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J. H. Sannoner, a prominent cotton factor of Little Rock, Ark., was born in Alabama as the son of Ferdinand and Frances (Holt) Sannoner. The father was a native of Florence, Italy, and by occupation a civil engineer. He served under Napoleon I (as such) from the time he was twenty years of age until the age of twenty-three, when he came to America. He arrived in the United States highly recommended by authorities in Europe, and received an immediate appointment as deputy surveyor general of Alabama, which position he held nearly all his life. He supervised the surveying of the whole State of Alabama. His appointment as surveyor was received under Gen. Coffee. After an eventful life, he died at the age of sixty-five years. J. H. Sannoner was reared in Tennessee, and when the Civil War broke out he joined the Confederate army and served as lieutenant until after the battle of Shiloh, when he was commissioned captain, serving in that capacity the rest of the war. He was in all the principal battles fought east of the Mississippi River, was at Columbus, Ga., at the time of the surrender, and in a battle after Lee had surrendered, but before the news had reached them. After the war Mr. Sannoner engaged in business at Saulsbury, Tenn., continuing there twelve years, and then moved to Memphis, Tenn., where he remained but a short time in the commission business, until the time of the severe yellow fever epidemic. In May, 1879, he came to Little Rock, Ark., and has since been prominently identified with the cotton business of the city. He also does a retail and wholesale grocery and feed business, in fact all that would fall naturally under the head of a general commission business. He is located at Nos. 607, 609, 611 and 613 Main Street, and the superficial dimension of the building is 100x150, probably the largest commission house in the State, having handled over 6,000 bales of cotton the past year. Mr. Sannoner has been before the public for ten years and enjoys a constantly increasing trade. He was married in North Mississippi, near Holly Springs, to Miss Nannie Bailey, a native of the State of Mississippi, and the fruits of this union are six children: Sue, Elois, James, Mamie, Rory and Birdie. Mr. Sannoner is a member of the Board of Trade, Little Rock; is a stockholder in the Bank of Little Rock, a Knight of Honor, and a member of the Episcopal Church.