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Samuel S. Triplett, whose life has been an active one, and who has by his own industry and intelligent management secured a substantial footing among the citizens of this community, was born in Frankfort, Ky., in 1856, being the fifth in a family of seven children. His parents, George W. and Mary E. (Spotts) Triplett, were born in Kentucky and Alabama, respectively, and were married in Frankfort, in the former State. The father was a noted river man, and was a well-known steamboat captain for many years on the Kentucky and Ohio Rivers. His death occurred at Atlanta, Ga., in 1867, his widow dying in Arkansas, in 1883, while on a visit to her son, Samuel S. During the latter’s youth he attended school in the neighborhood of his home, but at the age of fourteen years, he began making his home with an uncle, who was a tiller of the soil, and when the latter removed with his family to St. Joseph, Mo., he accompanied him. In this State he was engaged in clerking with various firms for a period of three years, and in 1877 he came to Arkansas, and settled in Chickasawba Township, where he worked as a farmhand for H. T. Blythe, for about one year, then embarked in the business for himself on rented land. After continuing thus employed for some time, he entered the mercantile store of J. L. Edrington, as clerk, securing at the end of one year an interest in the business, the firm taking the name of Edrington, Triplett & Co., which partnership continued for two years. He then became associated in business with Z. W. Richardson for a short time, but during these years had been engaged in the occupation of farming, to which he began devoting his entire attention in the year 1884, continuing until 1887, when he resumed his mercantile career again, only to abandon it in the fall of the following year, selling out to N. L. Avery & Co. However, he has since been associated with the above firm in the capacity of clerk. In 1885 he purchased a tract of wild land amounting to 120 acres, and of this he cleared forty acres, which is now under cultivation, the soil being very fertile, and the whole tract tillable. The place is improved with a good house and other buildings, and in addition to this, he has since purchased 500 acres of land. His wife, whom he married in 1885, and whose maiden name was Kittie Snow, inherited 800 acres of land from her father’s estate, of which 130 are being tilled. Mr. and Mrs. Triplett are the parents of a son named Blythe. Mr. Triplett is not an active politician, but in 1888 was elected one of the levee commissioners. Mrs. Triplett’s father, John M. Snow, was a pioneer of Mississippi County, and had a landing on the river known as Snow’s Landing, which was situated a short distance above Barfield. In 1882 he came to Blythesville and resumed merchandising, which calling he pursued until his death, in December, 1884, he being the oldest merchant in the county at that time, and was one of its best known and most highly respected citizens.