Izard Co., AR - Biographies - Thomas A. Nail

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Thomas A. Nail is one of the industrious farmers and law-abiding citizens of
Izard County, Ark., and has a good farm of 160 acres, which he has acquired by
his own energy and good management since the close of the Civil War. His
property is located on Lafferty's Creek, and is considered very valuable, as it
is underlaid with mineral ore in paying quantities. Twenty-five acres are under
the plow, and are in an exceedingly fertile condition. Mr. Nail was born in the
State of Mississippi, in 1842, and at the early age of eighteen years he was
united in the bonds of matrimony to Miss Sallie Brown, a daughter of Levi Brown,
of Izard County. To them were born a family of three children: William A., Mary
F. and Charles F. When the Civil War broke out he, in 1862, joined the cavalry
under Capt. George W. Rutherford, now of Independence County, Ark., and was in
many important engagements during his service. He surrendered at Jacksonport and
returned home, and has since given his attention to farming with the above
mentioned results. He is a son of William S. Nail, whose sketch precedes this.