Biography of William Wynn, Clay Co, AR

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

William Wynn. In giving a history of the prominent citizens of Clay County,
Ark., the biographical department of this work would be incomplete without
mentioning the gentleman whose name heade this sketch, for he is deservedly
ranked among its prominent planters and stock dealers. His birth occurred in
West Tennessee in 1857, being the fifth of thirteen children born to W. J. and
Mary (Barker) Wynn, who were natives of the "Old North State" and Tennessee,
respectively. W. J. Wynn became an early resident of Tennessee and eventually
acquired considerable wealth, owning some 1,500 acres of land, and he and wife
are now residents of Tiptonville. William Wynn while young aided his father on
the plantation, receiving his education in the district schools and the schools
of Tiptonville. In October, 1885, he was married in Benton County to Miss
Arabelle Walker, a native of Tennessee, and soon after this settled on his farm
in Clay County, Ark., which he had purchased in 1884. It then comprised 160
acres of land, but since locating he has greatly improved and increased his
property until he is now the owner of 696 acres in Kilgore and Carpenter
Townships. He has cleared about 200 acres and has 400 under cultivation. He puts
in annually 150 acres of cotton, and devotes the rest to the cereals and to the
pasturage of a large number of cattle, horses, and mules, in which he is an
extensive dealer. He has the largest amount of land in a tillable condition of
any one in Kilgore Township, and has done his full share in developing and
furthering the interests of Clay County, being especially concerned in the cause
of education, to which he gives his liberal support. He has never been a very
active politician, but has always given his influence to the Democratic party.
In March, 1888, he lost his excellent wife, who had borne him two children:
Thomas William and John Henry, and he was afterward wedded in Clay County in
September, 1888, to Mrs. Margaret (Allen) Toms, who was born in Kentucky, and is
a daughter of Daniel Allen. The father was also a Kentuckian, but in 1880 became
a resident of Carpenter Township, Clay County, Ark., where he and wife are
living at the present time, being worthy and successful tillers of the soil. Mr.
Wynn is a member of the Agricultural Wheel, and during his short residence in
the county, he has become well known for his intelligence, enterprise, and
liberality, not only in a business way, but socially, and commands the respect,
confidence and esteem of all who know him.