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 89

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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Andrew J. McDanial, one of the enterprising farmers and saw-mill men of Antioch Township, was born in Arkansas, in 1844. His father, Peter McDanial, was born in camp, while his parents were emigrating from Illinois to this State. He was reared a farmer and hunter, and in early days followed bear-hunting for a livelihood, often kill- ing two or three bear and three or four deer a day. He was married in 1835, to Betsey Bartlett, of Hot Spring County, whose marriage resulted in the birth of eight children: Diana, Jessie, Martha, Andrew, William, Asa and Sarah. Mr. and Mrs. McDanial were members of the Baptist Church. The former died in 1879, and his wife in 1860. Andrew J. McDanial, after growing to manhood, married Miss Mary E. Spencer, daughter of Levi Spencer of Garland County, in 1865. They are the parents of nine children, eight of whom are living: Sophronia (widow of John Sprorlen), Mary S. (now Mrs. Hill), Andrew J., Alison, Dora, Jes- sie, William D. and Elizabeth. Mr. McDanial owns 200 acres of land. with seventy-five acres un- der cultivation, and has a large orchard containing seven acres of land: this includes apples, peaches. pears, plums, etc. In 1885 he built a fine house and also has a large barn and good buildings. The farm is well stocked, and he owns about thirty head of a superior grade of Berkshire hogs. Mrs. McDanial is a native of Arkansas, and was born in 1842. Her parents were natives of Tennessee, her father taking for his wife Miss Eliza A. Mon- roe. She bore a family of ten children, five of ; sion. He is a first-class physician and surgeon,

whom are living: Perry L., Mary E., Lottie L., John T. and Rufus M. Emigrating from Tennes- see to Arkansas at an early day, Mr. Spencer set- tled in Montgomery County, where he died in 1875, and his wife in 1862. Both were members of the Baptist Church. Mr. McDanial is a man who freely gives his influence and financial aid to all public enterprises. His education was some- what limited, but he is giving his children the benefit of good schooling, and training them to be- come useful members of society. He is a hard- working man, having made all that he now pos- sesses by the sweat of his brow, but is none the less respected on that account. He is a prominent Republican, and with his wife belongs to the church.

Dr. R. H. Moore, of Hot Springs, Ark., and a physician of more than ordinary ability; was born in Hardeman County, Tenn., near Bolivar, on January 3, 1842. His parents, Thomas and Lucy (McNeil) Moore, were natives of North Carolina and Edinburgh, Scotland, respectively, and the father followed the occupation of a farmer. He was an early settler of Hardeman County, Tenn., and there he and his wife passed their last days. The paternal grandfather came originally from Ireland, and died in North Carolina. The mater- nal grandfather, Alexander McNeil, was a United States senator, and died in Washington, D. C., where his body reposes. He was quite a politician, and held a number of offices. Dr. R. H. Moore is the only one of six children born to his parents now living. He attained his growth and secured his education in Hardeman County, where he re- mained until seventeen years of age, and when nineteen years of age he began the study of medi- cine, graduating in the spring of 1860, at the old medical school at New Orleans. He was assistant surgeon all through the war, and was stationed at Louisiana hospital, at Richmond, Va., for three years. After cessation of hostilities he remained in Virginia until 1871, when he went to Green- field, Dade County, Mo., and there remained until 1877, when he came to Hot Springs, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profes-

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and as such is known all over the county. He was elected coroner in September, 1888. He has a fine farm of 160 acres, which is nicely adapted to the raising of corn and cotton, but he resides in Hot Springs, where he has a nice home. He se- lected Miss Annie W. Martin, a native of Virginia, for his wife, and was married to her in March, 1865. They have six children living: Lulu, Mil- ton, Maude, Madge, Mack and Linn. Two are deceased: Charles (died in Greenfield, Mo., in 1872, aged two years) and Charlie Meggs (who died in Hot Springs, Ark., in 1889, aged fifteen). In religious views the Doctor and wife are Metho- dists, and he is a Democrat in his political pref- erences.

W. H. Moyston, circuit and county clerk at Hot Springs, Ark., is one of the most efficient of- ficers Garland County has ever had, and is emi- nently qualified in every way for the position he has occupied since 1886. His birth occurred in Wheeling, Ohio County, W. Va., on April 2, 1840, and he is the son of William A. and Anna (Cald- well) Moyston, the father a native of Schenectady, N. Y., and the mother of Wheeling, W. Va. Will- iam A. Moyston was educated for a physician, but never practiced. He engaged in merchandising in Virginia, and after the war went to Memphis, Tenn., where he died in 1867. The mother died in Wheeling in 1865. The maternal grandfather was an early settler of Virginia, and with the Zanes family founded nearly all Wheeling. Will- iam A. and Anna (Caldwell) Moyston were the par- ents of eleven children, only four of whom are now living. W. H. Moyston was married and received his education in Wheeling, completing his studies in the high school, and at the breaking out of the late war was engaged in the mercantile business. Previous to this he had studied dentistry. In 1861 he enlisted in Shriver Grey's Company G, Twen- ty-seventh Virginia Regiment, Confederate States Army, and was taken prisoner at the battle of Win- chester, put in a Wheeling prison and indicted for treason. He was released on bonds after attend- ing three terms of the United States Court, the case being nolle prossed. In 1863 he went to Mem- phis, and began the practice of dentistry, and re-

mained thus engaged until 1877, going through the yellow fever scourge in 1873. In 1877 he came to Hot Springs, where, for some time, he was engaged in merchandising. In 1886 he was elect- ed to his present office, and so great was his pop- ularity and so well did he fill the position, that he was re-elected without opposition in 1888. He was married in 1865 to Miss Lizzie McLean, a na- tive of Wheeling, W. Va., who bore him four chil- dren: Lizzie, Eddie, Maude and Willie. The wife died July 23, 1889, and is buried at Wheeling, W. Va. Mr. Moyston is an Odd Fellow, Past Chief Patriarch and first Past Grand Chancellor of Ten- nessee K. of P. He is a Democrat in his political views, although named after William Henry Harri- son.

R. Murray, transfer and coal dealer, also man- ager and owner of the street-sprinkler system, Hot Springs, Ark. The parents of Mr. Murray, John and Christina (McCloud) Murray, were na- tives of Southerlandshire, Scotland, and came to Canada at an early day. They settled in County Oxford, and there the mother still resides, but the father died about 1875. He was a prominent ag- riculturist. The subject of this sketch was born in County Oxford, Canada, January 12, 1854, be- ing one of eight children, four sons and four daughters: Alexander (in Michigan), Robert, James (in Michigan), Daniel (in Canada), Marga- ret (in Michigan), Jannette (in Michigan), Cathe- rine and Christina (at home). Young Murray at- tained his growth and received his education in his native county, where he remained until 1879, when he came to the United States, subsequently working at different places (Detroit, Memphis and St. Louis). In 1883 he located at Hot Springs, Ark., and drove a wagon for some time, but in 1886 embarked in his present business, which he has carried on alone ever since. He runs eight transfer wagons and two street sprinklers, besides conducting a large coal-yard and does the most extensive business in coal traffic of any man at the Springs. He began on a very small capital, but being a thoroughgoing business man, and an ex- cellent one at that, has placed himself in very comfortable circumstances. His marriage oc-

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curred in 1886 to Miss Mary Harrington, a native of Illinois, who bore him one child: Christina. Mr. Murray is a member of the K. of P. and a first-class citizen.

Joseph B. Payne, M. D., was born in Wilkinson County, Ga., December 22, 1833. His father, Phillip Payne, was born in June, 1812. His mother, whose maiden name was Nancy Thomas, was born in 1815 and died in 1851. His grand- father, Joseph Payne, was born in Kershaw Dis- trict, South Carolina, and emigrated to the State of Georgia shortly after his marriage to Mary Brassfield in 1794. His great-grandfather, Phillip Payne, was a native of Virginia, and his wife, Mary Flannegan, was an Irish lady from the North of Ireland. The subject of this sketch was edu- cated at the Harrison Academy, in his native State, but grew up to manhood in Louisiana, to which State his father emigrated in 1849. Here he as- sisted on the farm until he entered the office of Dr. John R. Wilder as a student of medicine in No- vember, 1851, with whom he remained four years, attending his first course of lectures in the Medical Department of the University of Louisiana at the session of 1853-54. In November, 1854, he entered the Memphis Medical College, and was gradnated therefrom in March. 1855. Returning home at the close of the session, he was offered a partnership with his preceptor, with whom he remained one year. The following year he removed to Arkan- sas, locating at Magnolia, the county seat of Co- lumbia County. Here, on December 4, 1856, he was united in marriage to Miss Martha A. E. Harper, the daughter of the Rev. R. G. Harper, then clerk of the district court. In the fall of 1858 he returned to New Orleans and matricu- lated in the New Orleans School of Medicine. graduating therefrom at the close of the session of

1858-59 In March, 1862, he enlisted as a pri- vate soldier in the Confederate States army, and on April 13 following, at Fort Pillow, was ap- pointed by Col. H. P. Smead surgeon of the Nine- teenth Arkansas Infantry, having served for a short time previously as sergeant-major of the regi- ment. At the close of the war he went to Mexico. Returning from there in the summer of 1866, he

located in Texas, where he remained until the fall of 1879, when he returned to Arkansas, locating at Hot Springs, where he now resides. In the fall of 1872 he went to New Orleans and again entered the Medical Department of the University of Louis- iana for the session of 1872-73. In 1878 he at- tended the spring course of lectures in the Mis- souri Medical College, and again, in 1884, at- tended two courses of instruction in the St. Louis College for Medical Practitioners, at the close of which he was made an associate member of the college. Again, in the fall of 1887, he returned to St. Louis and took a full course of instruction in the Post Graduate Medical College. Dr. Payne has been constantly engaged in the practice of medicine for nearly thirty-five years. He is now a member of the board of school directors for Hot Springs District, and served for a short time as city physician (in 1884), the office being discontinued shortly after his appointment. He is a Chapter Mason and a member of the Knights of Honor; also a member of the Hot Springs Medical Society and a fellow of the American Rhinological Association. Mrs. Payne is a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South. They have six children living.

Judge James E. Prichard, one of the old pio- neers and prominent citizens of Mill Township, Garland County, was born in Indiana in 1825. His father, Harman Prichard, was a native of Kentucky, a farmer by occupation, and served in the War of 1812. He was married in 1815, to Miss Nancy Purcell, of Kentucky, a daughter of a soldier in the Revolutionary War. She died in 1867 leaving eight children, six of whom are now living: Hannah, Margaret, Sarah, Charles, James, Montgomery, Ephraim and George. Mr. Prichard emigrated from Kentucky to Indiana in 1818 and took up land there, where he died in 1828. James E. Prichard, upon reaching manhood, was married to Martha Downing in 1847, who died in 1853, leaving three children: George, Job and Nancy. Two years after Mr. Prichard married a second time, Sarah Preaitt, of Indiana, hecom- ing his wife, but she died in 1870. His third and present wife was Mrs. Samantha Thompson, the

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widow of William Thompson, to whom he was married in 1872. They are the parents of six children: James Charles, Montgomery, Edgar H .. Thomas J., Pauline and John. In 1856 Mr. Prichard, moving from Indiana. settled in Pike County, Ark., where he remained until 1860, then coming to Garland County. He there purchased eighty acres of land, and entered a quarter section under the homestead act. In 1863 he enlisted in the Federal army, in the Third Missouri Cavalry, under Capt. George S. Avery, in which regiment he served until the close of the war, being in the battle of Jenkins' Ferry and several skirmishes. Mr. Prichard is a prominent Republican of his county, and in 1868 was elected county judge, which office he held for five years and a half. He was also justice of the peace for three years. Mrs. Prichard is a native of Alabama, as was also her parents, who had a family of seven children: Mar- garet A., Elizabeth J., Martha T., Mary S., Enoch H., Wallace N., and Lewis M. Her father died in 1860, and her mother in 1875. Both were mem- bers of the Methodist Church.

Mr. and Mrs. Prichard belong to the Church of Christ. Mr. Prichard is also a member of the Order of Red Men, G. A. R. and the Farmers' Alliance. He owns eighty acres of land, with fifty acres under cultivation, on which he raises principally corn and cotton. He has seen the complete development of his township, and has borne an important share in its improvement. In 1866 there were but eighteen votes cast at the polls of Antioch and Mills Town- ship taken together. To day Antioch will poll about eighty votes, and Mills 120.

Job E. Prichard, whose enterprise in the agri- cultural affairs of Mills Township has contributed largely to the respect and esteem accorded him, was born in Indiana in 1850. [See sketch of father, James E. Prichard, immediately preceding. ] His youth was passed much the same as that of other farmers' sons, and in 1875 he was married to Miss Sarah E. Carpenter, the daughter of Green Carpenter. Mrs. Prichard was born in Mississippi in 1840, her parents also being natives of that State, though they now live in Garland County, Ark.

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happy family of six children, five boys and one girl: William H., George W., Gracie E., Daniel B., Job and James H. Mr. Prichard owns a quarter section of good land, 115 acres of which are under cultivation. He was educated in the common schools of Arkansas, supplementing the education there obtained by self application in later years, and he served for a number of years as deputy sheriff, besides filling the office of justice of the peace for the last six years in an acceptable manner. He is a strong Republican, and is a member of the Knights of Pythias, warmly advo- cating all public improvements and enterprises, to which he is a liberal donator. Mr. Prichard was a delegate to the last State Convention at Little Rock for the choosing of delegates to nominate Harrison. He has also represented the farmers of this county in the State Wheel two terms.

Dr. J. H. Putnam, ear and eye surgeon, Hot Springs, Ark. Among the various important pro- fessions none requires more sagacity and skill than that of the specialist. Dr. Putnam, a native of Montpelier, Vt., was born September 13, 1838, being a son of John G. and Thankful B. Putnam, who were also natives of the Green Mountain State, but were of English descent and early set- tlers of Massachusetts. John G. Putnam followed the occupation of a farmer during his life, and died in his native State at the age of seventy- eight years. The mother died in Iowa at the age of seventy-five years. Their family consisted of five children. Two died in infancy; one was killed in the battle of the Wilderness, one is a farmer in Southern Iowa, and the youngest now living is Dr. J. H. Putnam. He passed his boy- hood days on his father's farm and received his education in Morrisville Academy at Morrisville, Vt. When twenty years of age he began the study of medicine, and took his first course of lectures at Castleton, Vt. In 1860 he went to New York, attended the Twenty third Street Col- lege. and in November of the same year entered the United States army for five years. In January, 1861, he was on the vessel Star of the West when she was fired upon from Morris Island. About 200 passengers were on board, and the

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Doctor has never met one of her passengers from that day to this. In April, 1861, he went to Fort Pickins, being transferred to the United States Engineer Corps, and served until 1865, when he entered Bellevue College. From there he went to Long Island College, where he graduated in June, 1867, and afterward began practicing at Ludlow, Vt., remaining there until 1877. He then moved to Rutland, of the same State, re- mained there until 1885, when he came to Hot Springs, where he has since been actively en- gaged in his profession, making a specialty of eye and ear diseases. He is a member of the Connecticut River Valley Medical Association, Rutland County Medical Society, Rutland Local Society, and he is now with Dr. Leroy Dibble erecting an eye and ear infirmary at an estimated cost of about $20,000, located on Cottage Street, east of Park. This will be able to accommodate about fifty people. The Doctor was married, in March, 1866, to Miss Lettice A. Spear, a native of Vermont, and one child, John W., is the result of this union. The Doctor is a member of the Masonic fraternity, K. T. and the K. of P. His paternal grandfather, John Putnam, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and a direct descendant of old Israel Putnam of Revolutionary fame.

Dr. Charles S. Reid, of Hot Springs, was born at Newberry, S. C., on October 19, 1831, and his early life was divided between assisting on the farm and attending the common schools, where he received a fair education. His parents, David and Jane Reid, died in 1849 and 1846, respectively. The father was a farmer and mechanic and was thus engaged during his entire life. Dr. Charles S. Reid attended school until 1850, and then en- gaged in agricultural pursuits until 1858, when he commenced the study of medicine under Dr. D. W. Reid, at Attapulgus, Ga. He remained with him until 1861, and then entered the Eclectic Medical College of Macon, Ga., in 1859, where, after passing a very rigid examination, he gradu- ated in 1861. He then began practicing his pro- fession in Southern Georgia, until 1862, when he entered the Confederate army, Company B, Eighth Florida Regiment, and served all through the war.

At its close he returned to Southern Georgia, prac- ticing his profession successfully until 1869, when he came to New Edenburg and there remained until 1872. Moving thence to Princeton, Dallas County, Ark., he continued there until 1876, when he came to Hot Springs. The Doctor is a genial and generous gentleman, liberal in his ideas, a protect- or of the rights of humanity. and a strong promo- ter of its welfare as well as being in deep sympa- thy with it. He was married on February 6, 1868, to Miss Sarah E. Mizell, and the results of this union are three children: Charles G. (age fifteen years), Etta B. (age twelve years) and Wil- lie M. (age nine years.) The Doctor and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church of which he has been an elder for the last three years.

Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe, the widow of Stephen Rowe, was born in Georgia, in 1827. Her father, Gilford Joiner, a native of Georgia, was a farmer by occupation, and was married in 1825 to Lelitia Riggins, of the same State as himself. They were the parents of five children: Elizabeth, Simeon, Mary A., Lelitia D. and Winfred M. Gilford Joiner served in the War of Georgia, and died in 1838. The grandfather of Mrs. Rowe, Thomas Riggins, first saw the light of day in South Caro- lina, in 1786. He was a farmer, and died in 1857; his wife, whose birth occurred in 1791, surviving until 1852. Mrs. Rowe was married to Stephen Rowe in 1862, and they became the parents of three children, two boys and one girl: Jessie D., George F. and Ella E., now deceased. Moving from Georgia to Florida, in 1862, Stephen Rowe engaged in farming, and also in school-teaching, for seven years, in 1870 emigrating to Arkansas, where he entered eighty acres of land, and on which he lived until his death in 1881. He was a member of the Masonic order, and a minister of the Baptist Church for some forty years, his own life clearly demonstrating the truths which he so vividly preached. Mrs. Rowe now owns eighty acres of land, with about twenty-five acres under cultivation, and on which she raises fruit of all kinds. George Rowe, in 1887, began studying for the ministry, that noblest of all callings. He is an exemplary and promising young man, and bids

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fair to attain to prominence as one of the most use- ful ministers of the Gospel in this section of the country.

Dr. Joseph W. Shaw, one of the leading phy- sicians and surgeons of Garland County, located in Mountain Township, eighteen miles northwest of Hot Springs, was born in Walker County, Ga., in 1844, and is a son of Hiram M. and Elizabeth (Arnold) Shaw, born in Georgia in 1805 and in South Carolina in 1811, respectively. The par- ents were married in the former State, and resided there until the year 1858; then moved to Saline County, Ark., making this their home until 1874, in which year the father died. He was a prosper- ous farmer, and one whose energy and good man- agement made his calling a success. While resid- ing in Georgia he served as clerk of Walker County for three terms, and was afterward elected sheriff and served two terms in that office. In 1856 he was elected county judge of Catoosa County, Ga., his residence being in that county since 1853. In polities he was a stanch Democrat, and a leader of his party in that county, and in religious faith had been a member of the Missionary Baptist Church a great many years. His father was Haily G. Shaw, also a farmer, and during life a survivor of the Revolution, in which event he was wounded at the battle of Yorktown. The Shaw family are of Scotch origin. Jacob Arnold, the maternal grand- father, was also a prominent farmer of Walker County, Ga., who died in that place a believer in the Missionary Baptist Church. The mother is still living. and resides in Saline County. She is a gentle, kindly, Christian woman, much loved by those around her, and a member of the same church. Ten children were born to the parents, of whom Joseph W. was the seventh, and seven yet living, two sons and five daughters. The other three sons lost their lives while fighting under the Stars and Bars. James H. was a member of the Twenty- sixth Arkansas, as was also Martin A. Both broth- ers were taken sick at the evacuation of Corinth, and were never afterward heard from. Virgil N. served in the First Arkansas, and was wounded at the battle of Shiloh and discharged. He afterward joined the Third Arkansas, of the Trans- Mississippi

department, and was killed by bushwhackers in South Missouri, during Price's memorable raid through that State. Dr. Joseph W. also served in the same company and regiment, from June, 1862, until the close of the war, taking part in the battles at Prairie Grove, Mark's Mill, Poison Springs, Camden and a great number of others. At Pilot Knob he was left with the wounded, and while there was captured, but after one week's confine- ment be made his escape, and rejoined his com- pany, shortly after surrendering at Little Rock. On the day of Gen. Lee's surrender. April 9, 1865, he was married to Mary E., daughter of Lucillus and Mary L. Bryan, of Tennessee and Georgia, respectively. Mr. Bryan died in Georgia, on June 4, 1860, and in the same year the family moved to what is now Grant County, Ark. Mrs. Bryan died two years after her daughter's marriage. Six chil- dren were born to the Doctor and his wife, of whom five are living. Soon after the war Mr. Shaw com- menced the study of medicine, in Saline County, with Dr. Joseph Harvey, and, after a close appli- cation to that profession, he graduated, in 1870, from the University of Louisville, Ky., and located at Cedar Glades, in Montgomery County. The following year he moved to Red Bluff, in Jefferson County, where he resided for two years, but was compelled to leave on account of his health. Since then Dr. Shaw has lived in Garland County, and on his present farm since 1878, where he owns about 240 acres of very productive land, with some ninety acres under cultivation, making one of the best farms on Blakely Creek. This he has accu- mulated by his own industry and judicious man- agement, and made most of the improvements himself, the land only having twenty acres cleared on his arrival. Dr. Shaw is one of the most suc- cessful physicians in Garland County. This he owes, not to his wonderful knack of winning friends wherever he goes, but to his skill, which has at- tained a widespread reputation. He is also one of the oldest practicing physicians and surgeons in Garland, having an experience of twenty years in his profession. In politics he is Independent. In 1888 he was placed in nomination by the various Labor organizations and Independents, for the

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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 89

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