Biography of William H. O. 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.

William H. O. Milam, a farmer by occupation, was born in Hardin
County. Tenn., May 8, 1850, and is a son of Thomas F. and Margaret
Amanda (Bell) Milam. He grew to manhood on his father's farm, in
Franklin County, Ark., and received his education in the common
schools of that county. In 1879 he married Louisa M. Rector, who was
born in Missouri in 1860, and is a daughter of Charles Rector, who
located in Franklin County after the war, and engaged in farming and
carpentering. Mr. and Mrs. Milam have four children: Leonard, Bertie,
Maud and Charlie. Mr. Milam is one of the most enterprising farmers of
Franklin County. He owns 275 acres of land, and has 175 acres under
cultivation, all well improved and upon which are built a good farm-
house and barn. He takes an active interest in educational matters,
and his children enjoy the advantages of the best schools. Mrs. Milam
is a member of the Baptist Church. Politically Mr. Milam's sympathies
are with the Republicans.