Biography of John H. Stephens - Craighead Co, AR

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

page 357

John H. Stephens is a substantial farmer of Craighead County, and was
born in Bedford County, Tenn., June 7, 1826. His father, Wiley Stephens,
was a native of North Carolina, and a very successful farmer until his
death in 1873. His mother, Mildred (Carlisle) Stephens, was also a native
of North Carolina, and both she and her husband lived consistent
Christian lives, and were members of the Baptist Church. After her
husband's death, she was married to H. Smith, and died in 1886. J. H.
Stephens was the eldest of eight children, only two others, William S.
and Leander, the youngest, now living. He has 295 acres of land, half of
which is very rich farming land, and of this he has cleared about eighty
acres. He also gives much attention to stock raising, and owns many fine
horses, mules, and Poland-China hogs. He is a Mason, and a member of the
Grange, and is popular among his many friends. Both he and his wife, who
is a member of the Methodist Church, are liberal to all progressive
enterprises.