Benton Co., AR - Biographies - Dick P. Wasson

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SOURCE:  Goodspeed Publishers, 1890.
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History of Benton County BENTON COUNTY.

Dick P. Wasson, dealer in general merchandise at Robinson, Ark., was born in Franklin County,
Ark., January 13, 1854, but was reared and educated in Washington County. At the age of twenty-
two years (1876) he was married to Miss Tennessee Terry, a native of Washington County. Ark.,
born in 1857, and a daughter of Thomas W. and Elizabeth (McGill) Terry, both of whom were born in
Tennessee. The father was a farmer, a Mason, and died in Washington County, Ark. His widow still
survives him. Just before his marriage Mr. Wasson engaged in the mercantile business at
Springtown, Ark., in partnership with his brother, W. D. Wasson, and from the beginning made the
business a success. In 1885 he removed to Robinson, where he has since resided and where he has,
by industry and good management, built up a good trade. He owns the best store in the town and
carries a stock of goods valued at $4.000, and, besides this property, owns two good farms, one
in Washington County worth $1,600, and one in Benton County worth $1.200. His marriage was
blessed in the birth of five children. three of whom are living: Sarah Connie, Lula Esther and
Clifford Marvin. Mr. Wasson is a Mason, and he and family attend the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South.