Date Original
1848-1866
Description
This collection consists of a tax receipt and sheriff's commission.
Biographical/Historical Note
Enoch Obed Wolf, born March 27, 1829, in Clinton, Ohio, was the son of Elijah Gideon Wolf and Sarah Hartman Wolf. In 1847, Enoch married Eliza Long in Franklin, Arkansas. Enoch and Eliza had three sons, Ernest, Fiber, Rufus Allan; and five daughters, Elizabeth, Leona, Emma, Sierra Nevada, and Eliza. Eliza Long Wolf died in 1879. Enoch married Elizabeth Agnes Billingsley Simpson in June 1880. Enoch married again in 1883 to Elizabeth J. Couch. Enoch Obed Wolf died October 30, 1910, in Izard County, Arkansas. Wolf served as a Captain in the 14th Arkansas Cavalry, Confederate States Army, during the Civil War. By 1864 he had risen to Major, when he was captured and imprisoned in St. Louis, Missouri, where General William Rosecrans had planned to avenge a Union major's death by executing a Confederate Major. Wolf was saved after it was learned he was a Mason: St. Louis area Masons sent telegrams to President Abraham Lincoln, who issued a reprieve. After the war, Enoch O. Wolf settled in Fulton County, Arkansas, serving as county sheriff from 1866-1868. He also served as state representative from Izard County, 1874-1875.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas; Missouri; Ohio
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.021.001
Resource Type
Text
Collection
E.O. Wolf papers, SMC.021.001
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
E.O. Wolf papers, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
