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 77

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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Association, and also fills the same position for the State Dental Examining Board. He is inter- ested in all the affairs of his profession, and assisted in the organization of the State Dental Association, being president of that body in 1888. Before leaving Mississippi he was appointed a member of the first Board of Dental Examiners. under the laws of that State, and elected presi- dent of that body. In secret societies he is a prominent member of the Knights of Pythias, Knights of Honor, and of the Masonic fraternity.

James A. Martin, one of the most prominent civil engineers and surveyors in Arkansas, residing at 607 West Fifth Street, Little Rock, was born in Pulaski County, Ark., and has made Little Rock his home almost all of his life. His father was Jared C. Martin, a native of what was then the Cherokee Nation, in Georgia, who was a son of John and Elizabeth (Allen) Martin, of Ireland. The grandparents removed from Georgia to Cape Girardeau, Mo., by wagon, at an early period, where their son, Jared C., was reared, and remained until his fifteenth year, when he came to Pulaski Coun- ty to join a brother, Hutchison Martin, who had preceded him about three years. The brother was living at that time on the river front, opposite the foot of Main Street. The site has long since been washed away, and the Arkansas River now flows where his house stood. Jared operated a ferry- boat for his brother for some time after his arrival, and then carried the mail for two years from Little Rock to Arkansas Post. He was subsequently engaged in farming, and followed that calling for the remainder of his life. He represented Pulaski County in the State legislature two terms, and was then appointed to fill an unexpired term of Gen. John Hutt, who was removed from the office of State treasurer, and at the expiration of that term was elected for the succeeding one. His death occurred on November 7, 1857, at the age of fifty- one years. His wife before marriage was Miss Mary Douglass, of Sumner County, Tenn., who was born in 1809. They were the parents of eleven children, of whom five are yet living, four sons and one daughter: James A., William A., Mollie D. (wife of James J. Martin, of Little Rock), Jared

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C., Jr., and Henry G. (also civil engineers at Little Rock.) The mother died February 14, 1877, at the age of sixty-eight years, and both parents are buried on the old homestead in Fourche Township, Pulaski County. They were members of the Christian Church, and devout Christian people. James A., the principal of this sketch, was reared on the homestead farm, and received the best edu- cation offered by the schools of that period. His father at one time erected a school-house himself, and employed the best teachers to be found, but afterward sent James to Sumner County, Tenn., where he attended school for one year. After his return to Arkansas he commenced farming, and when twenty-two years old, he was married to Miss Huldah Tracy Toncray, of Memphis, Tenn., a daughter of Silas T. and Orpah (Hansbrough) Ton- cray. After his marriage he continued farming for one year, and then purchased his present resi- dence. Mr. Martin studied surveying with a man by the same name, but no relation, and in the fall of 1853, he commenced surveying for the Govern- ment, remaining at that occupation for six years. He put in four years as deputy State treasurer, under treasurers John Quindley and Oliver Basham, and was appointed treasurer on the death of the latter, who was killed at Pilot Knob, Mo. During the last two years of the war he was a member of Capt. Watkins' company, in Hawthorne's regi- ment, and served as clerk in the adjutant's office, under Gen. Fagan most of the time. He subse- quently served in the same capacity under Gen. Hawthorne, and spent the last four months of his service in the Topographical Bureau of the engi- neer's department, at Shreveport, La. Since the war he has been engaged in engineering and sur- veying over the States of Arkansas, Kansas, Mis- souri, Louisiana and Indian Territory, and assisted in locating the Cairo & Fulton Railroad (now the Iron Mountain), and the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railway, also the Little Rock, Mississippi River & Texas Railroad. the road from Monticello to Texar- kana, also from Van Buren, Ark., to Arkansas City. Kas. Nine children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Martin, of whom four are yet living: Silas C. (a civil engineer, of Little Rock, who was married to

Miss Fannie E. Martin), Mollie O. (wife of Charles Fowler, in charge of the city trade for C. F. Penzel & Co.), Frank Douglas and James Cook. The entire family are members of the Christian Church, to which Mr. Martin has belonged since 1848, and has been connected with the Little Rock church of that denomination since 1853, holding the office of elder. He is also a member of the Arkansas So- ciety of Surveyors and Engineers.

Capt. James R. Miller, one of the best known men in Arkansas, and president of both the Street Railway Company and the Arkansas Industrial Company, two of the largest corporations in Little Rock, though a wealthy man, is devoid of the pride and arrogance of the semi-millionaire. On the contrary, he is of a jolly, social disposition, open, free-hearted, and the acme of hospitality. The following tribute to his worth, as a man, was writ. ten by his life-long friend, Opie P. Reed, editor of the Arkansaw Traveler: "One of the best-known men in Arkansas is Capt. James R. Miller. He has never sought notoriety, has never attempted to place himself in the line of the public at large, but the public turned about, bowed and smiled upon him. At the close of the war he was a mon. eyless boy, his only capital being the half forgotten rudiments of the printer's trade. He did not go over to the shady side of the street, where the boys sat upon goods-boxes, telling war stories and spit- ting through their teeth, but went out into the sunshine of conflict. The printer's trade was not progressive enough for him, and he threw it aside. His quick eye and unerring judgment soon enabled him to get a foothold, and in a wonderfully short time he began to be mentioned as a rising man. The tide of fortune flowed his way; his perceptions grew keener and his judgment ripened; the fruit of tireless work was growing yellow on the tree of enterprise. He was now what the world terms a rich man, but his work was only begun; he had made his own fortune, and now he would assist in making the fortunes of others. He left Memphis, the scene of his early operations, and went to Little Rock. He did not go to speculate as a non-pro- ducer, but to build the largest cotton seed oil mills in the world. One day an old negro stopped a

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citizen on the street and said: . Look yere, didn' you call dat w'ite man gwine long yander Cap'n Miller ?' 'Yes.' 'Wall, is he de man dat's got all dese yere oil mills and street-kyars an' sich ?' 'He's the man.' . Wall, I nebber know'd dat befo'. W'y, he's de man dat gin me er dollar one day w'en I wus haungry. I didn' know who he wus, an' I went up to him, I did, and says, " Look yere, boss, I'se haungry. Ain' you got er loose dime erbout yere cloze?" He look at me, he did, an' I thought sho' he gwine hit me; but he rushed out er dollar an' says, "Here, you d-n raskil!" I didn' stop to argify wid him bout not bein' er raskil, I tell yon.' Capt. Miller is especially the friend of the young man who is trying to rise; and he has the satisfaction of knowing that he extended the first helping hand to many young men who are now becoming prominent in Arkan- sas. He is now at the head of the street-railway system of Little Rock, which, under his manage- ment, has grown to be the most perfect system in the South. Capt. Miller has an elegant home, a handsome and brilliant wife, and one of the most beautiful little girls in the world."

Dr. L. W. Millett, prominent and popular as one of Little Rock's dentists, is from Maine, hav- ing been born in that State September 19, 1859. He is the son of Thomas and Elmira (Day) Millett, both of whom were natives of the Pine Tree State, but of French descent, their parents having come to America at an early date. When quite young Dr. Millett, having been left an orphan, went to live with an older brother. He attended school at Gorham's Seminary and Westbrook, and later be- gan the study of his profession with Dr. French, of Portland, Me., completing his course at the Boston Dental College. He then practiced for five years in Farmington, Me., and in November, 1884, came to Little Rock, establishing his office at 3153 Main Street, where he has since been lo- cated. Dr. Millett married in 1882. His wife is a very charming lady, her maiden name being Inez G. Davis, and a daughter of Charles E. Davis, of Farmington Falls, Me. They are the parents of one bright little lad, Roscoe C. (born in September, 1884.) Mr. and Mrs. Millett are members of the

Congregational Church, and the former is a mem- ber of Damon Lodge No. 3, K. of P. He is also a member of the Arkansas Dental Association. The Doctor has occasion to feel proud of his extensive practice, which, in comparison with that of older established dentists, is certainly an extraordinary one.

H. F. Mons, manager of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association, at Little Rock, Ark. This thorough going business man was born in the Kingdom of Prussia, Germany, in 1831, grew to manhood there, received a thorough education and afterward followed mercantile pursuits until he emigrated to America, in 1857. He landed in New York City, and although not familiar with the Eng- lish language soon picked it up and remained in that city until 1859. He then went with an over- land train to the West, crossed the plains with an ox train, and was here engaged as clerk for some time. In 1860 he returned to the East, invested his money in various kinds of business in the city of St. Louis, Mo., and there remained until the breaking out of the war, when he enlisted in the Union Army, the Fourth Missouri Reserve Corps, Company L, commanded by Gov. Brown, and was in service four months. He then re enlisted in the Twelfth Missouri Infantry, and remained until the close of the war, occupying the position of regi- mental quartermaster. He participated in the following battles: Bentonville, Pea Ridge, attack on Vicksburg, Canton, Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain. After cessation of hostilities Mr. Mons embarked in the general mercantile bus- iness at South Point, Mo., and remained there six years, when he started a wine farm in Franklin County, Mo. About three years later he returned to St. Louis and engaged with Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association, where he remained until 1883, when he was appointed to come to Little Rock and establish the present brewing agency. By his marriage, which occurred in Franklin County, Mo., to Miss Mary Krotzsch, a native of Louisville, Ky., born in 1839, were born two living children: Jnlins E. and Leo Arthur. Mr. Mons' father, Julius Mons, comes of a long line of Ger- man ancestors. He was cook for King Frederick

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III, of Prussia. H. F. Mons is a pleasant, social gentleman and a man held in high esteem for his honesty and integrity. He is a member and ad- jutant of the G. A. R., and in his political views affiliates with the Republican party.

Col. E. B. Moore, president of the Famous Life Association of Little Rock, Ark., and one of the best-known citizens of that place, is a native of Tennessee, and was born on January 23, 1842. He is of Scotch-Irish descent, his maternal great- grandfather coming from Ireland, and his paternal grandfather from Scotland. William Ward Moore, his father, a native of Halifax County, N. C., was a tailor by trade, afterward a prominent merchant and justice of the peace in White County, Tenn. He was married in the latter place to Miss Isabella Bryan, daughter of Maj. William Bryan, one of the leading farmers of that county. In 1858 Mr. Moore went to Fayetteville, Ark., where he was engaged in merchandising and operated a saw-mill. During the war he went to Clarksville, Tex., where he dealt in cotton and traded on a considerable scale with Mexico, but later on he returned to Fayetteville, where he opened up and kept a first- class hotel. His death occurred in that city, while his wife died in Eureka Springs, on May 5, 1880, at the age of sixty-five years. Both parents were members of the Methodist Church. Nine children were born to their marriage, of whom Col. E. B. Moore, the principal of this sketch, is the third. E. B. Moore was educated at the excellent private schools of Sparta, Tenn., where he was also reared. but obtained the most of his literary knowledge at the " cases " in the printing office of the Arkansan, at Fayetteville, which paper was edited by Petti- grew & Bondinot. He entered that office in the spring of 1859, and the following year was ap- pointed postmaster of Fayetteville by President Buchanan, being reappointed to the same office by the Confederate Government, when the Civil War commenced. In March, 1861, he enlisted as a private in the first company raised for the war in Washington County (Capt. Bells), being a part of the Third Arkansas State Regiment under Col. Gratiot. On the organization of the company he was appointed second sergeant, and shortly after-

ward was made orderly-sergeant. On the organi- zation of the regiment, in 1861, he was made regi- mental commissary with the rank of captain, hold- ing this rank until the disbandment of the State troops four months later, and their enlistment in the regular Confederate service, where Mr. Moore's gallant actions in the field won him rapid promo- tion still further in the ranks. During his army career he took part in the battle of Oak Hill, on August 10, 1861, where he was so severely wounded by a minie-ball entering the right thigh and com- ing out through the right hip, that he was contined to his bed for nine months, and was forced to walk on crutches for four months more. After partially recovering from his wound, he left home once more and became a member of Capt. Palmer's company of Confederate scouts, and operated for about ten months in Northwest Arkansas, taking part in the battle at Fayetteville, and a number of others. The exposure connected with this service caused his wound to break out fresh, and at one time he was at the point of death, forcing him to rejoiu his father's family, who had refugeed to South Arkansas. From there they went to Clarks- ville, Tex., where Col. Moore remained four months, and against the earnest persuasion of his family, once more entered the ranks in Cabell's brigade, where he remained until the final surrender, taking part in the battle of Mark's Mill, and a number of hard skirmishes. Col. Moore was reared by an old line Whig, his father, but in politics he has always been a stanch Democrat. In 1874, 1876, 1878 and 1880 he served as a delegate to the Dem- ocratic State Convention, and in 1878 was elected as a representative from Washington County to the State legislature, being re-elected in 1880 and 1882, and is the only man who was ever elected three consecutive times from that county to the State legislature. In 1868 he purchased and com- menced the publication of the Fayetteville Demo- crat, successfully continning as the editor of that paper until 1884, when he was nominated by his party and elected as secretary of State. He served four years in this office, but before his time had expired he was elected to his present position in the insurance association, and on July 1, 1889,

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was made president of the Arkansas Collecting, Detective and General Intelligence Association of this city. Col. Moore is also a prominent stock- holder in the Gazette Publishing Company. In secret societies he is a member in high standing of the Odd Fellows, and in 1879 was unanimously elected Grand Master of the State Grand Lodge. He is also prominently connected with the Knights of Honor and Knights of Pythias fraternities. Col. Moore was married at Fayetteville, on February 9, 1869, to Emma J., a daughter of Col. George W. North, of Harper's Ferry, Va. Mrs. Moore is a descendant of Lord North, King George III's prime minister, who was so intimately connected with the Revolutionary history of this country. She is a woman of intellectual and Christian char- acter, endowed with a pleasing manner and great social attainments. But in spite of her large circle of friends by whom she is loved, and the attrac- tions necessarily a part of her life as a leader of Little Rock society, she is a devoted wife and mother and makes her home one of the brightest in that city. Col. and Mrs. Moore have four chil- dren: Fred. W., Cora E., George W. and Sallie Bell.

Bernard Murray, retired, Little Rock, Ark. This much-respected and honored citizen was orig- inally from County Kildare, Ireland, where his birth occurred in 1818, and where he remained on the farm with his parents until thirty years of age. He then married, and in order to throw off the burden of allegiance to the British crown and gain the advantages offered by our vigorous republic, he and wife came to America. He left Dublin, Ireland, in April, 1846, and twenty-one days later arrived on American soil, where he pursued his trade, that of painter and grainer. They located first in Lowell, Mass., and being a very skillful workman he had no difficulty in finding employ- ment at his trade, and soon had accumulated con- siderable money. Then desiring to see more of the United States, and knowing that his skill as a work- man would secure him employment in any of the principal cities of the new country, he concluded to travel, and he and wife first went to New York City. There they remained for some time and

then went to New Orleans, thence up the great Father of Waters to St. Louis, and from there to Lonisville, Ky., where Mr. Murray found employ- ment to suit him, and a pleasant home. Here he applied himself assiduously to his trade, gaining a wide reputation for his skill as a workman, and was upright and honorable in all his dealings. While in Louisville, the Mechanics' Institute of- fered a diploma for the most skilled workman to be found in his business, and though there were many competitors, Mr. Murray was rewarded with the diploma. He remained in Louisville from the spring of 1850 to 1857, when he came to Little Rock, Ark. Although the past record of Mr. Mur- ray had been such as to reflect the highest credit upon him as an adept in the art of painting, and although he had earned goodly sums of money, yet, by some mysterious process, the "filthy lucre" always slipped from his hands and found its way back into general circulation instead of filling his private coffers, and when he arrived in Little Rock he was without a cent and in debt. But thrift and skill never yield to adversity, but smile at poverty. He went to work with a determined spirit, employed other men to do the rougher work, while he him- self put on the finer touches, and by thus pushing his business was soon on the high road to pros- perity. He worked in Little Rock, contracting, etc., from 1857 until 1883, and can now spend his declining years in ease and comfort. He has made many friends in the city, and is universally re- spected. He and wife have been blessed with a large family of children, all of whom are living: Mrs. Margaret Jarrett, Mrs. Sarah J. Harding, Noah, B. J., Ed. C., Frank J., Joseph and Mary. The mother of these children died at the age of thirty-nine years. Mr. Murray and family are all members of the Roman Catholic Church.

C. E. Nash, M. D. In recording the names of the faithful practitioners of medicine in this locality, that of C. E. Nash will always be given a prominent and enviable position. There are two ways to gain a reputation, one by the influence of friends, and the other by individual application and true worth. The latter applies to Dr. Nash, who has certainly reached the top round of the

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ladder in that most noble of all professions. He is a native of Missouri, and was born in St. Louis in 1826. His father, John T. Nash, was born, reared and educated in Virginia, and graduated with honorable distinction from a medical college of that State. He was exceptionally well read and delivered many lectures that received favora- ble comment in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Penn. In 1812 he moved to the State of Missouri, and although wealthy, he became an active medical practitioner simply for the love of the science. He owned a valuable plantation near old Jamestown, and also possessed considerable land on which the site of St. Louis is now situated. Reverses overtook him while in the zenith of prosperity, and he was compelled to resign all his property, his lands being sold at 10 cents per acre. He sold his wedding suit, and even lacked $15 of paying his debts; his death occurring while in the prime of life, and when about forty-five years of age, one hundred miles from home and during a visit to a patient. His demise was deeply lamented by his many warm friends. His wife, Anna (Bland) Nash, was born in Prince Edward County, Va., of Scotch origin, her father having emigrated to America at an early day. She was a cousin of Robert Lee's mother, also being closely related to John B. Ran- dolph, and a number of the old families of the Old Dominion. Hon. Richard Bland, of Missouri, is a very near relative of Dr. Nash, the subject of this sketch. Mrs. Nash was left destitute with four children to care for, and nobly did she per- form the duties imposed upon her. Dr. C. E. Nash was her third son, and at his home in Ala- bama she died, in 1863, at the age of seventy-two years, the Doctor at that time having charge of a hospital in that State. C. E. Nash's early youth was spent with his brother-in-law, Robert A. Wat- kins, with whom he made his home after attaining his eighth year. His early educational advantages were excellent, as Mr. Watkins was the first secre- tary of the State of Arkansas, holding the position four years, and thus favored the Doctor with an excellent knowledge of business affairs in his office. The records of that time are in his handwriting,

and his instructions were received from Mr. Wat- kins and Gov. Conway. Having had a desire to study medicine, he entered the drug store of Dr. R. L. Dodge with the intention of making that science a study, and after becoming thoroughly prepared became a student at the University of St. Lonis, from which institution he was graduated in 1849 as a regularly qualified physician. The remainder of the year, and until 1858 he practiced in Helena, Ark., and at the same time attended to his plantation in Mississippi, just across the river. Upon this he moved in the last-named year, keep- ing up his practice on the west side of the river in the meantime. During the war he had charge of the Confederate Marine Hospital, located at Salem, Ala., but after the cessation of hostilities and . upon returning home he found all the buildings and fences on his plantation a complete wreck. He borrowed money, paid off debts that he had contracted before the war, and continued to man- age this farm until 1882, when he sustained heavy losses from overflow. In 1884 he returned to Helena, and in 1886 settled in Little Rock, where he is now following his profession. Dr. Nash's residence is situated on Scott Street, and besides this he owns considerable property in Helena. He was first married to Miss Mary Frances Epps, who was born in North Carolina, and died in 1880 at the age of fifty-one years, having borne eight children: John T., Alexander E. and Charles E., all deceased, the first two dying at home and the latter in Memphis, Tenn., of yellow fever. The daughters are Mary E. (wife of William B. Lind- sey), Anna, Virginia, Shirley (deceased) and Sarah E. His second wife was Miss Fannie Mosley, who was born in Georgia. She is the daughter of Capt. Mosley, who was a well-known and promi- nent citizen of Jackson, Miss. Mrs. Nash and her sister Mary organized and successfully conducted a female college at Jackson, Miss., for a number of years. They are ladies of culture and refine- ment, and were very popular as teachers as well as favorites in society, as they now are. Dr. Nash, on his paternal side, is a relative of Francis Nash, of Revolutionary fame, and related to Francis Nash, a soldier in the War of 1812, and also to

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Judge Nash, of North Carolina. The Doctor is, as he well deserves to be, a popular gentleman and physician, and those who are fortunate enough to secure his services when necessary realize that his coming means the alleviation of their suffering. In social circles he is equally popular, always being surrounded by an attentive and appreciative company, who thoroughly enjoy his sparkling wit. interesting episodes and brilliant repartee.

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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 77

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