Her father, Josiah Alexander, farmed land nearby in the Indian Territory while living with his family on this side of the river. Katherine Alexander's father died when she was almost six years of age. Anderson, John S.
Confederate war veteran of a local company and a Fort Smith merchant, Anderson died Sept. He was born Feb. Atkinson, Ben Franklin Born , B. Atkinson was the son of John C. John Atkinson was established in the hardware business in Fort Smith in June His business probably helped to outfit many of the wagon trains headed west during the Gold Rush and antebellum period.
Ben Atkinson was a student of John Carnall before being sent away from Fort Smith for further schooling. Sometime in his late teens he entered the hardware business with his father. Ayers, William N. Although we generally think of 19th century Americans as generally being a more settled people, many individuals from that time were just as peripatetic as anyone in the 21st century.
Ayers is an excellent example of this wanderlust. Born in and settled for the first 20 years of his life in the village of Bristol near his birthplace, Warren, Ohio, his schooling was scant but he was an eager autodidact. Before then, he had spent some time as a wholesale clerk and served in the Arkansas Confederate forces. Baer, Herman Herman Baer came to this city in when he immigrated to America with his family. He was To return to Fort Smith, he had to make his way from Matamoros, Mexico on muleback.
He was the son of a once prosperous merchant who had fallen on hard times as a result of a bad loan made to a friend. His father died before Edward left Indiana. He studied law in Lancaster, Ky. He later was elected city solicitor. Immediately after his marriage to Mary M. Yonley, the couple traveled to Fort Smith by river steamer to make their new home. Birnie, Charles Charles A. Birnie Jr. His father, Charles A. Birnie Sr. At the time of Charles Jr.
