Crawford Co., AR - Biographies - A. J. Nordin

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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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A. J. Nordin, merchant and minister, was born in Crawford County, 
Ark., in 1852, and is a son of Alexander and Betsey E. (Dodd) Nordin, 
natives of North Carolina and Tennessee, who died in 1863 and 1887, 
respectively. They were married in Tennessee, and in 1835 came to 
Crawford County and engaged in farming. Five of their children are now 
living: Mrs. Mary J. Townswell, Mrs. Arabella Seratt, Mrs. Ann L. 
Swinford, Mrs. Drueilla Furlow, of Barry County, Mo., and our subject, 
all save one being residents of this county. A. J. Nordin attended 
school in this county six months during his youth, and at the age of 
nineteen began life on his own account. January 22, 1871, he married 
Louisa Lane, daughter of Samuel P. and Nancy (Seratt) Lane. Mrs. 
Nordin was born in Illinois in 1849, and died in 1881, having borne 
five children: Francis Marion, Nancy Emeline, George Wesley, Mary J. 
(deceased) and William (deceased). December 22, 1881, Mr. Nordin was 
married to Miss Hannah Alice Arnold, daughter of Manuel and Mary 
(Anderson) Arnold, a native of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold were born and 
reared in the same State, and from there went to Iowa, and afterward 
to Kansas, then to Benton County, Ark., then to Texas, then to 
Washington County, Ark., and finally located in Crawford County, where 
Mr. Arnold engaged in farming, blacksmithing and carpentering. He 
served in the war as a blacksmith. Four of his six children are 
living: Joseph Warren, Samuel Wayne, Mrs. Nordin and Mrs Elizabeth 
Kimes, all residents of Crawford County. Mr. and Mrs. Nordin are the 
parents of the following children: Obedience, Medy, Arthur, and Arrema 
(deceased). Mr. Nordin, although he began life poor, has accumulated a 
comfortable property, the most of which he has made by merchandising. 
He owns a one-half interest in a mercantile store, valued at about 
$3,000, and has 240 acres of land, seventy-five of which he has under 
cultivation. Since 1876 he has preached in the Methodist Protestant 
Church. his labors having extended over Missouri and Arkansas. He is a 
Republican and a member of the Masonic and I. O. O. F. orders. 

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