Biographies of Francis M. Newcom & Robert T. Wallace - Craighead Co, AR

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SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas.
Goodspeed Publishers, 1889.

page 348

Francis M. Newcom and Robert T. Wallace are both natives of Kentucky, the former
born in Crittenden County, October 15, 1855, the latter in what is now Webster
County, August 27, 1847. They are now prosperous and representative farmers of
Craighead County, Ark.

Francis M. Newcom [p.348] is a son of W. D. and M. E. (Heath) Newcom, natives of
Kentucky, who later settled in Webster County, where both parents died. Francis
M. came to Arkansas in 1882, and three years later to his present residence. He
has cleared and now has under cultivation seventy-five acres of good land.
October 12, 1882, he was united in marriage with Eliza Wallace, born and reared
in Kentucky, and to this union have been born four children: Ivy Lillie, Nannie
D., Lee E., and Rosa Belle (deceased). Mr. Newcom is a prominent member of the
Missionary Baptist Church.

Robert T. Wallace is the eldest of the six children born to the union of Col.
Benjamin P. Wallace and Eliza Bruce, natives of Kentucky. The father was a
farmer in his native State, and in the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate
service, in which he was colonel. He died July 12, 1870, the mother having
previously died July 16, 1869. Robert T. was reared in Kentucky, and lived with
his father until his death, when he bought the old homestead, on which he
resided until he came to Arkansas, in 1882. He had been deputy sheriff for one
year, and sheriff for two. Since 1882 he has resided in Arkansas, except one
year spent in Howell County, Mo., and he moved to his present location Christmas
of 1887. He owns several tracts of land, and has a well-cultivated farm. July
17, 1875, he married Annie Moore, also a native of Kentucky, and a daughter of
Allen Moore. They had grown up together in the same county. The fruits of this
union have been four children, only one living, Mauds. Those deceased are
Florence, died in 1885, at the age of nine years; Molly, died when five years of
age, and Willie, who died at three years of age. The parents are both consistent
Christians, the father a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and the
mother of the Methodist Church. Mr. Wallace is a member of the I. O. O. F.