Centennial history of Arkansas, Part 104

Author: Herndon, Dallas T. (Dallas Tabor), b. 1878
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Chicago, Little Rock, The S. J. Clarke publishing company
Number of Pages: 1172

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of Dr. B. Harris of Jinks, Oklahoma; Lela Johnson, the deceased wife of Dr. J. T. Perry; and Mrs. Myrtle Loftis.

Dr. James E. Johnson was accorded liberal education advantages, completing his studies in the University of Arkansas and Ouachita College. He entered upon active professional work in Fort Smith in 1914 and for a time was associated with his brother, Dr. Hugh Johnson, who had previously entered upon practice here and who had also been a student in the State University of Medicine and in the University at Fayetteville, Arkansas. Throughout the intervening period the firm of Johnson Brothers has main- tained a prominent position in professional circles. Both are men highly skilled in their chosen field of labor, by reason of their thorough preliminary study and their later research and investigation, while experience has also added greatly to their knowledge.

Dr. James E. Johnson was united in marriage to Miss Elsie King of Fort Smith, and they are the parents of a son, Hugh, who married Ruth Redmond of Joplin, Missouri.

During the World war Dr. Johnson served in the Medical Corps of the United States army, being on duty at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, and at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, also at Camp Funston, which was a convalescent camp. He held the rank of first lieu- tenant. Aside from this he has steadily given his attention to his professional duties in Fort Smith since 1914 and has made a most creditable place as a representative of the medical profession here. He is keenly interested in everything which tends to bring to man the key to the complex mystery which we call life and his labors have been attended with excellent results in meeting the onslaught of disease.

R. H. HUNTINGTON, M. D.

In a history of the medical profession of Eureka Springs, mention should be made of Dr. R. H. Huntington, who has engaged in practice here constantly since 1906 and since 1916 has had charge of the only hospital here, which institution he founded. He has kept pace with the progress that has continually promoted the efficiency of the inedical fraternity and his ability has brought him a large business. Since 1916 he has specialized in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat.

Dr. Huntington was born in Mississippi in 1879, a son of R. R. and Kate (Deaven- port) Huntington, likewise natives of that state. The paternal grandfather, John Huntington, was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1808, was married near Tusca- loosa, Alabama, in 1839, and died in Pontotoc, Mississippi, in 1855. He had seven children, two of whom are living: John Gray, one of the few remaining veterans of the Confederate army, now a resident of Mississippi; and William Martin, a resident of Pontotoc, Mississippi. Matthew Deavenport, great-grandfather on the maternal side, was a pioneer Baptist minister, who went to Mississippi at an early day and resided there until his death, at the age of one hundred years, in 1876. His son, William S. Deavenport, was born in Virginia in 1808 and resided there until his removal to Tennessee at an early age. He later removed to Mississippi, where his demise occurred in 1893. He was the father of eleven children, four of whom are living: Mrs. H. L. Hill, a resident of Atoka, Oklahoma; Mrs. Thomas Darden of Okolona, Mississippi; Mrs. Huntington, and D. G. Deavenport of Okolona, Mississippi. He was a consistent member of the Primative Baptist church. For many years R. R. Huntington was clerk in a hardware establishment and later achieved substantial success in that connec- tion. His death occurred in 1910. His widow is making her home with Dr. Hunt- ington, the only child born to their union. Mr. Huntington was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church and a stanch supporter of the democratic party, having firm belief in the principles of that party as factors in good government. Mrs. Huntington is a consistent member of the Baptist church and a generous contributor to its support.

In the acquirement of his early education R. H. Huntington attended the common schools of his native state and after graduating from the high school he became a student in the University of Mississippi. He was graduated from that institution with the class of 1901. Determining to take up the medical profession as his life work, Dr. Huntington enrolled in the medical department of Tulane University at New Orleans, Louisiana, and he remained there for two years, when his health failed him and he was obliged to withdraw. Soon afterward, however, he went to Atlanta, Georgia, where he entered Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeons, graduating in 1905. He served as interne in Natchez Hospital at Nachez, Mississippi. He took up the practice of his profession in Okolona, Mississippi, and remained there for one winter, at the termination of that time coming to Eureka Springs. For some time he engaged in only a general practice hut in 1911 and 1912 he took postgraduate work in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, at Philadelphia and in New Orleans in

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1914. He has since made that line a specialty and his professional brethren recognize his worth and ability in that connection. Dr. Huntington brought to the profession natural ability, stimulated by splendid training and experience. In 1916 he founded the Huntington Hospital in Eureka Springs and it is the only one of its kind in the county. It has fourteen beds, modern equipment and a competent staff of doctors and nurses. Dr. Huntington does X-ray work and has one of the best outfits of that kind in the state. Along strictly professional lines he holds membership in the State and County Medical Societies. He is likewise a member of the Southern Medical Association, the American Medical Association, the Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-laryngology, and the American Radiological Society. Through these bodies he keeps in touch with what is being done by eminent members of the profession through- out the country and his perusal of the best medical literature has brought him wide knowledge of scientific principles.

Since attaining his majority Dr. Huntington has given his support to the demo- cratic party but has never taken an active part in politics, aside from exercising his franchise in support of measures which he deems of value in good government. His re- ligious faith is that of the Baptist church and fraternally he is identified with the Masons, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. A York Rite Mason he has crossed the sands of the desert, becoming a member of the Mystic Shrine and he was for some time chancellor commander of the Knights of Pythias, of which body he is also a member. Dr. Huntington has done considerable important hospital work and has been equally successful in the private practice of medicine and surgery, and in all connections he has won a high and well deserved reputation. With him success in life has been reached because he has made good use of his time, has improved the talents with which nature endowed him and has faithfully · and conscientiously performed every duty that has devolved upon him. The con- sensus of public opinion regarding his position in the medical profession places him in the foremost rank.

JAMES MARSHALL WHARTON.

One of the prominent citizens of Warren is James Marshall Wharton, who has been justice of the peace for sixteen years. He was born in Bradley county on the 10th of December, 1851, of English descent, paternal ancestors having come from that country to America prior to the Revolutionary war. The father, J. C. Wharton, came from South Carolina to Bradley, now Cleveland county, in 1849, and was one of the pioneer settlers there. He engaged in farming and teaching school for many years. In Madi- son county, Tennessee, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Wharton to Miss Amanda Jane Lumsford, a native of that state. She came with her parents to Arkansas in 1849, they also being among the pioneer settlers of this state. Mr. Wharton departed this life in 1859, at the age of 51 years. Mrs. Wharton died in 1888, when sixty years of age. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Wharton ten children were born, six boys and four girls, James Marshall, whose name initiates this review, being the third in order of birth. Two boys and two girls are living.

In the acquirement of an education James Marshall Wharton attended the public schools of Bradley county, receiving the equivalent of a high school education. After putting his textbooks aside he engaged in farming and was one of the prominent and progressive agriculturists of this community for twenty years. In 1900 he was first elected to the office of justice of the peace and he has continued active in that official capacity since. He has always been active in public life and for many years was com- missioner for the county and circuit court.

In Toledo, Arkansas, on the 19th of January, 1871, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Wharton to Miss Sarah Pernelia Cash a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Cash well known residents of Bradley county. To their union the following children were born: The eldest child, Mabel, is the wife of W. T. Roberts of Rison, where they reside; Mary married J. A. Barkram of Ouachita county who is deceased. She is resid- ing in Warren, where she is cashier in her brother's store; Henry D. Wharton married Miss Jewell Henry of Ouachita county and they reside in Warren. He is proprietor of the Wonder Store and likewise of the Pastime Theatre. Blanche is cashier in the office of the Telephone Company; Leonard A. is a saw filer at Wilbur. He married Miss Nellie Pendergrass of Ouachita county; John T. married Miss Winifred McHenry of Ouachita county and they reside in Malvern, where he is engaged in the mercantile business; William K. is a minister and teacher at Weson. He carried Miss Alma Doster of Cleveland county; and Susie, who is deceased, was the wife of James J. Griffin of Memphis, Tennessee. She was the mother of one son,

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Joe J. Griffin, who is manager of the Pastime Theatre at Warren. He is a veteran of the World war, having served as sergeant of Company C, Three Hundred and Twelfth Supply Train, Eighty-seventh Division, and was in France two years,

The religious faith of the family is that of the Baptist church and Mr. Wharton was clerk and treasurer of the Friendship Baptist Association for eight or ten years. His sole fraternal affiliation is with the Woodmen of the World. He is active in civic affairs as a member of the Chamber of Commerce and he is never too busy to give generonsly of his time in the furtherance of any movement he deems essential to the development and improvement of the community. Bradley county is proud to number him among her native sons and Warren is indeed fortunate in having him for a citizen.

J. ELL WESTBROOK.

J. Ell Westbrook, of Texarkana, filling the position of county clerk of Miller county, was born on the 23d of January, 1881, in the county which is still his home. His youthful days were spent upon a farm, with the usual experiences that come to the farm bred hoy. He attended the public schools and worked in the fields until he was nineteen years of age and afterward he had the benefit of a course of instruction in the Tyler Business College at Tyler, Texas. In early manhood he became a teacher of vocal music and devoted seven years to professional work of that kind in Texas, residing at various places. In 1910 he returned to his native county and became a preacher of the Christian church. In addition to his work as a minister of the gospel he followed farming and teaching. He still engages in the work of the ministry and at the same time he is devoting much of his time and energy to public office. In 1916 he was elected county treasurer, in which position he continued to serve for two terms or four years, and on the 10th of August, 1920, he was elected county clerk, in which capacity he is now serving. His course is most commendable, as he manifests the ut- most faithfulness in the discharge of his duties.

In 1901 Mr. Westbrook was married to Miss Lizzie Law of Atlanta, Texas, and they became parents of five children: Birney, Chesse, Rube, R. L. and Novella. The wife and mother died September 15, 1914, and on the 10th of September, 1916, Mr. Westbrook was married to Miss Verna Counts, by whom he has two children, Benjamin and Bowden.

Mr. Westbrook belongs to the Masonic fraternity and to the Order of the Eastern Star. He is also identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Woodmen of the World and the Degree of Honor and is a loyal fol- lower of the teachings and beneficent purposes which underlie these organizations. He has made an excellent record as a public official and those who know him esteem him highly as a man and as a citizen.

A. F. HOGE, M. D.

Dr. A. F. Hoge, who is engaged in the general practice of medicine and surgery at Fort Smith, was born at Red Cloud, Nebraska, in 1887, a son of F. R. and L. A. (Marlin) Hoge, the former an engineer of Nebraska.

Dr. Hoge was largely reared at Mena, Arkansas, and supplemented his early edu- cation by study in Hendrix Academy, while later he went to Iowa, where he com- pleted his more specifically literary course. He then entered upon the study of medicine in Tulane University at New Orleans and was graduated with the class of 1909. He entered upon professional activity by serving as interne in the Tours Infirm- ary at New Orleans and subsequently went to Nicaragua, Central America, where he continued in active practice for a year. Upon his return to the United States he took postgraduate work in the University of Minnesota and at Rochester and in 1911 re- moved to Fort Smith, where he opened an office and has since successfully followed his profession, having now a large general medical practice, while at the same time his services are sought in connection with important surgical cases.

In 1913 Dr. Hoge was married to Miss Lillie Bell Boyd, a daughter of M. P. Boyd of Fort Smith, who was formerly identified with the City National Bank. Dr. and Mrs. Hoge have two children: Marlin Boyd and Catherine Boyd Hoge.

In 1917 Dr. Hoge responded to the call and entered the United States army, being stationed at the Base Hospital at Camp Merritt, New Jersey, rendering every possible aid to his country until after the close of hostilities, when he received his discharge and returned to Fort Smith. He is now a member of the staff of St. Edward's In- Vol. 11-42

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firmary and also of the Sparks Memoral Hospital and local surgeon for the Kansas City & Southern Railway. His comprehensive training and broad experience have well qualified him for the onerous and important duties of the profession and he keeps in- formed concerning the latest researchs and scientific discoveries through his member- ship in the Sebastian County Medical Society, the Arkansas State and the American Medical Associations. His interest, too, in questions of general welfare, is pronounced and is manifest in the fact that he was the one of the organizers and has been the president of the local Civilian Club and is a member of the Noon Civics Club.

JACOB FROHLICH.

Starting out in life in a humble clerkship, Jacob Frohlich has made steady progress in his business career until he is today a partner in the firm of Sanders & Frohlich, owning the largest general store at De Valls Bluff. A native of Bavaria, Germany, he was born on the 14th of May, 1863, and is a son of Ludwig and Regina (Kohlberg) Frohlich. He pursued his education in the schools of his native country and was a young man of about seventeen years when in 1880 he crossed the Atlantic and made his way to Arkansas, settling at De Valls Bluff, where he has since resided. Here he secured employment in the Gates store, with which he was connected until 1908. The long period of his service in that establishment is incontrovertible proof of his fidelity and capability, which, moreover, were attested by the steady promotions that came to him until he was made manager of the store. In 1908 he resigned his position to give his attention to his farming interests and he also took several trips to Europe in the interval between 1900 and 1913. It was in the latter year that he entered into part- nership with R. H. Sanders, who was engaged in merchandising, and today they have the largest general store in the town, carrying an extensive and well selected line of goods, while their reasonable prices and earnest desire to please their patrons have secured for them a large trade. In his agricultural pursuits Mr. Frohlich has also prospered and step by step he has advanced in his business career until he now oc- cupies an enviable position on the plane of affluence.

In 1913 Mr. Frohlich was united in marriage to Miss Pauline Kohlberg, of Phila- delphia, and they have become parents of two children, Regina and Pauline. Mr. Frohlich belongs to the Knights of Pythias and also to the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith. He took an active part in war work, serving as chairman on the sale of Liberty bonds, and also during the war became chairman of the Jewish War Relief, a position in which he still continues. He was appointed to the legislature by Governor Brough to fill out the unexpired term of Mr. Bland and he is interested in all that pertains to public progress and improvement, giving his aid and support to all meas- ures which he deems of value to the community.

REV. HERBERT A. HEAGNEY.

Rev. Herbert A. Heagney, who occupies the distinction of being one of the youngest college presidents of the country, being now at the head of Little Rock College, was born in New York city, September 26, 1885, his parents being Dennis D. and Mary ( Master- son) Heagney, who were likewise natives of the eastern metropolis. The father was born August 8, 1859, and for many years carried on merchandising in New York. He gave his political support to the democratic party. He died November 17, 1915. He is still survived by his widow, who is now living in Little Rock. They were the parents of four sons and two daughters, of whom one daughter died in infancy. One of the sons, Harold J., is located in Camden, Arkansas, as pastor of St. Louis churchi.

Rev. Herbert Heagney of this review, was a pupil in the parochial schools of New York city and also attended the state schools of Nassau county, Long Island. He afterward became a student in St. John's College at Brooklyn, New York, where he remained for four years and in 1904 was graduated from the College de Valleyfield, in the province of Quebec, with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. He then became a student in the Seminaire du Sacre Coeur at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and completed his course there by graduation with the class of 1910. In 1920 he received the degree of LL. D. from St. Thomas College at St. Paul, Minnesota. Since 1910 he has been connected with Little Rock College, which was established in 1908. The day of his arrival, the 19th of July, 1910, he was made president of the college and has since occupied this position, being but twenty-four years of age when elected. This fact is the best evidence of his ability and he has fully measured up to the hopes reposed in him and the stand-

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ards placed before him. In 1916 the new college buildings were erected at a cost approximating seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars and there were about two hun- dred and fifty pupils in attendance at the college during the session ending in 1921.

Rev. Herbert A. Heagney is of the Catholic faith and he belongs to the Knights of Columbus, while his political support is given to the democratic party. He concentrates his efforts and attention, however, upon his educational work and under his guidance Little Rock College has greatly developed and its standards of work have been largely advanced.

SAM M. LEVINE.

Sam M. Levine, an attorney of Pine Bluff, was born at Jesnit Bend, Louisiana, in 1890, his parents being Max and Susan (Levy) Levine, the father a prominent cotton factor of Louisiana and Texas. The Levy family was an old and distinguished one of the former state and the grandfather of Samuel M. Levine was a Confederate veteran. Sam M. Levine and Leo Levine, his brother, served in the army during the World war, so that there are most creditable military chapters in the family history.

In the schools of New Orleans and at Bonham, Texas, Sam M. Levine mastered the preliminary branches of learning that qualified him for his collegiate work, which he pursned in Tulane University at New Orleans, there winning the Bachelor of Arts degree upon the completion of his literary course in 1911, as well as having conferred upon him membership in the Phi Beta Kappa honorary scholarship society. Later he went to New York city, where he entered Columbia University, which conferred upon him the Master of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees. Having thus qualified for his pro- fessional career by most thorough and comprehensive preliminary training he located for practice at Pine Bluff in 1913 and has here remained, save for the period of his con- nection with the army during the World war. He entered the training camp at Fort Logan H. Roots, Arkansas and was commissioned a first lientenant on the 29th of August, 1917, after which he was assigned to the Eighty-seventh Division. With his return home after nineteen months' service,' he resumed his law practice and has made for himself a creditable position at the bar of Jefferson county. Along with those qualities indispensable to the lawyer-a keen, rapid, logical mind plus the business sense and a ready capacity for hard work-he brought to the starting point of his legal career certain rare gifts-eloquence of language and a strong personality. An excellent presence, an earnest dignified manner, marked strength of character, a thorough grasp of the law and the ability accurately to apply its principles, are factors in his ef- fectiveness as an advocate.

In 1918 Mr. Levine was united in marriage to Miss Alice Franklin of Pine Bluff, a daughter of Samuel Franklin and a granddaughter of Sol Franklin, a prominent Jef- ferson county pioneer. Mr. Levine is a democrat in his political views and has been a delegate to a national convention of the party, serving in that capacity when James Cox was nominated. Fraternally he is a thirty-second degree Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine and he also belongs to the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith. He has ever been actuated by a laudable ambition and has made for progress in his pro- fession and at the same time his public-spirited citizenship is manifest in his support of and cooperation with all those movements which are looking to the public welfare and the advancement of general interest.

HORACE JEWELL CAMERON.

The Continental Life Insurance Company has a most capable and efficient repre- sentative in Horace Jewell Cameron, who maintains an agency for this company in Little Rock and has developed a business of extensive proportions. He has always lived in Arkansas, his birth having occurred near the town of Benton, Saline county, September 30, 1885. His parents were Willis J. and Mollie E. (Mercer) Cameron. The father was born in Salem, Saline county, Arkansas, in 1856, and on the 25th of January, 1881, near Benton, Arkansas, he wedded Mollie E. Mercer, whose birth occurred near Collegeville, in Saline county, in 1840. They became the parents of two sons and two daughters, all of whom are living. Horace J. being the second in order of birth. The mother died December 4, 1906, but the father is still living. For the past twenty-one years he has made his home in Little Rock and for a long period before taking up his abode in the capital city he devoted his attention to the occupation of farming in this state. His political endorsement has always been given to the democratic party.

Spending his youthful days in his parents' home Horace J. Cameron attended the

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country schools, dividing his time between the acquirement of an education, the pleasures of the playground and the work of the fields. He early came to a realization of the value of industry, economy and determination as factors in the affairs of busi- ness life. After leaving school he first gave his attention as a boy to collecting in Little Rock, later taking up fraternal insurance, and still later old line insurance. His identi- fication with the insurance business dates from 1910. He has always concentrated his efforts upon life insurance and has thoroughly acquainted himself with every phase of this business. Eventually he established an agency at Little Rock for the Continental Life Insurance Company, which he now represents and today his business is of exten- sive and gratifying proportions.

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Centennial history of Arkansas, Part 104

Author: Herndon, Dallas T. (Dallas Tabor), b. 1878 Publication date: 1922 Publisher: Chicago, Little Rock, The S. J. Clarke publishing company Number of Pages: 1172

Author: Herndon, Dallas T. (Dallas Tabor), b. 1878
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Chicago, Little Rock, The S. J. Clarke publishing company
Number of Pages: 1172