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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Jackson 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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Peter Bach is a well-known and retired merchant of Jacksonport, who was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, on November 4, 1835. He is a son of Peter and Margaretta (Crow) Bach, both natives of the same province, the father dying when his son was but two years of age. The mother, however, is still living at the age of eighty-one years, and came to America in 1882. There were three children born to the parents: John S., Peter and Conrad. Peter was reared and educated in the home college, and learned the barber’s trade in his native place, an occupation he followed for four years. In 1853 he sailed for America, taking passage in France, and landing in New York City after a twenty-seven days’ voyage on the ocean. From New York he went to Cincinnati, where he was employed at his trade for some time, and then found employment on the Empire No. 3, a steamboat plying up and down the Mississippi. He remained on this vessel about six months, and then came to Jacksonport, where he has resided ever since. On May 5, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, of the First Arkansas Regiment, and served until a short time before the surrender. He took part in all the battles of his regiment, and was severely wounded at Atlanta, Ga., from which place he was taken to the Macon Hospital, and hovered between life and death for three months. He was furloughed in 1864, and went to Alabama, and in 1865 returned home to Jacksonport. Mr. Bach is now practically retired from business. He is quite prosperous, owning about 2,000 acres of valuable land and a fine residence at Jacksonport, besides interests in various industries. He was married, in 1865, to Miss Jennie Hudson, who has been a devoted wife and helpmate to him. Mr. Bach is a Royal Arch Mason, Knight Templar, Knight of Pythias, and a member of the American Legion of Honor.

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