MILLER CO, AR - A. S. BLYTHE - Bio

From _The Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas_, 
Published 1890 by Goodspeed.  Chicago, Nashville, and St. Louis:  
The Goodspeed Publishing Co.  1890

Submitted by: Becky Hargett <bhargett@cityscape.net>

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A. S. BLYTHE, sheriff and collector, Miller County.  Mr. BLYTHE was born in Bibb
County, Ala., March 23, 1836, being a son of James and Elizabeth (WEEDEN) BLYTHE,
natives of Alabama and Georgia, respectively.  The father passed away in Alabama, and
after his death his widow married J. W. HAYS and immigrated to Louisiana, thence in
1883 to Arkansas, and took up her residence in Miller County. Her husband has since
died, but she still makes her home here.  He was a very prominent man and held
several offices of trust, both in Alabama, Louisiana, and Arkansas.  He served as
magistrate of Miller County for a number of years, during the late war commanded a
militia regiment.  The subject of this sketch is one of two surviving members of a
family of seven children, his sister, now Mrs. Sarah TAGGART, of Texas, being the
other survivor  Of the four children born to the mother's later marriage, only one,
Alberta, is now living.  A. S. BLYTHE after having left his home, immigrated to
Mississippi and there kept a hotel, livery stable, etc., and became  a great
horseman, but in 1857 disposed of his interests here, and the following year opened
up a livery stable in Homer, La., which he conducted very successfully until at the
breaking out of the late war he left his business to take care of itself, and
enlisted in the Second Louisiana Regiment, his company being the first to leave
Claiborne Parish, La. He served his cause faithfully until the surrender.  The second
year of his service he was elected commander of his company, and later acted in all
the official positions that could be given him. He participated in the battles of
Gettysburg, Sharpsburg, Malvern Hill and the Wilderness, and at all times was a
fearless soldier and a brave officer.  He was with Gen. Jackson, and his army
experience was rough.  At the close of the war he returned to Homer, La., and resumed
the management of his livery business, in connection with farming, and carried on
these two interests at that place until 1876, at which time he opened up a livery and
transfer business in this county, in which he is still interested.  He was elected
sheriff of Miller County in 1888, and has ever since continued in this office, to the
satisfaction of all law-abiding citizens and the terror of the evil doer.  His
marriage to Miss Mary STUART occurred in Louisiana in 1866, and she died in 1883,
after bearing seven children, two of whom only, Florence and Harry, are now living.
Sheriff BLYTHE makes an excellent officer, and is fearless and daring in the
discharge of duty.  
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