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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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Lemuel Moody, in his connection with the affairs of this region, is popularly known, being deemed an efficient school-teacher and scholar of Conway County. Born in the State of Mississippi, November 3, 1863, he is a son of Thomas and Frances (Autry) Moody, who were the parents of four sons and one daughter: Lemuel, William A. (born December 20, 1867), Abner J. (born September 29, 1869), Edward (born January 25, 1870) and Stella (born October 10, 1878). Lemuel came to the State of Arkansas with his father in 1869, and has resided here for about twenty years. He was educated at the public schools at Morrillton, but being ambitious to have as good an education as it was possible to obtain, he applied himself studiously to those branches which were not taught in the schools he attended, and the consequence is, that, with his quick perception and natural ability, he soon had a store of knowledge that will now fit him for almost any position in life. He first commenced teaching school in Conway County in the year 1885, where he remained several years, and then taught in Perry County, in the town of Dixie, until the summer of 1889, when he returned to Conway County, where he has continued since. Mr. Moody is an intellectual man and an interesting conversationalist. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and is held in high esteem by the entire community.
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