Biography of P P B Hynson, Fulton Co, AR

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        Date: 26 Sep 1998
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P. P. B. Hynson of the general mercantile firm of Archer, Daniel & Co. of
Mammoth Spring, Ark., was born in Batesville, Independence County, in 1851, his
parents being William and Rosalie (Burton) Hynson, the former of Maryland by
birth and rearing. In 1838 he came to Arkansas, and located at Batesville,
where he married in 1842, and resided until his death in 1858, at the age of
forty-three years. His family came from England and settled upon the eastern
shore of Maryland. His wife was born in Virginia, and now resides in
Batesville, having become the mother of four children. The maternal
grandfather, P. P. Burton, was a native of Virginia, and was a successful
physician; he graduated from a medical college at Philadelphia, and first
practiced his profession at Lexington, Va., then at Holly Springs, Miss., and
finally located in Little Rock, Ark., in 1840. He was a practicing physician
for sixty years, and was United States surgeon at Little Rock for many years.
His death occurred in 1872 at the age of eighty-five years. The great
grandfather was a Scotchman, who moved from his native land to the colonies at
an early day, and during the progress of the Revolutionary War served in the
Continental army in the rank of major. He was donated 4,000 acres of land by
the Government for valuable services. P. P. B. Hynson was educated in
Batesville, Ark., and began life for himself as a clerk in a general mercantile
store in that town at the age of sixteen years, continuing until 1871 when he
became a member of the firm, remaining as such until 1873. Since 1876 he has
been a resident of Fulton County, Ark., and has been associated with his
present partners. They carry a stock of goods valued at about $22,000. Mr.
Hynson is president and a stockholder of the Mammoth Spring Fish Farm, is a
director in the Motor Light & Water Company and is a director of the Building &
Loan Association, all of these companies being incorporated. He was married in
1879 to Miss Mollie McKee, of Owensboro, Ky., and their union has resulted in
the birth of four children: Robert T., Rosalie B., Lawrence M. and Selden L.
Mr. Hynson is a Democrat. His grandmother was a Scott, a relative of Gen.
Scott.