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Submitted: 6/4/14 • Approved: 3/2/17 • Last Updated: 3/5/17 • R1009859-G0-S3
November 24, 1838 - March 22, 1906
James Warren Hartsfield, farmer, McNeil, Ark. It is doubtless owing entirely to the industrious and persevering manner with which Mr. Hartsfield has adhered to the pursuit of agriculture that he has risen to such a substantial position in farm affairs in this county. Born in Butts County, Ga., November 24, 1838, he is the son of Godfrey Millige Hartsfield, who was born in Meriwether County, Ga., on March 4, 1812. He emigrated to this county from Monroe County, Ga , in 1859, and arrived here in October. Previous to coming to this county he had held the position of county assessor of Monroe County, was justice of the peace eight years, and was a prominent citizen. He was married to Miss Hicksie W. Sledge, a native of Twiggs County, Ga., born in September, 1818, and died December 1, 1880. He died on November 20, 1887. He was the son of John A. Hartsfield, who died in Georgia when his son was but ten years of age. He was of Irish descent. James Warren Hartsfield, the second of ten children—eight sons and two daughters—three sons and two daughters living, was reared in Monroe County, Ga., after four years of age until twenty, when he came with the rest of the family to this county. Here he has since made his home. His sympathies were with the South during the late unpleasantness, and on September 21, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Fifteenth Arkansas Regiment Infantry, and served all through the war, holding the rank of first sergeant. He was in the New Madrid (Mo.) regiment, and was captured near Island No. 10 in 1862. He was taken to Springfield, Ill., remained there about six months, and was then brought to Vicksburg for exchange. He never received a wound and was a good, faithful soldier. He was in the battles of Port Hudson, Mark’s Mill, Jenkins’ Ferry, etc., and was in the cavalry seven months. He surrendered at Marshall, Texas, in May, 1865. Returning to Columbia County after the war he was married to Miss Nancy Jane Westerbrook on June 11 of that year. She was born near Memphis, Tenn., on September 15, 1842, and is a daughter of Albert Westerbrook and Jane S. (Thompson) Westerbrook, both of whom died in this county. To Mr. and Mrs. Hartsfield were born five children—three sons and two daughters: Infant (deceased), Emma J. (wife of William Whaley), Mary E. (wife of John Yarbor), Willie S. (deceased), and James R. (deceased). Mr. Hartsfield purchased the farm he now owns September 6, 1866, which then consisted of 160 acres, with twenty-five acres under cultivation. He is now the owner of 300 acres, and has 125 under cultivation. His place is located eight and a half miles north of the county seat, and is a good, improved farm. Mr. Hartsfield erected a frame dwelling in 1879, at a cost of about $1,000, and his outbuildings, etc., are all in good condition. He has a good orchard, and everything about his place shows that hard work and industry have not been spared to make it pleasant and attractive. He and wife are members of the Primitive Baptist Church, and he is a deacon in the same, having been a member since 1863, and having been licensed to preach. He has been road overseer, school director, etc., many a time and oft. (Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas - Goodspeed Publishing Company - Chicago, Nashville and St. Louis - 1890)
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