A. W. Files

Abner W. Files (November 26, 1829 - March 24, 1913), also known as A. W. Files, was a newspaper editor and state legislator in Arkansas. He edited the Ashley County Times. He also served as state auditor. He served in the Confederate Army.[1][2]

He served as State Auditor of Arkansas[3] for four years from 1883-1887. He was a Democrat. He was succeeded in office by former State Auditor and former Governor of Arkansas William Read Miller.

He lived in Little Rock. He was a private secretary for Governor James P. Eagle. He became a Populist, and served as its party chairman in Arkansas,[4] and then joined the Bull Moose Party. He married and had four daughters and a son.[5]

He died at home.[6]

References
  1. Allsopp, Fred William (1922). History of the Arkansas Press for a Hundred Years and More. Parke-Harper. p. 570.
  2. "Col. A.W. Files Called By Death This Morning". Arkansas Democrat. 1913-03-24. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  3. "Hayden's Annual Cyclopedia of Insurance in the United States". Insurance Journal Company. September 16, 1911 – via Google Books.
  4. Hild, Matthew (November 1, 2018). Arkansas's Gilded Age: The Rise, Decline, and Legacy of Populism and Working-Class Protest. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 9780826274182 – via Google Books.
  5. Sterling, Robin (January 12, 2016). People and Things from the Walker County, Alabama Jasper Mountain Eagle (1910 - 1913). Lulu.com. ISBN 9781329826373 – via Google Books.
  6. "The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, March 24, 1913, Image 1".


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