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Paschal S. Kinsworthy, merchant, Brownstown, Ark. This young but wide-awake business man established his business at Brownstown in 1882, and carries a stock of goods valued at $3,000, with annual sales of about $20,000. He was born in Little River County, Ark., in 1861, and his father, Burton H. Kinsworthy, was a native of Washington, Ark., born in 1828. The mother, whose maiden name was Rebecca J. Coulter, was born in Howard County, Ark., in 1838. The parents were married near Nashville, and soon after settled at Brownstown, where the father followed merchandising until the opening of the war. He was promoted to the rank of major, but after serving a short time, it was thought that his services were more valuable at home, as he owned valuable salt lands on the Saline. Here he manufactured salt for the Confederate Government for some time, after which he went to Texas, and was engaged in the same business there until cessation of hostilities. He then resided a few years at Shreveport, La., engaged in merchandising and jobbing, after which he came to Brownstown and engaged in the land business. He was one of the most prominent citizens of the county, and as such was respected and esteemed by all. He died on January 20, 1877, while on a business trip to Lafayette County. At that time he was a land speculator and farmer. He was a Democrat, and a very prominent man in politics. A few days before he was twenty-one years of age, he was elected clerk of Sevier County, and served four years. He was also a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1874. At the breaking out of the war he was worth probably $125,000, and was a good business man and financier. Socially he was a member of the A. F. & A. M., and the I. O. O. F. The paternal grandfather of our subject, Ezekiel Kinsworthy, was probably born in the Blue Grass State. When about twenty-one years of age, he came to Washington County, Ark., and soon after to Hempstead County, where he was one of the pioneers and prominent citizens. He once represented that county in the Legislature, and during the Mexican War raised a company, of which he was made captain, but it was not called into service. He afterward removed to Sevier County, where his death occurred. He was a successful farmer. His father was a native of South Carolina, and of English descent. He served in the Revolutionary War under Gen. Gates. He was one of seven brothers, two of whom went South, two West, two to Missouri, and one was killed in the Seminole War. One of the two who went to Missouri was the great-grandfather of our subject. He died in that State. The maternal grandfather of our subject, William Coulter, was a very early settler of what is now Howard County, Ark., where he died. The mother of Paschal is now living at Arkadelphia, and is fifty-two years of age. She is a member of the Baptist Church. Of the ten children born to her marriage, seven are now living: W. E., E. B., J. H., O. D., Mary E. and Pearl. Paschal S. Kinsworthy was reared on a farm, educated in the country schools, and also attended two years at Mineral Springs Academy. He began his career as a merchant when eighteen years of age, and besides this is the owner of 940 acres of land. He is a Democrat in politics, and his first vote was cast for Grover Cleveland in 1884.