GOODSPEEDS' BIOGRAPHIES OF MADISON COUNTY, AR

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W. M. Stotts, junior member of the above firm [reference to GILLILAND & STOTTS
mentioned in biography on James GILLILAND] was born February 27, 1840. His
father, Hiram Stotts, was born in East Tennessee about 1805, and after his
marriage came and settled five miles south of where Huntsville now stands. His
death occurred November 19, 1860. The mother, Rosanah F. (McCONNEL) Stotts, was
born in Alabama about 1809, and died August 21, 1888, at the residence of her
son in Huntsville, Ark. Of the eight children born to her, five are now living,
one in Texas and four in this county. 

Our subject remained with his parents until his enlistment in the army February
26, 1863. He served in the First Arkansas Infantry, United States Volunteers,
until August 10, 1865. He then farmed some time, and for three years was engaged
in the internal revenue service. In 1887 he embarked in the hardware business
with Mr. Gilliland, and is now one of the leading business men of the place. 

February 7, 1864, he married Mary SHEPHERD, of Waldron, Ark., which union has
been blessed with seven children: Francis, Nannie, James, Lizzie, Annie, Thomas
and Charles. Mrs. Stotts is a member of the Christian Church, and Mr. Stotts is
a Royal Arch Mason and a member of the I.O.O.F. and G.A.R. In politics he is a
Republican." (Goodspeeds History of NW AR...)