GOODSPEEDS' BIOGRAPHIES OF MADISON COUNTY, AR

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JOHN P. SALYER was born in Floyd County, Ky., in 1846, and is a son of FIELDAN
and MARGARET (HALE) SALYER. The father was born March 11, 1805 and was a son
of WILLIAM SALYER, also a native of Virginia, and of Irish descent. William
settled in Kentucky soon after Daniel Boone. Fieldan grew to manhood on his
father's farm in Kentucky, and October 2, 1825, married and afterward farmed
there until 1849, when, with his wife and seven children, he came by water to
Ozark, Ark. He landed on the present site of St. Paul in May, 1849, and
improved a farm upon which he lived until his death, April 14, 1880. He took
an active part in church and school interests, and was an influential citizen.


Margaret Hale was born in Kentucky May 25, 1810. She was reared in her native
State, and although she never became identified with a church, was a good wife
and mother, and a believer in the teachings of the Bible. She died December
26, 1881. She was the mother of seven daughters and one son: MARY born June
25, 1828; SARAH born January 15, 1832; URSLEY born April 25, 1834; ARTY born
May 20, 1836; MALINDA born August 22, 1839, died April 23, 1876; JOHN P. born
Januray 13, 1846; RHODA J. born April 10, 1850. Sarah (now Mrs. HARRIS) lives
in Texas; Ursley (MRS. SPARKS) in Madison County; Arty (MRS. MONTGOMERY) in
Texas; and Rhoda J. (MRS. HILL) in Arkansas. They with John P. are the only
children now living. He came to Arkansas with his parents when four years old.


In 1861 he left home for Texas, and in May, 1865, returned to Madison County,
and began farming on the old homestead, which has been his home since. When
the railroad was built to St. Paul his farm marked the terminus. In July,
1887, he established his present mercantile business in St. Paul and is now
considered one of its leading and representative men. 

January 28, 1866, he married RACHEL ESTEP, a native of this county, whose
parents came from Illinois. Mrs. Salyer is the mother of the following
children: NANCY J. born December 14, 1866 and wife of A. J. ABNER; WILLIAM A.
born April 17, 1869, died November 5, 1888; MARY, born December 7, 1870, died
August 12, 1872; JOHN P., Jr. born November 14, 1872; MARTHA born December 9,
1874; EMILY E. born February 24, 1877; HARVEY S. born May 19, 1879, died
August 13, 1879; DAVID C. born July 22, 1880; CORA born September 18, 1882;
SAMUEL N. born March 20, 1885; GARLAN born April 11, 1887. Mrs. Salyer died
May 11, 1888, a member of the Methodist Church, to which Mr. Salyer also
belongs. (Goodspeeds History of NW AR...)