Biography of William L Aylor, Baxter Co, AR

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WILLIAM L. AYLOR. Among those who have fought the battle of life bravely and are
now enjoying the comforts and pleasures that wealth brings, is William L. Aylor
of Grover Township, Baxter County, Ark., who can point back over a well-spent
life. He was born in Rutherford County, Tenn., in 1833, the son of George W.
Aylor, who it is supposed was born in Georgia. He was a farmer by occupation and
made his home in Rutherford County until his death, which occurred about 1842.
He was a soldier of the War of 1812, and also helped to remove the Indians from
Georgia and Tennessee to the reservation west of the Mississippi River. William
L. Aylor remained in Tennessee until sixteen or seventeen years of age, then
came to Izard County, Ark., with an elder brother, Charles Aylor, and there made
his home until the opening of the Civil War, when he became a member of the
Ninth Arkansas Infantry, but after the battle of Chickamauga his command became
a part of the Eighth Arkansas Infantry, and with this he continued to serve the
Southern cause until the close of the war, surrendering at Greensboro, N. C. He
took part in the battles of Chickamauga, Perryville, Ky., Murfreesboro, all the
engagements of the retreat from Dalton to Atlanta, Franklin, Nashville, Shiloh
and at Smithfield, N. C. When the war closed he turned his sword into a
plowshare and from that time until the early part of 1871 continued to till the
soil there quite successfully. He then located in what is now Baxter County, on
the farm where he now lives, which was then quite heavily covered with timber.
His home place comprises 230 acres, some of which is rich river bottom land,
lying along the White River, and by the most untiring effort and persistent
energy has succeeded in clearing a large portion of it, improving it greatly in
the way of necessary farm buildings and putting the cleared portion in an
excellent state of cultivation. He is a Democrat in politics, but has never
taken an active part in political matters although he served ably on the
Equalization Board of Baxter County for several months. In 1861 he was married
to Phcebe Ann Sublett of Tennessee, but who was at that time residing in Izard
County. She died in 1863, leaving one daughter, who is now the wife of W. G.
Finley of Grayson County, Tex. In 1867 Mr. Aylor wedded Celia Ann Sugg of Izard
County, by whom he has two children: Robert Hill and Henry B. Another son, J.
R., died in infancy. Mr. Aylor and his family are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, at Rockdale, in which Mr. Aylor has held the office of
trustee. He became a member of the A. F. & A. M. in Izard County in 1868, and
now belongs to Mountain Home Lodge No. 225.

Extracted from:

A REMINISCENT HISTORY OF THE OZARK REGION

COMPRISING A CONDENSED GENERAL HISTORY, A BRIEF DESCRIPTIVE HISTORY OF EACH
COUNTY, AND NUMEROUS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT CITIZENS OF SUCH COUNTIES.

ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.
1894.