Mrs. Sarah A. Hearnsberger, 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

Mrs. Sarah A. Hearnsberger. There are in every community some persons who, on account of their industry, and practical management of the
affairs which fall to their lot, deserve special credit, and such is Mrs. Hearnsberger. She is the relict of Stephen Emmett Hearnsberger., and the
daughter of John Hutchins and Jane M. (Thurman) Phillips, both of whom were born in Georgia, the former in 1792. The mother's death occurred
on September 29, 1865, and the father's in 1856, and both departed life in this county, whither they had moved from Alabama at an early day. Of
the seven children born to their marriage four lived to maturity, and two are still living, Mrs. Hearnsberger being the fifth in order of birth. Her
life up to the age of thirteen years was passed in Tennessee, but her parents then moved to Alabama, and for the next thirteen years this State
continued to be her home. Later they came to Arkansas, and in 1850 she was married to Mr. Hearnsberger, who had come to this State with his
parents in 1846, among the early settlers, and chose a home in Calhoun County. He was born in Georgia in 1826, and was a son of Stephen
Zealous and Rebecca (Chaffen) Hearnsberger, both of whom were of German descent. Their marriage was blessed in the birth of eight children,
seven of whom are still living: Aletha J., (now the widow of James Talbot ), John H. (married and living on a farm near his mother; he holds
membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South), Jesse P. (a resident of Fordyce), Elizabeth (wife of H. Burrow), William E. (also married
and residing on a farm near his mother), Sara W. and Cornelius H. Mr. Hearnsberger engaged in agricultural pursuits, and was an excellent
farmer, and, above all, thoroughly honest. At the time of his death, which occurred on November 12, 1889, he was the owner of a farm of 320
acres of valuable land, and left his widow and children well provided for. He was a member of the Missionary Baptist, as is also his widow and
four of their children.