Biography of John Frew, Clay Co, AR

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From: 
The Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of N. E. Ark.
Biographical Information.

John C. Frew. Prominent among the successful farmers and stock-raisers of
Haywood Township stands the name of the above-mentioned gentleman, who was born
in Weakley County, Tenn., June 15, 1843, and is the son of A. and Sarah
(Hattler) Frew, the former a native of North Carolina and his wife of Tennessee.
A. Frew went to Tennessee when a young man, was married there and afterwards
engaged in farming, which he continued all his life. He died in November, 1885,
and his wife died in June of the same year. Their family consisted of three sons
and three daughters, all of whom grew to mature years. One sister has since
died, but the others are all residents of Arkansas. John C., the eldest of this
family, remained with his parents until after his marriage, which occurred in
Obion County, November 11, 1866, to Miss Eda Tennessee Rucker, a native of
Middle Tennessee, and the daughter of Samuel W. Rucker. After marriage Mr. Frew
raised one crop on the old home place, and then moved to Obion County, where he
farmed for five years. He moved to Arkansas in the fall of 1872, and located in
what is now Clay County, and on the place where he at present resides. The place
at that time had a few acres cleared and on it was a log cabin. Since then Mr.
Frew has cleared the farm, erected buildings and has greatly improved it. He
owns 120 acres, sixty fenced and under cultivation, and has a fine young apple
and peach orchard. To his marriage were born two children: Laura Victoria, wife
of J. I. Williams, and Geneva, a miss of ten years. Mr. Frew is a member of the
Agricultural Wheel and served as president of the same one term.