Biography, William A Marrs Madison County, AR

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WILLIAM A. MARRS was born in Madison County, Ark., June 2, 1848, his parents
being MATTHEW L. and ELIZABETH (WILLIAMS) MARRS. The father has long been a
resident of this State, having been born in the western part, and having spent
over forty-two years engaged in farming two miles from St. Paul. The mother is
still living and was born in Kentucky in 1822. 

William A. Marrs remained with his parents upon their farm until 1872, when he
married ELLEN LEAR, on March 16. This lady was a native of Kentucky and the
mother of four children: GERTRUDE (deceased), ALICE, ABBY and ELLEN. She was a
Methodist in religion, as is also Mr. Marrs, and died in that faith March 14,
1888. 

At the age of twenty-three Mr. Marrs engaged in the mercantile business at St.
Paul, where he remained nine years. He then spent a year traveling in Texas,
and in January 1880, came to Huntsville where he has since been successfully
doing business in partnership with W. H. BOLINGER.