William Jasper Craven, Calhoun County, AR

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SOURCE: Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889.
Contributed by Carol Smith.
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Calhoun County, Arkansas - from Goodspeed's History of Arkansas

William Jasper Craven is a resident of Calhoun County, Summerville post-office, Jackson Township, and was born June 29,
1849. His parents, George W. and Agnes M. (Webb) Craven, came from Bibb County, Alabama, to Union County, Arkansas
about 1849, and here it was that our subject was born, the eldest of a family of five children, viz: William J., Elizabeth, Amanda,
Mary Jane and Columbus. The latter died in July, 1863. The subject of this short sketch commenced doing for himself at the
age of twenty-one years, selecting farming as his occupation. He owns a farm of 240 acres with eighty under cultivation. Mr.
Craven was married in 1873 to Miss Martha L. Ricks, a daughter of J. D. and Martha M. Ricks, who came from North
Carolina about 1848, and settled in Calhoun County. To this union have been born six children, all living, viz: Martha A., James
David, William A., Annetta M., Robert J., and Carrie L.. Although taking no active part in the politics of his county, Mr.
Craven is a staunch Democrat. He is at present serving as magistrate; was first elected in 1874 and has served ever since, with
the exception of two years, when he was elected, but resigned. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, also of the Farmers'
Alliance and Industrial Union. Mr. Craven takes a deep interest in all things that concern the welfare of the community in which
he resides.