Biography of William Obar, Sebastian Co, AR

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed 
Publishing Co., 1889.
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The first of these articles are on persons from other counties that
have Sebastian County ties.   Later, you will find only Sebastian 
County families.

History of Franklin County

William Obar, who is classed among the enterprising and successful farmers and
stock raisers in Section 16,  where he has 500 acres of good land, is a native
of Tennessee, born in 1825, and is the son of Constant and  Elizabeth Obar, the
former of German and the latter of Scotch descent. William Obar remained in
Middle  Tennessee until eleven years of age, and then moved with his parents to
Hamilton County, of the same State. Here the father died in 1844. The subject
of this sketch came to Arkansas in 1859, and in 1870 was here married  to Miss
Frances J. Douglass. She was born in Arkansas, and by her marriage became the
mother of eight  children, three now living: John B., Elizabeth and Clark. Mr.
Obar and his brother, John, have always lived  together, and are representative
farmers and stock raisers. Mr. Obar owns about 500 acres in Sebastian County,
and the brother owns 240 acres in Franklin County, all the result of hard work
and economy. Mr. Obar was an  old-line Whig in his political views.