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BIOGRAPHIES Jackson County Arkansas Genealogy Trails Transcribed by Anna Newell, July 2006 R. W. Anderson, one of the
pioneer merchants, and a highly esteemed resident of
Jacksonport, was born September 12, 1846, in the State of
Ohio. His parents, John and Jane (Kerr) Anderson were
both natives of Dublin, Ireland, who emigrated to America
about the year 1830, and located in Pennsylvania, from
which state they moved to Ohio, and from there to Iowa,
about the year 1850. In September 1859 they came to
Jacksonport, Ark., where the father died on February 28,
1888, the mother preceding him in 1887. They were the
parents of nine children, of whom only one
survives--Robert W. The father was a Presbyterian
minister, and had been ordained in Ireland. He preached
the gospel up to within a few years of his demise, and
was one of the most intellectual and scholarly men that
ever spoke from a pulpit at that period. He afterward
left the Presbyterian and joined the Methodist faith, and
was also engaged for some years in mercantile life at
Jacksonport. His son, Robert W., was born in Ohio, but
principally raised and received his education in Iowa. He
was still quite young, however, when his parents moved to
Jacksonport, and he there received the higher branches of
education from his father. Transcribed by Anna Newell, July 2006 Samuel Anthony, farmer and
stock raiser, is a native of Missouri, but came to
Arkansas in 1860. He remained but three or four months,
when he returned to Missouri, and after a short time
again returned to Arkansas, Jackson County, in 1861,
where he remained until the following autumn, and then
enlisted in the Fourteenth Regiment of Arkansas Volunteer
Cavalry, serving as a scout for about two years. In 1863
he organized a company of scouts, reported to Gen.
Sterling Price, then stationed at Little Rock, Ark., and
served to the end of the war as captain of that company. Adam Bach, an enterprising merchant, and the postmaster at Jacksonport, was born in Hessen, Germany, on the 1st of March, 1863, and is a son of Conrad Bach, a native of the same place, who was a shoemaker by trade, which occupation, he followed in Germany, previous to coming to America. The father had two children by his first wife: Adam and Lizzie; the latter was married to G. A. Lockard. He was married a second time and had four children by the next wife: Margaretta, Morie, Conrad and Peter. Adam, the eldest son, was reared in Germany and completed his studies at Gross-Bohrheim College, from which he graduated in 1878. He shortly afterward sailed for America, taking passage at Bremen, and landed at Baltimore, going from there to Tell City, Ind., where he attended school for eight months in order to learn the English language. In the spring of 1879 he came to Jacksonport, and was there employed by his uncle Peter, with whom he remained until the year 1882, when he embarked in business for himself. Since then he has been successful, and become very prosperous, making an enterprising merchant and a valuable citizen to his adopted country. He was appointed postmaster in 1884, and his intelligence and many fine qualities would fit him for almost any other position or business in which he might enter. He is also a member of the Masonic faternity. Peter Bach is a well-known and retired merchant of Jacksonport, who was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany on November 4, 1835. He is a son of Peter and Margaretta (Crow) Bach, both natives of the same province, the father dying when his son was but two years of age. The mother, however, is still living at the age of eighty-one years, and came to America in 1882. There were three children born to the parents: John S., Peter, and Conrad. Peter was reared and educated in the home college, and learned the barber's trade in his native place, an occupation he followed for four years. In 1853 he sailed for America, taking passage in France, and landing in New York City after a twenty-seven days' voyage on the ocean. From New York he went to Cincinnati, where he was employed at his trade for some time, and then found employment on the Empire No. 3, a steamboat plying up and down the Mississippi. He remained on this vessel about six months, and then came to Jacksonport, where he has resided ever since. On May 5, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, of the First Arkansas Regiment, and served until a short time before the surrender. He took part in all the battles of his regiment, and was severely wounded at Atlanta, GA, from which place he was taken to the Macon Hospital, and hovered between life and death for three months. He was furloughed in 1864, and went to Alabama, and in 1865 returned home to Jacksonport. Mr. Bach is now practically retired from business. He is quite prosperous, owning about 2,000 acres of valuable land and a fine residence at Jacksonport, besides interests in various industries. He was married in 1865 to Miss Jennie Hudson, who has been a devoted wife and helpmate to him. Mr. Bach is a Royal Arch Mason, Knight Templar, Knight of Pythias, and a member of the American Legion of Honor. ©2006-2007 Arkansas Genealogy Trails |