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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Union County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  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 T. Darden, planter, Lisbon, Ark. Mr. Darden is another of the many representative citizens of the county, who owe their nativity to Alabama, his birth occurring February 13, 1836, and is a man of superior intelligence and ability. He emigrated with his parents from Alabama to Arkansas, in 1841, and his educational facilities were more than usually favorable. After the death of his father he commenced farming on the old place and assumed the charge of his brothers and sisters. October 15, 1866, he was married to Miss Cynthia Smith, a native also of Alabama, who bore him eight children, seven of whom are now living: Thomas T., Andrew, Lee, Ellen, Cynthia, Mida, Zeak, and Eliza (deceased). Mrs. Darden died November 11, 1885, and in 1888 he was married to Miss Margaret Hill, and they have two children: Zula and one unnamed. Mr. Darden has an excellent farm of 860 acres, and has 250 acres under cultivation. Careful and painstaking in the cultivation of his land, and thorough in everything connected with its management, it is, perhaps, not to be wondered at that he is meeting with such good success. During the late war his sympathies were with the South, and in 1862 he enlisted in the Confederate army, Company F, Third Arkansas, and served as a private under Gen. Churchill. He was in the battles of Corinth and Vicksburg. After cessation of hostilities he returned to his family and farm. Mrs. Darden is a worthy member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Darden’s parents, George W. and Margaret A. (Druett) Darden, were both natives of Alabama, and were the parents of eleven children, our subject being second in order of birth. They were named as follows: Rebecca (deceased), Reuben, William, Sarah A., Elmira, Virginia, Margaret A. and Bert. Two other children died in infancy. The father was a farmer, and tilled the soil in Alabama until 1841, when he came to Arkansas. He was a Mason and a member of Mount Marion Lodge No. 18. He and wife belonged to the Baptist Church.

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This family biography is one of 84 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Union County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Union County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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