Biography of G B Holifield, Clay Co, AR

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

Hon. G. B. Holifield, who stands at the head of the legal profession in the
Eastern district of Clay County, is a native of Graves County, Ky., and the son
of T. M. Holifield, who came to Clay County, Ark., with his wife and four
children, November 15, 1855, and settled two miles northeast of Boydsville. Here
G. B. Holifield was reared and here he received the meager schooling afforded by
the then few subscription schools of the county. Later he finished his education
by attending six months at Gainesville, Ark., and later, after studying law for
some time, was admitted to the bar in August, 1881, in the Western district of
Clay County. He has been in constant practice since. In 1878 he was elected to
the legislature, but previous to this he had filled the position of justice of
the peace for three terms. He has always been quite active in politics, though
as there is nominally only the one party, he has made but few speeches. His
first marriage was to Miss Mary Cummings in 1871, and the fruits of this union
were two children who survive their mother, she dying February 4, 1878. They are
named as follows: William Stanford and Martha J. For his second wife Mr.
Holifield chose Miss Verdilla P. Perrian, of Clay County, and three children,
Etta Lee. Mary Susan and Otis Oscar, are the result of this union. Mr. Holifield
is one of the prominent legal lights of the county, and is thoroughly apace with
the times in every respect. He and wife are members of the Methodist Protestant
Church.