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Hon. Goodin Deaton. The estate which Mr. Deaton
now cultivates embraces 520 acres of land, a considerable portion of
which is under cultivation and well adapted to the purposes of general
farming. In the management of his farm he displays excellent judgment,
and he is acknowledged by all to be one of the leading agriculturists of
this region. He was born in Montgomery County, N.C., June 3, 1814, and
is the son of Basil and Barbara (Stuart) Deaton, natives, also of North
Carolina, and early emigrants To Tennessee, in which State the father
died. The mother passed from life in Arkansas. Of a family of four
children born to them two are now living, Goodin being the eldest. At
the age of sixteen years he was taken to Tennessee by his parents, and
in that State he obtained a good education. In 1849 he located in Clark
County, Ark., near Amity, and here he entered the first tract of land
which was entered in that community, and there made his home until the
fall of 1886, at which time he moved to the place where he now resides.
In 1882 he was elected to the State legislature, serving one term, and
he has also filled the positions of justice of the peace and county
judge, holding the last named position two years, when he was
reconstructed. He is one of the old settlers of the county, and has
witnessed its development from a wilderness to its present admirable
state of cultivation. He was first married to Miss. Lucinda Jackson,
by whom hr had a family of sixteen children, eight now living, and his
present wife was formerly a Mrs. Amanda E. (Malcomb) Williams, by whom
he has six children, four of whom survive. Mr. and Mrs. Deaton are
member of the Baptist Church, and socially he is a Mason.
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