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 69

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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He studied law and was admitted to the bar, and afterward practiced for about three years in part- nership with the late Hon. Thomas L. Jones, member of Congress. At this period of his life, Mr. Carnahan's attention was drawn to the minis- try of the Episcopal Church, and feeling called to that work, he abandoned the bar and entered upon the study of theology, which he pursued under Bishop Smith and the Rev. John N. Norton, D. D., and was ordained to the Diaconate by Bishop Smith, June 9, 1869, and ordained to the priest- hood by Bishop Green, in 1870. He spent the first four years of his ministry in the diocese of Mississippi, and the seven years that followed in Western Texas as a missionary. From Texas he was called to Grace Church, Anniston, Ala., and that parish was the field of his labors for six years. From Alabama he was called to Christ Church, Little Rock, September 1, 1886. In this church Mr. Carnahan's work has been greatly blessed, and he is recognized as an able and eloquent preacher. Rev. Wallace Carnahan was married in Mississippi to Miss Mary S. Hart, a daughter of Capt. John D. Hart, a planter of Madison County, Miss. Mr. Carnahan is the son of James and Caroline (Smith) Carnahan, natives of Virginia. The grandfather was born in County Antrim, Ireland, and was a noted Orangeman. The mother was a daughter of Maj. Henry Smith, a native of Maryland and one of the original settlers of Wheeling, Va.

L. D. Cassinelli is a native of Italy, born near Genoa, September 23, 1840, and came to America with his parents when seven years of age. The father located permanently in St. Louis, Mo., and here the subject of this sketch received his educa- tion in the Christian Brothers' College of that city. After leaving school, he worked in the fruit busi- ness until about the age of sixteen, when he left St. Louis and went to Tennessee, thence to Ala- bama, Louisiana, Maryland, New York, and finally Missouri, before settling down to business. He has been obliged to depend upon himself for a livelihood since the tender age of ten years, and understands thoroughly what it means to "hustle for a living." He came to Little Rock, Ark., in 1870. and was here united in marriage to Miss

Elizabeth Bertola, a native of Austria, who bore him one child, a son, Louis Humbert. Mr. Cas- sinelli is engaged in selling fruit, and is interested in the real estate business. He also follows farm- ing, and raises fruit of all kinds which are sold on the main street of Little Rock. Mr. Cassinelli is a large, fleshy man, and is a member of the Roman Catholic Church. He owns ten lots in the suburbs of the city and 1123 acres of land close to the city. He is noted for his honesty and integrity, and is one of the best citizens of Little Rock. What is termed genius has little to do with the success of Mr Cassinelli; keen percep- tion, sound judgment and a determined will, sup- ported by persevering and continuous effort, are essential elements to success in any calling, and their possession is sure to accomplish the aims hoped for.

Hon. Benjamin B. Chism, Secretary of State, is a life-long resident of Arkansas. He was born in Logan County, in 1845, being the son of Dr. S. H. Chism, a native of Tennessee, who, when an infant, was taken by his parents to Missouri. He received a good education at Jefferson City, and early chose the medical profession for his occupa- tion through life, finally coming to Arkansas in 1840, and locating in what was Scott (now Logan) County, where he practiced until his death. He was a highly respected citizen and successful phy- sician, and was State senator from 1848 to 1852. He died in 1863, at the age of sixty-nine years. He was married to Miss Jennatte Logan, a daugh- ter of Col. James Logan, of Missouri, who was appointed one of the commissioners to locate the State capital at Jefferson City, and who came to Arkansas in 1823. He was a descendant of the Logan family, who were contemporaneons with the Boone family of Kentucky. The county of Logan was named for him after his death. Mrs. Chism died when our subject was an infant. B. B. Chism was reared in Logan County and educated in the schools of Charleston. When sixteen years of age, he enlisted in the Seventeenth Arkansas Infantry, Confederate army, in which he served from May, 1861, to May, 1865, being engaged in the battles of Oak Hills and Elkhorn, and he commanded a

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company at the battle of Corinth when only eight- een years of age. Following this, he served on the brigade staff of Col. Griffith. After his return from the army, Capt. Chism engaged first in farm- ing, and next in the mercantile business. In 1874 he was elected to the State constitutional conven- tion, and in 1876 to the State senate. In 1874 he was made colonel of the State militia by Gov. Bax- ter, and in 1887 was tendered an honorary ap- pointment by Gov. Hughes, as a member from Ar- kansas on the staff of Gov. Gordon, of Georgia, to meet President Cleveland at the Georgia State Fair. In the summer of 1888, he was nominated on the Democratic ticket for secretary of State, and was elected by a large majority. Capt. Chism is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He is a modest man, of dignified habits, but sanguine in disposition, and a friend whom it is one's good for- tune to know. His highly complimentary vote is a fitting testimonial of his great popularity among the rich and poor of the citizens of Arkansas.

Charles Choinski, a representative farmer, and one of the leading merchants of Pulaski County, was born in Poland, on November 17, 1858, and is a son of T. and L. Choinski. The father was born in Poland, and a graduate of two of Germany's most famous universities, in one of which he was afterward a professor for a number of years. He took part in the struggle that Poland made to throw off the yoke of Russia, and after the war was over emigrated to America. He first settled in Mil- waukee. Wis., in 1873, and after learning the Eng- lish language, his superior knowledge upon other branches soon placed him as a teacher in the public schools of that city, and professor of German lan- guage in "Engelman's Academy." In 1876 he left Milwaukee and moved to Pulaski County, bringing with him a colony of 200 Polish families. who had left their native country on account of the dark cloud of Russian tyranny that hung over it and made them slaves. In 1847 he was mar- ried to Miss L. Dembinska, by whom he had ten children, seven of them yet living, Charles being the fifth child. The Choinski's are of noble birth, their forefathers being among the leaders of the aristocracy in former days and favorites of the

king. Charles Choinski came to Pulaski County with his parents when eighteen years old. He was educated in the public schools of Milwaukee, and instructed in the higher branches by his father, and before twenty years of age started in business for himself at Marche, and has been successful at every turn. In 1884 he was united in marriage to Miss Martha J. Ray, a daughter of Joseph and Sarah ( Frazier) Ray, of Tennessee and Alabama, respectively. Three children were born to this union: Roy, Carrie and Josephine. Mr. Choinski rapidly made a reputation for him- self and became widely known in the surrounding country. When only twenty-one years old, he was honored by the people of Pulaski County in being elected to represent them in the legislature, and served through the term of 1882 in a manner that won distinction for himself and gave satisfaction to his constituents. For a number of years he has been postmaster of Marche. In politics he is a strong Democrat, and in religious faith attends the Catholic Church.

C. W. Clark, one of' the best known citizens of Little Rock, and probably the largest brick manu- facturer in Arkansas, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 28, 1848. His father, Z. W. Clark, was a native of Pennsylvania, and in early life a cooper, hut in later years adopted a farmer's life in which he was very successful. His wife was, before her marriage. a Miss Sarah A. Stout, of Ohio, who is still living and resides in Auburn, Neb., while the father died at St. Joseph, Mo., in 1878. C. W. Clark, in his young days, was known as a "hustler," if that strong yet appropri- ate term may be used; in other words he was a worker, a man of untiring energy and with the brains and skill to carry out whatever he under- took. During his early manhood, he drove a team across the plains eight different times, four trips being made in the dead of winter. He next en- tered the drug store of H. C. Lett, at Brownsville, Neb., in order to learn the business; but after eight months' experience, his health failed him and he was forced to find some other occupation where physical labor would bring back his strength. He then engaged with Mr. C. W. Wheeler, a carpen-

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ter, and for three or four years remained at that trade, at the end of which time he went to St. Louis, where he resided for six years, and in No- vember, 1877, moved to Little Rock to do some work for a St. Louis contractor. While here he contracted to build a house for Mr. Samuel O. Smith, and subsequently one for Mr. W. S. Davis. By this time he had concluded to locate here, and upon taking another contract to erect a house for Mr. R. W. Martin, he entered into partnership with Mr. John H. Thalman. Mr. Clark's next work was in building the fourth story of the Ar- kansas Industrial University at Fayetteville, and while there first received the idea of entering into brick manufacture. After coming back to Little Rock, he purchased his present property, borrow- ing $500, to make the first payment, and $1,000, with which to commence operations. The business went along smoothly until June, 1880, when he secured his first large contract, which was to erect the State Lunatic Asylum at a cost of $144,440, taking 4,500,000 brick to complete this building. In the winter of 1887, two wings were added to the Asylum, and 2,000,000 more brick were used. After the building was completed, he bought out his partner's interest, and purchased seven addi- tional acres of ground, and has now made his bus- iness one of the great successes of the State. Mr. Clark always keeps posted on the best real-estate markets, and his investments are sure to be valu- able. He owns considerable property at Birming- ham, Ala., the Pittsburg of the South. He was married on January 23, 1879, to Miss Susie R. Quinn, a daughter of Dr. J. W. Quinn, one of the pioneers of this city. They are both members of the Winfield Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Clark's brick-yard is beyond doubt one of the largest in the State. He uses the most improved patterns of machinery, and employs from fifty to seventy-five men at his establishment, and last year turned out 3,500,000 brick, and this year will probably aggregate 4,000,000 brick.

Charles W. Clay is a name well known in busi- ness circles throughout Pulaski County, for it stands as the representative of a man who is noted for his enterprise. Mr. Clay was born in Granville Coun-

ty, N. C., in 1831, and is a son of Pleasant and Mary (Malory) Clay, born in North Carolina in 1796 and 1803, respectively. The parents were from Virginia and North Carolina, where they were married. The father became a prosperous and highly respected farmer, dying there in 1876, and the wife following him in 1887. Pleasant Clay was a son of Peter Archie Clay, of Mecklen- berg, Va., an old Revolutionary soldier, of Scotch- Irish parentage, who died in North Carolina, as did also Charles Malory, the father of Pleasant Clay's wife. Charles W., the oldest child of four sons and two daughters, received very little education in his youth, but upon reaching maturity he obtained knowledge by his own efforts. He com- menced clerking at fourteen years of age, and continued in that capacity until twenty-two years old, when he started in business on his own account. In 1856 he was married to Miss Fannie, fourth daughter of Col. James and Edna (Row- land) Stirk, of Pennsylvania and North Caro- lina, respectively, and settled down with his bride in Granville County, N. C., whence they moved to Arkansas in 1869. Six children were born to this union: Sophia (widow of John Skinner Fletcher, deceased, now wife of Dr. Richard Chennault, of Arkansas), and wife of Dr. F. P. Keller, of Texas, Thomas I. (who married Miss Bettie Thompson, of Alabama) and James Stirk Clay (the youngest of the four living children). In 1869 Mr. Clay came to Pulaski County and commenced farming at a point on the river, where he resided for seven years. He then moved to his present home, about eight- een miles west of Little Rock, where he owns a splendid tract of land, and has placed some 100 acres under good cultivation. In addition to his farm, he is interested in ginning and milling. He is a man of great integrity and fine business qualities, and a representative citizen of Pulaski County. He served as justice of the peace for sev- eral years, and at the present time is holding the office of deputy assessor. Previous to that time he was deputy sheriff, and has filled every office with distinction. Mr. Clay has been a member of the A. F. & A. M. since his twenty-first year, and at the present time belongs to Mary Williams

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Lodge No. 307, of which he has been treasurer for a number of years. He is also a member of the Agricultural Wheel, and, with his domestic wife a member, attends the Missionary Baptist Church.

Fred. B. Coleman, one of the principal stock raisers and dairymen of Pulaski County, was born in Peoria, Ill., in 1851, and is a son of E. B. and Mary Ann Coleman, the father a native of New York State, and the mother from Illinois, in which State they were married. Fred, was partly reared in Illinois, and came to Arkansas with his parents in 1864. The elder Coleman established a fruit and nursery business, and his son remained with him until 1877, when the father died. Young Fred then opened up the Evergreen dairy, and ran the same in connection with a stock business. He has the graded Jersey stock, which he is now cross- ing with the Holstein, and milks about fifty cows per day, collecting from them on an average sev- enty-five gallons. Aside from his dairy and stock interests, he owns 300 acres of valuable land, all of which is under fence, and 100 acres in a fine state of cultivation. Mr. Coleman's dairy inter- ests are among the largest in Pulaski County. He has secured a lucrative patronage by his square and honest methods of doing business, and as a stock dealer he owns some of the finest cattle in that section. In 1881 he was married to Miss Anna Rogasku, a daughter of John and Wandy Rogasku, by whom he has had three children: Flora, Mamie and Minnie, the latter being twins, who have since died, as also his wife, who died in 1885. During the Civil War, Mr. Coleman served in the Federal army as sutler of the Second Arkansas Infantry (holding a commission when he was fourteen years old), one year and a half, be- longing to the Second Arkansas Regiment. In politics he is a Republican, and in religious faith a Roman Catholic. He is a valued and highly re- spected citizen, and one of the leading spirits in all public and private enterprises that tend to the advancement of his county.

Dr. E. Collins is one of the leading dentists of Little Rock. He entered the profession when a mere boy, and although the average life of the dentist is about thirty years, after a practice of

forty years he is still in the vigor of his manhood, and the oldest practicing dentist in the Southwest. He is a native of Ohio, being reared until his six- teenth year in the town of Ripley, Brown County, and is a descendant from sires of some Revolution- ary fame. He is the youngest of his parents' family, the elder of whom is still living at the age of ninety-five years and comes from an an- cestry of great longevity. At the age of sixteen, being anxious to adopt some profession, he chose that of dentistry, and left the home of his child- hood to enter upon the career of his choice. Going to Xenia, Ohio, he commenced the study of his profession under the guidance of his brother-in-law, Prof. J. Yapt, a gentleman whose genius and skill, and the publication of standard and other works upon dental surgery, have long since obtained for him a world-wide reputation. After completing his preparatory course of three years, young Col- lins determined to seek his fortune farther west, and left Xenia for Cincinnati. Arriving at that city, he immediately took passage upon a canal- boat packet for Connersville, Ind., a town of some 3,000 inhabitants, situated in the beautiful and fertile valleys in the White Water River. In this town and neighboring country he commenced the practice of his profession, and in his leisure mo- ments continued to study his specialty, together with general medicine and surgery. After a year's residence in Connersville, he met and was married to his present wife, Miss Mary A. Smiley, a lineal descendant of the same Puritanical stock from which President James Buchanan was an illustrious scion. The issue of this union was three children, two of whom reached maturity and still live: one a son (a young man of promise in the medical pro- fession), the other a daughter (the wife of Judge Y. W. Wilson, of Little Rock). Dr. Collins prac- ticed in Connersville and vicinity for about fifteen years, when he was called to fill a vacancy in the faculty of the Ohio College of Dentistry at Cincin- nati, the same institution from which he graduated in 1854. This being a time when civil war was con- vulsing the country, and business of all kinds was at a standstill, save that of carrying on the bloody struggle, he resigned, as the position was not suf-

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ficiently remunerative to justify a longer contin- uance. After a time other fields more promising opened to his view, and he again went westward, locating at Bloomington, Ill. Here he made many friends and acquired a large and lucrative prac- tice, but at the end of five years a change came over the spirit of his dreams; his daughter married and must needs migrate to the city of Little Rock with her husband; hence, in a short time, dissatis- fied at having his little family dissolved, the Doc- tor followed them to the city, landing here on De- cember 15, 1869. He has remained here an hon- ored citizen of this community, serving the afflicted public in a manner commensurate with his supe- rior knowledge and skill; dealing ever generously with the poor and justly with the rich. In former years he has done much with his pen and other- wise to build up his profession, and enlighten the public mind with respect to its merits. He is a deep thinker as well as a bold and aggressive writer upon subjects that affect the public welfare, and has allowed no obstacles, religious or political, to deter him from the exercise of his inalienable rights as a man and citizen. His theology is pre eminent- ly that of Nature, which he claims teaches that the invisible things of universal nature (God, if you please) can in no wise be known save through and by the things that are seen or tangible to the physical senses, guided by an unfettered reason and conscience. As an inventor, Dr. Collins has conceived several devices, chief among which is the Railroad Coach Heater, which has just been passed upon by the patent-office officials and allowed. This invention is destined to supersede all others for that purpose, as it will be an incalculable saving of property to railroad corporations, and a great source of comfort and increased safety to the life of the traveling public.

J. J. Culbertson, manager of the Southern Cot- ton Oil Company, Little Rock, Ark , has been a resident of that city ever since the erection of the mill. He is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, which he left when very young, and took up his abode in New York City, where he was reared and spent the greater portion of his life. While there he was engaged in the dry-goods commission business, and

this his business tact and enterprise made very successful. Continuing in that line until the year 1882, he entered into the cotton-seed oil trade, and first located at Paris, Tex., where he joined in with a party of capitalists from Montgomery, Ala .. erecting the cotton-seed oil-mill at that point, un- der the firm name of Culbertson, Gaston & Co. This mill was absorbed by the American Cotton Oil Trust, and some time afterward the Southern Cotton Oil Company was organized, with Mr. Cul- bertson as manager of the Little Rock mill, which is now one of the principal industries in that sec- tion. In secret societies he is a member of the American Legion of Honor, Royal Arcanum, and also belongs to the Mechanics' Building & Loan Association. Mr. Culbertson's marriage occurred in 1881, to Miss Emily Lee, of Plainfield, N. J. Three children have been born to their union: Emily, John J., Jr., and Florence. Mrs. Culbert- son is a devout Christian lady, and a member of the First Baptist Church.

Charles E. Cunningham, a well-known resident of Little Rock, Ark., was born in Frederick Coun- ty, Md., July 1, 1823, and was one of five children, four sons and one daughter, born to James Cun- ningham and wife. Capt. James Cunningham was a British officer, and came to America shortly after the War of 1812. He located in Frederick Coun- ty, Md., and there married a Miss Catherine Camp- bell, a native of Maryland. The daughter and Charles (the subject of this sketch) are the surviv- ing members of this family, the father, James Cunningham, having died in 1833 and the mother in 1834. After her mother's death, Miss Cunning- ham went to live with and was chaperoned by Mrs. Jane Washington, at Mount Vernon, and afterward married Mrs. Washington's nephew, Thomas B. Washington, of Jefferson County, Va. During the war, Mrs. Washington was living at Charlestown, Va., but was banished out of the lines, and also lost two sons with Stonewall Jackson. She is now residing in England. . Charles E. was educated in the schools of Maryland and Virginia, receiving a practical English and classical education. In 1849 he was married to Miss Elizabeth A. Jones. Mrs. Cunningham died in 1883. By this union eight

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children were born, three sons and five daughters: Kate C. (living at home and now editing The Woman's Chronicle, a popular paper of Little Rock), Nannie R. (wife of S. B. Sparks, of War- rensburg, who is State senator of his district), Mollie (unmarried, died at the age of twenty-one), James W. (living at Sedalia, and is assistant pay- master of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad), Bessie (wife of John J. Cockrell, a son of Sen- ator Cockrell, of Missouri, and living in New Mexico), George E. (holding a responsible position in the establishment of Thomas W. Baird, of Little Rock, Ark.), Nettie (wife of J. E. Clark, of War- rensburg) and Charles F. (at home). Mr. Cunning- ham was in the first immigration to California, across the plains, in 1849, and, after his arrival, engaged in freighting with Mexican pack trains, and mining. He returned in 1853, having been quite successful. In 1854 he moved to Johnson County, Mo., but, his eyesight failing to some ex- tent, in 1862 he went to St. Louis, and placed himself under the care of Dr. Pope, a celebrated occulist, deriving great benefit from the treatment received. He resided there until 1865, when he moved to Little Rock, and engaged in the lumber traffic, owning and operating a saw-mill, planing- mill, etc. In this departure he was also fortunate, and has since retired from business. The school board of Little Rock found in him an efficient and influential member, and one whose opinion was never far from right. His first vote for president was cast for Henry Clay, but after coming to Ar- kansas he was a Democrat, through the recon- structive days, then going over to Peter Cooper, in 1876. Since that time he has been a third party man, and, though stanch to his party principles, he takes no special interest in local politics. In 1882 Mr. Cunningham was nominated by the Greenback party, to make the race for congress- man at large against Breckenridge, and in 1886 the Wheelers nominated him to make the race for Governor against Hughes and Judge Gregg. At the Cincinnati convention, held in May, 1888, he was nominated on the Union Labor ticket for vice- president. It is quite unnecessary to add that Mr. Cunningham is a popular gentleman, for his

career through life, as a public and private citizen, has been an enviable one, and his record such as any might be proud to possess.

Isaac A. Dale, one of the oldest living citizens of Little Rock, and one of the eminently respecta- ble men of the county, was born in Middle Tennes- see on January 1, 1823, and reared on the farm, where he remained until eighteen years of age. He then served an apprenticeship at the carpen- ter's trade, working at this until 1847 in Nash- ville, Tenn., after which he commenced steam- boating as an engineer. He settled in Little Rock, January, 1849, and traveled up and down the Mississippi River and all its tributaries for twenty years, and can relate many interesting incidents connected with his trips. He then took charge of the steam fire-engine at Little Rock, ran it over twenty years, when he had to give it up on account of failing health. To prevent ennui, he erected a small store, and this he conducted for some time. During the late war he was a member of the State militia. He selected for his companion in life Miss Nancy F. Long, of Nashville, Tenn., whom he married October 8, 1846, and four children are the fruits of this union: Drucilla R. (wife of L. M. Kumpe), Matthias A., John L. and Horace G. Mr. Dale is the son of John E. and Anna F. (Green) Dale, natives of Eastern Maryland, born in 1785 and 1795, respectively. The parents moved to Tennessee in 1809, and there the father followed agricultural pursuits. He was a power- ful man, was six feet one inch in height, and weighed 205 pounds. He died in 1840. The mother's death occurred in 1873. Twelve children were born to this union, nine of whom grew to maturity. The paternal grandfather was of Welsh descent, and lived for many years in Snowhill, Md., and served four years in the Revolutionary War. Isaac A. Dale has a powder horn used by his grandfather at that time. The maternal grand- father was captain of a ship, and died and was buried at sea.

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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 69

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