Biography of James F. Milam, 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.

James F. Milam is a native of Franklin County, Tenn., and was born
April 26, 1840. His parents are Thomas F. and Margaret A. (Bell)
Milam. James F. grew to maturity and received his education in Hardin
County, Tenn., removing to the State of Arkansas with his parents in
1859. In 1861 he enlisted in Company G, Second Arkansas Cavalry,
United States Army, and served until the close of the war, receiving
an honorable discharge at Memphis, Tenn., in August, 1865, when he
returned to Hardin County, Tenn. In 1866 he married Nancy J. Long, of
Hardin County, who was a daughter of Isaac Long, a farmer by
occupation, who was born in South Carolina and went to Tennessee with
his parents in 1838. He died in March, 1887. Nancy J. Long was born in
Hardin County May 25, 1845, and received a common-school education.
Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Milam, viz.: Thomas,
Mary, Francis A., Martha E., Oscar C., Minnie C., now living, and
Louis A. and William L. deceased. The family are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. After his marriage Mr. Milam located on a
farm in Hardin County, Tenn., and in 1878 located on the farm where he
now resides, in Franklin County, Ark. He owns 240 acres, of which 120
acres are under cultivation.