John Nicholas Jabine was born June 23, 1829,
the son of Charles and Eliza Reel Jabine of Louisville, Kentucky. He operated a
drug store in Louisville and met Harriet M. Woodruff, who was visiting the
town. Harriet was born January 31, 1836, in Little Rock, Arkansas, the daughter
of Arkansas Gazette founder William E. Woodruff and Jane Mills Woodruff. John
and Harriet were married November 13, 1855, at her family home in Little Rock.
They lived in Louisville for a short time before moving to Little Rock, where
Woodruff built them a home at 910 East Eighth Street. They had seven children,
two daughters and five sons: Harriet Sneed Jabine (Mrs. Claude) Sayle, Lila
Jabine (Mrs. H.C.) Rather, C.W. Jabine, Tom Jabine, Shelby Jabine, Lucian
Jabine, and Daniel Jabine. John Jabine operated a ferry business between Little
Rock and Argenta, Arkansas. Harriet was active in clubs including the Aesthetic
Club, the Pulaski County Association of Arkansas Pioneers, and the Daughters of
the American Revolution. John N. Jabine died May 14, 1911, and Harriet M.
Woodruff Jabine died January 17, 1918.
C.W. (Charles Woodruff) Jabine was born in
1857, the oldest son of John and Harriett Jabine. As a young man he worked at
his grandfather's printing press, then ran his own mercantile business. He died
March 8, 1942.
This collection contains letters of John
Nicholas Jabine and Harriet Woodruff Jabine, and C.W. (Charles Woodruff)
Jabine's business ledgers.
·
Letters
to Harriet Woodruff Jabine
o 1. 1856 (Box 1)
o 2. 1864, 1866
o 3. 1894, 1895
o 4. 1897 April-October
o 5. 1897 November-December
o 6. 1898
o 7. 1899-1900
o 8. undated
·
Letters
to John N. Jabine
o 9. 1858
o 10. 1859
o 11. 1861
o 12. 1863-1864
o 13. 1865-1866
o 14. 1867
o 15. 1869
o 16. 1870-1871
o 17. 1872
o 18. 1874
o 19. 1876
o 20. 1887-1889, undated
·
Miscellaneous
o 21. Statements regarding Charles Jabine's
estate, 1855-1860
o 22. Service discharge, Eugene Jabine, 1862
o 23. Promissory note, 1860s
o 24. Newspaper clipping, 1897
·
C.W.
(Charles Woodruff) Jabine mercantile ledgers
o Business names, merchandise, and method of
payment, 1892-1901 (Box 2)
o Cash paid out, 1897-1902 (Box 3)
o Names and merchandise, 1900-1902
o Merchandise, 1901-1902 (Box 4)
