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Frank M. Lollar, one of the enterprising farmers of Lamar Township, Madison Co., Ark., was born on the farm on which he now resides, August 20, 1851. He is a son of Reuben and Rhoda (King) Lollar, who were Tennesseeans, and were among the first settlers of Madison County, Ark. The former’s death, which occurred in 1864, was caused by exposure during the war. He was a Whig previous to that conflict, and afterward became a stanch Republican and a Union man. He was a farmer, and he and wife members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. They became the parents of nine children: James (who is residing in Fayetteville, was a Union soldier, and served with credit), George W. (a farmer of Madison County, was also a Union soldier), Lucinda (wife of William Homesley), William (was conscripted into the Confederate service against his will, and was killed at the battle of Elkhorn), and Frank M. The rest of the children are dead. Frank M. resided with his mother until her death in 1880, at the age of sixty-three years. Since that time he has continued to reside on the old homestead, and is now the owner of 289 acres of fertile land. When he started in life for himself, since his mother’s death, he was the owner of a team, two cows and two hogs, and since that time he has bought out the other heirs, and now owns the old homestead, to which he has added 120 acres. February 21, 1869, he married Louisa, daughter of James M. Johnson. She was near her present home, January 22, 1853, and she and Mr. Lollar are the parents of six children: Ross, Alexander N., Willis, Millard F., Mary F. and Kate. Mr. Lollar is a Republican, and is an earnest supporter of the cause of education.