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 71

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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tion by the people, for a term of eight years, and on September 1, 1884, his labors ceased, and he was called before the presence of a just and merciful God, to be judged as he had judged others. Judge English was twice married: first in Athens, Ala., September 30, 1840, to Miss Julia A. Fisher, one of Athen's most beautiful and accomplished dangh- ters, who died in 1871. His second marriage oc- curred in July, 1872. to Mrs. Susan A. Wheless, of Nashville, Tenn., an attractive and cultivated lady, who still survives him. As a Freemason, Judge English was eminently distinguished. He joined the fraternity at Athens, in 1843, and when quite a youth, he was made Master of his lodge. At Little Rock he affiliated with the Western Star Lodge No. 2, and in 1845 was elected Master of that lodge, which office he held for many years. In 1849 he was elected Grand Master of the State, and after a lapse of ten years, was again elected to that office for ten years, at the end of which time he was re-elected. He held the chief place in his Chapter as a Royal Arch Mason, as also in his Commandery as a Knight Templar, and had passed through the various degrees. He was elected General Grand High Priest of the General Grand Chapter of the United States, and his name is familiar to Masons over the entire world: the Masonic decisions of Grand Master English hav- ing been translated and read by many tongues and places, the very names of which were unknown to him. Judge English was a Christian gentleman, and had joined the Methodist Church early in life in his native State. P. D. English, deputy clerk of the supreme court of Arkansas, was born in Athens, Ala., Jannary 2, 1846, and is a son of Chief Justice Elbert H. and Julia (Fisher) Eng- lish. He was reared in Little Rock, and has re- sided in that city the greater part of his life. At the age of fourteen years he left school, and was appointed deputy clerk of the supreme court, and continued in that capacity until 1864, when he joined Gen. Fagan's escort, and remained with him until the close of the war. After that event he returned to Little Rock, and worked for the firm of Scott, Lawson & Co., where he remained for several years, and then commenced the study

of law in his father's office. After being licensed to practice, in 1867, he continued in his profession until 1870, and then entered the Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Va., from which in- stitute he graduated the following year. He next returned to Little Rock, and entered into partner- ship with his father, under the firm name of E. H. & P. D. English, but in 1873 he moved to Texas, where he resided for one year and then came back to Little Rock. Mr. English then turned his at- tention to farming, continuing in that occupation until 1880, when he was appointed deputy clerk of the Arkansas Supreme Court, by L. E. Barber, clerk of that court, and has served in that capacity ever since. Mr. English is also secretary of the Arkansas Collecting, Detective and General Intel- ligence Association at Little Rock. In secret societies he is Chief Templar of Little Rock Lodge No. 1, I. O. G. T., and Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge I. O. G. T., of Arkansas. In relig- ious belief he is a member of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, South, and is secretary of the board of stewards. Mr. English was married on Febru- ary 15, 1887, to Miss Katie L. Speirs, of Colum- bus, Miss., by whom he has had two children: Marguerite and Katherine. Mrs. English is a member of the First Presbyterian Church.

Thomas Essex, one of the most prominent men of Little Rock, was born in St. Louis, Mo., December 15, 1837. His father, James C., was born in 1811, and his mother, whose maiden name was Rebecca Lee, was born in Ireland in 1818, the youngest of fifteen children. She came to America when only nine years of age with grand- parents (Lee) and settled in Illinois near St. Louis, afterward moving to that city. The grandfather, Thomas Essex, was a celebrated physician in England, who came to this country and settled in Tennessee at an early day. The father of our subject left home when a boy, and settled in St. Louis, where he still resides, at the advanced age of seventy-eighty, and his estimable wife, seventy- one years old. Thomas received his primary edu- cation in the private schools at St. Louis, and at the high school at Arcadia, Mo. In 1854 he en- tered McKendree College, at Lebanon, Ill., where

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he received the degree of A. B. in the class of 1858, and degree of A. M. in 1860. After his graduation he read law in the office of Hon. Thomas C. Johnson, of St. Louis, and was honored with the degree of LL. B., in the Cincinnati Law School, in 1861. Mr. Essex then settled in Iron- ton, near Arcadia, Mo., where he resided for some fifteen years, part of the time teaching at the Arcadia school, and later giving his attention to the practice of law. In conjunction with W. H. Winfield, afterward a resident lawyer of Little Rock, Ark., he edited and published for some time the Iron County Register, in the interests of the Democratic party. This paper is still in ex- istence, and is published by the editor to whom it was sold as soon as the county went Democratic. In June, 1866, Mr. Essex was married to Miss Adeline V., daughter of Benj. and Caroline (Murry) Hypes, natives of Virginia, and residents of Lebanon, III. To this union one child has been born, Carrie Lee, an attractive lady, who has been given every advantage of schooling, having gradu- ated at the Little Rock University, in the class of 1888. Both the parents of Mr. and Mrs. Essex are living; the former celebrated their golden wed- ding in September, 1884, her parents enjoying a similar anniversary in November of the same year. Mr. Essex was elected, in 1867, to fill an unexpired term in the Missouri Senate, representing the then Twenty-fourth senatorial district, embracing the counties of Iron, Madison, Wayne, Butler, Rey- nolds, Shannon, Carter, Ripley and Oregon. He was re-elected in 1870, for the full term of four years, and the last two years of that service was president pro tem of that body. In December, 1875, Mr. Essex moved to Little Rock, and took charge of the land department of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway, and in Jan- uary, 1876, was regularly appointed land commis- sioner thereof. In 1881 he was made tax commis- sioner of the Missouri Pacific, in Arkansas, in ad- dition to his position as land commissioner. The affairs of the land department of the Little Rock & Fort Smith were added to his charge in Febru- ary, 1889. After coming to Little Rock, Mr. Es- sex became a member of the order of Knights of

Honor, and is now Past Dictator; Little Rock Lodge No. 452; of the Royal Arcanum, now Past Regent; Quapaw Council No. 97, and of the Knights of Pythias, now Past Grand Commander and Supreme Representative of Damon Lodge No. 3, also charter member of Pioneer Division No. 1, U. R., and A. D. C., for Arkansas, Staff of Major General, with the rank of Colonel. He is Presi- dent of Section 594 E. R., and was elected Grand Chancellor at the organization of the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, in 1881. In 1883 he was elected Supreme Representative and re-elected in 1887. At the Supreme Lodge, in session at Cincinnati, in 1888, he was elected a member of the board of control of the Endowment Rank for a term of two years.

William Farrell, Sr., an extensive lumber mer- chant of Wrightsville, is a native of Canada, and came to Arkansas in 1880, from Ludington, Mich. He is sole proprietor of the well-known Wrights- ville mills (saw and planing), the property posses- sions also embracing one dry-kiln and a private railroad, running back into the timber regions about nine miles. This railroad will eventually ex- tend twenty-four miles, in order to reach desirable timber localities. Mr. Farrell owns 51,000 acres of land, covered with magnificent forests, which, at the rate of his present astonishing business, must soon be cleared. The business is rapidly in- creasing, and though now only seventy-five men are employed, that number will soon be inadequate to carry on the work demanded. The stock in- voices not less than $250,000, to which additions are constantly being made. The straightforward and honest method that is manifested in the trans- action of his business, ensures for Mr. Farrell, what he well deserves, a liberal and continuous patronage. He is widely and favorably known throughout a wide territory.

Col. A. W. Files, interested in the law, real estate and brokerage business, and one of the lead- ing citizens of Little Rock, was born in Tuscaloosa, Ala., being a son of Oliver and Nancy (Stone) Files, who moved from Tuscaloosa to Ashley County, Ark., in 1848, when their son was nine- teen years old. Young Files was educated in the

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high schools of his native State, but his school- days were terminated upon his parents' removal to Arkansas. He assisted his father upon the planta- tion in their new home until the fall of 1849, when he entered the mercantile house of Messrs. Cohn & Gellespy, and remained with them until the sher- iff of his county induced him to accept a deputy- ship. He served in this capacity for two years, and the two years following had entire charge of the office. In 1858 he was elected clerk of Ashley County, and remained in that position for ten years. During the Civil War he was assigned to the quartermaster's department of the Trans-Mis- sissippi department, and was also under Sandy C. Faulkner (the original Arkansaw Traveler) in the ordnance department. In 1868 Col. Files was re- moved from office by military order, after which he entered into mercantile life, and also obtained a license to practice law. In commercial circles he was a member of the firm of Files Bros., and sub- sequently with Files, Boyd & Co. He continued in this dual capacity until the year 1876, when he withdrew and devoted his entire time to law, his practice having assumed fair proportions. In 1874 he was elected to the special session of the legis- lature, and was one of the hardest workers in that body for a constitutional convention, at the same time declining a nomination as a member of same. In 1880 Col. Files was again elected to the legisla- ture, and in the summer of 1882 he was a candi- date for State auditor before the Democratic con- vention, his principal opponent being Dr. M. M. MaGuire, of Dardanelle. However, Col. Files re- ceived the nomination, and was opposed before the people by Mr. H. P. Barry, on the Independent ticket, but he was elected by a majority of 50,000, and in 1884 was nominated by acclamation in the Democratic convention and re-elected by a large majority. He served in that capacity until January, 1887, when he retired from office, and in April of the same year formed a partnership with Mr. H. C. Hinton, formerly book-keeper with Auditor Files, for the purpose of carrying on a real estate and brokerage business. This enterprise has been suc- cessful, and the firm enjoy a large business in that line in Little Rock. In July, 1889, Col. Files was

elected general manager of the Arkansas Collect- ing, Detective and General Intelligence Associa- tion, a greatly needed and extensive institution, whose business extends throughout the State. In religious faith the Colonel is a member of the Sec- ond Baptist Church at Little Rock, and also treas- urer of same and superintendent of the Sunday- school. Besides this, he is treasurer of the Arkan- sas Baptist State Convention, and also of the State Mission Board. He takes a great interest in educational matters, and is one of the directors and treasurer of the Ouachita Baptist College, at Arkadelphia. Col. Files was married on June 13, 1854, to Miss Sarah T. C. Crook, daughter of Hon. W. D. Crook, of Drew County. Ten chil- dren have been born to their union, of whom five are yet living: Lelia G. (wife of John L. Hawk- ins), Abbie J. (wife of J. W. Clingman), Ruth, Harry and Ethel. His family are also members of the Baptist Church.

James H. Flemming, real-estate dealer, sur- veyor and civil engineer, of Little Rock, is a na- tive of Shelby County, Ill., and a son of Peter and Anna (Owens) Flemming, natives of Ohio and Tennessee, respectively. Mr. Flemming went to Illinois in 1829, and engaged in farming. He helped locate the county seat at Shelbyville, and was subsequently elected sheriff, serving in that capacity for eighteen years, after which he was elected county judge, and then judge of the criminal court, thus continuing for twenty-four years. In all, he held offices of public trust and confidence for forty-two years. He died while in the latter position, and when returning home after a day's session, being stricken with heart disease and dying without a struggle. Mr. and Mrs. Flemming were the parents of eleven children, eight of whom are living, and two of whom are residents of this State: James H. (our subject) and Mary (wife of S. G. Oller, a resi- dent of Saline County). Mrs. Flemming died about 1857, at the age of forty-one. James H. was reared in Illinois on a farm, until about twenty years old, after which he clerked in a store nearly a year, and was then elected constable of Jordan Creek district before he was twenty-one,

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but qualified after reaching his twenty-first birth- day. He was deputy sheriff and constable under his father for six years. Coming south, he en- gaged in trading horses and mules, and later entered into farming in Hernando County, Miss., for eighteen months, when the war broke out and he returned home, as it happened, on the last train on the Illinois Central, which ran from Memphis to Cairo. He then took a contract to furnish Messrs. Hall & Durkee ties for the rail- road which was being built east of Shelbyville, and which is now known as the Illinois & St. Louis Railroad. About a year later, he came south and located in Devall's Bluff and Little Rock, and took a contract from the Government to furnish the Memphis & Little Rock Railroad with general supplies, which position he held from July, 1864. until the close of the war. After this he embarked in the mercantile business at Lonoke and Austin, and then purchased a place down the river, and resumed farming a few years. Taking a contract subsequently to build seventy miles of railroad for the Arkansas Central (now the Arkansas Midland), he constructed only thirty miles, as no remunera- tion was forthcoming and he was obliged to give it up. He was then occupied in farming for two years, after which he was appointed deputy sheriff. In 187- Mr. Flemming was nominated by the Republican Central Committee as candidate for circuit clerk, and was elected, but was counted out by the Democrats. Mr. Flemming is a strong Republican, and is a member of the Lincoln Club of Little Rock, and of the county central commit- tee; he was appointed a delegate from Little Rock to the Liberal Republican National convention at Cincinnati. Of late years he has been a planter, but is now disposing of his stock, and is devoting his time to surveying and civil engineering. He is one of the prime movers in building the Little Rock & Choctaw Railroad, of which he is also one of the directors, and is a member of the Society of Surveyors, Engineers and Architects of Arkansas. Mr. Flemming was married in May, 1877, to Mrs. Cornelia A. Cook. They are the parents of one boy, James, now deceased. Mrs. Flemming is connected with the Second Presbyterian Church.

Hon. Thomas Fletcher, a retired merchant, and one of the most brilliant lawyers that ever prac- ticed before the bar in Arkansas, as well as a pioneer of that State, was born in what is now Randolph County in the year 1819, and is a son of Henry Lewis and Mary (Lindsey) Fletcher, of Tennessee and Kentucky, respectively. The par- ents were married in Christian County, Ky., and in 1815 moved to what is now Randolph County. In 1825 they moved to that portion of Pulaski County which is now Saline, where the father died in 1840, and the mother followed him in 1856. He was one of the earliest settlers of Arkansas, and became one of its leading citizens and influential men. His father was John G. Fletcher, of Ten- nessee, who died in Lawrence County, Ark., in 1825, and his father-in-law, Caleb Lindsey, was a native of Christian County, Ky., and one of the earliest settlers of what is now Randolph County, Ark. Thomas Fletcher was the second child in a family of ten. He received a good common-school education in his youth, and on reaching his matur- ity began teaching school himself. On September 6, 1844, he was married to Lucinda, a daughter of Stephen Beaver, of Henderson County, Tenn., by whom he had a family of ten children, three daughters yet living. After his marriage he settled on a large farm in Owens Township, about fifteen miles west of Little Rock, where he resided until 1869, with the exception of two years, in which he served through the Civil War. Since then he has resided in Little Rock, and intends to make that city his future home for life. Mr. Fletcher is one of the largest land owners in Pulaski County, own- ing altogether about 2,500 acres. He has 1,000 acres in Owens Township that contain valuable copper, lead and silver deposits, which he is work- ing to some extent, and from which he expects to realize considerable benefit in the near future. He also owns a granite quarry near Little Rock that has proved to be a good investment, and consider- able business and residence property in that city. From 1858 to 1862, Mr. Fletcher served as sheriff of Pulaski County, and in 1862 was elected to the State legislature. In 1866 he was again elected sheriff, but after about twenty months' service was

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legislated out. He was licensed to practice law and carry on a real estate business in 1868, con- tinuing the latter occupation up to 1880. From November, 1885, to 1888, he was appointed United States Marshal for the eastern district of Arkansas, and the discharge of his duties while occupying that position, as well as all other public offices that he has held, gave universal satisfaction. Before the war Mr. Fletcher was a Whig, but since that event he has voted the Democratic ticket, and his support of that party has been as strong as it was valuable. He is a member of Magnolia Lodge No. 60, A. F. & A. M., at Little Rock, and the Agricultural Wheel. Mrs. Fletcher, who is a de- vout Christian lady and attends the church of that name, has been of considerable help to her hus- band. in his active life, by her good advice. Their sons: Henry Lewis (is a prominent planter), Rich- ard (a cotton dealer) and John (who has adopted his father's profession, is treading in the same path cut out by the older man, and is making a fine record in the law). All three of the sons reside in Little Rock, and are among its wealthiest and most prominent citizens. Mr. Fletcher is, per- haps, the best-known citizen of Pulaski County, not only through his wealth and influence, but from his brilliant and honorable political career, which has never been excelled by any man of either party.

John F. Foley, ex-superintendent of Little Rock Cooperage Company. In any reliable his- tory of Pulaski County, the name that heads this sketch must be given an enviable place among the business men of Little Rock. His experience has been varied, but at the same time one that reflects credit on him as a man. He was born in Galena, Ind., in 1851, grew to manhood in Lafayette, Ind., and served an apprenticeship as a cooper. He first worked at his trade in 1866, continued the same in Lafayette until 1868, when he went to Louisville, Ky., and there worked at his trade until 1872. He then went to Galveston, Tex .. remained there two years, and then went back to Lafayette, where he was married and lived for eight years. He then came to Little Rock, and after working here for about ten days he became superintendent, and continued in that capacity for six years, or until

March of the present year (1889), when he em- barked in the retail liquor business. He was mar- ried to Miss Mary E. Bowman, a native of Delphi, Ind., born on July 1, 1852, and three children are the result of this union: Nina, George and Joseph. Mr. Foley is the son of Samuel H. and Margaret H. (Vail) Foley. The father was born near Lex- ington, Ky., and worked at the cooper trade in Southern Indiana, Jeffersonville, Greenville and Galena. He was warden of Southern Indiana prison, in Jeffersonville, for two years. He was for abont twenty five years in business for himself, at Galena and Greenville, Ind. He died Septem- ber 19, 1889, at Peoria, Ill., where he had been living for four years. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and a Republican in politics. Margaret H. Vail was the daughter of Maj. Joseph Vail, of Galena, Ind., and a native of New Jersey. He was in the War of 1812 from Ohio, and was a farmer in Galena, Ind. The paternal grandfather Foley was a native of the Old Dominion, and for many years ran a flat-boat on the Ohio and Mis- sissippi Rivers. He died with yellow fever in Kentucky. The maternal grandfather, a Gar- rison, was born in England, and died in Indiana. The maternal grandmother was ninety seven years of age at the time of her death, and the maternal grandfather was one hundred and fonr. The father was seventy-nine years of age. Mr. Foley is a member of the I. O. O. F.

F. L. French, M. D., city physician, Little Rock, Ark. Although yonng in years, Dr. French has already made for himself a representative name, and is known all over the county as a suc- cessful practitioner. He owes his nativity to Min- nesota, where his birth occurred in 1860. Nine years later he came with his parents to Little Rock, and here received his literary education in the public schools. He commenced the study of medicine in 1879, in the Industrial University of Arkansas (medical department), and after passing a thorough examination, graduated in 1882. Start- ing his career as a practitioner in the country, at the end of a year he came to the city, and located in his present place. Here he has built up quite an extensive practice, and is a promising young physi-

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cian. He was elected city physician in 1885, and has been re elected each spring since to the satis- faction of all. He was appointed county physician two years previous to his choice as city physician. His extensive practice outside of official duties, and his work as secretary of the city board of health (of which he is an ex officio member), now demand the greater part of his attention, though he is also con- nected with the State Medical Society and Pulaski County Medical Society. He is a member of the K. of P. The Doctor's father, G. M. French, a native of Canada, is at present a civil engineer, and resides in Hot Springs. Dr. French is prosec- tor of anatomy in the Medical Department of Arkansas Industrial University, and is one of the prominent men of the county.

Jacob Frolich, secretary and manager of the Gazette Publishing Company, Little Rock, is a son of John and Marie Elizabeth (Herrman) Frolich, natives of Bavaria and Prussia, respectively. Mr. Frolich came to America when a little boy, first landing at New Orleans. From there the family went to a point near Vincennes, Ind., on the Wa- bash River, lived several years at Searcy, Ark., and later on moved to Evansville, where the parents passed the remainder of their days. Mr. Frolich was educated in private schools, and part of the time by a private tutor. When looking about for some profession to enter, he determined to learn the printer's trade, and had mastered that calling when only sixteen years of age. He then went south, and found employment at St. Louis, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and several other cities, and worked steadily at his trade until the Civil War commenced. His sympathies being with the South in that struggle for supremacy, he enlisted in the Confederate army, serving the last two years in the first company of the Washington Artillery of New Orleans. After the war was over, he went to Mem- phis, Tenn., and engaged on the Memphis Appeal, remaining with that paper one year. His next location was at Searcy, Ark., where he established the White County Record, of which he was editor and publisher for twelve years, and then sold out. In 1878 Mr. Frolich was elected secretary of State, and served three terms successively, or six years in

all. In 1885 he was appointed as chief of the mineral division of the general land office at Washington, and one year later was made chief of the financial department of the United States pat- ent office. In June, 1889, he returned to Little Rock, and became interested in the reorganization of the Gazette, and was elected secretary and manager, the position held by him at present. Mr. Frolich was married on September 2, 1869, to Miss Mollie Gaines Finley, a daughter of Dr. John B. Finley. Three children have been born to this union: Pearl, Finley and Herman. In religious belief Mr. Frolich is a Presbyterian, and Mrs. Frolich and her daughter are members of the Episcopal Church at Little Rock. In secret soci- eties he belongs to the Masonic fraternity, at Searcy, Ark. When Mr. Frolich took the position as secretary of State, that office was a burden to the State, but, by the exercise of good common sense and executive ability, he made it pay its own expenses, and even prove a source of revenue. While holding this position, at the solicitations of numerous friends and members of the General Assembly, he wrote severel hundred letters to prominent men, in different sections of Arkansas, requesting their individual views as to the best method of deriving a State revenue. Acting upon these replies, and guarding against any infringe- ment of the (rather limited) State constitution, he formed the general revenue bill which was adopted by the next General Assembly, and is the one now in use, with the exception of some modifications, made to meet the demands of a rapidly growing State. Personally, Col. Frolich is a man high- ly respected, and one of the leading citizens of Little Rock, though modest and unobtrusive in his manner.

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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 71

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