History of Carthage, (Smith County) Tennessee United States of America

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Biographies:

Robert Allen, representative, was born in Virginia in 1777. About 1804 he settled in Carthage, Tenn., where he engaged in business pursuits. He was elected clerk of Smith county in 1804, commanded a regiment under Jackson in the Creek war and at New Orleans. He served as a representative in the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th congresses. He died at Carthage, Tenn., Aug. 19, 1844.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Simon P. Hughes, governor of Arkansas, was born at Carthage, Smith county, Tenn., Aug. 14, 1830; son of Simon P. and Mary P. (Hubbard) Hughes; grandson of Simon P. Hughes and a descendant of Simon P. Hughes, a Welslman, who settled at the mouth of the Rappahanock river, Va., before the Revolutionary war. He attended the country schools, worked on a farm to procure the money to finish his education and attended Sylvan academy in Sumner county, Tenn., in 1846-47, and Clinton college, Smith county, Tenn., 1848-49. He removed to Arkansas in 1849; was sheriff of Monroe county, Ark., 1855-56, studied law, and was admitted to the Arkansas bar in 1857, establishing himself in practice in Clarendon, Ark., where be remained until he entered the Confederate army, serving as private, captain and lieutenant-colonel, 1862-65. He was a member of the Arkansas legislature, 1866-67; a delegate to the Constitutional convention in 1874; attorney-general of Arkansas, 1874-77; Democratic candidate for governor in 1876; governor two terms, 1885-89, and was elected associate justice of the supreme court in 1888, and again in 1896, the term extending eight years.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor