Biography of John V Landrum, Greene Co, AR

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

page 154

John V. Landrum, of the mercantile firm of Stallcup & Landrum, Paragould.
There are a number of men prominently identified with the mercantile interests of
Greene County, but none among them are more deserving of mention than John V.
Landrum, who, although not old in years, is a substantial business man. He was born
in Weakley County, Tenn., August 18, 1853, and is the son of James and Emeline
(Anderson) Landrum, the father a native of Halifax County, Va., and the mother of
Dickson County, Tenn. The parents were married in the last mentioned State, and
reared ten children, six of whom are living at the present time: Lucy A., widow of
Mr. Turner; James M., Edward D., Samuel H., Fannie E., wife of J. N. Wright; and John
V. Nancy E. died May 11, 1889. The parents moved from Middle Tennessee to West
Tennessee and died in Weakley County, the father in 1862 and the mother in 1874. The
former followed agricultural pursuits all his life. John V. Landrum, the youngest
member of the family now living, was reared and received the principal part of his
education in Weakley County, Tenn. He remained on the farm until twenty-one years of
age, after which he completed his education as best he could and then taught school
for three years in Gibson County. After this he engaged in the mill business for one
year. In 1883 he came to Greene County, Ark., from Carroll County, Tenn., located in
Paragould, and immediately embarked in the mercantile business in partnership with
his brother, James M., who was the first man to sell [p.154] goods in Paragould. In
November. 1884, he married Miss Ella M. Stalcup, and the fruits of this union are two
children: Horace M. and Charles V. Mr. Landrum continued in business with his brother
for about two years, after which he sold out to him and formed a partnership with his
father-in-law, C. T. Stalcup, with whom he is carrying on business at the present
time. They keep a large stock of goods and have built up a good trade. Aside from
this Mr. Landrum is the owner of a good farm of 160 acres, also some valuable town
property, and has one of the finest residences in Paragould, in fact, one of the best
in the county. Mr. and Mrs. Landrum are both faithful members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South. He served four years as treasurer of Paragould, and is an
enterprising and public spirited citizen. They are members of the Triple Alliance
Life Association. His maternal grandfather, Benjamin C. Anderson, was reared and
married in the blue grass region of Kentucky. He moved to Dickson County, Tenn.,
while a young man, where he lived to the ripe old age of eighty-five, and died at his
daughter's, Mrs. Emeline Landrum, in Weakley County, Tenn., at the age of eighty-
seven.