LONOKE CO, AR - WILLIAM H. PYBURN - Bio Source: Biog and Hist Memoirs of Central Arkansas pub 1889 by Goodspeed Publishing Co., P. 640: Submitted by: Cam Pyburn [wpyburn@texoma.net] ====================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. ====================================================================== William H. Pyburn: prominent among the citizens of Lonoke is William H. Pyburn, a native of Arkansas, born in Monroe (now Prairie) county on March 11, 1840 and a son of Richard and Nancy (Kellem) Pyburn, formerly of Missouri and Kentucky respectively. Richard Pyburn came to Arkansas in 1823, and located at Indian Bay on the White River where he engaged in the mercantile business, also following the occupation of steamboating, and piloted the first boat up the White River. He became a very popular citizen, and represented Prairie County in the General Assembly of Arkansas His death which occurred in 1855 at Pyburn's Bluff was deeply felt by the entire community. ======================================================================