Biographical and historical memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland and Hot Spring counties, Arkansas, comprising a condensed history of the statebiographies of distinguished citizens...[etc.], Part 127

Author: Goodspeed, firm, publishers, Chicago. (1886-1891. Goodspeed publishing Company)
Publication date: 1889
Publisher: Chicago, St. Louis [etc.] The Goodspeed publishing co.
Number of Pages: 826

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more inviting field, he accepted the offer. His editorial management of the Herald was marked by signal ability and success, in consequence of which he at once received encomiums from the leading men and papers, both white and colored, throughout the State. Such was the effect of his ability as a journalist upon the Arkansans that scarcely had he edited the Herald a month before it was decided by the Arkansas Herald and Mansion Publishing Companies to consolidate the papers. He was then elected editor of the joint publication, which at once was regarded as one of the leading negro journals of the country. He continued to edit the Herald-Mansion until the fall of 1884, when he was elected professor of natural science and belles lettres of the Philander Smith University, of Little Rock. There being but little to gain from negro journalism, in a pecuniary sense, he found it necessary to resign his editorial chair to acccept the position as professor in the University. In the fall of 1885 he was elected professor of higher mathematics and astronomy in the Mississippi State Normal College, which position he filled with credit to himself and his people, in addition to editing the Little Rock Sun, an independent newspaper, which is noted for its outspoken senti- ments in advocacy of the race. Howard University has conferred the degree master of arts upon Prof. Bailey. During the years 1886-87 he successfully filled the presidential chair of Bethel University

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at Little Rock, since which time he has, in addi- tion to his editorial duties, been actively engaged in the practice of law. being one of the very few Africo Americans who practice before the Su- preme and United States courts, in addition to the inferior courts of the State. He has a large and growing practice, and his phenomenal success stamps him as one of the brightest stars in the Arkansas legal firmament. Prof. Bailey has al- ways taken an active part in the politics of his adopted State. As a speaker he is pleasing, inter- esting and eloquent. He is a man of strong con- victions, tender sympathies, great firmness and decision of purpose, with high personal character. He possesses severe earnestness, pluck, manly cour- age, aims high, is ambitious and far-reaching. with great self-reliance and self respect.

Hon. Mifflin Wister Gibbs, a resident of Little Rock, and the first colored judge in the United States, was born in the City of Philadelphia in April, 1828. His father was a Methodist minister, but died when the subject of this sketch was but eight years old His widowed mother was an in- dustrious and frugal woman with remarkable force of character, and did the best to encourage his pursuit of knowledge. At the age of seventeen, having to make his own way in the world, he left school and entered upon the battle of life, or, to use a familiar epigram of the Judge, "to face a frowning world." He was apprenticed to a car- penter and builder, and at the end of his appren- ticeship he became a contractor and builder on his own account. Mr. Gibbs lost no opportunity to cultivate his tastes for literature and literary pur- suits, and at the age of twenty one he was a con- spicuous member of the Philomathean Institute of Philadelphia, a literary association of which Purvis, Douglass, Whipper, Weir and other noted colored men of that era were shining lights. He was a member of the Anti-slavery Society, and a shrewd and active agent and worker of the now historic Underground Railway. Among the many fugitives in whose rescue he was instrumental, and whom he assisted to reach shelter and security under the British flag, were William and Ellen Craft (a prominent character in "Uncle Tom's

Cabin "), William Box Brown, and several other celebrities of the anti-slavery times. About 1849 Frederick Douglass and the late Charles Lenox Remond visited Philadelphia to take part in the anti-slavery convention of that year. They were much impressed with the advanced ideas and earnest manner of young "Miff" Gibbs, as his elderly contemporaries called him, and they per- snaded him to embark upon a lecturing tour in New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. While so engaged the California gold fever broke out and soon became epidemic. Meeting in his travels several successful gold seekers, who had just re- turned, and who gave him dazzling accounts of the new Eldorado, he resolved at the close of his lecturing tour to try his fortunes in what was then considered a terra incognita. A voyage to San Francisco in those days by way of the Isthmus of Panama was a serious and expensive undertak- ing; but nothing daunted he stepped jauntily across the gang plank of a steamer in New York bound for the Pacific, with "youth in the helm and hope in the prow," and arrived in San Fran- cisco in the latter part of 1850 without (as he him- self said) " a dollar betwixt him and the high Heaven," but filled with hope and expectations. Ordinary mechanics were getting $10 per day, and common laborers quite as much. At first he worked at his trade, but after one or two difficul- ties with white mechanics who refused to work with him, he abandoned the occupation and formed a partnership with Nathan Pointer in the clothing business, in which they were very successful. In - 1852 Mr. Gibbs entered into a large enterprise with Peter Lester as his partner. Under the firm name of Lester & Gibbs they established a first-class business as importers of fine boots and shoes, for which gilt-edge prices were then paid in San Francisco, Judge Gibbs was one of the pro- prietors and publishers as well as contributors of the first colored paper published in California, the "Mirror of the Times." In 1858 the gold dis- coveries of the Frazier River, in British Columbia, offered tempting commercial and other opportu- nities, and Mr. Gibbs again embarked on board a Pacific steamer and arrived at Victoria, the quasi-

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city and chief emporium of the Hudson Bay Com- pany. Seeing that Victoria possessed unsur- passed natural advantages in location, a salubrious climate, and commodious harbor, he wisely con- cluded that it was bound to become a commercial capital and immediately engaged in business, investing largely in real estate and building the second mercantile honse outside the Hudson Bay Company's fort. His operations in real estate were extensive and invariably successful, and he built several of the largest business houses; and one of the most beautiful villas, in Victoria he occupied as his family residence for many years, and afterward sold it to Judge Crease, attorney-general of the colony, who has since oc- cupied it. Having amassed considerable wealth, and owning, as he did, property enough to bring him in a large rental, he concluded to withdraw from active business operations. In 1866 he was elected to represent the most aristocratic ward in the common council of the city of Victoria. On the discovery of anthracite coal on Queen Char- lotte Island, being the first discovery of the kind on the Pacific coast, Mr. Gibbs became a large share-holder in an English company, and was elected one of the directors. When the company advertised for proposals for building a railroad, wharves, etc., Mr. Gibbs resigned his position as director and put in a bid, which, although not the lowest, was accepted on account of his known re- sponsibility and integrity. He left Victoria in January, 1867, on the steamer Otto, taking with him fifty men, surveyors, mechanics and laborers. He finished his contract within the stipulated time, twelve months, in spite of hostile Indian demon- strations, and sent the first cargo of anthracite coal ever unearthed on the Pacific coast, to the directors and to a market. Previous to entering on this enterprise he had determined to return to the United States, and had been reading law un- der a celebrated English barrister. After com- pleting his contract and returning to Victoria, he settled up his business affairs and returned to the United States, going to Oberlin, Ohio, where he settled with his wife and children, and entered the law department of the college, from which he

graduated in 1870. He then started south, deter- mined to settle at some desirable point. He finally settled at Little Rock, and entered the law firm of Benjamin & Barnes, a leading law firm of Little Rock, where he completed his studies and was admitted to the bar. One year afterward he was appointed county attorney of Pulaski County, which position he resigned in 1873, when the citi- zens of Little Rock elected him city judge, he being the first colored man elected to that position in the United States. In June, 1876, Judge Gibbs was appointed by President Hayes, registrar of the land office at Little Rock, to which office he was re-ap- pointed in 1881. He is a partner in the Electric Light Company, and a large share-holder in several other companies, and lives in a handsome suburban residence, which he lately built. Judge Gibbs was married to Mariah A. Alexander, of Kentucky, and they are now the parents of four children: Donald (who lives at Victoria), Harase (a printer), Idah (a graduate of Oberlin College) and Hattie (a graduate of the Conservatory of Music at Ober- lin). Judge Gibbs has been endorsed by the Re- publican State Central Committee of Arkansas, for receiver of public moneys of the Little Rock Land Office, and as he is without opposition it is ex- pected that President Harrison will appoint him.

Ferd Havis, circuit clerk and recorder, Pine Bluff, Ark. In the brief sketch of this useful and well respected citizen may be seen how it is pos- sible for a young man to rise in the world through individual efforts, when not in the possession of means other than those bestowed by nature. He was born in Desha County, Ark., November 15, 1846, and is the son of John Havis. Ferd Havis came to Jefferson County, Ark., when but a boy, grew to manhood there and there received his education in the common schools. He is a barber by trade and followed this vocation up to the date of his election to his present office. In 1871 he was elected alderman in the city of Pine Bluff, and served two years; he was elected as a member of the legislature in the fall of 1872 for two years, and upon the adjournment of the legislature in 1873, was appointed assessor of Jefferson County, for four years. In 1874 he received a commission

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from Gov. Baxter, as colonel in the Brooks-Baxter War. In the fall of 1874 he was again elected as alderman of the city of Pine Bluff, to which posi- tion he has been continuously elected to this date. In 1882 he was elected to his present office of cir- cuit clerk, having been three times elected to that office since. He was elected as a delegate to the National Convention in 1880, 1884 and 1888, and was one of the "Old Guards" of the 306 that stood by Grant, and also the vice-president for the State of Arkansas, in the National Convention of 1888. He makes a good officer and discharges the duties of his position in an able and efficient manner. He received the caucus vote of the Re- publican members of the legislature of 1887, for United States senator, from the State of Arkansas, and is the present chairman of the Republican County central committee of Jefferson County. During slave times he had as a master John Havis. Mr. Havis is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the G. U. O. O. F. Lodge and United Brothers of Friendship. He owns about 2,000 acres of land and is quite wealthy.

Frank Jackson, well known in this section of country, and especially in Jefferson County, where he resides, is a native of South Carolina, having been born in Abbeville September 13, 1853. He has been a public servant in Jefferson County for some years, having given eight years of his time as magistrate and five years as school director, and is one of the leaders in Republican politics. In 1858 Mr. Jackson came to Arkansas with his par- ents, Marshall and Hattie Jackson, natives of South Carolina, who settled in Jefferson County. He received his education in private schools, and at the age of twenty-one married Miss Clara Perry, a native of Perry County, Ark., by whom he is the father of three children: Ella (aged seventeen), Havis (aged fifteen) and Hallie. Mr. Jackson owns sixty acres of valuable land, which is now planted to corn and cotton. He belongs to several societies, the principal one being B. & O. A. S., of Pine Bluff, Ark. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church. For six years he has fol- lowed the vocation of a school-teacher, and has become a prominent citizen.

Lloyd Y. Jackson, a brother of Frank Jackson, whose sketch immediately precedes this, has been a school-teacher in Jefferson County for a number of years. He was born in South Carolina Novem- ber 17, 1858, being a son of Marshall and Hattie Jackson, of the same State. The father was born in 1829, and the mother in 1837, and in 1858 they came to Arkansas, bringing with them our subject, who was then a child. Lloyd Y. received his edn- cation in the private schools, and in 1882 began business for himself, and the same year married Miss Sarah P. Strong. He is now the owner of twenty acres of valuable land devoted to corn and cotton. He is a public-spirited man, a Republican in politics, and a member of the Baptist Church, as is his wife. During his school days Mr. Jack- son was always a hard student, never leaving his studies for food or play until lessons were learned. Most of the time he had to work for his board and tuition, for in those days his father was financially" pressed in paying for his farm of 260 acres. When at school Lloyd was considered one of the brightest scholars, and at the close of the term in 1875 received the highest reward of merit over 250 pupils. It was left to the entire number to decide who was the most worthy of this honor, but the reward was unanimously voted to him. He commenced teaching in 1876 at the age of eight- een, at a salary of $100 per month, and has since had encouraging success, the secret of which lies in the close attention and hard study which have characterized his efforts. He was considered in youth the most fluent of any in school on declama- tions, and upon the building of the city high school of Pine Bluff in 1872 declaimed in a manner which startled many of the prominent men of the town, who predicted a great future for him. He chose the vocation as teacher, believing that the best use to which he might put his education was in helping emancipated people by teaching and setting a good example for them. He has been his church's choice every year for seven consecutive years as delegate to the Arkansas Baptist State Convention.

Wiley Jones, Pine Bluff, Ark. It is not often that the biographer of to-day, in referring to the

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lives of those whom it is his privilege to meet, is permitted to enter upon the record of a man more deserving of honorable mention than Wiley Jones, of Pine Bluff, Ark., one whose name is alinost a household word in Central Arkansas, and to whom the citizens of this section, especially, owe a very great debt of gratitude. His career has been a remarkable one, and as noted in this brief sketch, can not fail of interest, even to the most indiffer- ent reader. Mr. Jones was born in Madison Coun- ty, Ga., July 14, 1848. His father was George Jones, a Georgia planter; his mother's name was Ann, one of George Jones' slaves, a woman far above mediocrity of women of her race in point of general intelligence, form and features. She was the mother of six children, by George Jones: Mathew (the eldest, a man of fine constructive ability, whose services as superintendent of the con- struction of the Wiley Jones Street Car Line, at Pine Bluff, Ark., are well remembered), Thomas (who died several years ago), Julia (wife of Mr. Ben Reed, one of the most prominent colored men in Pine Bluff), Wiley (the subject of this sketch), Taylor (who was murdered in Johnson County, Ark., for the money on his person, some years ago), and James (who is manager of Wiley's mer- cantile business, a shrewd business man, enjoying the confidence of his fellow citizens, both white and colored). Wiley was named by his mother, for the family physician, Walter. Being some- what mischievous and wild, but never vicious, he was nicknamed Wiley, which name he retained, although, as he grew to man's estate, he proved to be rather sedate and thoughtful. When five years of age, his father moved by wagons from Georgia to Jefferson County, Ark., taking with him over forty slaves, and his slave wife and her children, settling on the Gov. Byrd plantation, twelve miles above Pine Bluff, on the Arkansas River, where he died in 1858. When on his death-bed he told his wife that he had made provision for the free- dom of herself and children. This intention of her husband to free his loved ones she maintained to the hour of her death, but no manumission papers could be found, and if such were prepared, they were destroyed, and the expected freedom

was denied. The family were sold by the admin- istrator of the estate, to one Peter Finerty, who held them a short time and sold them to Gen. James Yell a distinguished lawyer and planter of Pine Bluff. Wiley was sent to the plantation, and drove the gin mules during the cotton-ginning sea- son. When only ten years of age, on the marriage of Pitts, Gen. Yell's only son, Wiley was a mnar- riage gift to the young benedict, who made him his body servant, and treated him kindly. At twelve years of age he drove his mistress' car- riage horses, and was the special trusted servant of Col Yell and his wife. While in this service he improved himself in every way possible, and laid the foundation of that self reliance and sound judgment which stamp him now a remarkable man. On the inauguration of the Civil War he attended his master as his camp servant. At the death of Gen. Yell, who fell while leading a charge on a Federal battery, at the battle of Mansfield, La., Wiley at once joined the Yell family, who were refugees at Waco, Texas. There he served as porter in a mercantile house one year. On the expiration of his term as porter, he was hired to drive wagons, loaded with cotton, to San Antonio, Texas. At the close of the war he returned with Mrs. Yell to her home at Monticello, Ark. Set at liberty by the emancipation act, he was free to take such steps as seemed to him best. Leaving Monticello, he debated in his mind whether he would locate in Pine Bluff or Fort Smith, Ark. Visiting the latter place, but not being pleased with the outlook, he returned to Pine Bluff, re- solving to cast his lot in that city. Being now seventeen years of age, and capable of any manual labor, he hired, at $20 per month, to a mule driver, with whom he worked several months. He then contracted with his old master's son, Col. Yell, to work on his plantation, at $20 per month. In a short time, his superior intelligence and adminis- trative ability, warranted Col. Yell in placing Wiley at the head of his planting interest, giving him full control, in which capacity he remained until the crops were marketed. Tiring of plan- tation work, and believing a higher destiny awaited him, Wiley moved to Pine Bluff and

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hired at a saloon, remaining one year. Having made some proficiency as a barber at odd times, he decided to work at that trade, and took a barber's chair in the shop of his brother-in-law, Ben Reed, where he labored ten years. During that time he laid the foundation of his fortune, sav- ing every cent of his earnings, paying his board by waiting on the guests at a hotel near by at meal hours. He found a ready market for the loan of his money at the office of a well-known broker of Pine Bluff, to whom he loaned the principal and interest, as it accrued, realizing the largest interest the laws allowed. Mr. Jones is now considered a wealthy man, and, with unbroken success, will amass one of the largest fortunes in the South. He is owner of some of the most valuable real estate in the city; is sole owner of the Wiley Jones Street Car Line, now nearly six miles long. This street railway is laid with twenty-pound steel rails, man- nfactured by Paddock- Hawley Iron Company, of St. Louis, expressly for the Wiley Jones railway. His cars are all new, and are the very best built by the John Stephenson Company, of New York City, and the St. Louis Car Company, of St. Louis. He renders his road wonderfully attract- ive by securing the best equipment. His car stables and barns are fine and admirably suited to the service, and are located on the periphery of his belt-line, at his beautiful park of fifty-five acres, south of the city, in which is a half-mile racing track, said to be second to none in the South. Ad- joining this park are the Colored People's Fair Grounds, where is a handsome floral pavilion of octagon shape, and a large and well-constructed amphitheatre, stock-stables and stalls, all the prop- erty of Mr. Jones, and not a cent of debt is owing on anything. Mr. Jones is very fond of fine stock, and owns some of the finest in the South, among which are noted trotters. He is truly a benefactor to the deserving of his race, aiding with his ample means those who are disposed to help themselves. His example and advice are eagerly sought, and, when followed, have resulted favorably to the party interested. No man is more liberal with his means, where the advancement of his race is the object. There are few men of either race who

stand higher with his fellow-citizens, both white and colored. He so deports himself toward the white race as to command respect from all classes; he is as polite and courteous to the poor white laborer as he is to the man of wealth. While de- cided in his political views, he is no politician; he is a Republican in principle, and an earnest worker in any cause that he deems just. He is a believer in the Christian faith, but is not attached to any church as a member; he years ago adopted for his guide through life two words, "Do right." He has been so engrossed in his business, that he has never given thought to contracting marriage. He has always been an early riser; 5 o'clock finds him in the saddle, looking after his many and varied interests, and he never permits himself to rest until he sees that every branch of his business is moving on properly. One has said of him: "Who will say the Africo- American is not capable of becoming a worthy citizen? Looking back to 1864, and tracing him step by step from an igno- rant slave to the position that thousands now oc- cupy, we see almost every avocation in life respect- ably filled by men of a race who, twenty years ago, could not boast of even the simplest rudi- ments of an education. With no means with which to begin his new life, but fair intelligence and bone and muscle, the subject of this sketch is a bright example of what may be accomplished by a proper use of even that limited capital." Wiley Jones is a man of great energy and foresight. With a thorough business mind and almost unpar- alleled industry, he has amassed a handsome fort- une in a few years, and bids fair to become one of the wealthiest men in his State. Few men of either race have succeeded so well in the South. Having no partner in any of his ventures, what he pos- sesses is truly his own; he does not owe a dollar that has matured for payment, his motto being, "Owe no man." His portrait herewith presented is an excellent representation of this esteemed cit- izen.

William Laporte, a colored property owner, of Little Rock, was born at the Post of Arkansas in 1828, the slave of Charles Gibson. At the age of twelve years he ran away to New Orleans, and

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later to New York, going thence to Windsor, Can- ada. He there negotiated with his master for his freedom, after which he returned to the States, engaging as steward on board of a Mississippi steamer during the summer, and at blacksmithing during the winter, which trade he had learned, or at anything he could get to do. In the meantime he had, together with his mother and sister, saved enough to purchase their freedom, and then moved to St. Louis with them. In 1855 he was engaged as a servant by a Mr. Valley, of St. Louis, who was going to Europe, traveling with him through Norway, Denmark, Sweden, England, France and Italy. After his return to America he located in 1856 in Quincy, Ill., and later worked for a farmer in Lewis County, Mo., for several years. Mr. Laporte was married during Fremont's campaign in 1856, in Quincy, Ill., to Miss Clara Howard, daughter of J. B. Howard. They were the par- ents of two children: Emmitte (a resident of Ed- wardsville. Ill. ) and William (who died at the age of twenty-four). During the war he was at Gales- burg, Ill., until he joined the Fifty-fourth Massa- chusetts Infantry, and went with them to Buford, S. C. He was in the battles of Fort Wagons and Stony Hill. At the close of the war he returned to Galesburg, Ill., and in 1865 left for Memphis, Tenn., where he was engaged as a plasterer, com- ing thence to Little Rock in 1870, where he con- tinued in the plasterer's business. He came here without a dollar, but by hard work and close econ- omy, assisted by his worthy companion, has saved a sum aggregating $20,000, and now owns nine houses in this city. Mr. Laporte married his sec- ond and present wife in 1871, Miss Margie Robin- son, who was born in Mississippi in 1847, the slave of Dr. William Ellis. They have one son who lives in St. Louis and is engaged in a flouring- mill. Mr. and Mrs. Laporte took a trip through Canada in the summer of 1889, stopping at Windsor, where Mr. Laporte, so many years before had obtained his freedom.

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Biographical and historical memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland and Hot Spring counties, Arkansas, comprising a condensed history of the statebiographies of distinguished citizens...[etc.], Part 127

Author: Goodspeed, firm, publishers, Chicago. (1886-1891. Goodspeed publishing Company) Publication date: 1889 Publisher: Chicago, St. Louis [etc.] The Goodspeed publishing co. Number of Pages: 826

Author: Goodspeed, firm, publishers, Chicago. (1886-1891. Goodspeed publishing Company)
Publication date: 1889
Publisher: Chicago, St. Louis [etc.] The Goodspeed publishing co.
Number of Pages: 826