Benton Co., AR - Biographies - J. M. Vandover

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BENTON COUNTY.

J. M. Vandover,the popular liveryman at Rogers, Ark., was born in
Butler County, Mo., in 1838, and is the eldest of twelve children,
three of whom are living, born to the marriage of Theodore Vandover and
Emeline Sandlin, which took place in Butler County, Mo. The father was
born in the "Old Dominion," and at an early day moved to Kentucky,
thence to Missouri, where he afterward made his home. His wife was of
North Carolina stock. Their son, J. M. Vandover, was reared in his
native State, and in 1859 went to Southern Arkansas, and at the
breaking out of the war became a member of Company Second, Hempstead
Rifles. His first experience in fighting was at Pea Ridge, where he was
quite severely wounded. He served until the close of the war, his
company being disbanded in Texas, and then returned to Hempstead
County, Ark., and engaged in his old pursuit of overseeing. He soon
afterward gave this up and went to Texas, where he met and married Miss
Lizzie Dudley, who was born in Ripley County, Mo., in 1843. Belle M.,
William, Mattie and Riley C. are the children born to their union.
After his marriage Mr. Vandover returned to Arkansas, and engaged in
agricultural pursuits and also dealt in stock for about four years,
which occupation proved a success financially, In 1870 he moved to
Benton County, Ark., to benefit his family's health, and here has since
made his home. He engaged in the livery and stock business, and is
deservedly successful in his business enterprises. He owns a large
amount of valuable city property in Rogers, and is also the owner of an
excellent farm in Hempstead County, Ark. He and wife are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and he affiliates with the Democratic
party.