Biography of C P Huckabay, Greene Co, AR

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

page 147

C. P. Huckabay, the leading mill man of this section, was born in Campbell
County, Tenn., and came to Greene County, Ark., about thirty-two years ago. He is a
self made man, was reared on the farm, and picked up his education as best he could
after reaching his majority. The schools were all closed during the war in that
portion of the country, and as Mr. Huckabay was a school boy at that time, his
educational advantages were not of the best. He was industrious, full of energy and
perseverance, and is now the owner of 1,000 acres of land, with seventy-five acres
under cultivation. This he rents, and his time is fully occupied in the lumber and
stave business, being the owner of two large saw-mills, one located in Marmaduke and
the other in the vicinity. The one at Marmaduke has a capacity of 1,500 feet per day,
and the one in the country will run about 8,000 feet. Mr. Huckabay is now building a
tram road three and a half miles into the woods, which will be connected with the
road of Mr. Rosengrant, extending two and a half miles further into a fine timbered
country, and will supply them timber for about five years. Mr. Huckabay has been in
the railroad supply business, getting out ties and other timbers, and at one time ran
about 300 men, furnishing them with provisions from his supply store then located at
Marmaduke. He is now securing all kinds of building and bridge timber. Mr. Huckabay
chose for his companion in life Miss Nancy A. Ramsey, a native of Tennessee, and the
daughter of M. Ramsey (deceased), of Greene County. To this union were born five
children: Virginia E., Nathan P., William B., Carrie A. and Mary. Mr. Huckabay is
conservative, both in polities and religion, not but that he believes in both, but he
considers every one possesses the right to his own views on the subject. He is a
member of the I. O. O. F., belonging to Evergreen Lodge, located at Tilmanville.