William b 1838 in PA (I think he went to KS)
James b 1862 in IL d in Little Rock 1909
Annie b 1876 IL
Mary b 1854 IL
Margaret b 1841 PA
Ralph b 1843
And this next piece of information will help you endeavors quite a bit I should think!
CENTENNIAL HISTORY OP ARKANSAS 477
William, now a resident of Gardner, Kansas; Mrs. Anna Riley, living at Mineral, Illi-
nois; Ralph and Joel Monroe. One of those who has departed this life was Margaret
McClintock.
Joel Monroe McClintock pursued his education in the common schools of Pennsyl-
vania and also in St. Charles county, Missouri, and in Illinois. He was twenty-one
years of age when he enlisted for service in the tjnion army, joining the Thirty-third
Illinois Infantry under Colonel Hovey, who had previously been principal of a semi-
nary in Illinois. Mr. McClintock was on duty west of the Mississippi river and par-
ticipated in the battle of Big River. He was captured but later was paroled and
returned home, after which he attended Lombard University at Galesburg, Illinois.
Subsequently he reentered the army under General Steele. In 1862 he marched to
Helena, Arkansas, and while there became a victim of typhoid fever. After a time
he was removed to St. Louis, Missouri, where he continued until he was transferred
to the Mississippi Marine Brigade and was on duty up and down the Misssisippi river.
In August, 1863, he was commissioned a captain and was assigned to Helena, Arkansas,
while later he was transferred to De Vails Bluff and in 1863 was sent on military duty
to Little Rock.
In the spring of 1864 Captain McClintock resigned from the army and came to
De Vails Bluff, where he entered business in connection with Charles McDowell. Here,
he remained until 1866 and then went to Gum Pond, where he engaged in farming, but
in that business venture lost heavily. In 1867 he was appointed military registrar
of Woodruff county and in the following year he was appointed to the office of sheriff
of Prairie county, a position which he filled for five years. He also took charge of the
bill which was introduced in the legislature to establish Lonoke county, having been
petitioned by the citizens of this district to undertake the task. The bill passed the
general assembly and he was commissioned by the governor as the first sheriff of Lonoke
county, being the popular choice as well for that office. The following spring he
removed to Prairie county and served as county judge. During the period of his in-
cumbency in the office of sheriff of Prairie county the reconstruction work was begun
and with it came the evils of carpetbag government. Although a northern soldier Mr.
McClintock espoused the manifest human rights of the southern people of this neighbor-
hood and protested strongly against the quartering of militia in this vicinity. In this
trying period he adjusted affairs equitably in his administrative offices and did much
to bring about improved conditions. He endeared himself to the people of this region
and has lived here continuously since as a highly esteemed citizen, enjoying the con-
fidence and warm regard of all with whom he has been brought in contact. Not only has
he made an excellent record in public office but has become a prominent figure in connec-
tion with business affairs and the material development of the community.
Captain McClintock today owns twenty-five hundred acres of land in this vicinity
and from his agi-icultural interests derives a most gratifying income. Moreover, he
is numbered among the early pioneers, being here at a day when Isaac Gates conducted
a store here. Mr. Gates was for many years manager for his brother, who held extensive
interests here for a long period and his nephews, Victor and Jacob Gates, are now con-
ducting a store at Lonoke. Among the other pioneer merchants were George F. Love-
joy and 0. H. Piatt. In 1870 Sam Lovejoy, a brother of George F. Lovejoy, was also in
business in this county and still other merchants were Sam Peoples and Abe Boyd.
Mr. McClintock is today the only survivor among these pioneer figures of De Vails
Bluff. He relates in a most interesting manner many incidents concerning the early
days and the progress that has since been wrought, bringing about a marked transfor-
mation in this section of the state.
Captain McClintock was united in marriage to Miss Sallie Crosson, a daughter
of Greene Crosson, who located at Arkansas Pest in 1859 and afterward removed to
De Witt, while later he took up his abode at De Valls Bluff. He came to this state
from Lawrence county, Illinois, and his wife bore the maiden name of Rebekah
Buchanan. For his second wife Captain McClintock chose Sarah Carroll Brown, who
resided at De Valls Bluff with her aunt, Mrs. Sarah Dinsdale, whose husband was an
Englishman by birth and served in the Federal army during the Civil war. He
afterward owned a store at De Valls Bluff, where he departed this life. His wife, who
bore the maiden name of Mulherron, was married again, becoming the wife of Dr.
Cooper of Brownsville, Tennessee, who is also now deceased, while Mrs. Cooper still
makes her home at De Valls Bluff. In 1910 Captain and Mrs. McClintock made a trip
to Europe, visiting many points of interest in the countries of the old world.
There are few who are so intimately associated with the history of Prairie county
and this section of the state as Captain McClintock has been. He has the distinction
of having fired the gun carried by Davy Crockett. This gun, which was silver mounted,
was given to Davy Crockett by the young men of Philadelphia and was inherited by the
late Colonel Robert Crockett, at whose home Captain McClintock was visiting when
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the privilege was accorded him of loading and firing this old relic, now in the possession
of Mrs. John W. Crockett of Little Rock. Fraternally Captain McClintock is a Mason
and he belongs as well to the Grand Army of the Republic and to the Loyal Legion.
The interests and activities of his life have been broad and varied, and his experiences
have been many as he has lived in various sections of the country and at different
times has engaged in various lines of business. He has now passed the eighty-third
milestone on life's journey and in the evening of liis days receives the respect and
honor which should ever be accorded one of advanced years whose life has been wsll
spent.