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J. B. Harwood, dealer in general merchandise at Fort Smith, Ark., is a native of Henderson County, Tex., and was born in 1850, being the son of William T. and Nancy (Dodson) Harwood. William T. Harwood is a native of Tennessee, and at the age of eighteen he entered and served all through the Mexican War. Since that time he has been engaged in agricultural pursuits, and now resides near Huntsville, Madison Co., Ark. He was married to Miss Nancy Dodson in Tennessee, and she died when the subject of this sketch was but twelve years of age. The latter was the eldest of six children. William T. Harwood was married to Miss Eliza Boatwright, a native of Arkansas, and the daughter of James Boatwright. J. B. Harwood left home at the age of seventeen years, and engaged in merchandising at Myer’s Landing, where he remained for about three years. He then engaged in the same pursuit at Military Grove, but subsequently came to Fort Smith where he opened business in the present house. He was married to Miss Sallie B. Myers. Mr. Harwood is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and the town of Myer’s Landing was named by him.