Biography of J L Adare, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 14 Nov 2008
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Transcribed by Lisa Hamilton from 
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SOURCE:  Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern 
Arkansas. Chicago:Goodspeed Publishers, 1890.
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J. L. Adare, a native of Northern Alabama, is a son of Samuel W. and Mary J.
(Freeze) Adare, who also came originally from that State, the father being of
French descent, and the mother of Irish ancestry. J. L. Adare assisted his
father on the farm until twenty years of age, when he was engaged in clerking
for about four years. In 1879 he came to Arkansas and located in St. Francis
County, gave his attention to farming the first year, and the following year
entered the employ of Mr. Vital Lesca, as clerk, and is now at the head of the
business. Mr. Adare was born in Madison County, Ala., on December 27, 1850, and
was married on September 8, 1889, to Mrs. Delia Lesca, widow of his former
employer, and a daughter of Stephen Snowden, a native of Tennessee. Mr. Adare is
a member of the K. of H., and is a well known citizen and highly respected.