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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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John H. Cheatham, merchant, Umpire, Ark. The average of the citizens of Howard County, Ark., have become prominent in the various branches of business to which their attention has been directed, and such is the case with Mr. Cheatham, who is one of the successful business men of Umpire. He owes his nativity to Arkansas, his birth occurring in Hempstead County, on October 5, 1854, and his father, Mat. V. Cheatham, was a native of Kentucky, while his mother, whose maiden name was Catherine Johnson, was born in Arkansas. The parents were married in the last named State, and there passed the remainder of their days, the former dying in 1869, at the age of fifty-seven years, and the latter in 1862 or 1863. The father was a merchant, but in connection carried on farming. He was a Democrat in his political views, and represented Hempstead County in the General Assembly. Of the ten children born to their marriage, four are now living: Green A., Jr. (who is farming in Hempstead County), Ford J. (who is farming in Howard County), and Luta (wife of J. A. Shepperson, who is a successful farmer of Hempstead County). John H. Cheatham attained his growth in the last named county, was educated in the common schools, and when twenty-one years of age, began farming, which he followed for six years. He then embarked in the mercantile business, which he has since successfully followed, at Galena, this county, and at which he has been quite successful. He is a Democrat, but takes no active part in politics. He served one term as school director in Sulphur Springs Township.

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This family biography is one of 116 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Howard County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Howard County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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