Nevada County ArArchives Biographies.....Frisby, Eli H. August 8, 1853 - March 5, 1930 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/arfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Betsy Mills betsym@1starnet.com December 22, 2014, 9:27 am Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Nevada County, Arkansas Author: Goodspeed Publishing Company Eli H. Frisby, one of the leading farmers of Boughton Township, was born in Ouachita County, Ark., on August 8, 1853. His parents, Josiah and Charlotte Frisby, were married in Louisiana in 1847, and were the parents of seven children, viz.: Eli H., Sarah J., Thomas E., Mary A., Malinda A., Amanda E. and one dead. The family moved from Louisiana to Arkansas in 1848, settling at Ouachita County. The mother died in 1861, after which the father married Miss Martha A. Jones, and they have two children, Bettie and Charlotte. The father was married for the third time to Miss Lizzie Blevings, of Nevada, and to them were born four children, viz.: John H., Lucy, Cornelius and Anna. Eli H. Frisby, the subject of this sketch, was married, January 23, 1873, to Miss Lucinda C. Jones, a daughter of James and Mary A. Jones. They have seven children, viz.: Monroe, Joseph, John A., Penny, Clarissa A., Claud A. and Maudia D. Mr. and Mrs. Frisby are both members of the Baptist Church. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ar/nevada/bios/frisby14gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/arfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb