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William R. Williams although still a young man, has risen to a position in the agricultural affairs of the county which many men older in years and experience might envy. His life has been without any material change from the ordinary pursuits of farm toil, but yet has not been devoid of substantial results. He was born in Memphis, Tenn., in the year 1854, and in 1861 came, with his father, to Mississippi County, Ark., where the latter resided until his death, in 1880. William r. Williams received educational advantages far beyond the average, and these advantages he did not fail to improve, but applied himself diligently to his books, and acquired an excellent education which proved of great benefit to him in later years. His plantation, which is situated in the southern part of Mississippi County, comprises 300 acres, of which eighty are cleared and under cultivation, and in good seasons average about one bale of cotton to the acre. He has several good log houses on his property, and is doing a fairly prosperous business. In Mississippi County, Ark., he was married to Miss Sallie Baskin, of Phillips County, Ark., and by her became the father of two interesting children - Anna, who died at the age of three years, and Ella, a little girl of seven years, at home. Mr. Williams is an agreeable and intelligent gentleman, and one who is ever ready to reach out a helping hand to the needy, or to engage in any legitimate enterprise which might tend to benefit the county.