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 66

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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regiment. and at the expiration of his term of enlistment was honorably discharged at Comargo, on the Rio Grande. His captain, in speaking of him, says: "John D. Adams was a noble boy, a gallant soldier, and as true and noble a young man as I ever knew. He was my orderly sergeant, and was so faithful, so competent, and so clever to all that every man in the company loved him. In the battle of Buena Vista he was struck on the arm by a ball that did not penetrate his thick coat sleeve, but so bruised the flesh as to make a painful wound, the flesh sloughing and leaving a large permanent scar. In Memphis, twenty-two years later, on my return from California, I again met him and requested to see the wounded arm. He drew off his coat, rolled up his sleeve, and there I saw the scar as large and distinct as it was on his first recovery; and I found more, that prosperity and distinction had not changed the heart of my young friend. He is not only a noble, true and splendid business man, but a wise one-a useful man in every sense of the word." Such a tribute from his old neighbor and commander, thirty-five years after their military service, coming, too, from one not unknown to fame, and of varied pub- lic service, is one of which any man may justly feel proud. Maj. Adams was private secretary to Gov. Thomas S. Drew from 1847 to the end of his term in 1850, and this worthy old Arkansan always spoke in terms of highest praise of Maj. Adams as a man of noble, generous heart, open-hearted and sympathizing, and as useful a man as ever did business in Arkansas. But in writing a biography of Maj. Adams we could not do better or state the case more accurately than by giving the eulogy paid him by his intimate friend, Gen. Albert Pike, who says: "I have known John D. Adams from his boyhood. He served a year in a regiment of Col. Archibald Yell on the march to and in Mexico, being at the battle of Buena Vista, and returning to Arkansas when his term of enlistment expired. There, as has always been the case, he was liked by every one for his unvarying good-humor, his readiness to do a favor, and his unstinted gen- erosity. Afterward he was for many years a mer- chant in Little Rock, dealing in general merchan-

dise. He married and built a house at Little Rock. where he resided for a period of several years before the war broke out between the States. Not successful as a merchant, he engaged in steamboating, owner by himself, and in partner- ship with Thompson Dean, of Cincinnati, during many years, of boats running on the Arkansas River and from Memphis to Little Rock, and Fort Smith and New Orleans, in which he displayed large business capacity, promptness and decision in action, great enterprise, courage and persever- ance in surmounting obstacles and overcoming difficulties. When the State of Arkansas seceded, an attempt was made in the convention to confiscate the interests of Mr. Dean in their boats running on the Arkansas River, but the influence and pop- ularity of Mr. Adams defeated the attempt. The march of events put an end to his steamboat enter- prises, but he had in the meantime become a planter of cotton, and continued to be so during the war. His personal attention to this being only occasionally needed, he entered the service of the Confederate States and was chief quarter- master under Gens. Hindman and Holmes, with the rank of major, continuing in service until the close of the war, and proving himself to be an active, energetic, spirited and faithful officer. Such was his faith in the cause and his devotion to it, that almost at its close he invested the proceeds of his cotton in bonds in the Confederate States; but when the cause was lost and he ruined by it, he accepted the result with unflinching courage and indomitable good-humor. After the war he established the commission house of Dean, Adams & Goff, at New Orleans, making advances on and selling cotton, and again established a line of boats from Memphis to Little Rock and Fort Smith. Since then he has been fiscal agent of the State of Arkansas, proprietor of the Arkansas Gazette, and a large contractor for many years for carrying mails. Meeting with reverses at different periods, he has always recovered from them quietly. He now devotes himself chiefly to his business of mail contractor, managing his steam- boat interests and cotton planting. He is prosper- ous, fortunate in his family, owning a beautiful

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residence in Little Rock and dispensing a lavish hospitality, always foremost in the support of all measures and enterprises for the benefit of his city or State, with ever open hand and ever gener- ous heart. One sees at a glance, by his erect, portly figure, frank, open countenance and hearty laugh, that he is one who does not permit the cares and vexations of life to harass and annoy him. Few men have displayed such resources as he under difficulties and embarrassments. His perfect integrity, honesty, truth and honor, have always been his best friends and enabled him to arise to his feet when prostrated by misfortune, under the pressure of which others would have remained prostrate for life. His intellect is clear and alert, always enabling him to say and do that which is most to the purpose, and surest to lead to success." During his residence here, Maj. Adams has done as much as any other citizen toward the advance- ment of Arkansas, but being of a modest, unas- suming disposition, he has shunned rather than sought public office. A descendant of those sturdy northern races of England, Scotland and Ireland, he has inherited all the traits of charac- ter and sterling integrity, the attributes of those people. He is in every respect a self-made man, having begun at the bottom of the ladder and climbed steadily upward. At times, beset by ad- versity which threatened to hurl him to the bottom of the chasm, his indomitable will which refused to bow to adverse circumstances has carried him safely through. There is no greater pleasure in 1 life than to look back over a past usefully employed, and be able to trace our progress in such tokens as awaken nought but admiration and esteem. Such enjoyment is afforded in its fullest measure to Maj. Adams, and his eminently successful career in life is a wholesome example to the youth of the rising generation, for it shows how certain he who, crying "Excelsior," and pressing manfully for- ward, will surely reap the reward. Maj. Adams was united in marriage with Miss Catherine Yeiser, a daughter of Dr. Daniel Yeiser, of Danville, Ky., and born in March, 1828. They were married at Little Rock, the beautiful wedding service of the Episcopal Church being performed May 2, 1848.

The results of this union have been four sons and one daughter, of whom but two still survive, as follows: Samuel B. Adams (member of the firm of Adams & Boyle, of Little Rock) and Dean Adams (secretary and manager of the Pulaski Gas Light Company, and the Little Rock Electric Light Company). Maj. Adams and his estimable wife, as is also their son, Samuel, are respected members of the Episcopal Church, in which Maj. Adams and his son officiate as vestrymen, and of which organization Samuel is treasurer. They now re- side in Little Rock, where they have a pleasant home, surrounded by the comforts of life, and enjoy in the sunset of their age the fruits of their early labors. In closing, Gen. Pike says: "He is withal a true and generous friend, a most kind and genial man of right royal nature, large hearted and forgiving, in nothing bigoted or narrow or vainglorious. The State of Arkansas may well feel proud of him, and it will be a sad day for many when his kindly, generous heart shall cease to beat."

Mrs. Marie Archer, of Little Rock, an estima ble and much respected lady owes her nativity to Berlin, Prussia, where her birth occurred on No- vember 18, 1853. she being the daughter of Theo- dore and Emily (Eckert) Strauss. The father was born in Berlin, in 1820, but attained his growth elsewhere in the Kingdom. He was an expert book- keeper, and was in the lumber business from early manhood in Berlin. He was married in that city, by a famous Lutheran minister named Strauss, and to his union were born four children, three sons and one daughter, of whom our subject is the youngest. The children were all born in Berlin and are named as follows: Waldemar, Albert, Paul (who died when a child) and Marie. The family moved to England when Mrs. Archer was a child, and her father embarked in the commission business in London for about two years, after which he emigrated to America, leaving his family in London in order to educate the sons at Cam- bridge and Oxford Colleges, from which they have diplomas. Theodore Strauss had to leave Prussia during the Revolution, as he was a Republican and opposed to the Crown. He came direct from

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London to St. Louis, Mo., and there engaged in his old business, first as lumber dealer and after- ward as lumber inspector for the city. His wife followed to America at the close of the war, and there lived many years. Leaving St. Louis, Theo- dore Strauss went to Malvern, Ark., where he joined his sons in the lumber business, and there died in 1883. The mother, Emily Eckert, was born in Berlin about 1824. is still living and resides at Little Rock with her daughter, Mrs. Archer. Mrs. Marie Archer was married in St. Louis, Mo., in 1873, to William B. Archer, and three children were the fruits of this union: Wallie B., Cora E. and Elsie M. Mrs. Archer came to Little Rock in July, 1889, and engaged in keeping a private boarding house, in which business she has contin- ned with successful and popular results. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church. The mater- nal grandfather was a Prussian veteran, fought in the battle of Waterloo as a lieutenant, and received the Iron Cross. On the Eckert side the family be- long to the nobility, and have in their possession a coat of arms.

W. E. Atkinson, attorney general of Arkansas, was born in Shelby County, Ala., on July 24, 1852, and is a son of W. W. and Barbara (Drake) Atkinson, natives of the same State. The father was a prosperous farmer in Alabama before the war, and during that event a strong sympathizer with the Confederacy. Both parents are now re- siding at Falcon, in Nevada County, Ark., where the father is engaged in planting and commercial life. Five children were born to their marriage, all of whom are living and are residents of Arkan. sas. William E., the principal of this sketch, was reared in Arkansas, having come to this State when only five years old, received his education at the public and high schools of Arkansas, and also at the Falcon Academy. When nineteen years of age, he entered the law department of the Washington & Lee University at Lexington, Va., under Judge Brockenbrough and J. Randolph Tucker. Mr. Atkinson graduated from this institution in the class of 1872, and located at Rosston, in Nevada County (then the county seat), remaining there until 1877. Then removing to Prescott, he first

formed a partnership with Col. Ed A. Warren, now editor of the Texarkana Democrat. He was subsequently a partner of Mr. T. E. Webber, the present prosecuting attorney of the Seventh jn- dicial district, and later with Mr. W. V. Tomp- kins. At the present time he is in partnership with Messrs. W. V. Tompkins and M. W. Greeson, the firm name being Atkinson, Tompkins & Gree- son. In politics Mr. Atkinson has always voted the Democratic ticket, and has served as justice of the peace of Caney Township, in Nevada County, and also as mayor of Prescott for one term. In the summer of 1888, he was a candidate before the Democratic primaries for attorney general, and during the canvass had but one opponent, who, however, withdrew before the primaries, and at the convention Mr. Atkinson was nominated by accla- mation, and was elected on September 3 by a handsome majority. His first marriage occurred on May 14, 1874, to Miss Hattie Williams, of Fal- con, Ark., by whom he had four children, two of them yet living: Sherman H. and Halycone. Mrs. Atkinson died January 24, 1883, and Mr. Atkin- son's second marriage occurred on December 24, 1884, to Miss Lillie Williams, a sister of his first wife, by whom he had two children, one of whom, Willie W., still lives. Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson are both members of the First Baptist Church, and in secret societies the former belongs to Capitol Lodge No. 49, Knights of Pythias, at Little Rock.

Thomas W. Baird, manufacturers' agent, Lit- tle Rock, Ark., has been a resident of this city for the past nine years, although his actual resi- dence in the State covers a period of about twelve years. He was born in Boonville, Cooper County, Mo., and remained there until ten years of age. His parents were Thomas W. and Mary A. (Car- ter) Baird, of Erie, Penn., and Danville, Ky., re- spectively. The former, who was a prominent steamboatman on the Mississippi, Arkansas and Ohio Rivers, died in 1853, while the mother is still living at the age of seventy-nine, in Louisville, Ky. When ten years of age, Thomas W. accompanied his parents to the vicinity of Lonisville, Ky., where he received a fair English education, and after his father's death, went into the steamboat

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business. He also had an uncle, Capt. William Baird, whose name was famous on western waters in early days, he being commander of the first iron steamboat built for traffic in the rivers of that sectiou, the "Valley Forge." After six years of river life, young Baird entered the employ of the Adams' Express Company, where he remained dur- ing the Civil War, traveling through Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia. He next moved to Bowl- ing Green, Ky., and embarked in the hardware business, continuing in the line for ten years, after which he was engaged by the Blymeyer Manufacturing Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, to travel for them, his territory lying through Arkan- sas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Geor- gia and Tennessee, and in the winter of 1880 he located in Little Rock. Mr. Baird was married on May 7, 1863, to Miss M. P. Huddleston, of St. Louis, by whom he has had three children: Harry P. (with his father in the capacity of shipping clerk), Irene and Mamie. Mr. and Mrs. Baird are both members of the Christ Episcopal Church. In secret orders Mr. Baird has been a life-long Mason.

T. W. Baldwin, one of the most prominent citizens of Argenta, was born in Meggs County, Tenn., but moved to Missouri in 1843. He is a son of James C. and Sarah A. (Underwood) Baldwin, both natives of Tennessee, and of English descent. Mr. Baldwin first came to the State of Arkansas in 1868, and has resided here ever since. He located in Argenta in 1875, and for ten years carried on a live-stock commission business, in which he was very successful. He is now practically retired from active commercial life, but has an interest in one of the largest mercantile houses in Argenta, and owns considerable town property besides his own handsome residence. On December 31, 1863, Mr. Baldwin was married to Miss Sarah R. Parker, of Arkansas, by whom he had one child that died in its third year. They have an adopted daugh- ter, five years old, upon whom they lavish great affection and care, and who promises to become a lady of true worth. Mr. Baldwin is a member of the Royal Arch Chapter, Little Rock Lodge No. 2, and has belonged to Blue Lodge since 1869, be-

sides serving as representative to the Grand Lodge on several occasions. In politics he is a strong Democrat, and a valuable man to his party, his in- fluence in the community having great weight upon any matter in which he takes an interest. He is one of the leading citizens of this section, and manifests a commendable willingness to share in pushing forward the development of the coun- ty; this, added to his generosity and rare personal qualities, rendering him very popular. Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and take an interest in all religious and educational matters.

Dr. J. N. Barnett. Few men are better known in Pulaski County or have attained a higher degree of perfection in their profession than has Dr. Bar- nett. He was born in Alabama in 1834, and is a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Holingshad) Barnett, of North Carolina and South Carolina, respectively. The Doctor received his education in the city of New Orleans, and also graduated from the Univer- sity of Louisiana in that city in 1857. He first commenced to practice medicine in Noxubee Coun- ty, Miss., during the same year, and continued to reside there until 1875, when he moved to Argenta, Ark., where he has been practicing ever since. In 1853 he was married to Miss Anna Bayakin, a talented young lady of Mississippi, by whom he has had three children, and after the loss of his first wife he was married to Miss Louisa Slocum, who has made the Doctor's home one of the most attractive in Argenta. Dr. Barnett is a member of the Masonic order, I. O. O. F. and Knights of Honor. His charitable disposition, unimpeachable character and integrity have made him a valued and popular citizen, and as a professional man his practice at one time was one of the largest in Pulaski County. Of late years, however, he has relinquished not a little on account of failing health, and now enjoys a lucrative office practice, in connection with which he carries a select stock of drugs. During the Civil War he entered the Confederate army, and joined Company C, Wright Invincibles, Fourth Mississippi Regiment, and served for some time. In politics he is a strong Democrat, having first voted for Buchanan.

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George L. Basham, attorney at law in Little Rock, was born in Johnson County, Ark., March 24, 1848, and is the son of O. and Martha (Pat- rick) Basham, natives of Virginia and Alabama, respectively. The former, who was born in 1819 (his wife's birth occurring in 1826), came to Ar- kansas in 1839, and was in a regiment stationed at Fort Gibson during the Mexican War, serving one year. He was a member of the legislature during the terms of 1851, 1852 and 1853, and was State treasurer in 1861 and 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Basham were the parents of nine children, eight of whom are now living. Entering the Confederate army in 1861, he served until his death, in September, 1864, at the charge of Pilot Knob, Mo. At that time he was a lieutenant colonel. His widow is still living at the old homestead in Johnson County. George L. attended the subscription schools of his birthplace, and in his sixteenth year entered the Confederate army. enlisting in Capt. Comb's com- pany, Hill's regiment, and participating in the battle at Pilot Knob, being with Price on his last raid. Upon his return he was discharged near Marshall, Tex., May 23, 1865. After the war he resumed his studies, and in 1871 attended St. John's College at Little Rock. He began the study of law under Gallagher & Newton in the fall of 1872, and was admitted to the bar in the winter of 1873. For one and one half years Mr. Basham was in partnership with a Mr. Ford, but the lat- ter's death occurred a few years after, and since his death Mr. Basham has practiced alone; and while never having held a political office he has been city and county attorney, and his good judgment, refined and strong speech, would and do win for him approval and admiration from men of keen intelligence. On October 1, 1879, Mr. Basham was married to Miss Julia P. Beall, daugh- ter of Milton Beall, a descendant of the Mississippi Bealls. Her mother's people were of German ex. traction. Mr. and Mrs. Basham are the parents of three children: Nuberry L. (almost two years old) and two little girls who died in early child- hood. Mr. Basham practices in all the courts, cir- cuit, supreme, chancery and United States courts. He is also engaged in the real-estate business, in

which he has been quite successful. Politically he is a Democrat, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity. Himself and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and to all en- terprises of an educational, social and religious nature he is a liberal contributor.

A. D. Beach, of the Beach Abstract Company, Little Rock, Ark., owes his nativity to New York State, where his birth occurred in 1849, and in that State he grew to manhood and received his early education. He followed civil engineering for about ten years on the canals of New York and its various railroads, as well as in the New England States and in Canada, and served one year in the employment of the United States, in preliminary ship canal survey across the Isthmus of Darien. He attended the Centennial Exposition at Phila- delphia in the summer of 1876, and came south in 1877, locating in Little Rock, Ark., which change was made for the benefit of his health. Here he has established the Beach Abstract Com- pany, of which he is the business manager. Be- sides attending to the business of the Abstract Company, after locating in Little Rock Mr. Beach was in the employ of the Iron Mountain, and also the Memphis & Little Rock Railroad, and traveled over this portion of the State, paying taxes for them. In 1881 he wedded Miss Mary Hendree, in Atlanta, Ga., and she has borne her husband four children: Virginia H., Lewise B., Edward H. and Alberta D. Mrs. Beach was born in 1855, and after performing the noble duties of wife and mother, she was called away from her young chil- dren and husband on January 17, 1889. She was a member of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Beach is the son of Robert and Rhoda (Douglass) Beach; the former was born in Saratoga County, N. Y., and the latter in Onondaga County, of the same State. Robert Beach was a farmer. and died at the age of seventy years. The paternal grand- father of our subject was a native of New York .. and became a pioneer settler of that State. He and his two eldest sons were soldiers in the War of 1812. The mother of A. D. Beach is of Scotch descent, and a descendant of the Douglasses of Scotland.

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Orvill Bearden, a leading farmer and well- known citizen of Lonoke County, was born in Ala- bama on June 16, 1823, and is a son of James and Mary (Jones) Bearden, the father a native of Georgia, and born in 1759. He was one of the first settlers of St. Clair County, Ala, and died in that State at the age of one hundred and fifteen years. The mother was born in Virginia about the year 1793, and died in 1873. They were the par- ents of nine children, of whom eight lived to matu- rity. Orvill was the youngest of this family and was reared in Alabama and educated in the public schools of that State. He was married in August, 1845, to Miss Elizabeth Washburn, of the same State, who died in 1865, leaving him five children: One daughter is now a widow; Jane, Sabine (wife of J. M. Morgan), Joseph C. and Amanda (wife of J. M. Hall). He was again married on September 23, 1865, his second wife being Mrs. Michette, an attractive widow lady, who bore him one child, Thomas M. Mr. Bearden moved from Alabama to Prairie County, Ark., in 1849, and in 1858 he came to where he now resides. He here owns 320 acres of valuable land, and has placed about 150 acres under cultivation. The land is well adapted for stock raising, and is watered by several natural springs. It is, in fact, some of the finest soil in that section, and has been greatly improved since Mr. Bearden came upon it. In 1862 he enlisted in Company C of the Second Arkansas Mounted Rifles, and served almost through the entire war. In 1864 he was captured at Cassville, Ga., and taken to Rock Island, Ill., where he was confined for about ten months before being paroled. He took part in a great many of the important engage- ments and minor skirmishes, and bore himself bravely throughout his entire army career. In politics he is a Democrat, and cast his first presi- dential vote for James K. Polk. Mr. Bearden is a representative citizen, and a popular man with the entire community. His sterling worth and fine character have won for him a host of friends, and his influence is very great, both politically and otherwise.

was born in Huntingdon County, Penn., in 1809. He remained in his native State until December, 1839, when he concluded to come to Arkansas, and locate land claims on soldiers' patents he had obtained. In this enterprise he was successful, and while traveling over the State at that early day he found the people, the pioneers of Arkansas, as hospitable as any people he had ever met. Soon after getting his land business settled, he en- gaged as salesman in a dry-goods store in Little Rock, in which capacity he remained until 1843, when he concluded to go into business for himself. With this end in view he paid a visit to New York City, purchased a small stock of goods, and re- turning, engaged in general mercantile pursuits on his own responsibility. In this as in all his other business transactions he had for his motto the word "Honesty." He purchased nothing but the best goods, and so well was he liked as a busi- ness man, and so rapidly did his business grow, that he soon found himself in possession of a trade, by order or otherwise, from all over the State. At that day a variety of first-class articles was hard to find, and Mr. Bender found himself in constant receipt of orders from professional men, whose trust he never betrayed in price or quality of goods. Many an aged couple, whose grandchildren are now occupying honorable places in Arkansas, will remember Mr. Bender kindly as having fur- nished them the wedding apparel through the mail when other modes of transportation were tedious and uncertain. Thus his trade grew until he became one of the most flourishing merchants in the State. He continued in business with un- abated vigor until 1862, when the Civil War forced him to discontinue. He was a Union man in prin- ciple, and having traveled over the East and North. knew full well which way the list of arms would determine the cause. Over this question he was by no means silent. but remonstrated strongly with friends and acquaintances. He advocated that "secession would kill slavery," the truth of which prophecy has been fully demonstrated. Mr. Bender enjoyed the perfect confidence of the Confederate soldiers and officers while in charge

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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 66

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