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John Quincy Benbrook, merchant druggist, was born in St. Charles County, Mo., July 17, 1833, and moved with his parents, Nathan and Sarah (Maguire) Benbrook, to Arkansas a few years later. He received a good practical education in the schools of his locality, and later engaged in school-teaching, but abandoned this and engaged as clerk in the dry goods store of Boone & Reagor, at Boone’s Grove, where he remained two years. He then left the store and completed his education. In 1856 Miss Mary Campbell, daughter of J. H. Campbell (deceased), became his wife. After his marriage Mr. Benbrook engaged in cultural pursuits, but in 1858 removed to Texas, and spent a year in that State, where he still followed farming. He then returned to Arkansas, where he engaged in merchandising in 1863, and has continued this occupation ever since. To this marriage were born three sons and three daughters: E. L., a tinsmith by occupation, and a resident of Phoenix, Arizona; Alice C., wife of T. J. Conner, a resident of Fayetteville; Minerva, Catherine; W. L., a druggist with his father; J. C., a student at the A. I. U., and Agnes May. August 25, 1882, Mrs. Benbrook passed away in full communion with the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which she had been an active worker. Mr. Benbrook has served on the school board of Fayetteville at different times, and was clerk of the circuit court at this place from 1870 to 1872. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, is an Odd Fellow, a Knight of Honor, and belongs to the Baptist Church. His parents were natives of Simpson County, and his paternal grandfather rendered active and honorable services in the War of Independence. Owen Maguire, his maternal grandfather, was a farmer and carried on this occupation all his life.