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W. H. Peterson is the general manager of the Brinkley Argus, having successfully filled this position since December, 1888. He was born in the “Blue Grass” State in 1827, but the most of his early life was spent in the city of Philadelphia, but, notwithstanding the fact that he was in a city of schools, his early advantages for acquiring an education were very limited. At the age of fifteen years he began learning the printer’s trade, which work continued to receive his attention until 1852; then, after a short residence in Illinois, he removed to Missouri, and in 1881 came to Beebe, Ark., and, as above stated, came to Brinkley in 1888. He has been in the newspaper business the greater part of his life, following his calling in different towns and cities of Missouri, and during his long career at this work he has acquired a thorough knowledge of journalism. He has always affiliated with the Democratic party, and has shown his approval of secret organizations by becoming a member of the Knights of Labor. During the Rebellion he served for over three years in the Confederate army, being most of the time under Gen. Marmaduke. He has been married twice; first, in 1850, to Miss Ellen W. Lloyd, of Penn’s Grove, N. J., who died in Missouri in 1868. His second union was consummated in 1870, his wife being a Miss Sarah Underwood, who died about 1879, leaving besides her husband two children to mourn her loss. Three children were born to the first union.