John J. Mock

John Mock, farmer and stock raiser of Prairie Grove Township, Washington

Co., Ark., was born in Sevier County, Tenn., October 23, 1821, and was

reared and educated in his native State. After reaching manhood he came

west and located in Washington County, Ark., but after remaining a very short

time went to Texas, returning the following spring to Tennessee. He next

went to Northern Georgia, where he was married about 1849 to Miss Margaret E.

Rogers, a native of South Carolina, reared in Georgia, and daughter of Hugh

Rogers, who now resides in Washington County. Mr. Mock purchased a farm

in Georgia, which he farmed for four years, then sold out, and in 1851 moved to

Arkansas, where he has since made his home. He became a very wealthy landholder,

owning at one time nearly 1,000 acres in one body, but has given considerable

land to his children, and also sold some, and is now the owner of 668

acres, with about 400 acres, in one body, under cultivation. The land is all very

valuable, but the valleys are especially fertile and well adapted for raising corn,

wheat and vegetables. Besides attending to his farm he spent a number of

years in buying and selling horses and mules, shipping them south, but discontinued

this occupation in 1883. In 1861 he enlisted in the Sixteenth Arkansas

Infantry, participating in the battles of Oak Hill and Pea Ridge, but was discharged

after the battle of Corinth on account of his age; returning home he

resumed farming. He is the father of eight children, all of whom are married

but two. Their names are as follows: James, Martha Jane (wife of J. J. Baggett),

Mary Ann (wife of Frank Lake), Callie (wife of Thomas Cazart). Maggie

(wife of Sam Neal), Josephine, John and Willie. Two of the sons are Masons.

The family attend the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and Mr. Mock is a

Master Mason, joining that brotherhood in Georgia. His parents, Philip and

Jane (Wilson) Mock, were born in North Carolina and Tennessee, respectively,

and were married in the latter State. The mother died about 1840.

MOCK, John, Sr. - Mr. John Mock, Senior, died at his home in Prairie Grove at noon Saturday of pneumonia and other complications. The funeral took place a 11 a.m. Sunday from the Methodist Church in Prairie Grove, Presiding Elder W.F. Wilson conducting the services. Deceased was born in Sevier County, Tennessee on the 23rd of October, 1821. In early manhood he came to Washington County, Arkansas, but afterwards went to Georgia where, in 1849 he was married to Miss Margaret E. Rogers. In 1851, he moved back to this county where he has ever since resided. He was prosperous in financial affairs and accumulated quite a fortune. Mr. Mock was devoutly religious and a faithful member of the Methodist Church, to which he gave freely of his times and means. He had always been a leading citizen of his community and perhaps no man in our county had a larger circle of friends. He leaves a widow and eight children to mourn the loss of an affectionate husband and kind father. [Fayetteville Democrat 12/21/1899]

Mrs. Margaret E. Mock, widow of John Mock, who died December 16, 1900, filed Widow Application #29706 with the State Confederate Pension Board and it was allowed July 15, 1930 at the State, citing her husband’s service with Company G, 16thArkansas Infantry in 1861 and 1862. Mrs. Mock died July 28, 1930. [State of Arkansas Confederate Pension Archives] ----John Mock, farmer and stock raiser of Prairie Grove Township, Washington

Co., Ark., was born in Sevier County, Tenn., October 23, 1821, and was

reared and educated in his native State. After reaching manhood he came

west and located in Washington County, Ark., but after remaining a very short

time went to Texas, returning the following spring to Tennessee. He next

went to Northern Georgia, where he was married about 1849 to Miss Margaret E.

Rogers, a native of South Carolina, reared in Georgia, and daughter of Hugh

Rogers, who now resides in Washington County. Mr. Mock purchased a farm

in Georgia, which he farmed for four years, then sold out, and in 1851 moved to

Arkansas, where he has since made his home. He became a very wealthy landholder,

owning at one time nearly 1,000 acres in one body, but has given considerable

land to his children, and also sold some, and is now the owner of 668

acres, with about 400 acres, in one body, under cultivation. The land is all very

valuable, but the valleys are especially fertile and well adapted for raising corn,

wheat and vegetables. Besides attending to his farm he spent a number of

years in buying and selling horses and mules, shipping them south, but discontinued

this occupation in 1883. In 1861 he enlisted in the Sixteenth Arkansas

Infantry, participating in the battles of Oak Hill and Pea Ridge, but was discharged

after the battle of Corinth on account of his age; returning home he

resumed farming. He is the father of eight children, all of whom are married

but two. Their names are as follows: James, Martha Jane (wife of J. J. Baggett),

Mary Ann (wife of Frank Lake), Callie (wife of Thomas Cazart). Maggie

(wife of Sam Neal), Josephine, John and Willie. Two of the sons are Masons.

The family attend the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and Mr. Mock is a

Master Mason, joining that brotherhood in Georgia. His parents, Philip and

Jane (Wilson) Mock, were born in North Carolina and Tennessee, respectively,

and were married in the latter State. The mother died about 1840.