Crawford Co., AR - Biographies - M. L. London

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed 
Publishing Co., 1889.
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M. L. London was born in Tennessee in 1837, and is the second son of 
John J. and Juda (Burnett) London, natives of South Carolina and 
Tennessee, respectively. The parents were married in Tennessee, and in 
1846 came to Crawford County, Ark., where they afterward resided 
engaged in farming. Four of their children are still living: R. H. 
London, of this county; Mrs. J. Barker, of Prairie Grove; Mrs. Ruth 
Hale, of this county, and our subject. Mr. and Mrs. London died in 
1878 and 1877, respectively. The grandfather, John J., and his wife, 
were natives of Virginia, and wealthy farmers. The maternal 
grandfather, John Bernett, was born in Virginia, and in 1846 came to 
Crawford County, Ark., from Tennessee. He was a farmer and a soldier 
in the War of 1812. He died in 1872 aged one hundred and ten. The 
grandmother, Saldie Burnett, was born in Virginia, and died in 
Crawford County in 1872. Our subject received but a limited education, 
and when eighteen began life on his own account by stock raising. In 
1855 he married Angeline R. Hargrove, who was born in this county in 
1839 and died in 1858. She was the mother of two children, John 
Houston and Angeline Briscoe, both of whom still live in the county. 
She was a daughter of William and Angeline R. (Whitehall) Hargrove, 
natives of Mississippi. Mr. Hargrove assisted in driving the Indians 
into the Territory, and then came to Crawford County. Mr. London was 
afterward married in Denton County, Texas, to Mrs. Lucy (Tolle) 
Briscoe, who was born in Lewis County, Mo., in 1840, and is a daughter 
of Nimrod and Sidney (Mallory) Tolle, natives of Virginia, who went to 
Texas from Missouri in 1859. Mr. Tolle was a farmer, and in 1861 
enlisted in Company E, Twenty-ninth Texas Cavalry, under Col. DeMoss. 
He was killed in Texas by bushwhackers in 1864. By his second marriage 
Mr. London has seven children, all of whom live in Crawford County. 
They are Ella Hargrove, Nathaniel W., Juda, Rose, Fanny, Samuel and 
Maude. In 1859 Mr. London went to Texas, but ten years after came to 
Crawford County, where he owns a farm of 364 acres on Cove Creek, 165 
acres of which he cultivates. Cotton and corn are his principal 
productions. He also owns a store, grist and saw-mill, and a cotton-
gin. He cast his first presidential vote for Stephen A. Douglas in 
1860. and has since voted the Democratic ticket. In 1861 Mr. London 
enlisted in Company E, First Choctaw Regiment, commanded by Col. 
Walker, and for one year served under Capt. Welch. He was then 
transferred to the Twenty-ninth Texas Cavalry, commanded by Col. 
DeMoss, and served until discharged at Galveston in July, 1865. Among 
the battles in which he participated may be mentioned Elk Horn, 
Newtonia, Possahola, Saline River and Mark Mills. Mr. London belongs 
to the Masonic fraternity. 

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