Biography of A L Dover, Greene Co, AR

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        Date: 5 Sep 1998
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Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas

page 136

A. L. Dover, proprietor of a saw and grist-mill and cotton-gin, situated
near the Fair Ground in Clark Township, was born in Blount County, Ala., in 1848, and
was the third in a family of nine children born to B. A. and Patsy (Fielding) Dover,
the former a native of North Carolina and the latter of Georgia. They settled in
Alabama in 1847, where the father opened up a farm and resided several years, and in
1868 moved to Poinsett County, Ark., where he settled and improved another farm.
Since 1874 he has lived in Greene County. His wife died in 1884. A. L. Dover received
his early education in Alabama, and after coming to Poinsett County began farming for
himself, and like his father has resided in Greene County since 1874. The year
following his location here he purchased a tract of land containing 128 acres, which
was heavily covered with timber, and commenced immediately to clear it. He now has
sixty acres under cultivation, which are well improved with good buildings and
orchard. In 1876 he was married to Miss Tennessee V. Yates, a daughter of Henderson
and Martha Yates, who were born in Tennessee and Virginia, respectively; the father
came to Greene County, Ark, in 1875, his wife having died in Tennessee the year
before. Mr. Yates is now residing in Paragould. Mr. Dover votes with [p.136] the
Democratic party, and was elected on that ticket to the office of magistrate, which
position he held four years. He has always taken an interest in school matters and is
now a member of the school board. Socially he belongs to the Masonie fraternity and
the I. O. O. F., Paragould Lodge. He and wife became the parents of five children.
three of whom are living: William Wallace, Leander Byrd and Henderson Franklin.
Arthur Bruce died at the age of one year, and Major Osear died when two years of age.