Carroll Co., AR - Biographies - William R. Sneed

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William R. Sneed, a prominent citizen and one of the most successful 
farmers of Carroll County, Ark., is a native of the county. He was 
born where he now resides on March 23, 1837, and is a son of Charles 
Sneed, a native of Kentucky, and Jane Coker, a native of Tennessee. 
Charles Sneed was reared in his native State, and when a young man 
came to Arkansas, where he was married. Prior to 1828 he located in 
Carroll County, and is said to have been the first settler on Osage 
Creek, where he pre-empted land and improved a farm, on which he 
resided until his death in the spring of 1865. He served as sheriff 
for about eight years. His wife died in 1878. William R. Sneed was 
reared on his father's farm, and at the outbreak of the Civil War 
enlisted in the Confederate army. In 1861 he joined the first company 
that was raised in Carroll County. This company belonged to the First 
Infantry, which was commanded by Col. Peel. After about one year's 
service Mr. Sneed was discharged. He then enlisted in Col. Harrell's 
battalion and served awhile, when he was discharged on account of 
partial deafness. Upon returning home he engaged in merchandising, and 
in 1869 built a store-house on his farm, in which he sold goods about 
fourteen years. In connection with his mercantile business he managed 
his farm, to which he now gives his whole attention. Mr. Sneed is one 
of the most successful business men of the county, and has accumulated 
considerable property. His marriage with Melrose McCracken, a native 
of Madison County, Ark., and a daughter of Ewing McCracken, was 
celebrated in Madison County on February 14, 1869, and to them have 
been born two sons, Charley, aged fifteen years, and Willie, aged 
four. Mrs. Sneed is an earnest Christian and a member of the 
Cumberland Presbyterian Church.