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Submitted: 3/18/12 • Approved: 3/18/12 • Last Updated: 7/20/12 • R664808-G0-S3
October 14, 1852
October 23, 1926
Founder of R A Pickens & Company plantation at Walnut Lake, Arkansas (later renamed Pickens, Arkansas)
Maried 1st Susan Potts, had three children, Burton Cecil Pickens, Kate M & Eddie S Pickens.
Married 2nd Lucy M Bickers 1887. His son, Burton Cecil "B C " Pickens inherited large cotton plantation after death of R A Pickens I in 1926. This same plantation is still in operation run by great-grandson of R A Pickens I ( Reuben Andrew Pickens 1942- ) located in Pickens, Arkansas.
Contributed on 3/18/12 by kd5hms63
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