Benton Co., AR - Biographies - William Wammack

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BENTON COUNTY. page 902 William Wammack,a resident of Sulphur Springs
Township, and son of [p.902] Richard and Matilda (Moxley) Wammack, was
born April 21, 1843, in Wilson County, Tenn. The father was born in the
same county, and received but a limited education. although by his own
efforts and observation he has made up for this deficiency to a great
extent. He was reared on a farm in his native county, and was there
married to Miss Moxley, who was also born and reared in Wilson County.
Their marriage resulted in the birth of twelve children, nine of whom
are now living: Elijah B., William, Samuel M., James W., Leander, Mrs.
Martha Mayo, George P., Richard A. and Mrs. Julia A. Fair. Those
deceased are Joseph P., Mary A. and Lavinia E. Kirkham. Elijah Wammack.
grandfather of William Wammack, was born in Virginia, and immigrated to
Tennessee when a young man, being one of the pioneer settlers of that
country His wife, Elizabeth (Patterson) Wammack, was born in North
Carolina, near the lines of Virginia. The paternal grandparents, Joseph
and Lavinia Moxley, were both natives of Virginia. Mr. Moxley was but
fourteen years old at the breaking out of the Revolutionary War, but he
joined the American army at that early age, and assisted in making his
country free and independent. William Wammack remained in Tennessee
until thirteen years of age, when he moved with his parents to Benton
County, Ark. The country at that time was wild and unsettled, schools
were scarce, and Mr. Wammack received but a common education. He
remained with his parents until 1861, working on the farm, and was then
married to Miss Elizabeth J. Harrell, daughter of Isaac and Clarissa
(Asby) Harrell, who were from Rutherford County, Tenn. Nine children
were the result of this union, five now living: Asbury O., Mrs. Nettie
A. Davis, William F., Richard I. and Clarissa L. Those deceased were
named John A., Martha L., Thomas E. and Robert E. After marriage Mr.
Wammack followed farming on rented land until the breaking out of the
war, when he went to Kausas, and there remained three years. He then
returned to Benton County, Ark., and purchased eighty acres of timbered
land in Osage Township. At the end of twelve years he traded for a farm
in Dixon Township, where he lived for five years. He then sold out and
purchased the farm where he now lives, which consists of 200 acres of
land, fifty acres under cultivation. He also owns forty acres in Dixon
Township. Mr. and Mrs. Wammack are members of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church.