▁October ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 1 8 2 3 . ▁ ▁William ▁Brad ford ▁was ▁appointed ▁by ▁President ▁James ▁Mon roe ▁to ▁serve ▁as ▁the ▁Brig ad ier ▁General ▁of ▁the ▁Ark ansas ▁Milit ia ▁following ▁Brig ad ier ▁General ▁Hog an ' s ▁res ignation . ▁ ▁Ter rance ▁Far rel ly ▁Terr ence ▁Far rel ly ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁County ▁T yr one , ▁Ireland , ▁about ▁ 1 7 9 5 , ▁but ▁was ▁brought ▁to ▁M ead ville , ▁Pennsylvania , ▁by ▁his ▁parents ▁about ▁the ▁year ▁ 1 8 0 0 . ▁He ▁arrived ▁at ▁Ark ansas ▁Post ▁in ▁November , ▁ 1 8 1 9 , ▁and ▁r ented ▁a ▁store ▁from ▁General ▁William ▁O . ▁Allen , ▁where ▁he ▁carried ▁on ▁business ▁until ▁the ▁latter ▁part ▁of ▁ 1 8 2 0 . ▁Terr ence ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁at ▁his ▁new ▁home ▁long ▁before ▁he ▁became ▁acquaint ed ▁with ▁the ▁rich ▁young ▁wid ow , ▁Mrs . ▁Mary ▁Mos ely . ▁Mrs . ▁Mos ely ▁was ▁described ▁as ▁the ▁rich est ▁wid ow ▁in ▁the ▁territory . ▁He ▁was ▁adj ut ant - general ▁of ▁the ▁Ark ansas ▁milit ia ▁under ▁Gener als ▁W . ▁O . ▁Allen , ▁Edmund ▁Hog an ▁and ▁William ▁Brad ford . ▁More ▁than ▁that , ▁f amed ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁Ark ansas ▁historian ▁Jos iah ▁Haz en ▁Sh inn ▁described ▁Ad j ut ant ▁General ▁Far rel ly ▁thus : ▁ ▁E lection ▁of ▁milit ia ▁officers