A. S. Lind, a prominent farmer in Faulkner County, Arkansas, was born to A. R. Lind in Ohio. Of German descent, Lind’s grandfather moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio around 1800. A. S. Lind enlisted in the Fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry in 1862, serving in notable Civil War battles, including Altoona Pass and Corinth. Post-war, he worked as a stone mason and later moved to Arkansas in 1870, establishing a successful farm. On December 31, 1878, he married Florence Barley, with whom he had seven children. A Republican, Mason, and member of the G. A. R., Lind has served as justice of the peace for eight years.
Among the prominent families of Faulkner County is one whose well-known representative heads this sketch. Of German descent, the grandfather of our subject immigrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio shortly after the year 1800, at which time Cincinnati was a small village. A. R. Lind, his father, was at this time a small lad. He was reared under the disadvantages of those days, and upon attaining manhood, married, with seven sons and four daughters blessing his union, seven children now living. After a long and useful life, he died in October 1883, esteemed by all who knew him.
A. S. Lind was reared on his father’s farm, but at the age of seventeen, his peaceful career ended for the time being. In 1862, he enlisted in Company C, Fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Col. Taylor commanding, and served in many of the hard-fought battles of the war, among them being that of Altoona Pass and Corinth. He was with Sherman on his memorable march to the sea, and later with him through the Carolinas, being honorably discharged at the close of the war with the rank of sergeant.
At the conclusion of the war, he learned the stone mason’s and cutter’s trade, and was engaged in that occupation in Cincinnati for three years. He then took Greeley’s advice and went west, and was for a time occupied at his trade on the State House at Topeka, Kansas. The succeeding two years were spent working at his trade in Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, and Minnesota. While in the latter state, he learned telegraphy, but only worked at that for six months, when he moved to Arkansas, this being late in 1870. He entered a sawmill on Gold Creek for a time, but in 1874 sold his mill and commenced farming on his present tract of land. This he has improved until it is now one of the most valuable farms of the county.
On December 31, 1878, Mr. Lind was united in marriage with Florence, daughter of George Barley, and to their union three sons and four daughters have been born: Hetty (born in December 1879), George (born in May 1881), Edna (born in January 1883), Addison (born in November 1886), Pearle (born in September 1887), and Benjamin H. (born in June 1889). Addison died on March 17, 1888.
For the past eight years, Mr. Lind has served as justice of the peace, and during this time has married ten couples. He is a Republican in politics, a Mason, and a member of the G. A. R. He makes it a rule to take an active part in all matters pertaining to the welfare of his community, and is one of the staunch men of the county.