Biography of I H Pillow, Greene Co, AR

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

page 166

I. H. Pillow, deputy sheriff, farmer and stock raiser of Greene County, Ark., is a
native of Giles County, Tenn., where he was born in 1851, being a son of Levi and
Elizabeth (Willcockson) Pillow, also natives of that State. They came to Greene
County, Ark., in 1851, settling on the farm on which the subject of this sketch is
now living. The father made some valuable improvements on his place of 320 acres, and
at the time of his death, in 1862, had cleared thirty acres from timber. In 1862 he
enlisted in Capt. Clemens' company, Gen. Pillow's brigade, and at the tight at Fort
Pillow became overheated, from the effects of which he died seven days later. He was
a Democrat politically, a Methodist in religious belief, and was a man always noted
for his public spirit and benevolence. He left a widow and three children to mourn
his loss, the names of the latter being: I. H., Sina M., wife of F. F. Martin, a
farmer of Greene County, and Sarah A., wife of N. A. Danley, also a farmer of Greene
County. Mrs. Pillow was left to care for her children with but little means, but with
the aid of her son, she succeeded in doing well for them. I. H. Pillow received only
a limited education in his youth, but, assisted by his mother, with subsequent
application he has become a practical and intelligent business man. December 28,
1872, he was married to Miss Martha, a daughter of Absalom and Mary (Cobal) Arnel,
Tennesseeans, and by her became the father of two children: Mary E. and Annie Elnora.
Mrs. Pillow died on the 29th of September, 1875, and November 26, 1876, he wedded
Mrs. Martha (Newsom) Wood, a daughter of Henry and Grace A. Newsom, natives of
Mississippi. To this last marriage four children have been born: Ida Lee, Joseph
Henry. Thomas A. and Charley. Ninety acres of his 160 acre farm are under
cultivation, and well improved and cultivated. His orchard is large and well selected
and his crop is usually extensive. He is interested in stock-breeding, and has a fine
Norman and Morgan stallion. His cattle are of the Durham breed, and his hogs are
Berkshire and Jersey. During the fall, for the past fifteen years, he has operated a
threshing machine. Mr. Pillow, his wife, and two daughters are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is a class leader, and in his political views
he is a stanch Democrat, having been elected on that ticket, in 1887, to the office
of deputy sheriff, which position he has very acceptably filled up to the present
time.