Biography of J A Leatherwood, Mississippi Co, AR ********************************************************************* USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free Information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. Submitted by: Michael Brown Date: Sep 1998 ********************************************************************* Bibliography: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern Arkansas. Chicago: Goodspeed Publishers, 1890. J. A. Leatherwood is a man whom nature seems to have especially designed to be a planter, for, owing to his desire to keep out of the beaten path, and to his adoption of new and improved methods, together with industry and good judgment, he has met with more than the average degree of success in pursuing his calling. He was born in Tishomingo County, Miss., in 1858, and there received his education in the district schools, which, in his day, were not of the best. At the age of nineteen years he began clerking in a store belonging to S. N. DeWoody, who was afterward succeeded by J. J. Comon & Co., of whom Gov. Stone, of Mississippi, was the “Co.” and the leading member of the firm. He remained with them for about three years, acquiring a thorough knowledge of the business in all its details. In 1885 he came to Mississippi County, Ark., where he settled on a plantation with his brother, J. D. Leatherwood, they renting a tract of land consisting of 200 acres, which they devoted to the raising of cotton, and employed from twenty to thirty hands. Two years later they rented the Idaho Landing plantation, which place they have leased for seven years. They have a steam cottongin, and aside from this and farming they are quite extensively engaged in conducting a mercantile establishment, and are in possession of the landing at the river, where they conduct a large woodyard. J. A. Leatherwood is a member of Lodge No. 180, of the K. of H. J. D. Leatherwood is a native of Tishomingo County, Miss., where he was born in 1861, his educational advantages being about the same as his brother's. On reaching manhood he engaged in the livery business in Inka, Miss., but at the end of three years came with his brother to Mississippi County, Ark., where he has since been following the occupation of a planter and merchant. In 1887 he was married to Miss Dixie Dean of Iuka, Miss., by whom he had one child, Lloyd, who died in infancy.