Biography of Frank M. Elsey, Franklin Co, AR

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed
Publishing Co., 1889.

Frank M. Elsey, stock dealer and shipper, was born in Maries County,
Mo., November 14, 1842, and is a son of John and Rachel (Rowden)
Elsey, natives of [p.1236] Tennessee. In 1840 the parents located in
Maries County, Mo., where they reared their children, and the father
engaged in farming and stock raising until his death in 1862. Our
subject grew to manhood in his native county, and in 1864 enlisted in
the Forty-eighth Missouri Infantry. United States Army, in which he
served until the close of the war. He served most of the time on
detached duty, and participated in the battle of Nashville. After the
war he returned to Maries County, but in 1867 came to Ozark, Ark. He
at first farmed a year, and then followed merchandising several years.
In 1873 he was appointed sheriff, which office he held two terms,
being re-appointed in 1878. He has also served the town of Ozark for
one term as mayor. Mr. Elsey has made two trips with his family to
California, and spent one winter on the coast. In 1873 he established
his present stock business in partnership with his brother. Their
ranch is in this county, and is located south of the Arkansas River.
They are extensive cattle dealers, and last year handled 1,000 head of
cattle. Mr. Elsey was married in Ozark June 2, 1867, to Miss Mary A.
Berry, daughter of Col. T. D. Berry [see sketch]. Mrs. Eisey was
reared and educated in this county, and is the mother of two
daughters: Eva, now attending college at McMillan, Tenn., and Lena,
aged eleven. Mrs. Elsey is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, and Mr. Elsey is a Republican in polities, although after the
war for several years he was a Democrat.