Biography of Lucas Coleman 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.

Lucas Coleman Milam, farmer and stock raiser of Franklin County, is a
native of Franklin County, Tenn., and was born March 3, 1836. His
parents are Thomas F. and Margaret A. (Bell) Milam. Our subject grew
to manhood in Hardin County, Tenn., in the common schools of which
county he received his education. He chose farming as an occupation,
and in 1859 located on a farm in Franklin County, Ark. In 1861 he
enlisted in the Confederate army with his father, and took part in the
battles of Pea Ridge and Iuka. He was captured at the battle of
Corinth, Miss., but was paroled in a short time and sent to Vicksburg,
and afterward returned to his home, where he remained for over one
year. In January, 1864, he enlisted in Company E, Eighteenth Iowa
Infantry, and served until the close of the war, receiving his
discharge at Little Rock July 21, 1865. He then went to Fort Smith,
Ark., where he remained a few months, and subsequently returned to his
home, where he resumed farming on the old homestead with his brothers,
and in 1869 he engaged in merchandising and cotton-ginning, in
partnership with his brothers, at Sub Rosa, until 1871. In 1879 he
again engaged in partnership with his brother, C. J. Milam, in a gin
and mill at Lose Creek, in which he continued until 1883. In 1871 he
married Susan Hoyle, daughter of James M. Hoyle, one of the early
settlers of Franklin County, in which county she was reared and
educated. Nine children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Milam, viz.:
Arthur L., Amanda J., James M., Joseph L., Lorenzo D., Malinda F.,
Bertha V., Pearlie A. and an infant. After his marriage Mr. Milam
settled on a farm one-half mile south of Sub Rosa, and removed to his
present farm in 1880. He owns two good farms of 365 acres, and has 160
acres broken and under cultivation. In politics he is a Republican.
Mrs. Milam is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South.