Centennial history of Arkansas, Part 112

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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His daughter, Mrs. Henry, was born and reared in El Dorado and was a pupil in the public schools until she had completed the high school course, being one of the first three to graduate therefrom. She also studied in the Henderson-Brown College and thus won her Ph. B. degree. She likewise pursued a business course and had taught for one year before becoming a student in Henderson-Brown College. Later she resumed professional activity by spending a term as a teacher in a country school in Ouachita county, after which she was married and gave up teaching for a few years. Later, however, she resumed her work in the schoolroom, becoming one of the public school teachers of El Dorado in 1907. For a decade she devoted her time and attention to the work of the schoolroom in that connection and in 1917 took up county demonstration work to which she devoted four years. She then became county superintendent of schools of Union county, entering upon the duties of the office on the 1st of January, 1921. There are now seventy-six school districts in Union county, with seventy-five schoolhouses for white children and sixty-eight for colored children. All are under the direct supervision of Mrs. Henry, who is proving most competent in the task. She was an able educator, imparting readily and clearly to others the knowledge which she had acquired and as supervisor of all the schools of the county she is putting forth every effort to bring about improvement and advancement in the methods of instruction.

GUS HAMPTON NORMAN.

Gus Hampton Norman, cashier of the Bank of Crossett, which institution is con- trolled by the Crossett Lumber Company, was born at Hamburg on the 8th of February, 1881, a son of Dr. William Sheppard and Mary Olivia Norman, the former now residing in that city. The father was born in Georgia and came to Arkansas in 1850. being one of the early settlers here. In early manhood he trained himself for the medical profession and for fifty years has been practicing in Ashley county. He has won an enviable place among his professional brethren in the state and is conceded to be one of the leading citizens of Hamburg. In 1875, near New London. Union county, this state, was celebrated the marriage of Dr. Norman to Miss Mary Olivia Norman, who was born in that county, her parents having come to this state at an early date. To the union of Dr. and Mrs. Norman seven children were born, two boys and five girls. One daughter is deceased. Gus Hampton, whose name initiates this review, was the third in order of birth. Mrs. Norman was in her sixty-fifth year when she departed this life on March 21, 1922.

In the acquirement of his early education Gns Hampton Norman attended the common schools of Hamburg and in due time enrolled in the University of Arkansas,

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taking a literary course for one year. For the following six months he attended Draughon's Business College and subsequently made his initial step into the business world, accepting a position as clerk in the office of the Crossett Lumber Company in 1902. He has since been identified with that concern and is now cashier of the Bank of Crossett, to which position he was promoted in 1906. The Bank of Crossett is op- erated and controlled by the Crossett Lumber Company and has been in existence since 1903. Its success seemed assured from the start and the deposits have grown from sixteen thousand dollars to over four hundred and ninety-two thousand dollars, the last figure representing the total deposits in December, 1920. When the bank was first organized it occupied a little frame building but soon its business became of such ex- tensive proportions as to necessitate more room and a modern brick building was erected. In addition to his interests as an employe of the Crossett Lumber Company, Mr. Norman is holding the office of treasurer of the city of Crossett, in which capacity he has been active since 1906, and he is likewise treasurer of the Employes' Investment Company here.

It was on the 21st of March, 1906, that Mr. Norman was united in marriage to Miss Mildred Barrelle, a daughter of C. H. Barrelle, of Crossett, and to their union four children have been born: William, fourteen years of age; Lawrence, eleven years of age; Adelaide, nine years of age; and Mildred, aged five. The three eldest children are attending the Crossett public schools.

The family is affiliated with the Presbyterian church of Hamburg and fraternally Mr. Norman is a Scottish Rite Mason, holding membership in Crossett Lodge, No. 576, A. F. & A. M., of which organization he was treasurer and secretary during 1904 and 1905; and Albert Pike Consistory at Little Rock. During the World war, Mr. Norman took a prominent part in all war activities and was director of the bankers of Ashley county during the Third Liberty Loan drive. An enthusiastic member of many civic organizations, he has always been one of the active and energetic citizens whose per- sonal interests have at all times been identical with those of the community, in pro- moting the advancement of which he has been a tireless and constant worker.

H. GRANVILLE SADLER.

H. Granville Sadler, conducting a real estate and abstract business in Booneville, is numbered among the native sons of Arkansas, his birth having occurred in Rose- ville on the Sth of August, 1853. He represents one of the old and honored pioneer fam- ilies of the state, his grandfather, William Sadler, having come to Arkansas in 1824, at which time he took up his abode in Yell county, where he aided in reclaiming and cultivating the land, devoting his attention throughout his remaining days to the occupation of farming. His son, William D. Sadler, was born in Florence, Alabama, in 1820 and therefore was but a young lad when the family came to this state. He was married in Franklin county, Arkansas, in 1850, to Clarissa F. Potts, whose birth oc- curred in Ohio in 1835. She was a daughter of Dr. John J. Potts, who settled in Arkan- sas in 1845 and engaged in the practice of medicine at Roseville for many years. The death of William D. Sadler occurred January 11, 1864, but his widow survived for a quarter of a century, dying in 1889. He was a merchant at Roseville for many years, conducting business successfully, his enterprise and progressiveness contribut- ing to the upbuilding of that city. He was also one of the early Masons of his part of the state. He gave his political allegiance to the democratic party, while religiously he was connected with the Methodist Episcopal church. To Mr. and Mrs. William D. Sadler there were born six children, of whom three are living: H. Granville; Ralph A., who is engaged in the abstract business with his elder brother; and William P., whose family is living in Van Buren, Arkansas. He is a clerk of the supreme court at Little Rock and formerly served as deputy clerk for a long time but has acted in the capacity of clerk for a number of years.

H. Granville Sadler, having acquired a common school education, had to content himself with such advantages as could be secured during the Civil war period and that part of the nineteenth century. In 1868 his mother opened a store in Booneville and he became her active assistant in the conduct of the business, thus taking helpful part in promoting the commercial interests of the city for a decade or more. In 1878 he was elected county clerk and that he proved a most capable and trustworthy official is indi- cated in the fact that he was continued in the office until 1886. In 1879 he removed his family to Paris but in 1886 returned to Booneville, where he engaged in merchandising. For a time be conducted a drug business and then established a general mercantile store, which he carried on with growing success until 1916. In the latter year he en- gaged in the abstract and real estate business in connection with his brother, organiz-

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ing the firm of Sadler Brothers. They now devote their entire attention to this line and have negotiated many important realty transfers and made many abstracts of property for their clients. The business is now one of gratifying proportions and is constantly growing, owing to their careful management, close application and progres- sive spirit.

In 1885 Mr. Sadler was married to Miss Clarissa C. Sadler, who was born in Logan county, Arkansas, a daughter of Elwood and Patsy Sadler, pioneer residents of Logan county. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Sadler are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and he is equally loyal to his professions as a member of the Masonic order. Politically he is a democrat. From pioneer times he has lived in Logan county, witnessing almost the entire growth and development of this section of the state and taking active and helpful part in those labors which have wrought a marked transfor- mation here as the work of civilization has been carried steadily forward. His varied business interests have been an element in substantial growth and at all times his aid and cooperation has been counted upon for the support of those interests which are most vital in the substantial upbuilding of a community.

JOSEPH J. DEJARNETTE.

Joseph J. DeJarnette, dealer for the Dodge motor cars at Fort Smith, with sales rooms at Towson and Rogers avenue, is a native of the neighboring state of Missouri, his birth having occurred at Rich Hill, July 19, 1884. Previous to his removal to Fort Smith he had conducted the Dodge Brothers agency in Sioux City, Iowa. He resided at the place of his nativity until 1895 and then removed to Kansas City. His residence in Sioux City covered a period of five years and on the 1st of July, 1920, he came to Fort Smith, where he has since made his home. Here he had erected a building containing fourteen thousand square feet, built especially for his purposes. He has a very modern sales place attractive in every way. Despite prophesies to the contrary, he has built up a splendid business in Fort Smith and the surrounding territory, having the agency for three counties in Oklahoma and five counties in Arkansas. In the year in which he has lived in Fort Smith he has sold many cars and his satisfied patrons are his best advertisement. He thoroughly knows all the talking points of the car which he handles, is an alert, energetic salesman and one who has been found to be perfectly reliable.

In 1904 Mr. DeJarnette was united in marriage to Miss Ona E. Masters, a native of Kansas, and they have become parents of one son, Joseph J., Jr. Mr. DeJarnette wins friends not only in large groups hut wherever he is known. He belongs to the Ad Club, is president of the Lions Club and is one of the directors of the Country Club. He takes the keenest and most active interest in civic matters and notwithstanding the brief period of his residence in Fort Smith he has recently been elected a director of the Business Men's Club. His fellow townsmen at once recognize in him those sterling qualities which make for commercial enterprise and advancement in every community. He displays a ready discrimination between the essential and the non-essential and whatever he undertakes he carries forward to successful completion.

HERBERT C. SCOTT.

The bar of Dardanelle finds a prominent representative in Herbert C. Scott, who at all times is a strong adherent of the highest ethical principles of the profession and who in his practice has demonstrated his thorough familiarity with the principles of jurisprudence and ability in applying these principles to the point in litigation. Arkansas numbers him among her native sons, his birth having occurred in Yell county, December 27, 1884, his parents being Milus C. and Ophelia (Hall) Scott. His grandfather in the paternal line was Alexander A. Scott, who was born in Bedford county, Tennessee, and cast in his lot with the pioneer settlers of Yell county, Arkansas, where he took up a claim from the government and engaged in farming and stock raising. Riding horse- back he drove hogs to Little Rock at an early day, there finding a market for his stock. The maternal grandfather of H. C. Scott was Barnett Hall, who came to Yell county in his boyhood days and here spent his life, removing to Arkansas with his father who came from South Carolina. The old home farm which was secured by the maternal great-grandfather in Yell county, is now in possession of Herbert C. Scott. His parents were born in Yell county and were here reared and married. The mother died in 1907, but the father is still living, making his home in Booneville. He has

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retired from active business but he still owns his father's old farm. In politics he is a democrat and he belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church, South, of which his wife was also a member. Their family numbered four children, of whom three are living: Herbert C .; Crawford M., who is a druggist at Dardanelle; and Roy J., a farmer, liv- ing at Waveland, Arkansas.

Herbert C. Scott pursued his early education in the schools of Waveland and afterward attended high school at Belleville. He was the first boy to graduate from the Ouachita Academy at Magazine, Arkansas, completing the course there in 1904. He afterward spent two years as a student in the University of Arkansas, and was graduated in law with the LL. B. degree at Little Rock in June, 1910. He then began practice in Dardanelle, sharing the office of H. M. Jacoway, while later he entered into partnership with W. L. Lee, in August, 1920. They have since practiced together and the firm enjoys an extensive clientage of an important character that has con- nected them with many of the notable cases tried in the courts of the district.

On the 6th of June, 1911, Mr. Scott was married to Miss Marie Slater, who was born in McAlester, Oklahoma, then the Indian Territory, a daughter of John Slater, who came from England and who for a number of years was superintendent of the mines at Russellville, Arkansas. Mr. and Mrs. Scott have two children: Olin C., ten years of age and now in school; and Milus, a little lad of five.

Mr. Scott has always heen deeply interested in everything that pertains to the material, intellectual, social and moral progress of the community. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and fraternally he is identified with the Masons, loyally following the teachings and purposes of the craft. Politically a demo- crat, he served as county examiner for one term in 1913. He had taught school in early manhood for several years, devoting his attention to the profession from 1905 until 1915, alternating periods of teaching with periods of study. He was assistant superin- tendent of the Dardanelle schools for two years and superintendent for an equal period and he is now serving on the school hoard as president and is the present secretary of the county board of education. In 1917 he filled the office of mayor of Dardanelle and gave to the city a businesslike and progressive administration, characterized by many needed reforms and improvements. He is also a member of the city council. For three years he has been attorney for the Building & Loan Association and he now devotes the major part of his time to his law practice, the firm of Lee & Scott occupying an emi- nent position in professional circles. His entire career has been characterized by a steady progress that has resulted from his ability and developing power and his many friends feel that his future career will be one of steady progression.

ROBERT MANLEY EUBANKS, M. D.

Dr. Robert Manley Eubanks, who has engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Little Rock since 1913, save for the period of his service in the World war, was born in Dover, Arkansas, March 14, 1886. His father, Winfield S. Eubanks, repre- sents one of the old pioneer families of the state, his birth having occurred on a farm in Van Buren county, in September, 1850. He has always devoted his life to agricul- tural pursuits and resides in Clarksville, Arkansas. His political endorsement is given to the democratic party. He married Florence Manley, who was born in Clarksville, Arkansas, in 1848, their wedding being celebrated at Dover, Arkansas, in 1880. They became parents of two sons and four daughters. One of the daughters is deceased and the mother died in 1906.

Dr. Euhank pursued his early education in the public schools of Clarksville, passing through consecutive grades to the high school, while later he attended the Arkansas Cumberland College at Clarksville, from which he was graduated with the class of 1908. His choice of a profession having fallen upon the practice of medicine, he qualified therefor by a course in the medical department of the University of Arkansas and is numbered among its alumni of 1913. The same year he opened an office in Little Rock. where he has remained, save for the period of his military service. On the 8th of August, 1917, he was sent to London, England, as one of the twelve hundred physicians loaned to the British army, being first stationed at an army hospital at Brighton, Eng- land, where he remained for two months. He was then sent to France as captain of a field ambulance unit and was with this unit until three months after the signing of the armistice, the last three months being spent with the Army of Occupation, with the British forces at Cologne. That unit was the first to cross the Rhine at Cologne. Dr. Eubanks was on the firing line, being many times under fire and rendering valuable aid to the allied forces through his service with the British troops. Returning to the United States he landed in New York, April 26, 1919, and at once returned to Little

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Rock, where he has since successfully practiced, his patronage being now of extensive proportions. He helongs to the Pulaski County and Arkansas State Medical Societies and to the American Medical Association.

On the 11th of June, 1919, Dr. Eubanks was married to Miss Helen Compton, who was horn in Wing, Arkansas, in 1893, and attended the State University. They have become parents of a son, Robert M., horn March 30, 1920. Dr. and Mrs. Eubanks are members of the First Methodist church. His political support is given to the demo- cratic party and his fraternal relations are with the Masons, his advancement in the order bringing him to the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and he is also a member of the Mystic Shrine. Among his outstanding characteristics is his loyalty to duty. This was not only marked during his military service but is found in his con- scientious performance of any professional task that devolves upon him and he is at all times advancing his efficiency by reading and study that he may render the greatest possible aid to those in need of professional service.

JOHN MARTIN TAYLOR, M. D.

Dr. John Martin Taylor of Fort Smith, whose standing among his colleagues and contemporaries in the profession is indicated in the fact that he has been chosen to the presidency of the Sebastian County Medical Society, being the incumbent in the office at the present writing in 1921, was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1868, and is a son of David W. and Cyrene (Coddington) Taylor. The latter had two brothers who laid down their lives on the altar of their country in the Civil war, while another lost his arm through wounds sustained in one of the engagements. David W. Taylor was a merchant and farmer who left Columbus, Ohio, when his son, Dr. Taylor, was but a small child and removed to Mount Pleasant, Iowa.

The latter obtained his early education in that place and also continued his studies at Neligh, Nebraska, and in Gates College at that place. Later he entered the University Medical College at Kansas City, Missouri, and was graduated with the M. D. degree in 1898. For a year thereafter he engaged in practice in Kansas City and then sought the opportunities offered in the growing town of Howe, Oklahoma, where he continued for two years. He afterward spent three years in practice in Benton county, Arkansas, and in the spring of 1904 came to Fort Smith, where he has remained through the intervening period of seventeen years. For about ten years following his gradnation he devoted his attention to the general practice of medicine and surgery but since 1908 has limited his practice to surgery. He holds to the highest standards and ethics of the profession and enjoys in unusual degree the respect and confidence of his contem- poraries and colleagues. This is evidenced in his election to the presidency of the Sebastian County Medical Society in December, 1920. He also belongs to the Arkansas State Medical Association, to the Tenth Councilor District Medical Association and to the Medical Association of the Southwest, while his interest in the welfare and progress of the community at large is manifest in his connection with the Business Men's Club.

Dr. Taylor was married in 1915 to Miss Emma Reising. a daughter of Fred Reising of Fort Smith. Dr. Taylor has seven children, the first five born of a previous marriage. The children are: John Maurice, who was in a training camp during the World war, being stationed at Ludlow and Camp Pike; Margaret, the wife of Robert Paine of Fort Smith; Harold; Richard; Lorita; Helen; and David Warren. The members of the family are widely and favorably known in the city where they reside, the hospitality of many of its best homes being freely accorded them. Stimulated by the laudable ambition to make his service of the greatest possible benefit to mankind, Dr. Taylor has steadily progressed in his profession and in the field of surgery has developed notable skill and ability, performing most successfully a great percentage of the major opera- tions which are entrusted to his care.

THOMAS G. PARHAM.

Thomas G. Parham, member of the Pine Bluff har and former prosecuting attorney. has made a splendid record in office and in his private practice has gained rank with the leading lawyers of this section of the state. He was born at Forrest City, Arkansas, in 1883, and is a son of Thomas and Sallie (Parham) Parham. The father, a native of Tennessee, was a son of John Parham and a grandson of John Parham, Sr., who spent his life at La Grange, Tennessee. It was there that his son and namesake was horn and the latter served in the Civil war. Prior to the outbreak of hostilities he had re-

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moved to Arkansas and enlisted in the Confederate service from this state. He was a prominent and influential resident of St. Francis county and for sixteen years filled the office of sheriff there, his frequent reelections being indisputable proof of his fidelity and capability in office. His last days were spent in that county.

Thomas G. Parham was educated in a preparatory school at Bellbuckle, Tennessee, and afterward continued his course at Yale University, while still later he studied in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. His preparation for the bar was thorough and comprehensive and his ability was soon manifest after he entered upon the practice of law at Pine Bluff, in 1909. He served for two and a half years as deputy prosecutor and for six years occupied the position of prosecuting attorney, so that his connection with the office covered altogether eight and a half years, in which he made a notable record, winning a large percentage of the cases with which he was connected. He is a strong and able lawyer, forceful in argument, clear in his reasoning, sound in his deductions and is seldom, if ever, at fault in the application of a legal principle. In his private practice his devo- tion to his clients' interests has become proverbial, yet he never forgets that lie owes a still higher allegiance to the majesty of the law. His name figures on the court records in connection with many of the most noted cases tried in the district and in a large percentage of these he has won a favorable verdict.

Mr. Parham was united in marriage to Miss Lillian Harris of Pine Bluff, a daugh- ter of W. S. and Anna L. Harris. Mr. and Mrs. Parham are members of the Methodist church and occupy an enviable social position, having a circle of friends almost coex- tensive with the circle of their acquaintance. Mr. Parham has never been a club man, nor has he been active in fraternities, preferring to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his profession, in which his steady progression has brought him to deserved prominence.

W. E. PATTERSON.

W. E. Patterson, member of the Arkansas bar, practicing at EI Dorado, was born at Camden, Arkansas, January 8, 1872. He was reared on a farm, obtaining a com- mon school education at Holly Springs, while later he enjoyed the benefit of training in Henderson-Brown College at Arkadelphia. He began teaching school when but twen- ty-two years of age and for five years followed that profession but regarded it merely as an initial step to other professional labor. It was his desire to become a member of the bar and eventually he took up the study of law in the office and under the direc- tion of the law firm of Gaughan & Sifford of Camden. He next entered Cumberland University of Tennessee and completed his law course there by graduation with the class of 1902.

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Centennial history of Arkansas, Part 112

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