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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Perry 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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Daniel Halcomb, closely identified with the farming and kindred interests of Perry Township, is a native of this State, having been born in Lawrence County, October 12, 1827. His father, William Halcomb, was born in Ohio, in 1802, and early accompanied his parents to Lawrence County, Ark., being among the pioneers of that section; he married Joannah Williams, who was born in South Carolina, in 1807, and died in the spring of 1861. William died in Perry County, in 1860. The subject of this sketch was of English descent, and the eldest of twelve children. He was reared and received his education in Saline County, Ark., and at the age of seventeen began working for himself as a farm hand, continuing this till the age of twenty-six years, when he married Miss Caroline Klingelhoffer, who was born in Germany, about 1830, and died in Perry County, in 1879. She was the mother of eight children, three now living: William, John and Rosie J. Mr. Halcomb was in sympathy with the Confederates during the war, but hired a substitute instead of going himself. In politics he is a Democrat. Mr. Halcomb came to Perry County in 1854, and now has 160 acres of land, about sixty acres being under cultivation. His grandfather Williams served through the Revolutionary War, and died in Lawrence County, Ark., his wife departing this life in Crawford County.

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This family biography is one of 53 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Perry County, Arkansas published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Perry County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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