Benton Co., AR - Biographies - I. J. Cawood *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: The Goodspeed Publishing Co Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenwebarchives.org *********************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I. J. Cawood, of the grocery firm of Cawed & Son, at Rogers, Ark., was born in Tennessee in 1861, and is a son of W. H. and R. J. (Sharp) Cawed, who were born in Tennessee in 1835 and 1839, respectively. I. J. Cawed is the second of their six children, and was reared and married in his native State, his wife's maiden name being Esther Sharp. In 1881 he and wife moved to Kansas, and here his parents also came a short time after. At the end of one year they came to Arkansas and located in Benton County, where they purchased land and followed agricultural pursuits for about seven years, after which they engaged in the grocery business at Rogers. They are doing a good business, and their trade is increasing rapidly. The Cawed family own an excellent farm of 120 acres in Benton County. I. J. Cawed and wife are the parents of three children: Charley P., Jesse and Otto. Mr. Cawed is a young man of fine business qualifications, and in his political views is a Republican. He belongs to the I. O. O. F. and A. F. & A. M. fraternities.