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An "Arkansas Hoosier" born in 1855. Conway, Arkansas. "My father was a Confederate soldier. He give his age a year older than it was to get into the army. After the war he bought 280 acres from the railroad and cleared it. We never had a mortgage on it. In 1920 the land was sold, the money divided.
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An "Arkansas Hoosier" born in 1855. Conway, Arkansas. "My father was a Confederate soldier. He give his age a year older than it was to get into the army. After the war he bought 280 acres from the railroad and cleared it. We never had a mortgage on it. In 1920 the land was sold, the money divided.

Lange, Dorothea · 1938-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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nitrate negativesfaulkner countyarkansascanningunited statesconway
Credit lineAn "Arkansas Hoosier" born in 1855. Conway, Arkansas. "My father was a Confederate soldier. He give his age a year older than it was to get into the army. After the war he bought 280 acres from the ra. 1938-01-01. Lange, Dorothea. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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