Crawford Co., AR - Biographies - H. L. Pesterfield

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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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H. L. Pesterfield was born in East Tennessee in 1827, and is a son of 
David and Esther (Dunham) Pesterfield, both natives of East Tennessee, 
also. The [p.1185] father was by trade a cabinet-maker. The mother 
died in Washington County, Ark., in 1887. The grandfather, Henry 
Pesterfield, was born in Germany, and after coming to America passed 
his life in Illinois. He was a mechanic. Our subject obtained his 
education while working in the field, and in 1857 married Nancy Gant, 
daughter of John and Adeline (Dowsey) Gant. The marriage took place in 
Nasbville, Tenn., while, with her parents, Mrs. Pesterfield was 
journeying from Tennessee to Texas. In 1866 they moved from Texas to 
Arkansas, where Mr. Pesterfield has since lived. To them four children 
were born: Esther A. Irwin, Sarah Ann Burgess, Mary Frances McAllister 
and Josephine Bacon, all of whom live near home. Mrs. Pesterfield died 
August 16, 1866, and in 1871 Mr. Pesterfield married Miss Susan 
McMaster, daughter of W. J. and Margaret (Harris) McMaster, who was 
born in North Carolina in 1850. Mr. and Mrs. McMaster were born in 
North Carolina in 1813 and 1827, respectively. In 1854 they left their 
native State and went to Missouri; in 1860 went to Texas, and in 1863 
came to Arkansas. Mr. McMaster was a minister in the Methodist Church. 
Mr. and Mrs. Pesterfield have seven children, three being boys and 
four girls. During the days of the Whig party Mr. Pesterfield always 
voted that ticket, being strongly partisan, even at the tender age of 
ten, and since the organization of the Republican party he has been a 
stanch Republican.

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