Biography of Lorenzo C. Gammill, 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.

Lorenzo C. Gammill, a farmer and teacher of Franklin County, is a
native of Hardin County, Tenn., and was born April 5, 1855. His
parents are Chesley M. and Margaret S. (Milam) Gammill, with whom he
came to Franklin County in 1857. The money with which to pay his
schooling he earned working on a farm, and he received his education
at Grand Prairie. He began his career as a teacher when fifteen years
of age, as assistant teacher under Prof. Green, at Hickory Point; two
years later he entered the public schools as a teacher, and continued
this occupation until the winter of 1887-88. He is one of the best
known teachers in Franklin County. Since 1880, during the school
vacations, he has been engaged in merchandising for his uncle, C. J.
Milam, at Sub Rosa. In 1878 Mr. Gammill married Miss Mary A. Smith, of
Franklin County, who was born at Gammiel in 1860, and is a daughter of
Capt. Smith, of the Confederate army, who came from Alabama to
Arkansas in 1857, locating on a farm in Franklin County. Capt. Smith
was a wheel-wright and cabinet-maker by occupation. To Mr. and Mrs.
Gammill have been born three children, viz.: Geneva, born July 20,
1879; Beatrice, born August 20, 1881, and Edith, born October 21,
1884. Mrs. Gammill is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Gammill is a
prominent Republican of Franklin County, and was candidate for county
clerk on the Republican ticket in 1880; in 1888 he was appointed one
of the commissioners of accounts of his county, and on April 17 was
made notary public. He is engaged in the study of law, and besides
being an industrious and enterprising young man, is now engaged with
his uncle, C. J. Milam, in merchandising, and is assistant postmaster
at Sub Rosa, Ark.