Frank Amsted Key, the genial ticket agent and operator at Waldo, also the agent for the Southern Express Company, was born in Louisiana, in 1860, and is the son of William Key, and the grandson of Basil Key, who was a native of Alabama. The father was born in Mississippi, about 1837, and died in Louisiana, about 1866. He followed bookkeeping for several years, also served as deputy sheriff for some time, and was a prominent citizen. He married Miss Julia McCarty, a native of Alabama, who was reared in Shreveport, La., and who now resides near Texarkana, Ark. Three children were born to this union, two sons and a daughter, all living. Frank Amsted Key remained in Louisiana until about twenty years of age, and his schooling up to that time was limited. He came to Miller County, Ark., in 1880, and one year later started to school to school at Fayetteville, where he remained eight months. He then returned to Louisiana, and worked on the construction of the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad. Soon after he was made assistant agent at Arcadia, and in September, 1884, he was put in charge of the ticket office at Calhoun, near Monroe, La. He was afterwards transferred to Gibb's Station, and thence to what is now Sibley, all on the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad. In 1886 he came back to Arkansas, and was employed by the St. Louis, Arkansas and Pacific Railroad Company, being stationed at Cameron Hills. He was afterward transferred to Kedron, where he remained until 1887, when he was sent to Waldo, and here he has since resided. In 1888 he was married to Miss Lela Burnett, a native of Louisiana, and one child is the result of this marriage. He and his wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. He affiliates with the Democratic party in his political views, and cast his first presidential vote for Grover Cleveland.

Lisa Hamilton submitted the above data from Goodspeeds; she did so to help others, is not researching the above person or families mentioned therein.

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