849, and had seven children: John U., Benton, Alice, Lafayette, Augustus A., Pernecia and Thomas B., all of whom are living at the present time. The family moved to Arkansas in 1860, settling in what is now Howard County, where the subject of our sketch passed his youth attending school. At the age of twenty-one he commenced business for himself, giving his attention to agricultural pursuits. December 12, 1872, he married Miss Rosina R. J. Strasner, of Alabama. She was a daughter of Jefferson and Phoebe Fletcher Strasner, and was born in 1854. They have seven children: Pernecia, Thomas J., John, James, Henry A., Jasper U. and Charles C. At present Mr. Pate owns 200 acres of land, besides having other important business interests. He is an active Democrat, and has had a very successful life.
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