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Author: S. J. Clarke

S. W. DONAGHEY.
    S. W. Donaghey, conducting a feed and wagon yard in Searcy, was born in
Perry county, Alabama, September 12, 1871, his parents being E. and Salina E.
(Osborn) Donaghey, who were likewise natives of that state. The father followed
farming in Alabama, but at the time of the Civil war put aside all business
considerations and personal interests and enlisted in the Confederate army,
serving throughout the period of hostilities. He participated in the battle of
Shiloh and in other engagements. He left his wife and two children at home while
in the service and all he had of his property possessions when he returned was
his residence, for through the exigencies of war the farm had been neglected,
there being no one left to till it. With his return Mr. Donaghey at once set to
work to retrieve his lost possessions and in 1879 he removed from Alabama to
Arkansas, settling in White county. He made the trip by boat from Memphis,
proceeding up the White and Little Red rivers to West Point. After reaching his
destination he rented land and carried on farming, but was not long permitted to
enjoy his new home, as death called him a little later. His wife died in 1913,
at the age of seventy-two years, while his death occurred at the age of
forty-eight years. They were loyal members of the Baptist church throughout
their lives and Mr. Donaghey always gave his political support to the democratic
party. To him and his wife were born four children: Mattie, who is the widow of
Aaron Tettleton, and resides in San Antonio, Texas; Nannie, the wife of J. W.
Blevins of Pasadena, California; S. W., of this review; and Estelle, living in
Searcy. The Donaghey family is of Irish descent, for the grandfather of S. W.
Donaghey was a native of Ireland and smuggled his way across the ocean to the
new world. He then settled in Perryville, Alabama, and afterward took up the
occupation of farming there. In due course of time he became owner of a
plantation and a number of slaves and he died in Alabama prior to the Civil war.
The maternal grandfather of S. W. Donaghey was William Osborn, a native of
Tennessee, who in early life became a resident of Alabama, where he, too, owned
and cultivated a plantation, while his property interests also included a number
of slaves.   He died while the Civil war was in progress.

    S. W. Donaghey pursued his education in the public schools of Kensett,
Arkansas, attending one of the old-time box schools, a crude structure of four
walls, with wooden benches and primitive furnishings. He walked three miles to
school and in this way laid the foundation for his education. Later he took up
farming on his own account in Kensett township, White county, Arkansas, and for
a considerable period gave his attention to the work of tilling the soil and
raising stock. In 1899 he removed to Searcy, where he entered the livery
business and for three years he also worked in connection with a harness
business. He now conducts a feed and wagon yard and is accorded a liberal
patronage by reason of his thorough business reliability and his enterprise.
Whatever success he has achieved has come to him as the direct reward of his own
labors. His political endorsement is given to the democratic party and he has
always voted for its candidates, but has never sought nor desired office for
himself as a reward for his party loyalty. Much of his life has been spent in
this state and he has a wide acquaintance in White county, where he has become
well known through his farming and kindred interests.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922



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